The Angelic System That Turned My Life Into Hell

Chapter 161: King Of The Jungle

The monsters’ attention turned to the group of four.

However, the king shifted his gaze to the right and signaled its comrades with its eyes to head over to the direction of his previous gaze.

That led to the group of monsters splitting up. Now, only half the monsters remained there.

"Are they heading to Zhen and Mika...?" Louis muttered pensively.

"Dad! Watch out!"

"!"

The moment, the monsters split up, the ones who remained went on the offense.

It was the human-built eagles, who came flying down to the group.

Using their sharp beaks, they attempted to pierce them.

The group of four managed to dodge the attacks of the eagles, who quickly adapted and landed on the ground safely.

However, the group could not let their guard down yet as the next wave of monsters attacked them.

This time, it was the few rhinos with their abnormal size, who came rushing at them.

And again, they dodged by jumping away.

"..."

Louis looked around.

"Everyone!" he shouted.

A nervous smile crept onto his face.

"Let’s burn this place down..." he stated.

"Huh?!"

"What?"

"Are you sure about that?"

"I’m not saying that we should burn down the entire jungle. If possible, only this area here will turn into ashes. This way, the monsters can’t escape and no one can enter. Facing the fire, they will soon start to panic, which will give us the advantage in the battle." he elaborated.

His hand lit up.

"It would be good if we finish this up quickly." Louis stated as he spread the fire in his hand to his surroundings.

They were four people, who were all on the level of an S-rank mage.

And they were facing more than 20 monsters, where more than the half were high-ranking monsters.

"..."

Lily helped her father spread the fire, whereas Sylvia and Ren defended them from any attacks.

Some of the monkeys on the tree fled while some jumped down and gathered inside the space.

The eagles flew into the air again.

It was the rhinos, who were the first to panic as they let out a loud scream.

Meanwhile, the other monsters still remained calm.

A leopard coupled with a few snakes attempted to attack Lily and Louis but Ren got between them and fended them off by swinging his staff weapon.

He managed to kill the snakes but the leopard was smart enough to step back.

However, Sylvia sneaked herself behind it and wasted no time to completely freeze it up, turning the leopard into a huge ice block.

Following that, the monkeys made their moves.

"So only the middle-ranked monsters will approach us, huh?" Sylvia said with a stern expression, shifting her gaze to the higher ones, who analyzed the situation.

"Those monsters are smarter than I thought." Ren remarked, tightening his grip.

Sylvia stepped forward. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

When she placed her hands on the ground, the high-ranking monsters were alerted.

"Before everything is on fire, I will go all out with this attack."

She inhaled deeply.

And then, gigantic ice spikes emerged from the ground, pointing towards the monsters.

The further the ice spread from her hands, the higher up the ice went.

She managed to catch a few monsters with the attack but the stronger ones were able to evade, albeit barely.

Sylvia exhaled.

But at that moment, some black panthers and a jaguar leaped to her.

And yet again, Ren appeared.

He lit up the blade on his staff and charged at the monsters.

Seeing the fire, they distanced themselves.

Now, the trees and bushes around the space they were in were ablaze.

"..."

Lily took out her wand, a relic, which she received during the invasion in Loogam.

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Louis had a surprised look on his face.

"You have a relic...?" he asked astonished.

Lily nodded as she summoned her creatures, born from her own magic power.

Since the last time, she summoned them, their numbers went up.

And now, five fire beings were at her side.

Aside from her previously created bird, tiger and snake, there was now also a flying shark and a human-shaped being with three arms.

"Now, go!" she commanded her creatures, who started to move towards the monsters.

However, a sudden change in the air occurred when the king of the jungle appeared in front of his pack of monsters.

"..."

Louis and the others unconsciously took a few steps back.

But the fire beings were unaffected and kept going.

The king was grumbling as if it was frustrated.

And with just a light swing of its forearm, the bird and tiger made out of fire dispersed.

"C-come back!" Lily ordered the other creatures before they would meet their ends like the other two.

The white panther walked slowly in their direction with the other monsters following after it.

