As the battle raged, the adventurers fought with a desperation born of survival. Blades flashed, spells flared, and armor glinted, as they valiantly clashed against the hulking beast.
For every slash of the beast's talons, there was a parry and counterattack. For every deafening roar, there was a spell to silence the monster's rage.
And yet, despite their best efforts, the battle seemed to be a stalemate. The adventurers were unable to bring the creature down, and the creature, in turn, could not breach the adventurers' defenses.
As the fight went on, the adventurers noticed a strange phenomenon: Ash and Shadow, the formidable S-Rank adventurers, seemed to have vanished.
While they had led the charge at the beginning of the battle, their movements now were elusive, as if they were deliberately avoiding direct contact with the monster.
