Chapter 18: First Cooperation

"To have subdued a Remnant Beast in such a short time, truly worthy of my lord!"

Lin Xiaolu had just landed, and following behind her, Moke, who had been fluttering a pair of tiny wings the whole time, popped out from her back and, in a tone that sounded quite sycophantic, began to flatter.

Its doing so was nothing new; Senior Cuique even suspected it had some corruption in the Magic Realm, which was why it had fled to the Material World, otherwise there would be no reason for it to care so much about the title of "Patrol Officer."

Even though Senior Cuique ignored or rebuked its stiff attempts at ingratitude every time, she still couldn't stop it.

If a child were to see a fairy constantly sucking up like this every day, they would likely be disillusioned with the very concept of "fairies" from then on.

Sighing inwardly, Senior Cuique ignored Moke and turned her attention to the other side, where Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang were.

Clearly, from the moment Lin Xiaolu arrived, the atmosphere between those two had not been harmonious. Lin Xiaolu, descending from the sky, wore a look of resentment, forming a sharp contrast with Xia Liang on the other side, who was beaming with smiles.

Senior Cuique saw Lin Xiaolu's inexplicable rejection of Xia Liang, but Xia Liang's behavior of enjoying herself and constantly provoking Lin Xiaolu was also problematic.

Seeing the two showing signs of starting to quarrel again, Senior Cuique suppressed her urge to sigh again, clapped her hands together, and said, "Alright, stop arguing for now."

She pointed her finger toward the Remnant Beast not far away, striving to shift both of their attention over: "The Remnant Beast that appeared today is not strong. My assessment is that it is around the Egg Rank, which means that as long as you two cooperate well and perform normally, you can deal with it quite easily."

While speaking, Senior Cuique looked toward the Remnant Beast not far away; the Remnant Beast, bound by silk threads, was still wriggling in place, trying to break free from the threads. This struggle achieved nothing, but the Remnant Beast, having almost no intelligence, did not realize this.

She plucked the magic threads in the void again, loosening the web binding the Remnant Beast, and turned back to the two newcomers, saying, "I already told you the type and weaknesses of this Remnant Beast last night. Now I will release the bindings on it, and you will fight. Next, unless the situation is extremely critical, I will not intervene."

As the threads scattered, the Remnant Beast, originally crouching on the ground, straightened up, shook its huge and fat body, and with its limited intelligence, discovered the Three Magicians standing at the intersection, finding its true enemies.

It whipped its head, revealing a mouth full of crooked fangs, and roared at the three again:

"Guo wo wo wo oh oh oh oh!"

"Don't worry, Senior Cuique."

Facing the angry Remnant Beast, Lin Xiaolu was completely unafraid. She raised her wand and said confidently, "I have been studying seriously these past few days; the me of now is a completely different person from before!"

"Fighting this big guy... feels like fun!"

Xia Liang's focus was entirely in another direction.

Both of them had strong fighting spirit; this was the only thing that made Senior Cuique feel reassured, so she said no more and simply nodded quietly.

Then, light blue and hibiscus-purple magic flows crossed and exploded; the two Magicians rose into the air one after another, creating a gust of wind beside Senior Cuique as they flew straight toward the massive Remnant Beast.

Egg Rank Remnant Beasts are the most numerous, most frequently appearing, and also the weakest Remnant Beasts in this world.

The weakness here refers to Magicians; although there are strong and weak distinctions among Egg Rank Remnant Beasts, even the strongest Egg Rank ones often cannot withstand the siege of two or three Seed Rank Magicians. As for the weak ones, they are at a level where a novice who just became a Magician could wipe them out.

Precisely because of this, in both the Material World and the Magic Realm, the research and experience summaries from both sides regarding Egg Rank Remnant Beasts are the most detailed.

Unlike high-rank Remnant Beasts, Remnant Beasts at this stage mostly rely on physical attacks.

Their greatest characteristic is that they generate different special organs used to utilize magic.

Taking their special organs as the main reference, along with body type characteristics, behavioral logic, habitat locations, and other dimensions, people have classified Egg Rank Remnant Beasts into dozens of types to facilitate Magicians in identifying and efficiently eliminating them.

Burst Membrane Type, Corrosive Claw Type, Rotten Scale Type, Split Skin Type, Covered Viscera Type... Different types of Remnant Beasts have different special abilities brought by their special organs. For instance, the claws of the "Corrosive Claw Type" can corrode objects, while the magic flow between the skin of the "Split Skin Type" grants it extremely high surface temperature.

As for the Remnant Beast encountered this time, judging by Senior Cuique's experience, it undoubtedly belongs to the "Dissolving Cavity Type."

Its characteristics are a relatively large body size, with a basic height usually over ten meters; a significant amount of mucus on the body surface used to reduce damage and assist movement; and a special organ named "Dissolving Cavity," which can mix undigested parts of prey and body fluids that have been swallowed, then fire them out like a high-pressure water cannon, with power capable of directly piercing ordinary concrete.

This type of Remnant Beast is actually not very common because it often inhabits water-rich areas; the urban environment is not suitable for its physiological habits, whereas they often gather in the wild, but this is not something for a city-garrison Magician like her to worry about.

It is rare to encounter one now, so letting Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang use it for practice is truly the best thing.

However, contrary to Senior Cuique's expectations, the cooperation between the two newcomers she was guiding could not be described as seamless; it could only be described as a mess.

Not long after the battle began, Lin Xiaolu was almost knocked out of the sky directly by a magic beam fired by Xia Liang.

"You person—do you want to kill me?"

Seeing that hibiscus-purple magic sweep past not far in front of her, she quickly stopped her flight state, then angrily shouted at Xia Liang.

"Sorry, sorry." Xia Liang could also realize it was her mistake, so she kept apologizing with a smile.

And when the Remnant Beast used its Dissolving Cavity to attack for the first time, Xia Liang had already extended her wand in advance, gathered a magic cannon, and aimed at the opening exposed by the Remnant Beast, but because Lin Xiaolu suddenly inserted herself into Xia Liang's intended release trajectory, this strike failed to go off.

"Ah, really!"

A strike that could clearly Achieve merit was stillborn. Facing this situation, even Xia Liang felt somewhat angry, but in the end, she could only prioritize the big picture and continued flying around the Remnant Beast, looking for other attack angles.

The two fought dozens of rounds against the Remnant Beast with such a clumsy combination; they fought for half a day, causing little effective damage to the Remnant Beast, and instead exhausted themselves thoroughly.

Standing aside, Senior Cuique saw it all clearly.

Xia Liang's talent as a Magician was undoubtedly very strong; even having studied for only a few days and participating in combat for the first time, she seemed to have a natural intuition to find suitable positions to use magic for long-range attacks on the Remnant Beast.

In comparison, Lin Xiaolu was far inferior, but she still dared to fight and struggle, and possessed combat experience that was relatively rich for a newcomer, actively seeking the Remnant Beast's weaknesses using a relatively high-mobility close-combat mode.

These two, if fighting alone, would probably both have the opportunity to take down this Remnant Beast by themselves, and it might even be easier than now.

But when they formed a combination and needed to cooperate to fight, because they tended to use different combat styles and had no awareness in their minds of cooperating with teammates, the final effect was a complete mess.