Chapter 87
Standing under the huge trees, Ivona heard the sound of lizard legs hitting the ground and the sound of something freezing in the distance, so she took a fighting stance.
And soon, she saw the cause of the sounds. A mid-sized monster was rushing in her direction, but it didn’t notice her; its head tilted up as it stared at Michelle, who was running over the ice bridges with a playful smile on her lips as she shouted: "Iv!" She shortened the way she called Ivona to save her breath and time. "If you want its attention, you have to attack it," she said. "Try using this as a chance to sneak up on it," she added as she jumped off her ice bridge and landed on a branch a bit lower, sitting down on it.
Ivona tilted her head to look at Michelle for a moment before turning her head to look at the monster that was about to ram its head into the tree on which Michelle was sitting. The monster was much bigger than Ivona thought it would be, as she had only seen it from a distance before, since she was up in the trees.
The monster was the size of a big wolf, and with its ugliness, it looked not only disgusting, but also quite intimidating.
But since Ivona had already decided to fight it, she took a deep breath before condensing some spirit energy in her hands, letting it explode on her tiger body. At the same time, she pulled a whip out of her spatial ring, making Michelle frown a bit. A whip was an unsuitable weapon for a person with Ivona’s mindset and lifestyle. But Michelle didn’t interfere, as she wanted to see Ivona’s performance. Because sometimes, when a person is in a compromising situation, most of their potential is pulled out, noticed by the discerning eyes following the person’s every movement.
When the condensed spirit energy exploded against the monster’s ugly body, it instantly turned its attention from Michelle to Ivona, its eyes burning with rage.
Swinging her hand, Ivona sent the whip at the monster, letting it land on its tiger-like body. The friction the whip caused tore bits of the monster’s fur off, leaving behind a red line, which clearly angered the monster even more as it charged at Ivona even faster.
The whip crackled in the air as Ivona sent it straight at the monster’s face, forming another red mark. This completely enraged the monster, and it opened its jaws, biting down hard on the whip, tugging on it hard.
But this was exactly what Ivona wanted. She infused the whip with spirit energy so it wouldn’t rip, and the next time the monster pulled, she lunged forward, using the momentum of the pull to get to the monster before it could react.