Alba Mountain Range, within the desolate wilderness. Suddenly the ground shook, the trees fell one after another. What caused all of this was a monster walking towards the D-class encampment. The students could see the form of the monster that was making all the fuss. The monster had a body four times as large as an elephant. He walks on 4 legs and his body is covered in fur like a mammoth. In his mouth was a pair of long fangs that looked like tusks.

“Behemoth…” A student from class D muttered.

“What!? Are you sure of what you said!?” The one who responded was the leader of class D, his name was Marlo.

“I’m sure, all the characteristics are the same as those mentioned in the books I’ve read.” The class D student looked panicked and frightened. He subconsciously stepped back little by little.

“Gather all the class D students. We will find a way to fight it.” Marlo gave an order to him.

“What!? Shouldn’t we be running away from that monster? Why should we fight it!?” He subconsciously shouted at Marlo.

“Don’t you know what we’re here for? We came here to hunt magical beasts and the monsters came to us by themselves. So we don’t have to bother looking for it. Especially high-level magical beasts, we’ll have a hard time finding them even if we look for them.” Marlo said coldly to him.

“Okay.” The student was frightened at his words and quickly went to gather the other class D students.

Not long after, all the class D students were successfully gathered. Ziel and Dalvin are no exception. Marlo walked over and stopped in front of them.

“I won’t mince words, currently a high-level magical beast identified as a behemoth is heading here.” Marlo spoke while looking at the faces of the class D students one by one.

“What!?”

“High-level magical beasts!?”

“We have to get out of here immediately!”

The class D students became panicked and noisy after hearing the information.

“Calm down!” Marlo shouted to stop their panic. The students were silent after hearing Marlo’s screams and began to pay attention to him again. Marlo nodded in satisfaction at the students’ response.

“I don’t need to remind you that we are here for the survival test, and one of the conditions for passing this test is that we must hunt magical beasts.” Marlo started to explain while watching their reactions. The students just listened quietly and Marlo began to continue his explanation.

“That’s why we’ll kill the magical beast together.” Marlo immediately told them his goal.

“What!? Have you gone crazy? It’s a high-level magical beast! Are you trying to get the students killed!?” One of the D class students shouted. She is a girl with short black hair.

“Are you afraid? If you are afraid, you don’t need to participate in the battle. But remember, students who don’t participate in the battle will not get points. You must know, student ID books can divide points from high-level magical beasts only to students who contribute.” Marlo wasn’t angry and spoke as if he didn’t care about the students who rejected his plan.

“Ken, do we have to fight that monster?” Dalvin who was standing next to Ziel asked worriedly.

“I do not know.” Ziel shrugged his shoulders as if he didn’t care.

“Are we going to fight against that monster?” Suddenly a girl with pink hair appeared behind them. Dalvin was surprised by her sudden appearance while Ziel just kept quiet and ignored her.

“Could you not appear suddenly!? Ah, aren’t you the girl who sat with Ken on the magic train?” Dalvin remembers the color and length of her hair even though he forgot her face.

“You’re right! My name is Rhea Flannery, you can call me Rhea. I’m glad to be your acquaintance.” She introduced herself and offered her handshake to Dalvin.

“Ooh yeah my name is Dalvin Baurice, you can call me Dalvin. I’m glad to meet you too.” Dalvin accepted her handshake. He looked a little nervous and his face was red.

“Ahaha…you don’t have to be so stiff. By the way, have you known Ken for a long time?” She asked curiously and glanced at Ziel who had been ignoring them from the start.

“I…” Dalvin was about to answer but Marlo’s voice stopped his words.

“In that case, students who want to fight please stay and those who don’t, please leave. Because we won’t force you to risk your life.” Marlo raised his voice because he felt some students didn’t hear him.

“I am coming along!”

“I will fight!”

“Me too!”

One by one the students began to voice their participation. But some students also quietly left the place. They chose not to fight the monster.

“Hey, are you guys coming?” Rhea asks Ziel and Dalvin.

“I’m coming.” Ziel answered it curtly.

“I… I’ll come too.” Dalvin answered doubtfully.

“Then I’ll come too.” Rhea nodded repeatedly after hearing their answer. After that, they heard an explanation from Marlo about his plan to deal with the behemoth.

***

Boom… Boom… Boom…

The sound of the behemoth’s footsteps was getting closer and closer to the class D camp. Currently, all the class D students were no longer there. Some had fled from there for fear of joining the fight with the behemoth, and some were preparing to fight with him.

They were currently hiding to wait for an opportunity to attack. Even though the Behemoth is a high-level magical beast, it is very slow. Therefore, they will attack with a hit and run method and some will attack the behemoth from a distance secretly.

