With one blind eye and her entire mouth burned, she jumped at Astolfo. The spearman didn't know exactly how he should attack something so big, so he just flanked it.
With a quick swipe of her tail, she threw Astolfo to the other side of the arena. It was so fast that none of them were able to react. The beast ran after the boy with frightening speed, and before Astolfo could even get up, he already had hundreds of teeth in his neck.
Or at least it would have if he hadn't been removed from the arena. At that moment, Kayden continued running against the animal. Even without his sword, he still had to do something.
"Klaus, I need you to get close to burn the other eye," Kayden yelled at the boy. Even though he was shaking with fear, the boy followed Kayden's command. "I want stone magic on your legs, fast!"
The girls worked twice as fast to fulfill Kayden's order in time. When the boy got close to the beast, he saw something he didn't expect: it was standing still, just watching the boy's movements.
It seemed that he had accepted that he was a dangerous enemy and that he should not take action without thinking. This was a classic example of intelligence in magical beasts: the higher their rank, the greater their intelligence.
"Klaus, be careful", Kayden started running against the animal without even thinking twice. His attack was met with a blow from the animal's tail at high speed. With a leap, he landed on the animal's back again.
His speed was not superior to that of the crocodile, but his battle experience undoubtedly was. This allowed him to predict certain movements of the animal and deal with them in the best possible way.
Quickly, the animal tried to roll over but found itself prevented by strong restraints across its body. This small amount of time was enough for Kayden to reach for his sword and, against the expectations of those watching, he did not remove the weapon.
Instead, he dug in deeper and swung the blade, drawing a roar of pain from the animal. Realizing his mistake, the crocodile quickly closed his mouth, but at no point was that the team's goal.
A super-concentrated fireball that was launched at low speed hit his healthy eye at this moment. The fire came directly into contact with his organ and burned everything in sight.
This time, the pain was much greater. With an increase in strength caused by its survival instincts, the beast broke free from its restraints and rolled to take Kayden away. His next move was to run away. The boy jumped to the opposite side of her.
Or at least she tried. Since her sense of direction always depended on her vision, she wasn't very aware of where each of her attackers was. She ran to the center of the arena and stood still.
She didn't know what to do. She was always the king of her kind. No one dared challenge his reign, and even those who did were ruthlessly killed.
"Girls, tie her back up carefully and circulate the air," Kayden ordered as he stood up. "Klaus, keep an eye out for any sign of him opening his mouth." As soon as he passed the orders, Kayden began to walk slowly.
His footsteps were practically inaudible and with the air being circulated, the beast couldn't even pick up Kayden's scent. She was practically waiting to be shot down.
This was an execution from the beginning and Kayden knew it. The superiority of reasoning in this case was great and with him acting as the front line, his team was not in danger of being removed from the arena, at least the majority.
When he was just a meter away from the animal, he raised his hand, and with his signal, several stone vines began to attach themselves to the animal. At that moment, he ran to retrieve his sword.
The beast even tried to move away, but the time it took to free itself from its bonds was enough for Kayden to grab the katana. Along with that, he also fired a concentrated beam into the animal's eye.
Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to melt the crocodile's brain into jelly, but it slowed its movements significantly, almost as if only one lobe of the brain was damaged.
"Prepare a cocoon for me." This was one of his plans a long time ago and it finally had the opportunity to be put into practice.
Without opening its mouth, the beast started to run but crashed head-on into an earthen wall. In the meantime, a wall nearly 4 meters thick was erected around them by the twins.
Considering it was just piled dirt, it cost almost no mana. Kayden ran against the animal and, taking a risky stance, threw himself under the animal.
The space he had was little, but it was enough for a blow from his sword to cut the beast's abdomen from one side to the other. The animal noticed the attacker beneath its body and, in an attempt to crush him, released all its weight.
Unfortunately for her, Kayden was already in a hole six feet above the ground. The beast began to run against the earthen wall again and crashed violently into it. Its huge body made the ground shake every time it hit the wall.
It didn't take long for her to break through the barrier. Unfortunately for her, Kayden was on the other side and again attacked from below. This time, the boy put all the rest of his mana into a concentrated beam.
His katana went through the wound that was already open and his spell burned several of the animal's organs. She didn't even have the strength to try to crush Kayden. His body just fell to the ground at such a speed that the boy was able to easily get out.
Kayden deactivated transcendence and collapsed to the ground. The boy didn't even have the strength to stand up. This match lasted a little longer than he would have liked, fortunately, it didn't go beyond a point that would leave consequences for the next few days.
"The battle is over." The judge ended it when he saw that the beast was no longer able to fight. "The team advances to the next phase."