Chapter 1136: Fighting the Lizard

A few moments ago.

"Keep them rolling!" Clovis shouted while observing the battlefield. It looked like they managed to stop the beasts’ advance by using the explosives and all other traps they had prepared.

The lizard could also attack them, but as an overlord, it wouldn’t move easily.

However, Clovis kept paying attention to the lizard, ready to block any attack from this lizard. He was fully aware that what he was doing would cause the lizard to go berserk.

At the same time, he was wondering about the progress of the other group. As long as they killed the Moon Bow, they would turn around and strike these beasts from behind.

Still, the ruckus they had made was quite concerning. It was so loud that the lizard should also know there was a big fight going on behind it.

"..." The lizard squinted, observing Clovis’ movement. Coupled with the noises on its back, it changed its approach.

"Scree!" The lizard ordered the beasts to charge.

The beasts sped up, trying to overwhelm Clovis with their numbers.

Clovis simply took out even more explosives. He had brought explosives required to kill a few thousand beasts. Hana really outdid herself this time.

She emptied her own stocks of explosives, not to mention the market’s explosives. Except for the ones she couldn’t buy, such as the ones the military possessed, she bought everything.

That was why Clovis still managed to maintain his calm even though the beasts were overwhelming.

However, the lizard ordered the beasts to charge wasn’t to overwhelm Clovis. It was to clear the area around it.

It had a hard time moving because there were too many beasts around.

Once it cleared up a bit, the lizard stretched its legs and leaped up.

"Clovis!" Melody warned him, as she also saw the lizard finally coming towards them.

The lizard leaped onto a big tiger’s back, waited for a moment, and took another leap toward Clovis.

The hill might not be that high, but the lizard could actually leap for more than thirty meters in a single leap. It actually covered the distance between them in just four leaps.

In the air, the lizard extended its tongue.

Clovis activated his Abyss State and unleashed his killing intent to the maximum, trying to affect the lizard. But unlike a human who was sensitive to the killing intent, the beast’s instinct protected them from the killing intent.

That was why the lizard wasn’t affected by the hallucination formed from his killing intent.

Clovis gathered all his momentum and struck the tongue.

Bam!

The power of that tongue could actually create a small crater. Clovis spun and used that spin to create momentum to launch a ranged attack toward the lizard.

His ranged attack wasn’t as strong as Mara’s yet, but it was still on the level of a Tier 9 human, not to mention the fact that he was already halfway to Tier 9 at this time.

Unfortunately, the lizard was a Tier 9 beast. It actually smacked his ranged attack with its claws, dispersing its power to the surrounding area.

The ranged attack stopped the lizard’s momentum, but it couldn’t hurt the lizard.

’Well, this is going to be hard...’ Clovis’ expression turned grim. After that one instance, he knew that the situation would be even harder than he originally expected.

But before the lizard reached the ground, Clovis saw an arrow hit the lizard.

"!!!" The lizard looked shocked and struck the arrow with its other claw, but the arrow caused its body to spin. It couldn’t get the perfect landing, so its body rolled once before it could get back on its feet.

Another arrow came right after. The lizard avoided it completely this time. Clovis said, "Angelia, it’s good that you’re helping, but you should focus on the be—!"

Bam!

The arrow that was supposed to miss the lizard actually hit other beasts below, killing a few at the same time.

"Never mind then," said Clovis after understanding what Angelia was trying to do.

Angelia smirked. "You need help. I can help you while still playing my role. Melody, I need some adjustments."

"Got it." Melody adjusted the range of their defense, allowing Angelia to focus on helping Clovis.

The lizard glanced back. If it avoided the arrow, more beasts would die. However, its priority was to take down Clovis.

So, the lizard continued.

Angelia shot a few more arrows, but the lizard avoided all of them with ease. Clovis immediately moved to block its path.

His sword and the lizard’s claws clashed. As expected from a Tier 10 weapon, it actually scratched the lizard’s claws.

"..." This was the first time the lizard had seen a weapon that could damage the hardest part of its body. In other words, if Clovis ended up hitting his scales directly, he could slash through them and hit his flesh.

The lizard sent out its tongue immediately, forcing Clovis to leap back. He didn’t dare to go to the side, knowing full well the lizard was smart enough to take advantage of the gap to reach his teammates.

At the same time, he was aware that the more he focused on the lizard, the closer the other beasts would become.

"Tsk." Clovis clicked his tongue and jumped back toward the lizard, taking the initiative to attack to stop the lizard’s movement.

The lizard smacked Clovis from above. Clovis struck the claws.

While it might look like Clovis could withstand the claw, the force contained in that motion was so powerful that it ended up smashing the ground underneath him.

Clovis had no other choice but to change his offensive stance to a defensive one.

The lizard was still a Tier 9 human after all. Even if Clovis had all the buff he wanted from Another World Mall, he was still a Tier 8 human.

The lizard might not have had the unique ability that the humans possessed, but they had a lot of other things that compensated for it.

To their surprise, the trees started to fall down again, causing so much noise in the area that the lizard had no choice but to pay attention to it.

"!!!"