For a heartbeat, the entire world held its breath.
Then—
The village exploded into chaos.
Growls, roars, and snarls—beasts lunged from all directions, claws scraping dirt, teeth gleaming.
Kael merely stepped back once, hands still tucked into his pockets.
"Girls," he murmured, "begin."
Selene moved first.
Her feathers burst open behind her like steel fans, her golden eyes becoming half-lidded, calm, and serene.
"GRAAA!!"
A massive ape-beast—a B-rank—charged at her the moment he noticed her stepping forward.
Kael also noticed the beast, and he realized that Selene had no advantage stat-wise, except that she had higher mana.
However, that didn't mean he thought she would lose.
No, Selene had an ability that she couldn't use before.
The ability was called Sky Hunter.
With her power increasing, she could use it now, and that ability helped her stats grow the calmer she was and the more enemies she was facing.
