"Hmm?" Cassandra turned her head when she noticed several magical beasts approaching Virelia.

But even so, she didn’t come out of her hiding place and chose to sit on a tree trunk.

’Well, this is a good opportunity to see how much she has improved since the last time we met.’

She retrieved an apple from her space ring and ate it.

"Bad little brother!" Virelia crossed her arms over her chest and pouted her lips in annoyance. "I will scold him later."

She didn’t know what was going on, so she blamed him for everything.

Just as she was about to return to the village, she heard the sound of footsteps and something pushing through the bushes.

’What is it?’

She instantly shifted into her partial transformation the moment she saw seven magical beasts approaching her.

Even though all of them were only at 1-star, the lineup was quite dangerous. They were a panther, a crocodile, a wild boar, a deer, a bat, a raven, and a coyote.

After seeing them, Virelia chose to run away, but the bat and the raven stopped her. In the end, she had no other choice but to fight them.

On the other side, Ren was strolling alone with a happy smile. He had a good sleep last night, so he was in a good mood.

’The weather is good, and the air is fresh! It seems like today will become another good day.’

While he was enjoying the morning atmosphere, Tomas and Milo were on their way to Bernard’s house.

They stopped their footsteps the moment they spotted him.

’Ren?’

They exchanged confused glances before finally approaching him.

"Ren!" they shouted in unison.

"Hmm?" Ren stopped walking and turned to them.

"Why are you still here?" Tomas asked. "Didn’t you say you would wait for her by the riverbank?"

Ren tilted his head in confusion. "Riverbank? Her? What are you talking about?"

"Did you hit your head?" Tomas was dumbfounded by his answer. "You asked us to tell Virelia to meet you by the river earlier."

"You said you had prepared a surprise for her," Milo added. "We already sent her to meet you."

"But I never planned anything for her, and I didn’t meet you earlier. I just woke up." Ren immediately noticed something was off. "Wait!"

Tomas and Milo also realized it.

Their expressions instantly turned panicked.

"Where did she go?" Ren’s heart was filled with worry because someone was setting her up.

"River!" Tomas answered. "It’s a hundred and fifty meters to the south."

Ren wasted no time and rushed to the river.

"What should we do now?" Milo asked.

"Let’s find Elara, Lily, and David," Tomas answered. "They can help him save Virelia."

"Good idea!" Milo agreed.

Then, they left to find the trio.

At the same time, Virelia was having a hard time defending herself. Even though she was a powerful shifter, she was not as strong as Ren.

Facing seven magical beasts at the same rank was still too much for her, so she was at a disadvantage in the fight.

Some of her clothes were covered in blood, and her right leg was heavily injured. Of course, she didn’t fight badly.

Out of seven beasts, she had killed four.

Now, there were only a panther, a raven, and a coyote.

’I need to think of a way to escape from them.’

She skimmed her surroundings before returning her attention to the beasts in front of her.

’You ugly beasts! Just you wait! After I return to the village, I will take him to this place to kill you all!’

She put on an annoyed expression when she recalled Ren.

’Hmf! All of this is also his fault! I will punish him later.’

She spread her tail feathers and attacked them.

However, the magical beasts could avoid it.

They moved in zigzags while running toward her together.

Once the distance between them was already close, they split up and attacked her from three different directions.

Virelia used the Feather Shield skill to protect herself, but it didn’t last long. The moment her shield shattered into countless feathers, the magical beasts launched another attack.

A few of their strikes landed on her body, and blood splashed out of her mouth.

After standing up, she unleashed her illusion skill to trap them. "Royal Feather Mirage."

The moment they saw multiple images of her and felt slightly dizzy, she took the chance to counterattack.

She rushed toward the raven and split it in two with her blue sword. She chose the raven because its condition was better compared to the panther and the coyote.

Once she killed the bird, she dashed toward the panther, but before she could finish it off, the illusion shattered.

The panther regained its senses and immediately launched a powerful strike. Virelia didn’t anticipate it, so she failed to block or dodge it.

Bang!

Her T-shirt was ripped open by its claws as her blood sprayed into the air.

Cassandra, who was watching the fight from a tree, murmured. "She is already at her limit."

She knew Virelia was going to lose soon.

But even so, there was no sign of disappointment on her face.

Virelia had killed five of them, so it could be said that she did very well. After all, she still got stronger despite her busy schedule as a popular idol.

If she had trained more, she was sure Virelia would not be struggling and could escape easily.

’Well, it’s time to step in.’

She rose to her feet and retrieved a dagger from her space ring.

’Hmm?’

She noticed something.

’It seems like my help is not needed.’

She sat back on a tree trunk and ate an apple.

"Alright. It’s time for you to stop peeking." She threw her dagger at the golem hiding behind a tree, destroying it in an instant.

Vito was startled when the sync suddenly cut off.

’What’s going on?’

He didn’t know who destroyed his golem, as it happened so quickly.

"What happened?" Luka was shocked to see Vito fall on his butt.

Vito turned to Luka and answered, "My golem has been destroyed."

"Who did it?" Axel asked.

"I don’t know." Vito shook his head.

"Then what about her? Is she dead?" Jax only cared whether Virelia was dead or not.

"She was still alive before my golem was destroyed, but she had already reached her limit," Vito answered. "I’m sure the panther and the coyote will kill her."

Jax’s eyes shone brightly. "Really?"

"Her right leg is heavily injured. She won’t be able to run away from them." This was what made Vito believe she would die.

"Great!" Jax and Luka answered in unison.

On the other side, Virelia was sent flying by the coyote’s claws.

Her body slammed into a tree before falling to the ground. She could not stand up anymore as her legs were injured by them.

"Grrr!" The panther and coyote jumped at her together.

Since her sword had already slipped from her hands, Virelia took out two daggers from her space ring.

Even though she could not stand up anymore, she had no intention of giving them her life. She would fight until she died, because it was related to her pride as a shifter.

’Die!’