The moment James Maddox had gotten far enough up the volcanic slope to engage the B-Rank Calamity Lord, the invisible pressure of his S-Rank aura vanished from the clearing.
And the jungle immediately remembered they were there.
A feral, bloodthirsty screech tore through the tree line, followed by the rustling of hundreds of beasts surging forward. The packs of Calamity beasts that had been paralyzed by fear were now rushing the clearing, desperate to claim the easy prey.
SHHHHK!
Hide pivoted on his heel, he summoned the Twin Viper Blades, carving a flawless, silver arc through the air. The heavy steel cleanly decapitated an E-Rank primate beast mid-lunge, sending its lifeless body crashing into the volcanic ash.
Just a few yards to his right, Gideon let out a deafening roar. The giant Warrior had summoned a shield and slammed it directly into the skull of a leaping wolf-type beast, shattering its jaw and dropping it instantly.
