Working Together

With Icebreaker in hand Xilo looked to attack the areas that weren't protected by it's shell as he ran at it. If they wanted to do any form of damage the legs and head were the areas they would have to focus. Feeling a wave of energy come at him Xilo quickly dropped low to the ground and slid under it as the beast locked on to him. "Why me..." He let himself slide for a little longer before he jumped back up with a little help from Relia's wind. While he was doing that Xelfia and Tearia had already gotten ahead of him.

Ripping into its legs Xelfia wondered to herself whether or not she should hold back in this fight. "Ehhh, these three need the practice." It wouldn't be much of a test either if she simply did all of the work for them. Softening her attack she blinked her beautiful eyes as her set of claws ripped open the Spek's legs causing it to cry out in pain. Tearia took a few minutes as she adjusted to her power and dug Ravenous into its other leg. Feeling both of it's legs being attacked with pain the Spek lowered its body to the ground as it gathered itself. Sadly that left it wide open for Relia to attack as well.

Sending down a giant ball of water on top of it's head she made it slam into the ground giving Xilo the perfect opportunity to attack. Using that opening Xilo dashed in and stabbed his sword straight into one of its eyes. His sword pierced it instantly as blood gushed out of its body crazily along with a room shaking scream. Losing balance within the shaking Xilo let go of his sword as he fell backwards slightly. Raising its head up into the air it roared in pain as it stomped the ground with frustration.

"This is going smoother than I thought it would."

Surprised at the ease they were handling this with, Xilo created an ice dagger to replace Icebreaker for now. "I doubt it'll let us get a hit like that again." It was prepared now except this time it was seriously injured. With that advantage Xilo saw it's next attack coming very easily. Jumping out of the way he avoided another wind blade as Relia continued to pelt it with attacks from afar. They didn't do much damage to it's protective shell but she was an annoyance. Since it focused on moving it's head now it was heavily distracted by her and forced to take the damage while the others fought.

"Get it's back legs and bring it down once more. If we do that, this fight should be over."

"You got it."

"Already on it!"

Hearing their confident replies Xilo smiled as he waited for them to do their part while he dodged any attacks coming his way. As long as he kept its focus on top of him then this would go smoothly. Even if it was prepared, the damage it had taken was showing. Ignoring the smell of blood that filled the cave, Xilo weaved through it's attacks one by one. Going for it's back legs Xelfia slashed once more as another set of claw marks were left behind on its legs. "Hmm..I guess I overestimated this beast." Compared to its shell the rest of its body was far weaker making it an easier target then she had initially thought. It's slow speed also left it at a massive disadvantage against multiple people. "It's just waiting to get slaughtered." Since it was refusing to get hide in its shell this fight was meeting its end.

Watching Tearia from the corner of her eye send a shock through its body as she shoved another rod into it's leg, she waited for the beast to crumble. Sending out one more attack, it crumbled under the weight of it's own body as it roared out in pain. Against multiple people working together like this it's strength was nothing. Shaking the room once more it struggled to stand back up it's head slammed the ground in front of Xilo. Grabbing at Icebreaker, Xilo ripped it out of it's eye as he switched his focus to the other eye.

"It's over now."

Aiming for the other eye Xilo put all his strength into his attack as he pumped Icebreaker full of Astral Energy completing the blade. Quickly he raised his arm as he stabbed the Spek's other eye aiming right for it's brain this time. Feeling the squishy feedback as blood spurted on to his clothing Xilo pushed as hard as he could while the Beast saw the last vision in it's world. Crying out in pain it soon died off as time went on before it eventually stopped struggling. Meeting it's end it slowly closed it's eyes as its body grew still. Heavily breathing Xilo pulled his sword out that was now covered in blood as he caught his breath.

"Good work you three."

"You as well XIlo."

Patting Xilo on the back Xelfia smile was full of confidence as they looked over the dead body of the Spek. With it now dead, Xilo walked up to it and ripped a piece of its body off and shoved it into his bag as Xelfia asked a question. She had noticed it a lot before in the past but with some new things coming to light she was curious. She also just wanted to confirm her thoughts and ease her mind a little bit. So she figured now was the perfect time to ask him.

"I assume that's also a part of your power that you have? I've seen you take quite a bit of body parts from Beasts you collected but I've never seen you do anything with them. Care to explain a little bit?"

"Yeah it seems to be, Every Beast that has meat in it I can consume and gain a bit of its power from it. If it's too strong though I get overwhelmed and after the first time of a new species it's practically useless. So I take weaker Beasts power first and work my way up over time. I just call it the Devour technique."

"Ahhh so that's what you've been doing with all that meat this entire time..well if you ever want me to get you some just let me know. I'm sure I can help out in killing some Astral Beasts for you."

Listening in, Tearia was a little curious.

"Doesn't that taste gross though?"

"Eh, I don't really care about the taste even if it's awful. I'm just doing it for the power from it. If It tastes good sometimes, it's just a bonus really."

"I see..."

"Alright well, enough of that. I think we're mostly done here now. Let's search around and see if we can find anything then head back to Felian and report in for her."

Hearing their agreement XIlo put Icebreaker away along with the Spek's meat while he began to explore the cave they were in for anything valuable.