"Lily! Sylvia! You take care of the monsters in the back! Ren and I will deal with the king in the meantime!" Louis shouted.

"Yes!" they shouted in unison.

Thus, Lily and Sylvia circled around the monsters, whereas Ren joined Louis’ side.

"I will support you with my magic!"

As Ren was more effective in close-quarter combat, Ren would take on the king with Louis supporting him with his magic.

"Understood!"

Then, Ren rushed at the king with his bladed staff.

The king did not move an inch of its body as if it was waiting for Ren to strike.

And with full might, he swung his weapon, aiming to slash the panther in its side.

"!"

However, his eyes opened widely in shock as he stared at the shattered pieces of the blade in the air.

"Sh-"

Not giving him a moment to realize, the king landed a heavy punch in Ren’s face, slamming him to the ground brutally.

After that, it let out a loud roar.

"Keh!" Ren was coughing in agony as he tried to get his shaking body up.

His staff was shattered after attacking the king and it did not even leave a wound behind.

"What is its body made of...?" he muttered weakly.

Then, its upper body was set ablaze.

"Ren, get away!" Louis shouted, after hitting the king with his magic.

But even flames could not harm it as the panther made the fire disperse unfazed.

"!"

In less than a second, it appeared in front of Louis, cocking back its muscular hind leg.

"Mr. Hayth!" Ren yelled as he pushed him aside.

Ren equipped himself with a great ax, trying to block off its incoming attack.

"Ugh!"

However, his weapon shattered again when the kick connected with the ax.

The ax broke and the kick dove deep into Ren’s side, breaking multiple ribs.

Ren was flying away, disappearing behind the burning trees and bushes.

"Ren!" Louis yelled concerned.

But in this situation, he could not afford to look away.

"Hrngh!"

The panther grabbed Louis by his neck and lifted him up.

Louis, in turn, grabbed its arm and tried to burn it.

And it did indeed burn, however, the panther still appeared unfazed.

"Uff!"

It threw Louis to the ground and put out the fire with ease. freewebnσvel.cøm

"He’s resistant against magic and physical attacks...?" he murmured in disbelief while gritting his teeth.

"Dad!" Lily shouted as she dealt with the remaining monsters.

Sylvia and Lily, who were covered in bruises and wounds, managed to take down more than half of them.

"..."

Louis concentrated.

The ground beneath the king’s feet started to light and heat up.

And all of a sudden, a potent fire pillar shot up from there.

The fire pillar itself was small but in return, its power was increased by a lot.

Even if the monster was stronger than the average high-ranking monster, it would not survive.

"No way..."

However, the king was in a league of its own.

After the pillar dispersed, the king stood there with only a few burn marks on his body.

With the attack, it turned irritated and bared its fangs at Louis.

It seemed like it was about to finish Louis but it suddenly turned its head in the direction of the monsters it previously sent away.

"...?"

Louis and the girls also looked that way.

"W-what’s going on there...?"

Further away from them, multiple fire pillars emerged, lightning bolts were raining down and something akin to light arrows were shot from the sky.

The place there was completely bombarded with magic attacks.

"Lily!"

"Y-yes!"

Using that moment of confusion, the two girls launched a sneak attack on the other monsters, eliminating almost everyone.

The king hissed at everyone in fury, making its subordinates feel pressured.

But it simultaneously lost Louis, who managed to join the girls.

"Lily, lend me your strength."

"Got it!"

The two raised their hands into the air, where one after another fireball spawned.

"..."

Sylvia took up the task of stopping any monster from disturbing them.

"Now!"

And after the whole sky above the space was covered with fireballs, the two directed them at the king.

Due to the increasing rapid-fire, no one could see what happened with the king.

Even the remaining monsters stopped and looked back.

Only after a few minutes passed, a silhouette emerged from the smoke.

"Tch... Not even that was enough." Louis clicked his tongue.

"H-how can we win against that?"

"Does it even have a weakness...?"

The king, who was on the same level as a member of the Grand Order, revealed itself and the new burn marks it received.

And it was anything but happy.