Wiley always has been a careful person. He wouldn't get into something from which he wasn't sure he would get out safely.
But when the apocalypse of the Selection Stage came, Wiley felt he could no longer do such a thing. How could he be too careful when every place he entered contained monsters and dangers?
Wiley feels lucky to find companions and to be able to work with them well.
Moreover, in his group, there is someone like Leon. The figure of a leader who doesn't mind charging first towards the enemy and protecting the others behind.
After some time, his feelings from just wanting to use Leon so he could take cover behind safely, turned to respect after seeing how selflessly he acted to protect his comrades.
So Wiley intends to do the same for him and his other friends. So that he doesn't become a jerk who only uses them for his safety.
Leon and Albert were still involved in the fight with the Sapionus Rex. The sound of their weapons clashing echoed in the ruined environment.
Wiley climbed up a raised piece of land for a good shot. When he arrived at the right place, Wiley pressed the blowdart to his lips.
Suddenly a strong kick hit Leon and threw him back a few meters. Albert, who knew that Leon would be fine, chose to continue the attack because he couldn't let the Sapionus Rex emit black smoke again.
Albert gritted his teeth. The swing of his daggers got faster as he put more effort into it than before.
Rosie, who has confirmed that Lola is fine, immediately joins the battle. She only looked at Leon briefly and Leon told her to continue moving forward.
Rosie nodded. She dashed until she finally got near the Sapionus Rex and swung her hammer.
Sapionus Rex had no choice but to use his hand to block Rosie's hammer because his katana was holding Albert's daggers.
It was then that Wiley saw his opportunity. He aimed and then fired a poison dart that had been imbued with his Skill.
The dart shot quickly through the air. Then embedded in the Sapionus Rex's neck.
Sapionus Rex let out a scream similar to the raptors in pain they had heard before.
A moment later purple smoke started to emit from where the dart had landed. The decay spread quickly to the area around it.
Sapionus Rex felt its body begin to weaken and the pain in its neck spread rapidly. Its concentration to face the two enemies in front of it began to fade.
Rosie and Albert who noticed that immediately accelerated their attacks.
Rosie sent lightning down her hammer while Albert drew his daggers and ducked them down to stab them from below.
Albert managed to stab his two daggers into Sapionus Rex's stomach. Then Rosie slammed her hammer into the monster's head.
Sapionus Rex was sent flying again and hit the rising ground. Their combos inflicted considerable damage on the monsters.
Rosie and Albert didn't let the chance slide and dashed towards it. While Leon who had woken up also caught up with them.
Sapionus Rex was about to get up immediately. However, the pain that he felt spreading from his neck to his back making him fall back down.
Some of the monster's flesh had also fallen to the ground due to decay. It can no longer get up and can only see the arrival of Rosie, Albert, and Leon.
Not only that but suddenly an arrow also came and stuck in its body. Lola didn't want to be left behind with only a small contribution like before so she wanted to stick as many arrows as possible into the monster.
Lola reloaded her crossbow with all her might and continued shooting. She had already managed to plant three arrows before the three of them arrived.
Rosie jumps up, raises her hammer which is enveloped in lightning above her head then slams it towards Sapionus Rex's head.
However, the monster was still able to dodge with every last bit of its energy left. It jumped to its feet and stretched its arms forward, intending to let out black smoke.
But Albert came fast enough to sink his two daggers into each of Sapionus Rex's arms.
then Albert jumped aside. Because he knew Leon was coming from behind him with his sword drawn.
Leon lunged forward and stabbed the Sapionus Rex in the chest. With his charging momentum, he pushed Sapionus Rex backward until it crashed into a large tree.
The monster spewed blood from its raptor mouth. Leon pushed his sword deeper into its chest.
Rosie came and immediately swung her hammer at Sapionus Rex's head repeatedly.
Rosie hit the monster's head until it was reduced to minced meat.
The monster fell to the ground as Leon drew his sword.
Blood kept gushing out from the wound on the chest as well as from its mouth.
The decay is also continuing and will keep happening until it eats up Sapionus Rex's entire body.
"It still opens its eyes," Rosie said.
Leon stared at Sapionus Rex for a few moments. Then, thinking he should end the monster's suffering, Leon stabbed it with his sword once more.
After that, Sapionus Rex completely died and a notification appeared in each of their visions.
The five of them breathed a sigh of relief almost simultaneously. The fight that actually lasted only a few minutes seemed forever. They also earned enough Exp rewards to level up twice again.
The five of them fell to the ground where they stood. No one said anything or cheered each other for finishing the fight. They are still too exhausted for that.
Clyde let them rest for a few minutes because they deserved it.
After those few minutes had passed and they had recovered, they continued on their way. The day hasn't even entered noon yet. So there is still plenty of time for them.