The Valuable Monster Cores

Then they started to grow, giving William the impression that they were about to elongate enough to reach and surround him.

He knew if he kept wasting time stacking more attacks, he'd get screwed. He couldn't tell how strong these monsters were exactly until he'd fight them. But from his initial testing attack, he knew they wouldn't get easily hurt by anything.

As he landed his attack, a fierce explosion occurred, ending up with a big crater in the ground. Just from the sound of the explosion alone, many monsters stood up and looked at William as if they were looking at a worthy enemy.

"Hmm… They did indeed have strong defences," when the dust settled, William could see that most of the monsters still remained on their feet. Yet many got ugly looking wounds, with their strongly defencive fur stripped off like someone used a claw to do it.

"At least I got a few killed," William spotted three motionless bodies, "let's see how you'll execute this formation then."