Ray and the Mahkota's heir stopped caring about each other and decided to deal with the Rats tide first.
Even though the Mahkota's heir felt pretty angry with Ray, he knew that now was not the right time to deal with him. They still needed the help of each other to survive this dungeon, and only with the cooperation that they could survive.
On the other hand, Ray now was trying his best to stay calm.
In front of this kind of threat, only a maniac could keep himself from being flustered, and Ray was far from that.
He looked toward the two girls behind him, and seeing their faces, Ray somehow got his courage back.
' It's okay, Ray. You are strong enough to deal with this. Just be confident with yourself, and everything will be okay.'
They waited for a while, and when they noticed that the Rats were already close enough to maximize their casualties, Ray raised his hand, signaling the two girls to start throwing.
And then..
* BOOMMM!*
Ellen and Elin started bombarding the Rats with the red egg produced by the Chicken-Boss.
The red egg fell directly in the middle of the Rats colony, dealing significant damage to them and disrupting their formation.
And then, the battle between the four trial winners and the army of rats has truly begun.
The army of rats rapidly closed in on their targets. Unfortunately, the strength of the newly evolved macular chicken was too strong for the rats, and their arms strike were faster than the rat's movements.
Swing!
Kwajeek!!
A single hit and dozens of rats were obliterated. Still, because the number of Rats was too much, killing a few dozens of them didn't seem to reduce their number at all.
Instead, after the muscle strike was landed, the muscular chicken was left vulnerable to the attack of the millions of rats, and the rats quickly swarm them in their attempt to retaliate.
If it wasn't the newly evolved muscular chicken but the previous common danger beast chicken, that attack would surely have dealt significant damage or even gave them some casualties.
'Hmm…'
Ray frowned deeply.
'As I thought, Is it still a bit too much?'
Whether it was their physical strength or their body sizes, the disadvantages from being outnumbered were still tough to fight against.
In fact, during this first confrontation, Ray hadn't stay idle and kept throwing his natal weapon, the stone, in the direction of the rats. The natal weapon itself didn't have a high amount of damage, but it was still enough to kill the rats in one hit and provide some support to the muscular chickens.
However, something quite surprising happened next.
Just when Ray thought that their side was severely disadvantaged and he started to thought about summoning Freed...
'Heok!'
Ray's eyes opened wider.
The muscular chickens which were swarmed by the army of rats suddenly glowed, and their body turned bigger than before.
[ DING!!! Congratulations, under the siege of the army of rats, you summoned beast, the muscular chickens had comprehended new abilities, "Men is all muscle and no brain."]
[ Men is all muscle and no brain: Increase the size, defense, and attack of the muscle chicken by 40% in exchange for reducing their capabilities to think. Duration: 5 minutes, Cd: 1 minute.]
'Very good!'
Ray's expression brightened up. He never thought under adversity like this, his monster would grow stronger and be able to learn these new skills.
Even though the skill has a major drawback of reducing their thinking abilities, this ability was very suitable for this kind of situation in which they were sieged by a huge number of enemies.
Then, The army of rats became even more agitated than before after realizing their attack now possessed little harm to the muscular chicken, and their teeth couldn't pierce through the thick skins of the chickens. The rat's eyes turned red, and they became a lot more bloodlust.
KYAHHKKK!!
And so, as the berserker rats directly get face to face with the newly buffed chicken, the second round of their battle began.
Boom!!
Kaboom!!
Numerous explosions sounded on the battlefield. Either it was because of the red eggs that were thrown by the two girls, or from the impact of the punch from the muscular chickens.
The ball of flames that was due to the aftereffect of the explosions resided in the battlefield, hampering the movement of the army of rats to go forward. The chicken's defense could somehow handle the spreading flames, but on the other hand, the rats could only roll around screaming in sheer pain and agony as their bodies caught on fire.
Ray, who now was overseeing the battlefield and supporting them from behind, looked at the battle's condition, and seeing that the situation on their side had been stabilized for a bit, he turned his attention to the Mahkota's heir.
Even if he was a bit arrogant and refused their help, Ray knew that the four of them must work together to be able to survive this trial.
He utilized his ability, hawkeye to the max, to scan around the battlefield, and only a few seconds later, he could find the position of the Mahkota's heir that was besieged by countless rats on the side.
" Graahhh, Black mist!!!!" A black aura converged around the Mahkota's heir and killed each and every rat surrounding him.
Nonetheless, the attack just now looked like consumed a pretty good amount of energy, and Ray could see that the body of the Mahkota's heir was not free from wounds.
If Ray was not wrong, the ability just now should be the S-Rank ability that the Mahkota's heir has awakened, and also the source of his pride. It seems, he really has his capital to look down on others.