On the other side, Erwin stretched his thread.
"Raaa!" The eryops crawled forward, trying to force the thread to snap. Unfortunately for the eryops, the thread was much tougher than it expected. Instead of snapping, the threads actually stopped the eryops' charge instead.
Aileen leaped up and grabbed one of the threads to swing herself down. Then she struck the alien from its blind spot due to the eye being stabbed by Aileen earlier.
She didn't plan to stab another eye. It might cripple the beast, but it would also make it go on a rampage. Even though Erwin was strong, his threads might not be enough to stop the rampaging beast with unpredictable movement.
Hence, she struck the neck instead. She slashed it a bit, but the wound was so shallow that it looked like a graze.
The eryops hurriedly sent forth its tail. Even though he couldn't see Aileen, he could sense her, albeit barely.
"…" Aileen furrowed her eyebrows while another thread suddenly circled around her and pulled her back so that the tail didn't hit her. She smiled, knowing Erwin would be there for her. At the same time, she thought, 'As expected of a beast, their instinct is much sharper than a human. To think that this beast can sense me… I have to be extra careful in this battle.'
The eryops stomped Aileen, who was stopped because of the thread, but Erwin had let it go so that Aileen could avoid it herself. She jumped and used the threads to propel herself to the back of the eryops.
Meanwhile, Erwin loosened the net and slipped past it so that he could punch this lizard.
The eryops's body tilted, but it still managed to remain standing. It sent forth the tongue to knock Erwin away, but the latter actually released several threads to circle around the tongue.
The tongue hit Erwin. It was painful, but most of the damage had been absorbed by the equipment. He slid on the ground and tightened the threads, which ultimately wrapped the tongue.
"!!!" The eryops widened its eye. It wanted to pull the tongue back, but the muscle on the tongue was much weaker than the muscle of his body. As a result, Erwin easily stopped the tongue from going back.
The eryops hurriedly moved its entire body and head, pulling Erwin forcefully. Unfortunately for the eryops, this was just Erwin's plan.
Aileen had already leaped off the eryops' back. She fell right next to the tongue and used that momentum to cut the tongue.
"Rarrrrr!" The eryops produced a weird scream, but it was completely furious. Its eyes turned bloodshot as it charged forward. Aileen was pulled back by Erwin, but it didn't matter. The eryops continued charging, not caring about anything that would happen to him.
Erwin, on the other hand, produced the same net that stopped the eryops earlier. When the eryops hit it, the thread stopped the beast for a second but it started to snap as the lizard used even stronger strength in this charge.
Kanaria and Jay were able to defeat the eryops easily due to Kanaria's overpowered Soul Weapon and Jay's extraordinary strength. Meanwhile, Erwin had a unique fighting style and the combination of the couple.
Unfortunately, cutting the eryops with their fighting style was much harder compared to Kanaria and Jay's combination.
That was why the moment the lizard snapped all the thread, Aileen jumped on top of the beast. Meanwhile, Erwin grabbed the eryops' jaws, trying to stop it.
The eryops used every bit of its strength and overwhelmed Erwin. It first pushed him back, planning to either crush him with its massive body or simply bite him off.
That was why Aileen had a certain plan. She moved to the eryops' head and used both short swords to hit a different spot. The first one hit the remaining eye while the other one hit the neck.
Still, the first sword traveled at a slow speed, allowing the lizard to close the eyelids, which ultimately protected him from going blind.
But without seeing Erwin, the latter could actually use the last bit of his strength to create a small distance and jump up.
Aileen's strength might not be enough, but Erwin definitely had enough strength to pierce through the beast's tough skin. He dropped a kick directly at the back of Aileen's short sword.
"Rarrrrr!" The beast screamed as the sword pierced through the skin.
Aileen then used both hands to pull it to the side, widening the wound.
The eryops abruptly shook its body and spun it to shake off both of them from its body. It succeeded, but Erwin hurriedly released all his strings and wrapped the eryops' neck.
He clutched his hands to tighten the threads, but he ended up gritting his teeth because the threads failed to pierce through the remaining skin. Only the exposed flesh could be cut.
If he were alone, he definitely wouldn't be able to defeat this guy. However, he wasn't alone.
Aileen saw what was going on and understood what she was supposed to do. She skillfully struck the area that the threads enveloped, her swords slightly pushing the threads away so that it could make a small graze on its skin.
As a result, the threads then slid into that exposed flesh and tightened.
Aileen didn't stop here. She continued all around the neck, exposing all that flesh into the sharp threads. Even under the eryops' rampage, both of them didn't falter. They had complete trust in each other.
"I'm done. Erwin!" Aileen shouted.
"Oh!" Erwin's eyes turned bloodshot as he loosened his grip for a second.
"!!!" The eryops noticed it and chose to strike Erwin before he could do anything else. Unfortunately, it was useless.
Erwin adjusted the length of each thread and clutched his hands one more time, this time with a much more powerful force.
The threads joined together and turned into a knife all around its neck, cutting the neck from all directions and ultimately severing its head.