"Okay," Damian replied as he raised his shield.
"There are a total of 10 Fire Wolves," Sam alerted them as he noticed the enraged wolves looking at them as they growled.
He didn't know why Asher had told them to deal with the Fire Wolves alone, but he knew that he needed to kill enough monsters to increase his individual scores.
That was what was on everyone's mind.
Asher had dashed away using his movement technique, but the wolves ignored him, as their attention was focused on the large group of humans before them.
Meanwhile, Kevin's team also encountered their first monster, but it was only 7 Fire Wolves with no other monsters present.
It was clear that the difficulty level for Asher and Kevin's team was different, and it had been arranged to make the Dungeon equally challenging for both of them.
"I will handle the Fire Wolves," Kevin said as he raised his spear.
Having reached D- Rank, he wanted to test his strength against a monster, so he took the lead.
Matthew also raised his sword, but, knowing Kevin, he didn't intervene in the fight. Instead, he stuck to the role of defending the mages from a sudden attack.
"Chain of Depth," Lishia used a restricting spell while Eva made a barrier towards their back.
Elena used a water spell to amplify the effect of Kevin's lightning element.
In a few minutes, Kevin used his aura to defeat multiple Fire Wolves while Ria and Matthew managed to kill one themselves.
'Should I kill more?' Matthew wasn't sure.
He could have participated and killed more, but Kevin was the team leader, and if there was one thing that Matthew had learned growing up, it was easy to hurt the egos of those with higher standings in society.
Unlike Asher, who had an unapproachable aura, Matthew found people like Elena, Kevin, and Leonard much harder to deal with.
Although he was talented enough to be a Rank 4 student, he was still a person with no background.
The last thing he wanted was to make things harder for himself while studying at World Academy.
Even right now, his task was to guard Lishia, who had taken on the role of casting restricting spells when they were dealing with monsters, and that's why he was sticking to his role.
But unlike their team, Asher's team was actively fighting the Fire Wolves as they had 10 to deal with.
While Sam and Damian dealt with 5 Fire Wolves, Alyssa dealt with the others alone.
"Ice Lance," Alyssa called, floating in the air.
"Her abilities are impressive," Sam noticed the Ice Lance falling on one of the Fire Wolves and instantly killing it.
He had thought that the only monster on their team was Asher, but it seemed that Alyssa was someone to watch out for as well.
Vanessa dashed toward the Wolves that were startled by Alyssa's attack.
But except for one, the Fire Wolves dodged Alyssa's attack.
'Should I increase the force?' Alyssa noticed that the Fire Wolves were incredibly agile.
But she didn't want to show too much during this examination.
She wasn't too worried about using her abilities as she knew that there was someone on their team who could easily overshadow her.
She looked at Asher, who was walking towards the darker area of the Dungeon, as she noticed a couple of beasts around that direction.
She had also sensed the monsters, but it was only after she saw Asher walking in that direction that she realized once again how sharp Asher's senses were.
'This should be enough,' Asher noticed the pair of shining blue eyes appearing through the darkness.
He had approached the area, and right now, all the Professors were wondering how he was going to deal with the monster ahead of him.
Asher took out his sword as he saw a unique type of monster coming toward him.
A Crystal Leer, a monster that was twice the size of a human with crystal-like armor all over its body. They had holes around their cheeks that were used to create a fog-like mist that disrupted the vision of others.
Their eyes were completely blue as they shined through the darkness they were lurking in.
There were 3 Crystal Leers, and they were a monster that was extremely hard to deal with without a team.
Due to their crystal-like armor, it was hard to damage them, but their strange ability to create a mist-like fog and trap their prey inside was their main threat.
Only they could see inside the Fog, so it was suggested that a group of Crystal Leers should always be fought with a team, not alone if you couldn't overpower them.
"Professor Arman, make sure to help him if things go south," The Fourth Professor said as all of them were watching Asher.
Although they found Asher's approach to this problem wrong, they needed to see if he could handle the situation he had created.
Suddenly a fog appeared all around Asher as he saw the Crystal Leers dash toward him.
It would be hard for someone to see in that Fog, but he didn't need to see them.
Just by sensing the movement around him, even without his mana sense, Asher could counter all attacks directed at him.
But this time, he wanted to use these monsters to feed them to Rifir.
And they were perfect as they somewhat interrupted the vision of the Professors.
'Eat the first monster I kill,' Asher raised his aura as it covered his Sword.
But unlike last time, his sword shined as it absorbed the aura of its owner.
"VRAAGHH," The sound of the Crystal's Leers could be heard all around Asher, but he twisted his leg to his right.
His sword moved incredibly fast as it sliced through a monster that was coming towards him from the right.
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As the other two Crystal Leers sensed one of their own had been killed, they stopped attacking Asher immediately.
This was another reason why Crystal Leers were difficult for hunters to deal with because they would always try to attack from your blind spots.
As Asher killed the first Crystal Leer, small crystals of armor dropped around him.
He immediately used Mir Steps to jump out of the Fog, and he could see the two monsters from above.
"He's good," The Third Professor praised Asher, but as their attention was on Asher, they failed to notice the hole that appeared around the chest of the monster.
Asher noticed that his snake was feeding on the monster, so he immediately shifted the attention of the Professors that might have been watching him as he used Mir Step in mid-air.
One thing that Mir Step required was a platform for Asher to step on, and that seemed impossible until now. But Asher made a black platform using his Rank C Shadow Control to dash towards the two monsters as his sword impaled through the opened mouth of one of the Crystal Leers.
<Host has gained 100 Exp>
Instead of stopping, Asher looked at the other Crystal Leer as blackish chains appeared out of nowhere, pinning the monster to the ground.
Asher used his sword, coating it with his aura, and used Swift Strike to slice the monster in half.
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The experience he gained was too low because he was already at C- Rank, and the monsters he was fighting were at D+ Rank.
And while Asher finished his fight, he looked at his team, who were dealing with the last two wolves.
While he moved back, Kevin's team had already finished defeating the last Fire Wolf, as Eva created a barrier to negate the fire the wolf threw at them.
"Let's go. We should not waste any time," Elena said, looking at Kevin, who removed his spear from the dead wolf.
'He is strong,' Matthew admitted as he looked at the 5 Fire Wolves that Kevin had defeated.
Although Elena and Lishia had assisted him, looking at Kevin's abilities, Matthew knew that Kevin was capable of killing them on his own as well.
"Their team is ahead because of the test's difficulty for both of them," the Fourth Professor said.
"It was something that we decided in the meeting. This way, we can see the potential of both teams," Arman replied to the Fourth Professor.
"Hmm, they need to deal with more monsters until they reach the center of the maze," Elsa said as she looked at both teams that had passed through the first part of this Dungeon.
In total, there were four parts to this test, and the final part was in the center. They needed to deal with two more challenges that were in store for both teams.
[ Rifir has consumed a monster ]
[ However, it's not enough to increase his level, a higher-rank monster is needed ]
Asher saw the notifications as he walked towards Damian, who was holding the wolf back while Sam and Venessa were finishing the other.
