The void creature's speed may have reduced, but it was still very fast. Halfway through the distance, Zol exclaimed to his companions, "Mason!" He called to Mason take action with him. He then stretched his right hand towards the void creature and applied his telekinetic force, attempting to hold him in place.
And that was the reason he called out to Mason. With his barrier magic, he could create a containment while he held the creature back. This would create an opening where Charlotte and Evelyn could explore and bombard it with their attacks.
Zol applied the force and Mason chased after the creature and made hand gestures as if to seal something between his palms. This gesture created a solid rectangular prison that encased the void creature. The combination of Zol and Mason's abilities quickly trapped the void creature.
"!"
However, they quickly gritted their teeth and increased the output of their powers. Even held tightly by Zol's telekinetic powers and Mason's barrier, the creature was still closing in on Zol, albeit slower than before.
However, the two hunters didn't have to wait long as the attacks from Charlotte and Evelyn closed in on the void creature. Mason was quick to create multiple openings in his barrier to allow the attacks to land. The attacks from both women bombarded the void creature.
Charlotte released a volley of heavily condensed metallic arrows that moved way faster than light. She had the option of creating the metallic projectiles and pushing them to land her attacks, however, she found out that when she used a bow and arrow, the speed of her projectiles increased exponentially, thereby increasing the power and penetrating force of her attacks.
Evelyn on the other hand created many long shards of icicles close to the void creature, impaling it from multiple angles. However, unlike Charlotte's more powerful attacks, hers were not able to penetrate deeper. But it didn't matter that much as she was a close-range fighter with her freezing-cold sword.
The bombardments of the attacks promptly halted the momentum of the void creature, sending it whichever way from the multiple attacks. But the damages the attacks dealt it were minimal. While their attacks landed, its aura―although weakened―quickly neutralized the magic within the attacks and dissolved the projectiles.
But the hunters were already close to it. It screeched once again, bleeding from the various holes created in its body.
The catkin observed all of this and nodded subtlely. She was incredibly weakened and was already on her last legs. The only thing keeping her from falling into a coma was the desire to see that creature die first. Only then could she relax.
Evelyn had already closed the distance between her and the void creature, her sword in hand. The aura still on the creature made it difficult, but she gritted her teeth and forced herself to close in.
"Haa!"
With a battle cry, she attacked, going for the head. But the creature was not that simple. Unlike the lower members of its species, it didn't just move on instincts. It had intelligence, and while not as high as humans and other intelligent races, it was enough to make informed decisions when in a fight.
The creature tilted its head backwards and evaded the attack, the biting cold not doing anything at all. It somersaulted mid-void and threw a right-clawed hand at Evelyn, its speed faster than Evelyn could react to. However, she was not alone.
Mason created a protective shield in front of the incoming attack and Zol applied his telekinetic force on the creature, slowing it down.
The claw clashed with the shield, instantly shattering it! But the actions of Evelyn's allies bought enough time for her to move away from the creature's clawed attack, however, the force of its attack was still powerful enough to send her flying into one of the floating debris.
BOOM!
The impact shattered the massive debris, sending her into multiple ones in its path. She went through a few of them before coming to a stop. The impact would have been worse if the material she hit was harder. Despite her situation, her allies did not take their eyes off the creature.
Any distraction and it would be their deaths. Charlotte was on clean-up and did not let the chance go. She sent multiple arrows that impaled the creature once it missed its mark.
The four Class S hunters may be in different domains, but this wasn't their first rodeo. They had fought many foes together and knew each other's fighting style. There was no need for words. Right now, their individual strengths were not enough and only teamwork could give them a chance at victory.
Following the attack from Charlotte, Zol closed in to engage the creature in close combat. They couldn't allow it to have a breather. They had to press the advantage they had.
Zol closed in with one of his bladed weapons in hand. He lunged his blade forward, attempting to impale the creature. But this time, the creature decided to block it. It crossed its two arms.
CLANG!
Zol's eyes widened in surprise. Not because the creature blocked his attack, but because the resistance his blade encountered felt like it clashed with an extremely hard material.
'What?!' Zol exclaimed inwardly.
'Is it's arms that powerful?' He couldn't help but momentarily think. 'Tsk, now is not the time for that!'
He redrew his blade and went on the offensive, their speed of movement insane to imagine―they simply moved too fast.
BOOM! BOOM!
The surrounding earth fragments were the things to pay the price for the impact the two made whenever they clashed. The shockwaves from their exchange disrupted the surrounding mana, sending it out and destroying the floating debris. The creature was faster and more powerful than Zol, constantly being pushed back, but he didn't give up.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The force behind the creature's attacks always pushed him back and if he wasn't prepared for them, he would be sent flying just like Evelyn.
Each and every attack he threw, the creature evaded or blocked, and when it attacked, Zol managed to either block it with his hand-held blade/floating ones or evade it. Sometimes, he would apply his telekinetic force on the creature to slow it down.
He could literally hear his bones creaking under the amount of effort he was putting in just to evade, and his armour took damage from time to time.
Mason and Charlotte were still on defence and attack duty, acutely following the speedily moving combatants. Evelyn had already regained her composure after that attack and was closing in fast on the moving fighters.
'That thing is going to regret that!' She was pissed and ready for a second round.