Chapter 70：An old friend (1/2)

Gary quickly turned around to see what was behind him but the minotaur was already swinging his fist towards him. Gary managed to lift his sword just in time to block the attack. Although he managed to block the attack, it was useless. Gary had been sent flying to the point where we could no longer see him. As Gary was flying through the air, he had managed to throw his light crystal on the ground towards us.

The situation was bad. Gary had been flung outside of the light's reach, making him lost in the darkness. It was hard for us to say how hurt he was. Luckily, Gary had thrown the light into the middle of the chamber allowing us to at least see the beast. A King tier was too hard for us right now. Even with the four of us together there was little chance of defeating the beast. The lighting conditions were against us and my dragon eyes skill was useless.

The minotaur suddenly looked over towards us. Without giving us time to think it came charging. Monk and I quickly used our shadow step skill to dodge and hide from the minotaur. When we turned around, we noticed Jasmine hadn't moved a single step. She was covered in sweat and was paralyzed with fear.

”Jasmine move!” Monk shouted.

Jasmine managed to snap out of it and saw the minotaur attempting to grab her but it was too late. The minotaur had her tightly gripped in its hand and began squeezing her. The sound of her bones creaking could be heard through the chamber. Her screams were almost deafening.

Then I saw a small figure jump up to the minotaur's hand and with two daggers it stabbed right into the back of its hand. It was Monk. I couldn't believe the person who was most scared out of all of us had already moved in to save Jasmine.

The minitour released its vice grip on Jasmine, allowing her to fall to the floor. The enraged minotaur's focus was now centred on Monk. The minotaur would swing at monk, but Monk was too fast and agile for the creature, ducking and weaving avoiding every attack.

Jasmine was still on the floor. It looked like she was too injured to move. The minotaur seemed to be getting more and more frustrated at Monk. Suddenly, it stopped swinging at Monk. Now between its two horns, it looked like little bolts of electricity were gathering. The electricity between its horns started to get bigger and bigger.

Just then, Gary had appeared from the direction he was thrown from. His left arm was completely misshaped, twisting in a way that was unnatural. It was definitely broken.

He shouted, ”Watch out! It's an elemental attack, get out of there Monk!”

Monk heeded Gary's warning and immediately dashed towards us. For some reason, it seemed like while the beast was gathering its electricity, it was unable to move. At the same time, we all had the sudden realization that Jasmine was still lying on the ground only a few feet away from the minotaur. The minotaur's attack was definitely still in range.

Jasmine could see that the minotaur was gathering its strike. She tried her best to crawl over towards us. With a panicked expression, Gary tried rushing over save her, but Monk got in his way.

”We have to save her!” Gary exclaimed.

”It's too late! Do you want us all to die?!” Monk shouted.

Gary knew Monk's words were true, but he couldn't help but curse at himself for how weak he felt.

The electricity now had stopped gathering between the horns of the beast and now was sparking off of its whole body. Spotting Jasmine desperately crawling away, the beast started to move towards her. It lifted both of its hands and slammed them into the ground.

With a thunderous crack, dust and rocks were flung everywhere. It was as if lightning had just struck the ground. When the dust finally settled, we could see the minotaur standing in a crater about 4 meters wide.

”Where's Jasmine!” Gary shouted.