RAIDS ONLINE: RAGNAROK BEAST

"Corgi, Shiba... Can you tell me how you two easily find Garmr's Nest?"

"It's simple, SilverPup-senpai."

"We just follow the trail from the videos of other RAIDS ONLINE party who got annihilated trying to Raid Garmr a few days ago."

...Then that means that Garmr is at full strength right now!!...

It's not that Luel, BlueHeroine, and SilverPup are not prepared to fight Garmr at its full strength. They had information about the Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast and a good battle strategy against Garmr. They even had a trump card to guarantee their victory. But still, hoping that your opponent is not in its best condition is something anyone would always want in a fight or, rather, a face-off.

...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...

The Guardian Beast team didn't need to search further within the deepest part of the underground tunnel to find what they came looking for.

Just a few minutes after they found the dead bodies of multiple RAIDS ONLINE players, a loud roar echoes within the underground tunnel, making its unkept walls and ceiling tremble as if it were about to collapse.

The lights that BlueHeroine is casting with her Radiance Skill dim for a bit as they are hit by the shockwave through the air. As soon as BlueHeroine brightens her Radiance Skill to illuminate their surroundings further, what comes out from the darkness at the end of the underground tunnel a hundred meters away from them is the silhouette of a 10-meter class Ragnarok Beast hound.

The Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast Garmr.

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The underground tunnel of the Caverns Passages has an average diameter of 12 meters. It is just barely enough to fit Garmr, a 10-meter class Ragnarok Beast, as it makes a full stand.

At this condition, Garmr won't be back to move properly and fight at its full capabilities. But it was the same for the RAIDS ONLINE players. If Garmr made a rampage within the Caverns Passages, then fighting wouldn't even be their concern while they ran for their lives so as not to be buried alive in the collapsing underground tunnel.

That's why the first thing the Guardian Beast needs to do is to bait Garmr to come outside above the ground.

"Well, the baiting part is not the problem..."

...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...

Before SilverPup can finish saying her remark for the fearsome hound that is intently glaring at their group, Garmr already signals the start of the chase with its loud roar.

Garmr swiftly makes a stand and dashes towards the Guardian Beast even without regard to its balance, as its large body collides with the walls of the underground tunnel, making the ceiling of the underground tunnel start to collapse.

"Radiance x Aurora's Wings - Red Sprite!"

To stop Garmr's charge, BlueHeroine activated her Red Sprite Skill, covering the whole 12-meter diameter underground tunnel with a wall of bright red light.

Garmr immediately stops its charge as soon as it feels the disintegrating light that BlueHeroine releases from her wings.

"That won't hold Garmr for long, so let's start running back above the ground!"

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...RUN!!!...

...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...

"Radiance x Aurora's Wings - Red Sprite!"

While, Luel, SilverPup, Corgi, and Shiba are running for their lives, BlueHeroine has to continue using her Red Sprite Skill and exhaust half of her Devour Beast's power so that Garmr won't be able to reach their group.

She is casting both her Red Sprite Skill, which blocks the underground tunnel with bright red disintegrating light, and her Blue Jet Skill, which fills the path behind them with a blue radiant light, which even hits Gramr directly.

"Radiance x Aurora's Light - Blue Jet!"

Yet even though no matter how much of BlueHeroine's attack hit the Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast, Garmr managed to tank all the damage and continue chasing the Guardian Beast team.

On the other hand, BlueHeroine's attack just added to the collapse of the underground tunnel.

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...BOOOMMMMM!!!...

...We're finally out!!!...

The Guardian Beast made it back to the surface above the ground right before the entrance of the Caverns Passages collapsed due to Garmr's rampage.

When the entrance of the Caverns Passages collapsed, Garmr was also buried alive. Yet the Guardian Beast is already expecting that the Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast would be able to dig itself out of the ground.

"You can leave everything to us, Corgi, Shiba."

...Good luck, SilverPup-senpai!!...

Corgi and Shiba then run away, heading to the other Orion Guild's members who are waiting further ahead, prepared to fight and stop any Ragnarok Beasts that might get attracted to the fight between the Guardian Beast team and the Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast Garmr.

The ground started to tremble and shattered with a loud explosion, throwing debris of rocks all over the place, as the 12-meter class Ragnarok Beast hound came out from the ground in front of the Guardian Beast.

"All at one strike, PoodlePup, Lucent!"

...AURA BLADES!!!...

At BlueHeroine's signal, the Guardian Beast team activated their Aura Blades Skill at the same time and launched multiple sliver light aura blades from Luel and SilverPup along with vermilion light aura blades from BlueHeroine.

Multiple aura blades hit the Garmr from all directions, from both sides on the ground where Luel and SilverPup take a stand, and from above, where BlueHeroine is hovering in the night sky.

...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...

Garmr roars in pain after receiving multiple aura blades that cut deep within its body. It falls into the ground right where it came out. Blackened blood came out from all of its wounds along the dark aura that usually healed the injuries of a Ragnarok Beast. However, Garmr's injuries didn't heal even though the dark aura kept coming out of its wounded body.

The Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast hound just lay on the ground without moving an inch.

"Did we take it down in a single strike?"

...Don't start raising red flags, Lucent!!..

Not only SilverPup but BlueHeroine as well, gave a harsh reply to Luel's inquiry. After all, even the two of them can feel the pressure as they silently stare at Garmr's unmoving body.

SilverPup and BlueHeroine can take down Rank C Ragnarok Beast in a single strike at their current Link Force which is above 45 percent. However, that doesn't apply to the Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast. After all, Garmr is the pinnacle of all Rank C Ragnarok Beasts that rival the Devour Moonlight Beast Orion Class.

Another thing that made SilverPup and BlueHeroine nervous was the consequence of not defeating Garmr in a single strike. And the Guardian Beast is about to face that consequence.

The Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast Garmr slowly stands to get back on its feet. Its body is still covered with bleeding wounds, yet that's not what Luel is concerned with as he stares at the fearsome 15-meter class Ragnarok Beast in front of him.

"So that's Garmr's unique skill, the Blood-stained Hound."

...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...