About an hour later, Kyle and Orion had managed to slay the Cursed-rank mutated creature. It had been a hard task. Even though Kyle had already slain two Cursed-rank beasts before, the Madorana proved difficult with its seven agile tails that struck with precision and its agility, making it nearly impossible to land a blow on its hardened scales.
Fortunately, it carried no Elemental trait and was only a Brute-type. At first, Orion insisted on taking the kill alone, and after several failed attempts, he finally struck true. He absorbed the essence core, pushing him into Layer Five of Tier Two.
Kyle regretted letting the chance slip. If he had taken the kill, he would have advanced to Layer Four and been able to test his Black Thread skill properly on a living opponent rather than the head of a Demon. Regret served no purpose now.
