An hour later…

“…”

“…”

Lux and Asmodeus didn’t know if they should laugh, or cry, because all of their attempts to tame the Living Armor had failed.

Suddenly, Ishtar appeared beside Lux, telling him that the battle had attracted the few adventurer parties that were doing their quest deep inside Maple Forest.

Because of the heated battle that was taking place in front of him, The Half-Elf had asked Ishtar to scout the surroundings and report to him if people were headed in their direction. He didn’t want others to know the full extent of his abilities, so he had decided to retreat if people were headed in his direction.

“It can’t be helped,” Lux sighed before summoning Jed to run away from the scene.

A moment later, he unsummoned all of his minions, leaving only the Crimson Wanderer Living Armor behind.

After getting to a safe area, he once again summoned his Named Creatures to discuss the next stage of their plan.

“Ishtar, when we were fighting, you didn’t see the Passion Blossom anywhere?” Lux asked. “It should be around the area where the Field Boss Monster is.”

Ishtar shook her head. “I searched everywhere, Master, but I didn’t see it. Maybe it was already taken by someone before we arrived?”

Lux scratched his head because he couldn’t rule out this possibility. There might be others desperate enough to get Cobie’s Recommendation Letter, and decided to take the flower while the Living Armor was distracted.

“Master, we should get the Living Armor before we leave,” Asmodeus insisted. “It is a very rare specimen, and I believe that it will serve us well in the future.”

Lux nodded. He understood how precious the Living Armor was. If they were to fight against strong monsters in the future, its presence in the battlefield would be priceless since it couldn’t be damaged by any kind of attacks except for Necrotic and Divine Elemental Magic.

“Too bad it isn’t a Rank 5 Field Monster like the Skeleton King,” Lux muttered. “If we succeed in capturing it, we will have to spend a lot of cores to upgrade it to its next Rank.”

The Half-Elf started to feel depressed. He had too many creatures to upgrade, and so little resources to do so. If not for the fact that the Gate of War had allowed him to get free upgrades for his Skeleton Fighters, he would have had to hoard lots of Beast Cores to upgrade all of them to the next level.

Asmodeus chuckled. “The payoff will be worth it in the future, Master. Although it will be troublesome at the beginning, once we reach a certain threshold, everything will be smooth sailing.”

Lux only smiled at Asmodeus’ words. He remembered when Iris was first raising her Four Guardian Beasts.

With a Saint as her backer, the resources she needed to raise their Ranks were readily available to her. Naturally, Alexander didn’t spoil her too much because he knew that if all of her guardians reached the S-Rating, Iris would have a false sense of security, making her unable to experience hardships while exploring Elysium.

This would be detrimental to her training, so Alexander only raised them up to the C-Rank, and left Iris to handle the rest.

Now, all of Iris’ Guardian Beasts’ Ratings had stepped into the A-Rank, making them as strong as Rank 4 Monsters.

Lux’s Skeletons had a lower rating. Although their Ratings were now S-Ranked, their strength was only at the early stages of Rank 3 Monsters.

Undeads were relatively weaker by one grade compared to their living counterparts. The only advantage that the Undead had was that they could be summoned again and again, and they wouldn’t get exhausted nor get hurt because they were already dead.

The Skeleton Gang Bangers were Rank 3 Monsters at the Early Stages.

The Skeleton Grand Archers were Rank 2 Monsters at the Early Stages.

The Skeleton Mages were Rank 2 Monsters at the Early Stages

The Rock Golems were Rank 3 Monsters, and Lux could only summon six of them at their current rank.

Diablo, Ishtar, Pazuzu, Orion, and Asmodeus, were Rank 4 Monsters in their own right, and were Lux’s main attack force.

“Ishtar, take a look to see if those people have left already,” Lux ordered. “We will change our strategy and only engage the Living Armor whenever Asmodeus’ Tame Undead skill is active again. If he fails to tame it, we will explore this area and look for the Passion Blossom. If possible, do not let other people see any of you.”

Lux’s Named Creatures nodded their heads in agreement. Ishtar then disappeared from where she stood, melding with the shadows.

After getting the signal from his Nightstalker, Lux and Asmodeus returned to the place where the Crimson Knight was standing, and tried to tame it.

Alas, their attempt once again failed, forcing them to retreat and look for the whereabouts of the flower for the time being.

It was at that moment when he heard a scream in the distance. A loud roar followed, causing the entire forest to tremble.

Lux was confident that the scream didn’t come from a Monster, but from a person.

Because of this, the Half-Elf hurried towards the place where the voice came from, and was surprised to see the Crimson Knight fighting against another Monster, while protecting a little girl, who seemed to be no older than ten years old and was carrying a basket of herbs in her hands.

“Sh*t!” Lux cursed loudly after seeing the monster that the Crimson Knight was fighting against in order to protect the little girl behind it.

——–

< Barb-Tailed Tyrannosaurus >

– Dinosaur Monster

– Rank 5 World Boss

Health: 10,000,000

Mana: 250,000

/ 250,000

Strength: 3,000

Intelligence: 500

Vitality: 2,000

Agility: 1,500

Dexterity: 1,000

Special Ability: Steel Body

——-

< Steel Body >

– This monster’s body is as hard as steel.

——— ʀᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛʀs ᴀᴛ ovl_Fir.et

The difference in Ranks was quite obvious, and the Living Armor was only able to stand up against its enemy because the latter didn’t have any Elemental Attacks that could deal the Living Armor any damage.

However, that didn’t stop the World Boss from sending the Living Armor flying after it used its barbed tail to lash against its body, sending it crashing towards the trees in a straight line.

After temporarily dealing with the annoyance in front of it, the World Boss glanced down at the trembling girl in front of it and opened its mouth to eat the girl, along with the basket filled with precious herbs that had nourishing properties that could further strengthen its body.