"Relax, I've made some preparations."
Astrum had already prepared a 30cm long knife as his weapon, since he couldn't use star power the only way was physical combat. And he also left his 3 Star beasts to guard the spaceship, because they will be vulnerable when approaching the void fields.
"Miss Thea, you have to be careful. Do not approach the Void Fields"
"Let us move if there are enemies."
Nulua warned Thea.
"Why? Even though my level is still low, I can still fight!" Thea responded in a nonchalant tone to Nulua's warning.
"The Void Field absorbs all of the star power. As a Starian, your whole being is star power." Nulua tries to warn Thea.
Thea just nodded and followed Nulua who was leading the way into the forest.
They encountered some of the same monsters as in the previous valley. This time Astrum participated in attacking the monsters, he didn't want to depend on Lilo every time he met a monster like this. After all, he was also aware of the need to sharpen his physical abilities.
After 3 days of exploring the depths of the forest, Nulua who was leading the journey suddenly stopped. The troops immediately prepared to make a circular formation.
"Careful! I smell a monster near here."
One of Nulua's natural talents is the smell. Sensitivity to her sense of smell is very high. She can smell the presence of enemies within a radius of 100 meters.
Suddenly there was a fog moving from around the forest and it was moving around the troops. The troops were on full alert against monster attacks, they were waiting for the monster to show itself.
Black roots sprouted from the mist and wanted to catch their feet. With alacrity, they cut the roots. But what they didn't expect was that the number of these roots continued to grow and attacked them rapidly.
"There!" Nulua pointed to the west.
The troops immediately changed formation and charged in the direction Nulua pointed. They began to be able to see the figure of a monster behind the fog. The 10 Beastros charged fiercely at the monster, but when they attacked the form disappeared. Those who attacked the monster suddenly couldn't see anything, a thick fog clouded their vision.
Nulua and the rest of her army waited to watch from a distance. The 10 Beastros that attacked the monster had disappeared with the fog.
"Damn it! It's a high-level monster! Formation! Don't let anyone move out of formation!"
Nulua was aware of this type of monster attack.
The fog grew thicker and closer around the troops and suddenly many black roots shot out of the mist attacking them. With their visibility getting shorter, they couldn't react quickly enough to cut through the fog.
Several beastros had already been caught and disappeared into the fog.
Astrum wanted to track the location of the monsters with his perception power but that meant he had to use star power. Right now they were surrounded by the fog and the monsters hiding in the fog.
"Nulua, what next?" One of the beastros asked.
"We stand by and wait for the monster to show itself!"
The fog was getting closer and closer to closing their movement. Astrum realized that this condition if continued would not be beneficial for them. He glanced at Lilo and gave a signal with a nod of his head.
Lilo immediately jumped into the fog. The silence and the eerie atmosphere suddenly changed, from within the fog came the sound of a roar. One roar followed by another.
Gradually the fog thinned and revealed Lilo was pounced on a monster. Several beastros that were caught earlier were sprawled on the ground. Nulua looked around and realized that not only one monster was attacking but there were three.
"Damn! We have to get out of here quickly!"
"Why? Haven't all the monsters been defeated?" Astrum asked.
"Three monsters are attacking simultaneously, it means there is a Monster Boss!"
Sure enough, before they could move a large figure appeared from within the forest. The fog surrounded the monster as if it were part of its body. Around the monster were 5 other monsters following him.
"Three people come forward and lure the Monster Boss! Distract it!" Nulua shouted giving orders.
"The others take care of the other monsters!"
Hearing Nulua's command, the troops immediately rushed towards the monsters.
"Astrum, get Miss Thea out of here. We will restrain the monster."
"Not! We will not abandon you!" Thea refused.
"Miss Thea, this is not the time to argue. That monster is not an ordinary monster, it is a monster boss!"
"Not only is it stronger, but it's also baiting other small monsters!"
Astrum realized that this condition was critical and dangerous, he wanted to follow Nulua's orders to take Thea away but he also didn't want to leave Nulua and the Beastros to be eaten by the monster.
"Thea, you back off and hide!" Astrum immediately advanced and attacked the Boss monster.
"STOP!" Nulua screamed trying to stop Astrum but was too late because Astrum had attacked the monster.
Astrum charged towards the monster boss fiercely, attacking by slashing towards the monster.
The monster fended off Astrum's attack with roots running from its body. Astrum continued to slash the roots from the monster's body, but the number of roots from its body grew more and more. He cut one root grew in two and the roots grew more and more as Astrum cut each root.
