The Purple-Furred Honey Badger walked ahead of their battle formation as they marched toward the Furvus Grasslands.
The one who initiated the discussion with it was Vassago. Thirteen hadn't gone personally, considering the possibility of the Rank 6 Overlord attacking him the moment he appeared before it.
He had given Vassago plenty of conditions he could mention to entice the Honey Badger, but it didn't budge right away.
After several back and forths, the Honey Badger finally agreed after hearing that it would have reinforcements to help it defeat its enemy.
In the past, the Rank 6 Overlord was the true powerhouse of the Warsor Plains. It went wherever it wanted to go and ate whatever it wanted to eat.
No one else was its match, but that all changed after the Rank 5 Hyena Overlord evolved.
While there were monsters stronger than Jinns and Majins, the Purple-Furred Honey Badger was not one of them.
The moment it faced the Rank 6 Diabolical Hyena, it realized their difference in strength, so it fled their battle after it got seriously injured from their clash.
It was not an exaggeration to say that the powerful monster that the Purple-Furred Honey Badger had bullied in the past had brought down its confidence and arrogance by a peg.
It was for this reason that it was very hesitant to confront his enemy again, going as far as changing its hunting grounds and distancing itself from the Furvus Grasslands.
But after gaining some reinforcements, it decided to fight against its rival.
The Purple-Furred Honey Badger wasn't stupid.
It knew that once the Diabolical Hyena had fully consolidated its strength, it would come to hunt it down.
There could only be one Overlord in the Plains, so one of them had to die to make space for the other.
When their group finally stepped into the darkness that was unique to the Furvus Grasslands, they immediately heard them.
The chuckles of countless Hyenas, who seemed to be mocking their futile attempt to defeat their leader, reached their ears.
With nine Champions, a few Grandmasters, and several monsters in their group, Thirteen believed that they stood a fighting chance against the Rank 6 Overlord, which had become part of Thirteen's Trials.
Quest Category: Chain Quest
Quest Name: The Thirteen Trials
< First Trial?Completed! >
— Escape the Houdini Desert!
< Second Trial Completed!>
— Find a Five Leaf Clover
< Third Trial Completed! >
— Make the Purple-Furred Honey Badger your ally!
— Reward: The Honey Badger won't attack you and your group from now on!
Truth be told, Thirteen found the reward after completing his Third Trial very funny. But after thinking about it, he understood that he and the Purple-Furred Honey Badger were only temporary allies.
There was still a chance that after they defeated their common enemy, the two sides would once again become hostile with each other.
This was, of course, a very dangerous theoretical situation. After the Purple-Furred Honey Badger ate the Rank 6 Overlord's Beast Core, there was a chance that it could evolve into a Pseudo-Rank 7 Overlord.
Of course, there was also a minuscule chance that it would jump straight to become a Rank 7 Overlord, making it a very formidable enemy.
A Rank 6 Overlord and a Rank 7 Overlord were two different things.
Even if they all worked together, fighting against one would be a monumental task, which was something Thirteen wanted to avoid at all cost.
He already had his hands full with the upcoming war.
There was no way that he would choose to increase the number of enemies that he was going to face.
But what surprised Thirteen the most was the reward that he would gain after finishing his Fourth Trial.
— Defeat the Rank 6 Overlord, Diabolical Hyena.
— Reward: You will gain a one-time ability that will prevent you from dying from any attack that can instantly kill you.
The seven-year-old never thought for a moment that he was invincible.
So, having this one-time ability that would allow him to survive an attack that could instantly kill him was something he needed badly, especially since he was about to fight against a Majin Prince.
"They're here," Dixon, who was on the same wagon as Thirteen, said.
"Everyone, battle formation!" Thirteen ordered as everyone mobilized to face off against the Hyenas, whose eyes were shining in the distance. "Don't forget the strategy that we all agreed on. Let the Champions and Grandmasters stay at the front.
"Taiga and Rianna, you will prioritize attacking those that manage to get past their defenses. Everyone, do your best to survive!"
The Ogres stood in front of the teenagers, holding spiked steel clubs and spiked steel shields in their hands. Their role was to help protect the teenagers from the Hyenas, who greatly outnumbered them.
The Trolls were also armed with steel swords and spiked steel shields. Their role in the battle was similar to the Ogres.
Giga Chad was covered in armor with a spiked collar on his neck.
The seven-year-old deliberately designed this to ensure that the Hyenas would feel a world of pain if they were to bite the Chad Skunk's neck during the heat of battle.
Thirteen, on the other hand, was mounted on Blacky's back because he planned to give orders on the battlefield.
The Warsor Black Hound could run very fast, and none of the Hyenas could outrun it, making it the most suitable mount for keeping the seven-year-old safe at all times.
He had given the Warsor Black Hound the same movement technique as Cristopher, increasing its escaping abilities to the next level.
Hercules, the Obsidian Tiger Beetle, was given the movement technique, Road Runner, negating its weakness of moving slowly.
The Tiger Beetles on the world called Earth were fast moving insects. But, the Obsidian Tiger Beetle was quite the opposite.
Due to its sturdy shell that covered its body like a tank, it was unable to move quickly on land, making it a very bad hunter.
The only saving grace was that this monster species had evolved to become omnivores, allowing their diet to be flexible.
Now that its limiter had been removed, it was now capable of bulldozing its way through the battlefield, ramming the Hyenas with its hard shell and sending them all flying.
Rocky, on the other hand, was ordered to launch sneak attacks from under the ground, destroying the enemy's formation.
Taiga also received a special technique from Thirteen, and it was called Emperor's Might.
However, the Tigerkin was knocked unconscious when the seven-year-old planted this skill in his body to prevent him from knowing how he gained the skill.
His former ability, King's Might, only increased his body's performance by half.
But Emperor's Might doubled his strength, speed, agility, and dexterity, making him stronger than ever before.
During that one month, Percival and his team started to hunt together with the Trolls, increasing their strength to become Adepts, which were equivalent to Rank 2 Monsters.
With the power of Emperor's Might, his power would jump straight to the Apostle Rank, making him deadlier on the battlefield.
The Purple-Furred Honey Badger, A.K.A. Cranky, hissed the moment it saw the Giant Diabolical Hyena approaching behind all of its subordinates.
The Rank 6 Overlord Hyena let out an eerie chuckle that reverberated in the surroundings.
It was planning to hunt down the Purple-Furred Honey Badger in a week, but since its prey had come knocking on its doorstep, it would no longer allow it to escape like it had the last time the two of them fought.