Chapter 98: Apes don’t have tails.
Though they hadn’t agreed to it beforehand, Ramsay, Elya, and Alex were racing to see who would deal the finishing blow to the monstrosity first, but that didn’t mean they were going all out from the start.
It was a delicate competition where they landed restrained blows to the Demon, gradually wearing it down until it became clear when to go for the final attack.
Hitting it too hard before that time arrived risked giving the others the opening they needed so they had to be careful not to go too far.
One would think swinging a giant sword from the start was a horrible strategy, but Elya thought otherwise. Having seen the Demon use its Force Field when widening the Rift, she was sure it would do the same when blocking her attack. Her hunch turned out to be right, but when Ramsay’s arrows exploded against the Demon’s face a pang of anger twisted her expression.
Ramsay released another salvo and prepared the next. He could hear his petite teammate yelling profanities at him from a distance but he simply ignored her.
"That thing sure is tough." He muttered.
The massive scorpion gorilla pushed back the gigantic sword and held a hand to its face. It was the only place where it took damage so he expected that to happen, but that didn’t save him the mild annoyance that caused.
"Maybe I should try something else..."
Ramsay held a hand out and caught an arrow that manifested out of thin air. It wasn’t made from the same blue material as the arrow he had used so far, making it look far more resilient. *