”Flank left!” The bestial forsaken wasted no time in charging the duo of Mr. Beast and the wolf. The man had already taught Wolf the various words and phrases that he thought would come in handy in a fight, so as the man raised his sword to block the forsaken’s clawed swipe, wolf ducked to the left. As the attack slammed into Mr. Beast’s crude blade, the man was knocked back. The power behind the attack set him off balance, on top of the fact that he wasn’t really too sure how to use a sword. ”Now!”

With his guidance, the wolf struck. It had moved around to the side of the forsaken, and when Mr. Beast commanded it, the wolf pounced forward and bit at the monster’s leg. It turned and ROARED out in pain, which MR. Beast used to slash at the creature's body. Though the weapon was new to him, his body seemed to know how to use it. He felt his cheeks grow a little rosy in the middle of this combat–his ability was no doubt another blessing from Earth-chan!

Split between two opponents, the forsaken seemed a little lost on what to do. It leapt back, turning its face between each of the two as it sniffed. The monster crouched down onto all fours, Pointing its nose-horn at the wolf as it kicked its leg in preparation.

”Uh oh, best get behind me for this one.” Wolf hopped over to hide behind Mr. Beast as the man raised an arm out to gesture him over. He raised his sword, pointing its blade at the monster about to charge them. ”Alright Tide Ripper, activate!” As he spoke, a blue glow enveloped his sword, moving up the hilt into the tip of the blade. A jet of pressurized water shot forward, slamming into the beast as it turned its head from the attack–though only for a moment before charging.

The forsaken that the tidepool serpent faced off against looked around the boat hungerly. It seemed to glance right over the serpent, likely assuming that they were on the same side since they both came from the sea. That was the monster’s first mistake, as the Serpent coiled up and fired a blast of pressurized water from its mouth.

Eyes widened on the forsaken as it quickly slammed its fists together, causing a green hue to shimmer out from the hands like a shockwave. Its scales were replaced with various greens, and as the water blast hit its body, the monster… seemed unphased. The serpent’s own eyes narrowed with concern. Hmm… this fight wasn’t going to be so simple.

If his [Water Spout] wasn’t going to work against the forsaken, the serpent would just have to get up close and personal to it! From his coiled position, he suddenly lunged forward. His mouth was wide open and ready to chomp down on some fish meat, but quickly found himself surprised. The green forsaken CAUGHT him mid-air, twirling the serpent overhead before slamming it down on the ground with a WHAM!

The serpent hissed out in pain, twisting around again to quickly whack the forsaken with its tail. Though his tail smacks usually knocked people away, the strike against the forsaken’s ugly green face only turned its head. Serpent was angry now. First it had been ignored, and now this creature thought it could just toss it around, like nothing?!

Turning back, the Serpent lunged at the monster again. Once more, the brute yoinked him out of the sky- but this time the serpent knew its game. Its skin gained a sudden sheen to it as its speed suddenly increased. The forsaken tried to keep its grip, but it was too slow. Serpent coiled around the monster’s arm, meeting it face to face with a loud HISSSS!

As the red-scaled forsaken let out its rage-filled cry, the scales on its body shifted once more. They flashed back to their rainbow hue, constantly changing into a wide variety of colors before finally settling on a bunch of dark purples. Unlike before, however, the purple was half-mixed with some of the red scales from earlier. The red-tinted claws on the monster's body remained, but now its arms suddenly grew in length. They became thin and lanky, falling to the floor for a moment before an electric current lit up throughout them.

Ragline barely had a moment to panic before the monster suddenly spun in place. Its arms flailed out around it, with its claws raking through all of Ragline’s clones before finally hitting the cat itself. A distressed mrroww! let out of Ragline’s mouth as it was flung back from the attack, only to be met with a RUFF!

Soft fur (although slightly damp) broke Ragline’s fall as it found itself moving towards the monster once more. Looking down, Ragline was happy to see that the wolf was here and had caught him! They were headed toward the forsaken once more, who slung one of its long arms at the wolf, but hopped to the side of it just in time thanks to the effects of [Coordination]. Feigned jumping off of the wolf as his clones began to swarm the monster again, causing it to angrily lash out and start another windmill spin-attack… exactly what the pets wanted it to do.

Wolf launched itself into the air, leaping right over the forsaken as Ragline hopped off and used its Scratch again, this time right on its face. The monster was knocked out of its spin attack and fell to the ground. Ragline hopped back as the wolf used the opportunity to dash in and bite down on one of the arms, snapping it cleanly off. Ink oozed out from the wound

It was only for a moment that the forsaken stayed down. It wasn’t going to be defeated so easily… With another roar, it slung its remaining arm out around Ragline's clones. Continuing to have no effect, the creature moved its attack elsewhere.

If the cat was just going to be clones every time he attacked, it was just gonna target the Wolf instead! Pretending that it was just going for an attack on Ragline, the forsaken suddenly changed the trajectory of its arm with a flash of electricity. The claws slashed into the wolf, jolting it with electricity at the same time.

Seeing his friend get hit, Ragline cried out. His clones began to fade away as he charged toward their opponent, but the forsaken was quick to draw its arm back in and swipe at the cat. The wolf stood again, shaking off with a pant. The bonus it had received from its connection to Mr. Beast was wearing off, meaning not only was it hurt, but slower too now.

Still, his friends were relying on him now! Ragline had charged in to fight the monster, so the wolf would do the same. As he ran towards the monster again, the wolf would feel his wounds start to soothe. ”I GOT YOU, MY FRIEND!” Mr. Beast shouted from across the boat as a light washed over both of them. This was the effect of his [Helping Hand]!

Instantly feeling better, the wolf ran at Ragline, scooping up the cat onto his back just in time to get out of the way of another attack. The two of them nodded to each other in unison as the monster roared, spinning its arm around its head before throwing it down at them once more.

The wolf hopped over the arm, just barely dodging it, only to land on the ground and twist, biting down onto the thin length of arm. It stifled a cry as the electricity shocked it again, though without the claws it hurt much less than before. While the wolf held it in place, Ragline dashed toward the monster. It tugged and tugged on its arm, trying to pull free, but the wolf wasn’t going to let it go so easily- tug of war was one of its favorite games!

Ragline reached the monster, jumping up to scratch it one more final time. As its claws raked across the forsaken’s chest, the monster roared… before falling to the ground and vanishing in a puff of water. Its roar seemed to linger in the air for a moment, but Ragline and the wolf regrouped, happy it was over.

For Mr. Beast and the serpent, the monster grabbed at the air as the sea snake finally freed itself. ”Now then… LET’S SHOW HIM THE POWER OF MUSCLE!” The monster blinked as this time Mr. Beast himself picked up the serpent, spinning him around in his hand to wack it with a loud THUD right onto the monster’s chest. The serpent twisted his tail as he hit, maximizing the damage and finally knocking the forsaken down as it staggered back a few feet.

”And, Finisher time!” The serpent coiled up its massive body, opening its jaws to blast the downed forsaken one more time. As he did so, Mr. Beast copied its movements, using the Tide Ripper sword to fire off his own twin beam of water. The pressurized blasts merged in the air, slamming down onto the forsaken with a force that was enough to send it flying, spiraling off into the water never to be seen again.

Mr. Beast sighed with relief as the tension finally eased, slumping down against the sea serpent as it did the same.