In just a few minutes after going to his room, Ben was prepared in his full war gear with his mystic sword, armor, and every other essential.
In the same time frame, Elanor was prepared in her full war gear with her ancestral bow and arrow that she used last during the inter-region war.
Once Cassandra and Swift Spear were ready, they came outside to meet the others who were ready and were already waiting for them.
For this trip, Rex borrowed Aragorn's Monster Truck.
Once they entered, Rex took control of the truck and drove out of the Berserk Mansion. After a few dozen minutes, they left the Gundam Shelter.
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You have activated Advanced Shadow Skill: Dark Arrow!
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After 2 hours since arriving in the notorious Great Ape Forest, Rex and his companions finally found a barely worthy foe and they did not hesitate.
Rex's Dark Arrow advanced shadow skill was not only known for its damage, but it was even more known for its restraint properties.
As soon as the Dark Arrow barely restrained the struggling Mud Python, Ben jumped down from the Monster Truck.
This was the first advanced mystic beast that they've seen in 2 hours since coming and Ben did not let go of the opportunity to showcase his power before his teammates. "Watch and see the beauty in me!"
Ben roared enthusiastically before diving at the struggling Python.
A mere Dark Arrow was unable to restrict the snake for long though, as soon as it broke out, the Python hissed loudly as it pounced towards Ben.
Bam!
Ben reacted in mid-air to the Python's deadly attack as he somersaulted, colliding with the ground with a loud sound while barely dodging the deadly fangs of the Mud Python.
As soon as he landed on the ground, his eyes gleamed as he twisted his body sideways in a bid to slash with his sword to remove the Python's head.
The Python was one step ahead of him though, Ben somersaulting on the ground was his mistake, the ground was the home ground of a Mud Python.
Whoosh!
Ben barely moved before the ground turned into mud and started moving on its own volition, a quagmire formed instantly underneath him.
This was not all as the mud moved to try restraining his hands. Ben's effort to impress by killing the Mud Python in one smooth combo attack failed.
'F*ck, I embarrassed myself'. Ben cursed as he finally took this seriously.
With seriousness came an advanced sword skill. He cut the quagmire apart, using the momentum of his sword swing as a force balance to lift himself up.
Mid-air, Ben activated a mystic effect of his mystic boots that allowed him to step in the air like it was bare ground.
He ran in the air, swiftly closing the distance to the Mud Python as he slashed with his sword again. This time, the mud Python tried to defend with its mud but it could not stop Ben.
"Wait…, don't kill it!" Rex yelled but it was too late.
The wind mystic energy empowered sword slash went all the way through, severing the head of the Python in one smooth motion as blood flowed.
As the Python's tail twitched furiously, Ben landed and grabbed the free-falling head of the Python before it could reach the ground.
"Done". He turned to showboat before his teammates.
Rex came down from the truck and sighed. "It was supposed to be a teamwork, I want us to improve our cooperation and understand each other".
"How do you expect all 5 of us to cooperate to kill a mere Mud Python?" Swift Spear was swift to talk. "That is beneath a warrior of your status".
"Umm…" Rex coughed. "Let's not mind that, but have you guys noticed the anomaly in the forest since 2 hours ago when we came".
"Yes, something is wrong". Cassandra finally spoke for the first time in a while as she came down from the truck with a frown on her face.
She observed the forest around them carefully.
Since arriving in the forest 2 hours ago, this was the first Advanced mystic beast that they've met. They've met some Apes but they were all intermediate mystic apes who seemed to be roaming around aimlessly.
Having been to this forest before alongside his 2 sworn siblings, Rex knew that something was wrong. "The forest is too quiet. The last time that I came here, there were Apes everywhere, we had to carefully navigate through".
"Something is wrong". Cassandra said again as her eyes narrowed. "I have a bad feeling about this but I'm not sure, let's continue finding targets".
Like Cassandra suggested, for the next 25 minutes, they continued searching for Grade D beasts while ignoring the anomaly in the forest. This time, their search finally bore fruition and they found 2 gigantic Apes.
Rex stopped Ben before he could move. "Remember, teamwork".
The strange thing though was that at this moment, these 2 Advanced mystic Apes seemed to be in a hurry as they rushed towards a certain destination.
Rex was excited at this discovery as he whispered to his teammates. "They probably have a family of Apes around here, if they could both lead us to their family with even stronger Apes, that would be for the better".
Rex was not sure what put them in such haste but he still followed them as his team members followed him, they followed the Apes to a rock-filled area of the forest that looked like a mountain range.
On arriving, they were shocked. Like Rex hoped, these 2 Apes indeed led them to more Apes but it was the sheer number of apes that shocked him.
At this moment, hundreds of apes were gathered together as they made a lot of noise. Rex felt a chill crawl down his spine as he hid with his teammates.
Without needing much scrutiny, he could already detect the auras of dozens of Advanced mystic Apes among those that were gathered at this moment.
"What's going on?" He was shocked at such a massive gathering.
In the Great Ape Forest, the Apes were known for their sense of camaraderie and their leadership structure but yet, such a massive gathering of Apes was not an occurrence that you see often.
While staying alert, every single warrior in Rex's team kept quiet as they watched the apes while speculating what they were up to.
In the rock-filled area was the entrance to a cave, and all the Apes seemed to be gathered before the entrance to this cave.
As the noise from the Apes continued, the sound of thudding footsteps suddenly reverberated from inside the cave as all the Apes kept silent.
As the seconds went by, the thudding sounds grew larger until a massive hoof finally stepped out of the cave. It was a massive Hell Horse, and riding this Hell Horse was a gigantic Ape that was bigger than the others.
'A horse-riding Ape?' Rex was shocked as different speculations went through his mind, what were the apes up to?
In the history of the Great Ape Forest, there were gifted Apes who could tame and ride Hell Horses and who always tended to be stronger than their brothers. In history, horse-riding Apes appearing meant only one thing.
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Rex's thought process was interrupted as this massive and powerful Ape started hooting, grunting, and barking amid grunts while beating its chest with its powerful arms while also making gestures at the same time.
It was like, this horse-riding Ape was addressing the others.
Rex's ominous instinct grew even more on seeing this.
"I can understand ape communication". Swift Spear whispered as she listened. "He seems to be saying something about orders from an all father".
"He is encouraging his soldiers, he seems to be a war commander".
"He's encouraging them to give their all to reclaim lost land".
"He's encouraging them to fight…" Swift Spear paused. "Humans?"
Rex's eyes instantly narrowed in realization and alarm. "It's a beast invasion!"
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