"Haaa!" Jay actually managed to stop the gigantic rhino for a second, allowing Clovis to slip away.
However, the andrewsarchus definitely wanted to kill Jay with this opportunity. It approached Jay and swung its paw from the opposite direction.
The rhino, on the other hand, stomped the ground and started pushing Jay so that he couldn't get away.
Jay gnashed his teeth as he raised his arm, blocking the sweep with his entire body.
"Kh." While his strength was the same as the andrewsarchus, he had to take this attack without a proper stance because he stopped the rhino. As a result, both of his arms became numb in an instant.
As soon as the rhino was freed from Jay's grip, it tried to turn around as if it was planning to catch up to Clovis.
But Jay suddenly waved his blade, striking the rhino's head.
"!!!" The rhino was surprised because that slash ran from the jaw to the head, almost hitting its eye. If not for the numb hand, he would have slashed that eye.
The andrewsarchus hurriedly struck Jay with its claws.
"Gah!" Jay endured the pain as the claws actually grazed his back. Jay turned around and struck the second paw, but the rhino was pissed off and struck him from the back.
Jay tried to stop it, but the rhino's horn was far too hard, dislocating his shoulder.
Despite the injuries, Jay still fought back. He blocked a few attacks, but also received some attacks, heavily injuring him. Even then, he never wavered. His eyes were brimming with hope.
As long as he stopped them here, Clovis would definitely come back and turn the tide. All he had to do was to endure them. This was his duty.
On the other hand, Clovis's situation wasn't that much better either. Clovis was definitely able to defeat these beasts by himself without a single injury, but the purpose of this battle was different. He had to do it as quickly as possible.
In order to do it, Clovis had to forget about defending and just focus on attacking.
That was why, in just a minute, Clovis was able to kill thirty beasts. But his body was injured.
While he slashed two beasts, three more came forward.
Clovis struck two of them down with his swords, but the other one managed to reach him and slapped his head.
"Kh." Clovis only gritted his teeth, enduring the pain. Then, he turned back and sliced this beast.
This was the only way to kill these three beasts faster, since normally he would take a step back and block their attack before killing one of them at a time. But if he had done it that way, Jay would have died before he could return.
He shouldn't have listened to Jay's request and just asked Kanaria and Melody to return to the group.
"Die!" Clovis roared while cleaving a few more beasts. He shot any beasts that were about to pass him before catching up to them.
Clovis realized that his physical strength had improved once again. This feeling reminded him of the sensation he got when he fought against the Tier 3 beast for the first time.
He had never found a way to enter this state again, but it really came when he needed it the most.
Clovis was like a god of war, slicing down his enemies one after another. He was bleeding all over, but there was no sign of his ferocity decreasing. In fact, the more he fought, the more his killing intent and fighting spirit rose.
In just three minutes, Clovis actually managed to kill all the incoming beasts.
He hurriedly rushed back to Jay, hoping it was not too late. However, when he caught a glimpse of Jay's condition, his heart sank.
Jay was heavily injured. One of his arms was already useless.
Looking at Jay's sorry state frustrated him.
'I need more power… more…' Clovis's breath quickened as he felt his body responding to his will by giving a surge of strength.
Jay seemed to have noticed Clovis, so he couldn't help but smile. The two beasts tried to kill him this time, but Jay turned around and struck the andrewsarchus while blocking its view so that it couldn't warn the rhino about Clovis.
The rhino thought that this would be it, but all of a sudden, he felt a sharp pain spreading all over his body.
"!!!" The rhino tried to see what was happening but found nothing.
Clovis actually struck the rhino from behind. In just one second, he actually struck the rhino thirty times instead of twenty times. The strength of each strike was also much stronger than before.
Then, he moved below the rhino and started tearing the abdomen apart before moving to the right side.
It caused the rhino to turn its head to the right to find out what was going on, but that was when Clovis returned to the bottom of the rhino. He planned to switch to the left to confuse the rhino as he moved closer to the head.
When the rhino turned its head around and shook its body, Clovis had reached his head.
"!!!" The rhino didn't expect Clovis to appear before him, even though he was surrounded by a lot of beasts just a moment ago. And that was the last thing he saw because Clovis stabbed its eye.
*Roar!* The rhino raised its head in pain, but Clovis had actually moved to the side and pointed his pistol at the other head.
The rhino couldn't even react and lost its vision completely in just a moment.
Once it couldn't see anymore, Clovis began cutting its body apart, ultimately killing the rhino.
After that, Clovis moved toward the andrewsarchus while saying with a grim tone, "Leave the rest to me."
"Tsk. I always know how strong you are…" Jay clicked his tongue. He was proud that his captain was this strong but frustrated that he still couldn't catch up to him. Still, he had no choice but to agree because his body was already giving up. "He's all yours, Captain."