Although Phante made a simple stamp of his foot, its sound echoed like rolling thunder. Overwhelmed by Phante’s aura, the players were forced to back away a little, and the pressure even made some of the weaker players turn pale. 

Only a few hours ago, they had colluded to knock Phante and Edora out of the battle, but it turned out that none of them could even get near those two. The force that Phante emitted was much greater than they had believed. Perhaps the information they’d found on those two had been correct at the start of the Tutorial, but Phante and Edora had managed to grow stronger during the course of the Tutorial. They had begun as monsters and had become even greater ones.   

"What are you doing? Don’t you guys want my karma? Come and get it. Don't just stand there. Because if you do…” Phante grinned savagely, revealing his canine teeth and looking almost like a ferocious predator getting ready to hunt its prey. "I’m coming to you." 

Boom! Phante leaped forward as he kicked off the ground, as fast as a bullet. 

"Damn it!" 

"Don’t let him get close!" 

Even though they were panic-stricken, the players moved in perfect sync as they cast skill after skill, all sorts of dazzling effects glittering over their heads. Different kinds of magic circles overlapped...