Chapter 7 - Combat Exam (3)

The moose with it's glowing antlers lowered it's head using the antler as both a shield and a weapon and charged forward, with it's berserk state from a spectators perspective it was blinking due to it's high agility.

"Argh!" Using his rectangular shield, Mei pushed it up front to take the brunt of the moose's charge.

With the moose's strength it easily forcibly pushed Mei back a few inches, even when enforcing his body with mana, his strength was a level lower than the moose's.

The moose had been halted which gave a good opportunity to attack it's rear, with charged attacks the four rushed to land their attacks except for Summin who was using a bow.

Bang...

A large invincible shockwave seemingly a skill by the moose launched Nico, Mika and Judy back maters away while Summin's arrows were utterly annihilated.

The only exception was Mei who had his shield eat up the attack but was still pushed four inches back.

[Lightning Burst] But this skill hadn't been used by Nico but Mei, Mei wielded a two feet long sword, it flickered a blue colour with swirling bolts of lighting, he stepped forward closing the small gap between him and the moose.

Boom...

Surprise by the Mei's sudden attack, the moose's skull was nearly hacked but with it's speed multiplied due to being berserk it narrowly escape it's death but it's prized antlers were the price having his right antler completely severed.

Quake... Due to the antlers sheer size and weight it lightly ruptured the ground in a thirty meters radius around it.

The antlers were tens of times sturdier than steel but unlike Nico, Mei had a larger mana pool meaning he was capable of dealing heavier damage by utilising more mana.

It wasn't by any means a clean blow, but it was able to cut off one of it's antlers.

Having received an almost fatal blow the moose's legs trembled from the impact, with one antler gone It's balance was immediately affected, constantly tipping to the left but was able to manage.

Seeing the opportunity the group surrounded It once more and launched a full barrage of attacks, ranging from fire, lightning, earth and a few different types of attacks.

Boom... With the collision of multiple powerful attacks it's thick skin was the sole reason it narrowly escaped death once more, multiple marks, scars and arrows scattered throughout it's body.

Blood was leaking from it's body, with one last effort it raised it's forelegs upwards, 'Oh no...!' before swiftly crashing it downwards with great force.

Bang... Quake...

"Just give up." Nico scoffed.

Bending his legs, Nico jumped a moment before the moose's legs crashed on the ground avoiding the earth shattering shockwave that shook the ground in a three hundred meter radius around it.

Fluttering sounds of birds flying and rumbling sounds of trees crashing, the forest three hundred meters from the moose was in an uproar.

Meanwhile five miles away, Howl!... A large pack of wolves of numbering at the hundreds were gathered.

Awoo! Their pack leader howled while the other members of the pack followed, releasing it's ferocious aura afterwards it rushed forward in the direction of Mei and his group.

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While Nico was currently out of harm's way his teammates were in a totally different situation, from the moose's hooves a large wave of mana spread in rapid pace like a tidal wave but it's height was merely two meters high.

Nico being high above around twenty meters high up he was unaffected by the wave of mana.

"What?!" Mika shouted, she was trembling in fear and anxiety, she could barely move her fingers never mind her whole body, the wave of mana had disabled their movements but Mika was considered a tier three giving her the capabilities to move her finger.

But so what if she could move her fingers, she would still be helpless if she couldn't move away from incoming attacks, despair filled their thoughts, with all her strength she turned her head from left to right to see Nico.

"Eeek" A very strong kill intent was being emitted by the moose, with one of it's prized antler severed even killing all five of them wouldn't suffice, it was completely furious.

The four swallowed their saliva, their breathing was rough, Judy was already sweating with droplets of tears raining down from her eyes.

'Huh?' Turning from left to right she didn't notice Nico anywhere which made her smile, she hoped he could survive at the very least.

"This is all the mana I have left!" [Lightning Burst] Up above in the air Nico held his spear tightly with his right hand, 'If this moose still doesn't die then were dead, I mean their dead, If I still can't kill this moose then I could most probably carry two of them and bail, at most three.'

Mika looked up and saw Nico's spear covered in Lightning, her eyes widened, his figure gave her a glimmer of hope and a tear dripped from her right eyes.

She felt like she was even more attracted to him, it reminded her of the reason she liked him.

With many injuries than had already been inflicted on the moose it was many times slower than before, "This time I'm using twice as much mana as before!".

Bang...

The spear created rippled in the air, aiming at the heart, a clear path was visible towards the moose's heart, a fraction of it's thick skin was already torn.

But their was a clear path towards the moose's heart which Nico exploited, the moose's body barely put up any defense and Nico's spear easily pierced through it's worn out flesh and muscles.

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Nico's spear flawlessly pierced through the moose's heart.

"Everytime... Somehow he's always the one who saves me... It reminds me of the past." She said in a low voice, she blushes when she thought of the past.

She glared at Nico who has just landed on the ground. "Nice one hahaha, I thought I was dead." Nico turned to see Mei laughing.

"You see this? This is called skill difference hahaha." Nico laughed loudly, "Huh?! how was I supposed to know that it had that kind of skill?!" Mei rebutted.

"Not my problem."

"Huh?"

The two were arguing back and fort while Summin also joined in on the argument.