I am the Enchantress!

Chapter 37 Tracking

The horrifying scene stunned everyone in the team.

This hardened land has become an ocean for shark-lizard beasts to roam, and they are clearly fishermen waiting to be slaughtered on the sea.

Before Wilder could even process the use of [Command], another loud "boom" resounded.

The shark-lizard beast burrowed back into the ground and disappeared from the group's sight.

"Get close to the hillside; the rocks there are denser, so it can't easily get close." Joffrey got up from the ground.

Cyrion glanced at him and nodded.

"Retreat first!"

The group retreated back to the low slope where they had previously laid out their tactics.

"What is this thing? A pangolin?" Gru muttered.

"The Shark Lizard has a strong predatory instinct and usually migrates after eating all the living creatures in a territory."

Joffrey explained, "This can only have come to the outer edge of the border forest. The association doesn't have any information on it and just treats it as an ordinary large monster."

"Damn it!" Gru cursed. "Ten gold coins is a huge loss! Cyrion almost got himself killed just now!"

"Quiet."

Cyrion looked up at Joffrey. "How...how did you know it was going to attack me?"

"Vibration." Joffrey pointed to his ear. "I can hear it moving underground, and I can tell it's getting closer to you."

"So that's how it is." Cyrion's lips twitched, but he ultimately didn't say the rest of his sentence.

"What do we do now? Should we abandon the mission?" Joffrey asked.

The reward for this task is only ten gold coins, but currently it should be considered to be in the higher tier of the difficulty level.

"Give up! That beast is swimming around underground, it can't hurt it at all!" Gru replied.

"What do you think?" Cyrion asked Wilder.

"I think..." Wilder thought for a moment, "we can try again."

"How do I try?"

"The Shark Lizard Beast hides underground, but it always surfaces to attack. I can use that opportunity to freeze it with Command Spell, and then Cyrion can sever its central nervous system."

Wilder paused, "But..."

"What is it? Don't dawdle now," Gru urged.

"However, we need bait to lure the Shark Lizard Beast out from underground."

A moment of silence.

They had all just witnessed the shark-lizard beast poking its head out from underground.

Extremely fast and extremely fierce.

What is called bait may very well become real food.

"I'll do it."

Joffrey suddenly spoke up.

The other three all looked at him simultaneously.

"Don't look at me like that, as if I'm definitely going to die."

Joffrey smiled. "I'm the most suitable person. I can judge when it will emerge by the vibrations, which is the least risky option."

"it is good."

Cyrion expressed his unspoken gratitude in another way: "Wanderer, I believe in you."

"Don't get sentimental," Joffrey smiled slightly. "People will die."

Therefore, the tactics were updated.

Joffrey lured the Shark Lizard Beast to attack from directly below the dwarf slope. This distance was just enough for Wilder on the slope to unleash [Command], and for Cyrion to leap onto its body at top speed to deliver a fatal blow.

Operation begins!

Joffrey leaped and landed lightly on the low slope.

His earlobes trembled slightly.

A few seconds later, the ground began to tremble slightly.

coming.

Fifty feet.

Forty feet.

Thirty feet.

The wanderer tiptoed, waiting for its prey to take the bait.

Twenty feet.

Ten feet.

The tremor was imminent—

Right under your feet!

"Wild! He's here!"

Before the words were finished, a deafening roar erupted from the bottom of the low slope.

With a loud "boom," the clods of earth shattered, and dust billowed up.

The shark-lizard beast's gaping maw, like the abyss, suddenly appeared from the smoke and dust!

Wilder endured the pungent, fishy smell and channeled his magic power to unleash it:

"Don't move!!!"

【instruction】

The behemoth's massive body suddenly stopped moving.

Most of its body was buried in the soil, and its open jaws stood motionless like a crack in a canyon.

"You beast, prepare to die!"

Cyrion immediately took over, leaping from the low slope and landing steadily on the head of the stationary shark-lizard beast.

The longsword, gleaming with a cold light, suddenly flashed, and a surging white light burned on its blade—the light of the burning source of power.

His physical strength surged up his upper limbs like a tidal wave, and the veins in his arms bulged instantly, his muscles bulging.

He gripped the sword hilt with both hands upside down, raised it high, and then brought it down suddenly!

[Heavy Strike Thrust]

The silvery-white blade shattered the shark-lizard beast's thick carapace like a steel nail, piercing straight into its neck!

"Ugh!"

The intense pain instantly brought the shark-lizard beast back to its senses, causing it to emit a pitiful buzzing sound.

But this is not good news.

The fact that it can still hiss indicates that its central nervous system has not been completely damaged.

It wasn't that the intermediate-level warrior Cyrion lacked strength; he was already adept at using his level two combat skills.

However, the shark-lizard beast's body was not fully exposed on the ground. The sword was close to the edge of its neck, but ultimately failed to completely pierce the core of its central nervous system.

"grass!"

Cyrion drew his one-handed sword, and thick blood gushed from the wound on his neck.

"Take another one of my swords!"

But the shark-lizard beast didn't give him a chance.

The intense pain and the strong smell of blood caused it to tremble violently, shaking its head wildly.

Cyrion, who had just drawn his sword, lost his footing and was thrown off balance, crashing heavily to the ground.

"Don't move!!!"

Wilder releases the order for the second time.

However, the duration of this instigation was significantly shorter.

Less than two seconds.

"Ugh!!!"

Cyrion had barely gotten up from the ground when the Shark Lizard Beast regained consciousness.

Its entire body emerged from the ground, gushing blood that flowed throughout its body, filling the air with a strong smell of earth and blood.

But this time it did not attack.

Although Cyrion's powerful thrust did not hit any vital organs, it still severely injured his spine.

The shark-lizard beast's massive head slammed into the ground again, then burrowed back into the cave it had just emerged from.

"Wild, freeze it!" Cyrion shouted, "That beast's trying to run away!"

This is the best time to hunt it down; once it has completely burrowed underground, all the previous efforts will be in vain.

"Don't move!!!"

Wilder issued the [Command] for the third time.

However, just like when they dealt with the Phase Spider, the Shark Lizard Beast did not stop its actions.

"Damn it!"

Gru also jumped down the slope and swung his long axe at the shark-lizard beast.

Cyrion and Joffrey also launched their own offensives.

The axe and sword blades left muffled thuds on the Shark Lizard's thick leather armor, but this did not affect its determination to burrow underground.

In the blink of an eye, his entire head was about to be buried in the soil.

"Get out of the way!"

Wilder suddenly raised his oak staff and roared.

At the same time, the ruby ​​at the top of the staff emitted a dazzling red light.

【Magic Missile】

Wilder hadn't expected much from the piercing power of a level one spell, but Cyrion had laid the foundation for him.

He aimed at the wound on the shark-lizard beast's neck.

Instantaneous, with no countdown.

Three deep pink missiles shot out from the ruby, heading straight for the Shark Lizard Beast's neck.

The Shark Lizard Beast sensed the approaching magical field, trembled, and exerted its strength, burying its entire head into the ground.

They escaped?

However, the missile did not explode on the ground.

They followed the shark-lizard beast's head with precision and burrowed into the ground together.

A brief silence.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three muffled thuds came from beneath the ground.

The hind half of the shark-lizard beast's body, which remained on the ground, instantly became motionless.