The Purgatory Bird

'Damn! Will I die like this?!'

To successfully attract the attention of the Ogre Dylan throws his sword at it but before he can escape he was hit by its hammer that throws him several meters before he hit a large tree.

'I'm losing consciousness '

'My vision is getting blurry'

A single attack from a B Rank monster is something he can't dream of blocking but still he tried to reach his surrounding but can't feel anymore.

"What the hell is this liquid?'

Ah, that's right! It's my blood huh'

…..I can't move. I never thought I'd die here…

'I'm tired…I've already done what I can. I'm allowed to rest now, right?'

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[Little Dylan, do you want to be strong?]

[No Grandpa! I want to be the strongest!]

[Why do you want to be the strongest?]

[I want to be the strongest to protect everyone who are important to me]

[Then, Survive! Live whatever it takes and try harder than anyone else]

[Yes, Grandpa]

'This is? The memory of me and my Grandfather… 'Is this what they call your life flashing before your eyes?'

'Survive huh'

'That's right… My Father.. Emily.. and my friends they're waiting for me!

'I can't die here'

'I must... survive!'

Without any direction Dylan gather his remaining strength, grit his teeth and crawl on the ground.

{Kid, do you desire to live?}

A sudden voice travel through his ears, it's a voice of a man, a strong and domineering voice.

{Will you make a contract with me?}

'What the hell? Am I hallucinating now?'

{Answer me kid! Do you desire to live?}

'I want! Please save me!'

With all of his strength left he musters to answer the voice.

"Then… Let's sign the contract!"

***

On the other side of the forest inside the Dungeon a group of person are making their way towards the Boss room.

"General Juada we already lost half of our Army and everyone is exhausted from fighting"

From one hundred elites soldiers almost fifty are remaining, some are left behind to fight and some lost their lives.

"Are you suggesting that we should rest?"

The one who answer is General Blake, he is also exhausted from fighting but he doesn't look tired at all.

"Yes.." Sergeant Chloe felt the stares of the Generals to her, looks like her suggestion is wrong.

"Sergeant Chloe has a point but we can't prolong the battle any longer"

General Rain added.

"They are right Chloe! There are many soldiers who are still fighting, so we must kill the Boss faster so that we can help them sooner!"

General Juada is determined to finish this faster; he doesn't want the number of casualty to grow larger.

After some time have past they reach a big door with ancient characters drawn into it, the door is so large approximately fifty meters tall that made them look so small.

"It seems like we finally reach it! The Boss"

Without further discussion they open the door and what they saw is a large crimson bird which is currently sleeping, its aura is so powerful that made some of them frighten to move.

"General, Is that a Purgatory Bird!"

Purgatory Bird a ranked A Netherworld Species, it is said that it contains the blood of the legendary bird Phoenix and there's a possibility of it evolving to one. Its appearance resembles a real Phoenix and the only difference is its color.

"Yes! That's a Purgatory Bird! But something is wrong!"

The chaos energy is gathering towards around the Purgatory Bird forming a swirling movement with it on the middle.

"Is it evolving?!"

"You're right! It's evolving!"

With their vast experience they already know that this is the phenomena that are only happening if a monster is evolving into higher rank.

"General, should we retreat? Once this monster finishes its evolution, its strength will definitely increase. We might not be able to kill it here,"

The situation is turning more grim for them, they we're already exhausted and now the Boss is evolving.

'Retreat? Frustration flashed at Generals eyes, it seems that's the best decision now.. but…

"No! We can't! We must kill it now even it causes our lives!"

"Now is the only chance we have. "

If they failed to defeat the Purgatory Bird now and allowed its evolution, they would have no hope of killing it later.

Moreover, the higher ranked a monster was, the longer its evolution process would take to complete.

"When monsters are evolving, it will become a easy target because every movement it will make will reduce its chances of succession"

"Most likely, we have at least thirty minutes until it completed its evolution and that will also be our time limit!"

The evolving Purgatory Bird opened its red eyes abruptly and glared at them. It screeches angrily, with dense killing intent that even made the Generals terrified for a moment.

"In a moment, I want everyone to focus on castling their best magic spell with greatest fire power and pay attention to your positioning," General Juada commanded.

"Do you plan on killing it in one move!?"

"No! It's impossible to kill it with just that but after the attacks it will sure be weaken and that's the best time for killing it"

"Cast your magic and leave everything to me!"

Even without moving, the Purgatory Bird will not allow itself to suffer some damages so it will sure to fight back.

When they heard the plan of weakening the Purgatory Bird in one move everyone starts gathering their magic power and started casting their strongest magic spells.

"Three!

Two!

One!

FIRE!"

Boom… Boom… Boom…

As the attacks descended, they shook the ground. The powerful impacts formed one crater after another around the Purgatory Bird.

After some time have past, the attacks stop and they gulped nervously.

"Do we succeed?"

"Yes! But …."

As the dust scatter they don't saw the Purgatory Bird anymore and only its core that remains.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Isn't too simple?"

The Generals look at one another but it seems like no one knows what's going on. They thought that there will be a big fight and some of them will lost their lives in the process.