Which monster was this now?
The fourth!
And that alone was a remarkable milestone. Especially considering it had taken them nearly five hours to get here.
Every single encounter had demanded full coordination: baiting one monster at a time, taking breaks in between, recovering strength, then setting up again.
Painstaking, disciplined work… but it was working.
Tave could feel it with every breath. How much easier it was to fight when the team moved as one. He could strike freely from a distance, unleashing calculated ranged attacks while Darian and Finn held the front line, locking the creature's attention and absorbing its fury.
The monster shrieked again, its wings beating wildly, claws raking at the ground. But the team didn't relent. They came at it from every angle, weaving around one another like an engine finally running on rhythm and grit.
