"Charge!..."
Leul releases a silver light aura that engulfs his legs with the activation of his Charge Skill. The silver light aura increases his speed and strength, allowing him to maneuver within the chaos of the battlefield.
"Orion's Claws!..."
Luel's next move is to use his Orion's Claws Skill to imbue his hands with a silver light aura of claws. He then aims for a Rank D Werewolf right in front of him.
He might be one of the players with the highest Link Force among the participants of the Boss Raid, even higher than SilverPup with a current 35 percent Link Force. But still, Luel's ability as a RAIDS ONLINE player and as a gamer is only at the level of a newbie. That's why he decides to fight only Rank D Ragnarok Beasts, which he had experience fighting during the tutorial with Selene.
...ROOAAARRRRR!...
The Werewolf notices Luel, and it dashes toward him to intercept his charge.
Rank D Ragnarok Beasts like Werewolf, Weretiger, and Werebear have humanoid forms that make their fighting style almost the same as the players which are Half-Beast. They're quite versatile with their high vitality and able to adapt to different situations like human using their balance stats of strength and speed. But Luel is already familiar with that. After all, he had practiced fighting dozens of the likes of Werewolf and memorized the pattern and timing of their attacks.
Luel and the Werewolf clash, and the Werewolf tries to pin down Luel with both of its hands, yet Luel has already anticipated its attack and counterattack by grabbing and stopping the Werewolf's hands.
As Luel and the Werewolf standstill, trying to push back each other, the Werewolf opens its large mouth and tries to bite Luel's head off. But Luel is much faster and has already done his preparation to do the exact move that the Werewolf is planning to do.
"Orion's Fangs!..."
The silver light aura that engulfs Luel's whole body with the activation of Orion's Fangs Skill takes the form of a large wolf head that moves to bite off the Werewolf's head and devours the dark aura coming out of its body.
As the lifeless body of the Rank D Werewolf falls on the ground, Luel makes his next move, aiming to defeat and devour more Rank D Ragnarok Beasts.
Fighting Werewolves at the contest of strength, defeating Weretigers in terms of speed, and backstabbing Werebears to wear down their high vitality. In the middle of the battle, Luel starts to feel different. Not that he's losing control of himself, but more like he's starting to act and move based on instinct. Not as a gamer or player but as Devour Beast. A wolf beast which is the reincarnation of the Moonlight Beast Orion that is within his avatar Lucent.
Luel continued to fight fearlessly, like being drowned at the pleasure of defeating and devouring more and more Ragnarok Beasts, until something stopped his charge and brought him down on the ground.
An attack came from above like a gust of wind swiftly and unnoticeably blasting everything it hits. At the next moment, a Ragnarok Beast, different from a swarm of Ragnarok Beasts all the players have been fighting, appears not only in front of Luel but everywhere in the middle of the battlefield.
It's a Ragnarok Beast like the monster that Luel has read and seen before in different light novels and anime. It's a combination of the body and the head of a rooster, the wings of a wyvern, and a tail that is the body and head of a snake. A 6-meter large Chimera-type Ragnarok Beast, the Rank C Basilisk.
[Rank C Ragnarok Beast, Basilisk.]
At 37 percent, which is Luel's current Link Force, it would be possible to defeat and devour the Rank C Ragnarok Beast Basilisk. But that is only true if Luel is a skilled player and not a noob.
The Basilisk dominates with both of its swift movements using its wyvern wings and multiple attack patterns with its rooster head and snake tail. Along with the fact that it almost has no blindspots, the Basilisk's snake tail has a petrifying venom.
"Charge!..."
Luel activates his Charge Skill to increase his speed and distance himself from the Rank C Ragnarok Beast. But with a single flap of its wyvern wings and quick movement of its feet, the Basilisk caught up with Luel in the blink of an eye.
The Basilisk attacked with its beak, followed by its talons. Luel was able to dodge those attacks with anticipation of how a rooster like Ragnarok Beast would move. However, Luel wasn't able wasn't able to dodge the incoming third attack from the snake tail of the Basilisk.
"Orion's Claws!..."
Without any choice but to receive the next attack of the Basilisk directly, Luel activates his Orion's Claws Skill and imbues his hands with a silver light aura to catch the Basilisk's snake tail.
The head of the Basilisk's snake tail is large enough to bite Luel's torso, yet Leul was able to stop its attack by grabbing both of its jaws with his strengthened arms. But the Basilisk's next attack is something Luel wasn't able to anticipate and stop.
While Luel is holding the jaw of the Basilisk's snake tail, preventing it from crunching his torso, the Basilisk's snake tail lifts him mid-air. Then, with a movement like a whip, the Basilisk's snake tail slammed Luel into the ground.
The force of impact from the Basilisk's attack is strong enough to create a large crater in the ground making Luel unable to move from where he crashed.
While Luel is unable to get back on his feet due to the pain of the injuries he received, the Basilisk moves towards where Luel is lying on the ground.
The Basilisk is about to pierce Luel with its talons and kill him with its beak and fangs. But as the two heads of the Basilisk are glaring at Luel, someone lands an attack at the back of the Basilisk, which is its only blindspot.
A burst of light from above engulfed the Basilisk, disintegrating the Rank C Ragnarok Beast and devouring the dark aura that came out of its crumbling body.
When the Basilisk has been completely disintegrated, what appears in front of Luel is another player wearing a ragged hooded robe that covers both face and whole body.
Luel can't tell what kind of expression the person who saves him has or identifies the person's gender due to the disguise with the robe. But what Luel can clearly see is the pair of blue-colored wings that are spread wide open to show the greatness of the only Devour Beast Class that can freely soar in the sky.
The Vermilion Beast Aurora.