Facing off against each other, the silver frost beasts stood before the expedition team staring them down, while the expedition team was in a battle stance ready to attack.
Soon enough the situation escalated, as three frost beast rushed towards the group at a speed shocking to behold, these beasts on all four was almost 7 foot tall, with their height and the weight you would think they would be immensely slow when running but that didn't seem to be the case as they charged towards their target.
A team made up of 3 groups, each consisting of 10 members charged to welcome the beasts coming at them from different directions.
The fight was one sided basically as the beasts were at a disadvantage due to being ganged upon by the members of the expedition team and wounds soon piled up on their bodies the longer they battled.
Timeless still in hiding didn't feel good, for some reason he felt something was off but didn't know why he had such a feeling. No beast would insanely charge at their enemy knowing fully well the odds were against them.
As if the universe was agreeing with him, the event he foreboded occurred before his eyes, the beasts that were on the brink of death decided to self destruct and when the dust settled only thing left was frozen statues.
Some of the members died instantly, with some having stunned looks on their faces probably not expecting such a situation before being frozen while those that survived were in no condition to continue the battle.
No! Guinevere screamed as she rushed towards her fallen members with tears in her eyes, radiating a murderous aura.
Kelvin who was known for being cold hearted had an angry look on his face at the moment but was more composed, seeing as Guinevere was about to lose control he hurriedly restrained her before she do anything crazy.
"Gather the injured and retreat a distance" he yelled at the expedition team still having stunned looks on their faces.
Quickly composing themselves they got to work as soon as they got an order, carrying the injured back to a safe distance, regrouping, and formulating a plan for attack leaving the injured in the hands of the expedition members who stayed to act as a guard.
"They were so close to victory, how could this have happened, I knew something was off but this situation is indeed unexpected," said Timeless in a hushed tone.
As the beasts self destructed, he could see the blast kick up a storm of clouds but at that moment he noticed the 3 general beasts shoot a projectile at the members of the expedition team, distracted by the self destruction of the beasts and the huge storm clouds blinding their vision they couldn't see their impending doom approach.
"General ranked creatures are indeed frightening, such cunning foes," said Timeless as he sighed.
A while ago he still had plans on hunting the general ranked turtle when he had sufficient strength, but now seeing the level of cunning such creatures pulled he had second thoughts about hunting for the turtle alone, it would only lead him to the afterlife faster if he was to try hunting such a creature without proper strength and careful planning.
The 3 remaining general ranked beasts weren't attacking yet but seeing as they could use elemental attacks of their own it wasn't hard to see why they remained unmoving.
Kelvin took charge of the team as he felt Guinevere wasn't in the right frame of mind to lead at this point, only 15 members were present at the moment to face silver frost bears, this number wasn't in any way part of the plan but the reality of the situation was right before them.
Instead of splitting into a group to attack they decided to do a clean sweep, the 15 left could be said to be the strongest of the group so they were confident in their skills seeing as they were tricked the last time and had to suffer the consequence of their arrogance.
Quickly they soon formed a formation consisting of 3 rows, the rear guard being the archers from the gale clan as their element was a boon for them in such a situation, the front line was a team of 5 with heavy armor and shield, While in between were the ice elemental users.
"Such a detailed lineup" Timeless muttered to himself, although he hated these clans with their lofty attitude he felt awe seeing such a tactic.
The battle between the team and the silver frost bears had already commenced as kelvin could be seen giving orders to attack, countless projectiles were seen flying, and ice elemental attacks were launched.
Timeless while waiting for the conclusion of the battle recalled something and gritting his teeth he edged closer to the battlefield while mumbling "why is my life so hard?".