“Now!” Marlo gave the signal and the students started attacking the behemoths.

[[[Fire Balls]]]

Several students including Ziel and Rhea who were in charge of ranged attacks started their attacks, their attacks aimed at the behemoth’s legs. Ziel who was enrolled in the academy as a knight chose to be a ranged attack team because he could have a bit of magic and the art of throwing knives. Next is the student who will be in charge of doing melee attacks, Marlo and Dalvin belong to that group.

Marlo carried an iron spear in his hand while Dalvin held a trident. The other students were already prepared. When the behemoths had stopped moving they quickly came out of their hiding place and started attacking him.

[Trident Bor]

Dalvin was about to attack his eyes with his trident but the behemoth’s eyelids quickly closed and blocked his attack.

Clank… clank…

(Hard!)

Behemoth which is a high-level magical beast is indeed weak in terms of speed. But in terms of strength and durability. He could be the best among the other high-level magic beasts. And his fur-covered skin was as hard as steel. Therefore ordinary weapons would be difficult to injure him.

[Lancer Strike]

Meanwhile, Marlo is aiming for the belly of the behemoth. But the attack also couldn’t penetrate his skin. Both of them immediately dodged after landing the attack. The other students also attacked with the same pattern. The students who were hiding kept showering the behemoths with ranged attacks, the behemoths getting bothered when attacked from all directions.

They continued to attack the behemoths in a similar pattern, it wasn’t long before their attacks finally paid off. On the behemoth’s steel-like body there were already scratches and burns from their attacks.

“Our attacks work on him! Keep attacking and don’t stop!” Marlo became even more excited after his plan worked. The other students were getting more and more intense in attacking the monster. But what they don’t know, the behemoths are getting angry with their attacks.

“Ah, looks like he’s about to throw a tantrum.” Ziel who was watching from afar muttered softly. He kept throwing fireballs at the behemoth.

“What are you saying?” Rhea who was not far from him asked as she overheard his muttering. But before Ziel could answer, the angry roars of the behemoths sounded first due to their attack.

Roooooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr

“Aaaaah… My ears hurt!”

“What’s this!?”

“Help me!”

The students started screaming while covering their ears. Some students were bleeding from their ears and others had fainted.

“That’s a supersonic wave! Cover your ears!” Marlo shouted his orders after learning what had caused them pain. He was also affected by the behemoth’s supersonic attack. His ears began to bleed.

The Behemoth started going berserk and aimed at the students after he saw them stop attacking him. He used his tusk-like fangs to stab or hit the students.

“Help me!”

“Aahhhh!”

“It hurts!”

The students who were in pain from the supersonic attack tried to dodge. But they were too late to dodge the attacks that came from the behemoths because their bodies were still in pain. Some students were trampled by him, and others were pierced by tusks. Dalvin and Marlo were both injured from being stabbed by the behemoth’s tusk. They were frantically trying to escape his tantrum.

“Ken, how’s this!?” Rhea gets scared after seeing many of her classmates get hurt. She subconsciously asked Ziel who was not far from her.

“You keep shooting magic at his injured leg.” Ziel points at the behemoth’s leg with burns from their attack. Then he picked up the pebbles under his feet. 

“Okay!” Rhea nodded slightly and started shooting fireballs. Whether it was out of panic or she believed him, Rhea did as he was told. At the same time, Ziel silently threw a pebble with mana compression. The stone shot out with Rhea’s fireball and hit the behemoth’s leg.

Roooooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr

The Behemoth roared in pain and fell because one leg was unusable.

“Now you attack the other foreleg.” Ziel gives directions for the next attack on Rhea. She did as Ziel ordered without questioning it.

Ziel repeated throwing stones as before, and Rhea continued to attack as Ziel directed. They launched their next attack on both hind legs, eyes, and a behemoth stomach. Little by little the behemoth’s body became full of wounds.

“Now is the time to attack with full force!” Marlo who was surprised to see the attack that managed to hurt the behemoth quickly saw an opportunity to finish off the monster. He ordered the other students to attack simultaneously.

The students who heard Marlo’s order immediately got up and didn’t waste the opportunity. They attacked with all their remaining strength.

Boooooooommmmmm…

Roooooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr

The Behemoth screamed in pain and tried to stand up, But because of too many wounds and blood loss, he finally fell and didn’t move anymore.

“Did we manage to kill him?” One of the students approached the behemoth and checked his condition.

“How?” Marlo asked the student.

“He’s dead! He’s really dead!” The student shouted happily.

“Yay..!”

“Finally we beat him!”

“Haha… We managed to kill a behemoth.”

The class cheered happily celebrating their victory.. But they were silent after seeing the other students lying in the pool of blood.