Mike and the others stood in formation when they heard the sound of magical beasts running toward them.

The formation they used was formation A.

In formation A, the knights were at the front, while the mages and archers were in the rear.

Formation A was the basic formation because it was always used if the awakeners in a group had Knight and Archer classes or Knight and Mage classes.

After all, mages and archers were specialists in ranged attacks, so the knight's job was to face the enemies at close range.

"Get ready to fight!" Mike held his spear firmer.

Mike and the others paid attention to their surroundings because they did not know from where the magical beasts would attack them.

"From the west and north!" Mike uttered.historical

When Bella and Zak saw three black pandas and pumas, they wasted no time and chanted magic spells.

"O Goddess Teressa, the mother of mana. Please allow me to borrow your power to eliminate the evil."

Magic circles appeared in front of them when they cast a magic spell.

"Fireball!"

"Wind Bullets!"

They use ranged magic to attack the black pandas and pumas.

They took advantage of the distance between them to attack the magical beasts. They did not show mercy and kept attacking the magical beasts.

"Poison Arrow!"

"Flame Arrow!"

"Deadly Shot!"

Like the mages, all the archers also attacked the magical beasts.

Boom!

Even though their attacks landed on the bodies of magical beasts, the magical beasts were still alive.

These magical beasts were already at 2-star, so it was not easy to kill them.

"Jenny, you stay here and protect the mages. Lara, Peter, Juan, let's attack them now!" after saying that, Mike rushed toward the magical beasts.

Lara, Peter and Juan followed Mike to attack the magical beasts.

"Die!" Mike jumped high before pointing his spear at the black panda.

*Slash..Slash..

Lara and Juan slashed their weapons, sending two waves of energy at the pumas.

Boom!

Boom!

Their slashes hit the pumas.

Even though the pumas were hit by their attacks, they did not run away; instead, they wanted to kill Lara and the others even more.

"Grrr.." the pumas rushed toward the knights to kill them.

As Lara and the others fiercely fought magical beasts, Ace looked at them from a tree branch.

'Good! Keep fighting like that!'

He believed Lara and the others could kill the magical beasts if they could maintain their teamwork.

[God of Wind utters, they are not bad.]

[God of Mountain speaks, why not let them fight 3-star magical beasts next? I think they can kill it if they can maintain their teamwork.]

"No." Ace refused instantly.

He did not want Lara and the others to fight a 3-star magical beast because they were not strong enough to kill it.

And the mission was only to kill 1-star and 2-star magical beasts, so he did not want to put them in danger.

[God of Mountain says, their stats are high. I think they can kill magical beasts that have just broken through to 3-star rank.]

"No." Ace did not change his mind.

[God of Mountain utters, you are boring!]

Ace ignored God of Mountain and returned his attention to Lara and the others.

'Hmm? They have killed all the pandas? They are stronger than I thought.'

He nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, all the pumas walked around Lara and the others.

Even though it was three versus ten, they did not run away.

It was either they or their enemies that died!

That was why the pumas decided to keep attacking Mike and the others.

"Be careful!" Mike stated.

When one of the pumas saw the opportunity to attack Bella, he jumped at her, trying to tear her body apart with his claws.

However, Jenny suddenly appeared on the right side of the puma. "Did you think I would let you attack our mage?"

*Slash..

She swung her sword.

Even though she managed to protect Bella, she failed to kill the puma because he had a good instinct.

Bang!

The puma was thrown three meters away after being kicked by Jenny.

Nancy and Samuel, who saw the opportunity to kill the puma, immediately fired their arrows.

"Flame Arrow!"

Two arrows flew at the puma at an incredible speed.

The arrows were covered with fire energy, so it was deadlier than normal arrows.

The puma could not avoid it because Nancy and Samuel attacked him when he was thrown to the ground, causing the arrows to land on his body.

"Fireball."

"Earth Needle."

When the puma was about to stand up, he was attacked again.

"Kiiikkkk.." the puma cried out in pain before finally, he died.

"The outcome of this fight has already been decided. They have won the battle." Ace stated.

'Should I lure magical beasts again now? Or should I let them rest first?'

He still wavered about whether he should lure magical beasts immediately or not.

Not long after that, the battle ended.

After killing all the magical beasts, Mike and the others took the beast cores. Even though they only got three beast cores, they were delighted.

"This is a good start." Samuel stated.

"That's right. This is a good start." Samuel and the others said in unison.

It was their first fight after reaching Framingburns forest, but they already got three beast cores, so from their point of view, it was a good start.

"They seem so happy." Ace smiled softly.

As Ace was looking at Lara and the others, his system noticed something.

[Host, a 3-star magical beast is rushing toward them. He is running at an incredible speed.]

"3-star magical beast? Where is that magical beast now?" he could not feel its presence because that magical beast was far from him.

[In the south, fifty meters from here.]

Ace looked at Mike before finally shifting his gaze to his clones. "You two stay here and protect them. I will deal with this 3-star magical beast."

"Alright." His clones nodded his head.

"Give me a signal if they are in a dangerous situation." After saying that, Ace flew in the direction where the 3-star magical beast was.

[Host, that 3-star magical beast has underlings.]

"How many subordinates does he have?" he inquired.

[Ten underlings. Four of them are at 2-star while the rest are 1-star.]

'This is going to be troublesome.'

He hoped everything would stay under his control because he did not want something bad to happen to Mike and the others.

'I have to deal with this problem quickly.'

Even though two of his clones were protecting Mike and the others, he still felt uneasy.

[God of Wind utters, are we going to see something interesting now?]

[God of Sea speaks, I hope something interesting happens later.]

All divine beings hoped something interesting would happen because nothing interesting had happened since the monster subjugation mission.

Ace ignored the notification and flew toward where the 3-star magical beast was.

At the same time, the 3-star leopard was talking with one of his underlings.

Even though his underling was still at 2-star, they could communicate because they were from the same race.

"How dare they kill my underlings!" the 3-star leopard was furious because Mike and the others killed his underlings.

Yes, the pumas were his underlings!

Even though the leopard and the pumas were different races, he could make them his underlings because he was stronger than them.

The strong ruled over the weak!

That was the rule in the wilderness.

As long as you were strong, you could make other magical beasts your subordinates, even if they were of a different race.

That was why all magical beasts tried their best to get stronger because there were only two choices for them if they were weak.

It was either they died or became subordinates!

If they were lucky, they would not die and become underlings.

No!

Lucky was not the right word to describe it because most of the magical beasts only cared about themselves.

In other words, they often treated their subordinates badly, to the point that slave was the right word to describe it.

"I will kill them!" the 3-star leopard retorted. "I will tear their bodies apart and let the other beasts eat their bodies!"

He could not suppress his anger because these pumas were his elite underlings.

As the leopard roared angrily, Ace appeared and floated before him. "Leave!"