Astrum realized that his attack made the monster's roots grow more, he retreated away from the monster. The troops that had previously distracted the Boss monster's attention also retreated when it noticed the monster's roots were growing even more.
"We can't attack recklessly against that monster!" Nulua approached Astrum and said.
Suddenly the monster roared and extended its roots but the roots did not attack Astrum or the beastros. The root caught the other monsters.
"Damn! If that monster absorbs another monster, it will get stronger!"
"Attack his feet! The monster must be off the ground!"
Nulua gave orders to her troops.
The troops regrouped and fiercely attacked the monster. But before they got close, the monster had absorbed another little monster. His body grew bigger and spread the void fields wider. The Void fields expanded rapidly until they reached all of them.
"Miss Thea!!!" Nulua turned to look at Thea because she realized that if Thea entered the Void Fields area, she would be very vulnerable.
Nulua was surprised to see Thea because at this time Thea didn't give any reaction to the Void Fields.
"Miss Thea, are you all right?"
"I feel just a little bit of pressure," Thea replied casually. He was also confused by the Void Fields sensation.
"GROAARRR!!!" The monster suddenly roared. With his huge body and deadly aura, he walked up to them. The troops became very wary of seeing the monster approaching.
The monster attacked with its large, root-shaped arms. Astrum and Beastros acted very swiftly, jumping to dodge the attack. The attack was not only dangerous but also had a huge impact on the ground. The ground where the monster was attacked turned pitch black and little roots slowly grew.
They realized that the attack was not only deadly but could also turn them into black roots.
"We have to make it detach from the ground, then its power will weaken!" Nulua said.
"Okay, I have an idea!" Astrum suddenly said.
"You distract the monster, I will attack from behind!"
"Ordinary attacks won't work!" Nulua responded to Astrum's strategy.
"Take it easy! This is no ordinary attack!"
Astrum immediately rushed over and moved like a rabbit dodging the monster's attack. The troops saw Astrum was advancing, they also moved to distract the monster. They split into 3 sides to distract the monster.
Astrum managed to get past the monster thanks to the diversion from the Beastros, he called Lilo who was not far away from his location.
The monster was still attacking the Beastros in front of it and didn't notice what was happening to the rear.
Lilo turned her body into 2 meters and made his arms expand. Lilo's big hand gripped the monster's leg.
The monster saw a large hand gripping his legs, turned to attack Lilo. This opportunity was used by the Beastros to attack the monster's back.
The monster ignored Beastros' attack and focus to attacked Lilo. Lilo caught the monster's two hands with the other two of his hands.
Right now Lilo was gripping the monster's hands and legs. Putting all his strength into lifting the monster off the ground.
Slowly the monster's legs that were rooted in the ground loosened. The monster can't move with its legs and arms gripped by Lilo. From his hands and feet, growing new roots spreading to Lilo's four hands.
Astrum saw this opportunity immediately jumped from the ground and stuck his knife forward. With tremendous spring momentum, he lunged at the monster's chest. Astrum flew like a bullet through the monster's chest.
His chest was pierced and there was a large hole. And the monster fell to the ground and the roots that formed its body separated. The roots slowly evaporated and disappeared.
Astrum landed on the ground with his body covered in the black blood of the monster, in his hand was already a black pearl that was bigger than any black pearl he had ever gotten. Gradually the black blood clinging to Astrum's body evaporated into thin air.
The Beastros were stunned to see Astrum as if he had just seen something new.
"Astrum! You are extraordinary!"
"We have never defeated such a Boss-type monster like this! We need at least 100 personnel to defeat the Boss Monster!" Nulua was the first to congratulate Astrum.
"And Lilo… you're magic! How did you become like that?" Nulua is very curious.
"Lilo can change her shape however she wants," Astrum answered while patting Lilo who had shrunk and clung to his shoulder.
After this incident, the Beastros respected Astrum and Lilo even more than before. The Beastros race values strength, they respect and submit to anyone who has greater power than them, and even more so if it is physical strength.
After resting for a while, they continued their journey to the village location. After Astrum managed to defeat the Boss monster, the situation in the forest seemed calmer than before. On the way, they did not find any other monsters that attacked.
"Are there no other monsters anymore?" Astrum asks Nulua.
"It's not that there aren't any, but they don't dare to approach."
"That black pearl you hold is the mark of a Boss monster, other little monsters will not approach the black pearl from the Boss monster."
Explore the forest peacefully without monster attacks. The next three days they made it through the forest and found the village of Beastros.
It was Nulua who rushed to the front of the village gate.
"Nulua is here! We came looking for the Clan Chief!" He shouted at the gate.
"Nulua?" There was a voice from behind the gate.