The fact that the beast went into alarm astonished Tom, who in a few seconds was able to find several opportunities to attack, but never called out the order to do so, for he was too much astonished.
Suddenly, a great roar escaped from the mouth of the cursed beast, which quickly leaped forward and struck several blows to its chest.
Klaus and Tom quickly hid behind some trees so that the ape would not see it as it leaped towards them, looking nervous.
'A second-stage beast is nervous?' Tom's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
And this time, he got the perfect opportunity to attack... '15 hours have passed, and we have 9 hours left... In 9 hours, killing it with all the preparation is not difficult, so we might as well wait for the time to kick in...' He thought and looked at Klaus, who was close to him. Then he looked ahead.
'But... If anything could alarm this thing, then time is more pressing than before. It's time to do it.' He frowned, grabbed a strange glowing white stone he had in his pocket, and threw it near the ape.
The stone bounced several times back towards the ape. A bright white stone in a dark world was the best warning sign.
Everyone else saw that stone, including the ape, who was stunned.
"It's time, move!" Tom shouted towards Klaus as he darted behind another tree, grabbing a small mech they had prepared in advance.
Klaus grinned. He held a small stake and threw it sharply from behind the trees toward where the ape stood.
The wooden stake flew at high speed through the branches and rushed fiercely towards the ape, hitting it seconds later.
Still, it was a small wooden stake against a cursed beast. Naturally, it took no damage. But it did get its attention, and that was all it needed.
The beast roared when it noticed Klaus, who, after looking at Tom for a moment, also ran quickly towards the beast as if he wanted to fight it one-on-one.
At the same time, several stakes flew quickly from different directions towards where the beast was.
These stakes were a little different. They were sharp and made of glass stone. The stakes flew quickly and drove perfectly into the ape's skin.
At the same time, two special huge stakes flew from behind the ape, one behind the other.
This was the construction of all these guys in the last days. They were powerful stakes, made of a special rock that only exists in this world.
Everyone calls it 'Cursed Frost Rock'.
Its peculiarity is that all the cursed energy that falls on it transforms into extremely sharp and almost imperceptible but powerful small blades. When polished with special New Earth materials, the Cursed Frost Rock becomes an incredibly powerful weapon against large-sized cursed beasts.
This rock is among the main external weapons used in a Cursed Energy Bath.
And today, they would take center stage.
The stakes flew at high speed towards the ape, which was venturing hard towards where Klaus was. This ape didn't notice the attacks from behind, so everyone smiled.
Even more so, Tom.
He smiled softly. "That's it! Kill each other. You, you talented little bastard, you'd better die. The talent of taking an endless bath is not something I want to deal with. So, die for me and my beautiful future. I will honor your name in the next world."
Tom pressed the mechanism in his hand, a small makeshift button, which activated special gunpowder. Suddenly, the last of the three powerful stakes, which was hidden under the dry leaves on the ground, was fired.
The direction was Klaus' back. That way, the ape would not see it, and when it realized it, it would be impaled in the neck, one of the weakest places, but usually the most difficult to attack, of such an ape.
Tom also looked back as he did this. 'I hope those two remaining ones don't spoil my plans... I wonder what the hell they're up to, those bastards.' He thought.
Soon after, though, he turned around and started running towards the forest, trying to get to the other side, where they would all be attacking.
He didn't care about watching Klaus die; he was just too talented bait he wanted to get rid of. That's why he sent him on that suicide mission.
.
As Klaus ran at high speed to meet the ape, his mind worked quickly.
'The movement and sound of the wind when it is cut slightly by something sharp is different in this world.' He thought as he looked across the battlefield and heard a soft chirping sound behind him.
Naturally, it was the sound of the stake threatening to kill him.
'Jumping is dangerous; following the path is dangerous too. Moving to the side will make the beast swerve, so the stakes won't hit, which is more dangerous.' He thought.
He had not forgotten that his mission was to conquer this mountain; the main obstacle in such a mission was this huge cursed beast in front of him.
From the beginning, he always knew he was being used as bait and that this guy would shoot him dead, but that was precisely why he accepted. No one needed to know that he knew.
From the moment he knew the cursed beast was Second Stage, he knew he couldn't beat it. He wasn't even close to the first level of the Sorcerer System, and if he thought that the Sorcerer System and the Cursed Beast System were similar, then facing this thing in its current state was certain death.
But these guys had a well-laid plan. Cursed frost rock stakes can kill cursed beasts; these guys had prepared three of them. The plan was simple and easy to execute but had a guaranteed chance of success from history.
He checked it out with the system. These stakes are dangerous; if they hit it, they will kill it. That was what convinced him to stay and follow the plan.
But he was not going to follow it blindly; he planned to dominate the hill, not commit suicide.
So, as he ran, he smiled.
'This ape's neck is one of its most guarded and sought-after weaknesses, but it doesn't need to hit the neck to have an effect. Although this will be a gamble, I wonder if the cursed beasts have genitals...' The smile on his face was not sinister, but it was scary.
It was the lively smile of a scientist who wanted to test a little curiosity in his head.
If it went wrong, things could get complicated, but he had a backup plan.
If it went right...
He would win.