Monsters are solitary creatures—predators. They hunt alone, even preying on their own kind and the mana beasts they evolved from. By all accounts, seeing them in a group should be impossible.
'There are more monsters!' The thought startled Oliver.
'Perhaps they are not monsters.' He watched through the golden mana covering him, seeing red dots appearing in the forest below the hill.
These creatures were climbing from the lake, swiftly approaching Oliver's position.
'They are certainly coming here. And they seem to be working together.'
'Monsters working together! What kind of fucked-up situation is this? And are these the same kind as that one?' He turned to gaze at the bleeding carcass of the aquatic, monkey-like monster he'd just slew.
That one was dead.
Deader than the deadest monster he ever saw.
