The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - 85

Chapter 85: The Attack

“An attack! Be careful!”

This warning echoed when we had been traveling for ten days since leaving the capital.

Until then, everything had been going smoothly, but we finally encountered our target.

We were surrounded by ten Cockatrices.

“Each party, do not break formation and defeat them with certainty!”

Paris, the leader of this hunting team, shouted angrily.

“Klaus, come with me to the front. Hanna and Ritz, support us!”

Carol gave the orders, and we formed our team.

She briefly looked at me standing next to her and said,

“Klaus, make sure you don’t take any attacks!”

“…That’s a very clear instruction.”

She seemed to believe I could avoid any attacks, and I smiled.

Meanwhile, the Cockatrices closed in, and battles began in various places.

“Rock, it will shake, but hold on.”

‘… (nod)’

Rock acknowledged with a mental nod.

‘Kukeeeeh!’

A Cockatrice charged at us head-on.

It was taller than an adult man by a head, and it attacked from above.

With swift movements, it lunged with its beak, but I had anticipated this and stepped back to dodge.

I swung my sword at the beak, but as expected, the Cockatrice quickly pulled its neck back, avoiding the strike.

Suddenly, I sensed something approaching from my blind spot. I quickly twisted my body, and a snake-like mouth passed right by me.

“That was close!”

“Klaus, watch out for the snake on its tail!”

Ritz warned. While Cockatrices are generally slow and easy to avoid, once we actually fought, it became clear that they were formidable B-rank monsters.

The Cockatrice had the body of a chicken, but its tail was a snake.

It would lure our attacks and have its snake-tail strike us. The two parts of its body acted with separate wills, cooperating in battle, and that made them very troublesome.

“Klaus, we’re going to trap it!”

But we weren’t without numbers. Ritz circled behind, drawing the snake’s attention.

“Now we can focus!”

‘Kukeeeh!’

I dodged another thrust from the Cockatrice and chopped off its neck.

“Impressive, such a smooth move,” Ritz praised.

“How does it compare to that?”

“Hey! Leader! You’re too fast!”

Since earlier, a shadow had been running around the battlefield.

The shadow would approach a Cockatrice, instantly stab it in a vital spot, and then move on to another target.

“I can’t even support you!”

Hanna desperately chased after Carol, who was effortlessly dodging the Cockatrice’s moves, slicing off the snake’s tail.

“I’ll leave that one to you.”

Carol said this to Hanna while moving freely across the battlefield.

In the end, Carol single-handedly defeated half of the attacking Cockatrices.