"Jakey, suppowt me with youw Hydwo Whips. Keep the beast tied at the place fow a while. I'm going ahead."
Ramy informed Jake this time and ran past him towards the evolving beast. He had to kill the menace in front of him quickly.
Jake's mana storage was soon going to run out of mana. So he didn't try to execute the water shield again. He knew the boar's attention would be on Ramy now that he was leading the charge. So the tank wasn't worried about his or the healer's safety anymore.
Jake then executed his Hydro Whips again. There were around six whips now. The tank raised his hands and sent them to follow Ramy.
Ramy could now see the six whips following him, three on either side. This bolstered his confidence and allowed him to realize his full potential.
'Surreal Sound Swords!'
Ramy shouted the name of his spell in his mind to aid him in concentrating on its execution.
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Ramy remembered Eren's words that he had said casually but left a lasting impression on Ramy's psyche. Only now did he truly understand what his idol had been trying to say all along:
"Moderately strong people who try to solo-fight their opponents and injure themselves when they could have received help from their teammates are not only stupid but also a nuisance to those around them.
I'd rather have a weak ranker with me who knows his or her role in the team and acts efficiently on it. This is in contrast to someone who is talented but doesn't want to contribute to team play.
Soloing an opponent only looks cool when you can do it effortlessly. It is pathetic to not rely on your team's strength only to suffer miserably while trying to fight all by yourself.
It's fine if someone doesn't want to value their life. But why should I let them jeopardize my safety by making them part of my team?"
Eren had said that to Becky while she was trying to argue with him over her role as a mage. She wanted to prioritize team plays that would allow her to cast her AoEs more.
The butcher refused of course. He wasn't naive enough to think that AoEs were the one-mould-fits-all answer to all the problems a team made of various rankers would face. He had made that speech to straighten her thinking.
Becky just hmphed for an answer. It wasn't clear if she would follow Eren's words. The latter's words, however, were understood by another listener at this moment.
'Damn it. I hope lord Eren doesn't get angry with me for my earlier actions. I'm already a reserve member of the team. He'd kick me out if I gave him an excuse to do so.'
Ramy thought as he ran towards his opponent who was trying to break into E-Rank. He finished his silent incantation as he got the boar within his spells' execution range.
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"Surreal Sound Swords!"
Ramy shouted the name of his spell in his mind to aid him in concentrating on its execution.
The sword Ramy held in his hands started shaking with an inaudible sound frequency. There were also a bunch of sound swords forming around him as he approached the beast.
"Go fowth my babies!"
Ramy willed his swords to attack the beast and interrupt its evolution process. The now-formed levitating swords flew with exceptional speed and collided against the torso of the beast.
It seemed that the beast didn't target Ramy for no reason. Earth Suidae's defensive spells were crippled by sound element spells.
Upon colliding with the exoskeleton of the beast, the sound swords sent the sound waves they contained into the exoskeleton as soon as they collided.
Jake could see that as soon as the sound swords hit the beast's defensive spell, the runic pattern over it got dimmer with each hit until there was none.
"Bleeeeeeeerk!"
The beast also produced a cry that was laced in pain and surprise. The pain was because one of the sound swords Ramy had sent towards it had managed to hit the area that was already hit by the sound sword before it.
The weak defence was breached by the impact of the next incoming sword, forcing the beast to suffer its first injury. But Ramy didn't let his guard down this time. He sent another volley of sound swords towards the beast and shattered its defensive spell.
But the deviant mana beast still had another card in its sleeve that it could use if Ramy approaches it carelessly like before. That's why he signalled Jake with hands and the latter understood what he was referring to.
Immediately after Ramy's surreal sound swords had made their presence felt, the water whips rushed to tackle the beast. The beast was still pretty shaken up and in a vulnerable state. So it couldn't dodge and get away from the incoming water whips.
Four of the water whips were tied to the four limbs of the beast each. The second last whip was turned into a farce before it tightened around the boar's neck. The remaining water whip was there to hurl a certain someone at the beast.
Ramy was suddenly seen flying towards the now-injured and about-to-evolve beast. He found himself right above the beast's neck while in the air.
Surreal Sound Sword!
At this time, the boar was tied to its place by Jake's water whips, making it unable to execute its offensive spell. Its defensive spell was also broken by Ramy's sound-element spell.
Ramy executed his got-to spell. He imbued his sword with ultra-high sound frequency before swinging at the beast's neck. His eyes gleamed with cold determination as he let his sound-powered sword do its work.
The knight was confident that even though the beast was tenacious, it wouldn't be able to harm him or his team if it was decapitated. And he was right.
The beast's body collapsed on the ground with a distinct thud as its head flew towards the front.
With the power of team play and flawless personal spell execution, Ramy had slain the about-to-evolve F-Rank beast in mere moments after his recovery.