Aetherios System [Slow Build OP MC, Isekai LitRPG/Cultivation] Chapter 37: Chapter 33: Boss Fight

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Chapter 33: Boss Fight Chapter 33: Boss Fight "God damn it, Devon." "Devon, seriously?" "What the fuck, Devon?" "I'm sorry!" Two bodyguards climbed out of the den behind the den mother. It was obvious what they were, given that both of them were twice the size of the badger warriors. If the warriors were the size of bears, Alex rated these things to be the size of an Asian elephant. The two hulking beasts walked out on either side of their matriarch, snarling and snapping at the tiny humans that encircled them. They were bigger, and more aggressive than the warriors. As they stepped forward, the den mother stepped back. She stopped just before the opening to the den. Is she blocking it off? Alex eyed the beast while trying to keep a vision of the two bodyguard badgers at the same time. The den mother settled down on her back paws in front of the opening and stopped. It looked like she was going to sit out the fight after all. That was fine with Alex. "The den mother is just blocking off the entry. Looks like we can ignore her and focus on the big ones," Alex called out over the snarls and snapping of jaws. "Garret, Henry," Eric yelled. "Distract the one on the left. We will focus on the one on the right." The two scouts-turned-tanks nodded and rushed at the left bodyguard. Garret angled to its far side while Henry ran head-on. Alex looked away before the clash occurred, he had his own job to do. Lance, Holly and Devon were moving before Alex was. The trio jabbed with their spears in near unison and jumped away just as quickly. Alex went in next, Eric on the opposite side. The giant badger was recovering from a missed claw swipe at Devon. Alex thrust forward and felt his spearhead make contact. The metal blade pierced into its fur and Alex felt his arm jolt from the sudden halt as it hit the beast's muscle. It's like a rock wall. Alex knew that wasn't true. He felt a bit of give from the muscle tissue, but is was so thick and dense it absorbed the impact from his attack leaving little damage at all. What the hell do we even do here? Alex twisted and yanked back as he jumped away. He didn't even see blood on the wound, the fur covered it up before the bleeding could even start. "Its muscles are too thick!" Alex shouted out to the team. "Go for a tendon!" Alex didn't look back at her, but he heard Allie's voice. He waited for the others to make their attacks and retreats before he closed in again with Eric. They had a rhythm down already. Alex ducked under the swipe of the paw that the beast threw at him, just barely dodging the blow. Based on the speed it moved and the size of the thing, Alex guessed it could break his bones with any of its strikes. Dodging was a priority. He stepped up next to the thing's back leg and aimed his thrust behind where it looked like its knee was. Alex felt the blade go just a bit deeper this time and began to twist the spearhead in the hope of damaging the ligaments in the area. He didn't get to finish the attack. The bodyguard badger turned its head in a shocking display of mobility and snapped at Alex. This time, being so close, he didn't have the speed to dodge it. He angled the length of his spear in front of himself and the badger's mouth closed around it, hard. Somehow, the wood didn't break. Alex saw large teeth grind into the wood and leaving marks, but it held. The badger yanked its head back and Alex failed to manage to hold on to the weapon. The spear was torn away from his grip, the beast ripping the blade from it's own back leg, and then tossed the spear off into the distance. Fuck me! Alex jumped back before the creature could perform a follow up attack. Lance and Holly were already jabbing their weapons into the thing's flank. Devon came in a fraction of a second later to attack its shoulder. Alex drew his sword, already regretting the shorter reach of this particular weapon. Complaining wasn’t going to be helpful at this juncture though, so he gritted his teeth and prepared to jump