HOWWWWLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!*
Theo took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes, focused on the beast, who was about to charge at him.
"Sacrifice!" Theo loudly said
A torrent of holy mana exploded from Theo's body. Strength filled Theo's body to the brim. He felt that he could maintain his current state longer than before thanks to the sunstone pill he consumed weeks ago, about 6-7 minutes, more than enough for Selene to finish her preparations.
"Holy protection"
Theo also casted a resistance spell to prevent himself from getting burnt. His body, right now was susceptible to any external damage, the body temperature of the Red Beast was beyond what a normal organism could exhibit. Its mere presence would burn you if you were in close proximity.
The spell obviously deducted a minute from his Sacrifice state but it was better than burning alive.
I'm ready!
Theo launched himself from his spot and charged at the Red Beast
"Hoh, your approaching me? Me, a monster thats a tier higher than you?" The Red beast amusingly said
"I won't be able to beat you up if I keep running away from you! Haah!" Theo swung his sword when he was right in front of the Beast's face.
Whoosh!*
Sadly for Theo, the Red Beast was more agile than he was.
"Impressive strength, boy!"
The Red beast, after dodging sideways, swung its razor sharp claws at Theo.
"Kuh!" Theo managed to dodge the attack by an inch.
"Again!"
The Red beast relentlessly pursued and attacked Theo, not giving him time to breathe or counterattack.
"Is this all you can do, boy!? All that build up to just be pushed back by me!?"
Theo on the other hand was quiet. He ignored the taunt the Red beast gave him and continued observing every bit of movement it did.
... wait for it....
"To think I'd finally found worthy challengers and here I am disappointed by your performance!"
Wait for it...
"You're better off in my stomach after all!"
Now!
As soon as the Red beast lunged its head towards Theo, he bolted upwards to dodge the fangs of the Red Beast and plunge his sword directly onto its right eye.
AWOOOOO!!!!!!
The Red Beast howled in pain, while Theo took this chance and went for the back ankles of the beast and slashed them.
"You!!!!!" The Red Beast howled in anger, preparing a spell to push Theo away.
Luckily Theo anticipated this and retreated.
Boom!
A wave of fire exploded from the Beast's body and turned everything in a ten meter radius into ashes.
That spell killed me a few times before.
It was a special ability of the Red Beast. It sends a wave of explosion in proportion to the damage it received.
"Smart kid, you made me let my guard down. Don't expect it to work again!"
Of course, Theo knew it wouldn't work again, hence why he took the one opportunity to take one of its eyes away and take away some of his movement, by damaging its ankles.
This makes it so I can actually have a chance to confront it!
Theo charged, and this time, he was going for the offensive, unlike his earlier passive fighting style.
Ting! Ting! Ting!
Theo and the Red Beast clashed and both were now locked into a stalemate.
"You're finally fighting, boy! Good! Good! More!"
Theo on the other hand was quiet and deflected, dodged and counterattacked the Red Beast. He knew as they were exchanging that he could do it, as long as he used 'that'.
"Sacrifice Lifeblood!" Theo screamed while deflecting the claw of the Red Beast.
After he chanted those words, his entire body burned. His blood was boiling and it was only getting worse. It wasn't from the heat radiated by the Red Beast, but the special skill he just used.
'Sacrifice Lifeblood'
It was a risky skill that drains a person's life span every second. A second at Theo's current strength equaled 10 years of his life. But he only needed a fifth of a second and that single moment, Theo exhibited the strength equal to a beginner of the Expert tier
Theo disappeared a fifth of a second from the Red Beast sight and appeared 15 meters behind him kneeling on the ground gasping for air.
The beast noticed that one of his front leg was missing.
"... Yes, this is it! A worthy challenger that could face me! The Red Beast of Chaos!!!!" The Red beast spoke in an ominous tone
Its mane combusted into flames and its missing leg regenerated into burning obsidian. Its missing eyes radiated flames, inducing madness to those that stared at it.
Fourth phase, Berserk. This phase essentially turns the Red beast into an Expert tier monster.
"Put your life in line boy! Playtime is over" The Red beast growled.
Theo sat on the barren ground, sneered at the giant flaming wolf.
"Look behind you f*cker" Theo pointing behind the beast.
"Hm?...!!!!"
30 meters away from the Red Beast was Selene holding a Purple magic stone in her hands, pointing it directly at the Red Beast.
Her sight felt blurry, her bones were creaking, her blood felt cold as ice, blood was dripping down from her facial orifices and her body trembled as she contained the power of the magic stone as she aimed at the Red Beast.
But despite the unbearable pain, Selene grinned like a maniac
Die b*tch!!!!!
"Frost Explosion" Selene muttered
It was already too late for the Beast to dodge her attack.
Whoosh
BOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!
A Ray of ice shot out from the magic stone Selene was holding and directly hit the Red Beast.
The explosion was so powerful that it shook the ground, it forced Theo and especially Selene to the ground.
The smoke and steam covered the whole area. Theo ran towards the direction of Selene through the smoke and called out
"Selene! Where are you!" Theo, searching for Selene
"Here!" Selene uses some of her remaining energy to shout.
Theo rushed towards the voice and found Selene laying on the ground, unmoving.
" Hah.... hah....If this was the game. Hah..... hah.. I would have definitely gotten the most exp.. hah" Selene said as she gasps for air
Theo knelt beside her and chuckled at her usual meta comments.
Now we wait for a bit to get our rewards.
They waited and waited and waited and waited. The steam and smoke slowly dissipated
They waited exactly five minutes until they noticed something amiss.
"Selene, I think we're not done... get up" Theo nudged Selene's sleeve.
"What? But he took a direct hit from an Expert tier ice spell. There's no.... way...." Selene slowly stopped speaking as she saw one rent glint inside the smoke.
Thud thud
"F*ck, it's not dead" Selene forced herself to stand up.
"Marvelous, performance..."
Claps reverberated from the smoke.
Theo and Selene tensed up and prepared for battle, aiming their weapons at the source of the voice.
The smoke and steam finally dissipated and revealed a two meter tall man wearing gladiator clothing.
"Shall we start the final round?"