Chapter 13 Demon Lair!!(8)

Looking at Xavier writhing on the ground in pain Alex couldn't help but shake his head.

'I gues pompous attitude of his was nothing but talk.' Alex thought with a sigh.

Turning towards the Greater Imp he shot from his position swinging his sword. As he clashed with the imp sword for claws he found that he was slowly getting the upper hand as he predicted the imps movements. Although Alex was no swordsman he has been getting better and better ever since he came to the dungeon but not only his swordsmanship getting better but his [Mana Sense] as well. At first he could barely sense the mana in the air but now he can sense the mana emitted by living things when they are about to attack. In his eyes the Greater Imp is surrounded by a red aura with most of it concentrated in it's claws and whenever it would attack the aura surrounding it's attacking claw would flare up. With this knowledge Alex knew which claw it would attack with and act accordingly.

*Ching*

Alex parried another strike from the Greater Imp and then elbowed it in the chest causing it to drop to it's knees and gasped for breath.

"Your dead." As those words entered the imp's ears it felt a cold metal cut into it's neck decapitating it without giving it a chance to scream.

[You have slain E ranked monster, Greater Imp. You have gained 375 exp.]

Looking down onto the corpse Alex couldn't believe how easily he killed the Greater Imp compared to the first one. Without wasting anytime he cut open the creature's chest and retrieved the mana core inside. Smiling to himself, but just as quickly as it came it was gone then he turned around and walked towards where Xavier was. He had noticed that he had stopped screaming for a while now and after inspecting his body he knew why. The wounds were cauterized so there wasn't much blood loss but the slash to his chest was deep. Alex suspected that his lungs and maybe even his heart may have been damaged leading to his death.

Looking up from the corpse he looked towards where Robert was still fighting his Greater Imp. The imp was covered in slash marks from Robert's swords while he had a few cauterized claw marks on his body. Currently they were matching each other claw for sword with neither of them getting the upper hand. Suddenly a silver arrow flew from the forest towards the Greater Imp narrowly missing it as it grazed it's thigh.

'Should I join or should I just watch.' Alex thought as he watched the fight between man and monster. Sitting on the ground Alex decided to watch if the other two asked why he didn't join the fight he would just say he was too exhausted which wouldn't have been a total lie. Coming from the treeline was Carla as she continued to fire arrows at the monster. Taking advantage of the creatures divided attention Robert managed to land a critical hit across the chest.

*Swoosh*

*Screeeaa*

An arrow struck the monster in it's open wound causing it to scream in pain. Coming in with a overhead swing, Robert slashed the creatures neck ending it's life. Walking over towards Robert, Alex congratulated him on his victory.

"Nice kill Mr. Robert, you truly are strong." Alex said with a sincere smile. Turning towards him with an exhausted smile, he was about to say something but then his smile turned into a frown.

"(Sigh) he's dead." Alex sighed

"What did you do?!" Robert shouted in anger

"Why did you assume it's my fault?" Alex asked coldly

"Then how did he die?" He asked barely holding back his rage

"He tried to block an attack from the Greater imp and his lungs were cauterized. If you don't believe me you can check his corpse."

Hopping over to his comrades corpse, Robert started to inspect the corpse.

"Fine it seems your telling the truth. But how the fuck did you kill the Greater Imp on your own?" Robert asked skeptically

"I was just lucky I guess." Alex shrugged.

Robert's gaze lingered on him for a while then he turned away. Hopping over to a tree he leaned on it and rested.

Walking over to the corpse of the Greater Imp Robert killed he carved out it's core.

'Now let's see my gains.' Alex thought as he pulled up the system notifications.