The first person among the party members to clash with a Ground Puppy was Lee Hyunsung.
Using the spear made from the Ground Puppy's spinal bone that Kim Dokja had provided, Lee Hyunsung thrust it with all his might into the abdomen of the Ground Puppy charging at the very front, lifting it up in that state. At Lee Hyunsung's action, the Ground Puppy let out a painful scream and thrashed violently with the spear still stuck in its abdomen.
At the Ground Puppy's final thrashing, Lee Hyunsung slightly frowned and thrust the spear in even deeper. Whether it was effective or not, the body of the Ground Puppy with the spear deeply embedded in its abdomen went limp and met its death.
Lee Hyunsung watched the Ground Puppy's final moments briefly, then moved his body to deal with another Ground Puppy.
Graaah!
Jung Heewon looked at the two Ground Puppies charging at her with calm eyes, and the Ground Puppies, perhaps disliking how Jung Heewon was looking at them with calm eyes as if they were prey, let out loud cries and charged at her.
"Hoo...."
One Ground Puppy charged at Jung Heewon, extending its front paw. At the sight of the Ground Puppy attacking with its thick, sharp front paw reminiscent of a mole, Jung Heewon made a momentarily surprised expression, but soon composed her face and calmly ducked to avoid the Ground Puppy's attack.
Jung Heewon did not miss the opening of the Ground Puppy that had launched itself at her with its front paw extended. Putting strength into the spinal bone sword she was holding, she sliced through the Ground Puppy's neck in one breath.
Thanks to using the surrounding stones like a whetstone to sharpen the sword, the Ground Puppy's neck was cut off in one go. Because the neck was severed, the monster's blood splattered onto Jung Heewon's hands, face, and clothes.
Jung Heewon, momentarily dazed by the monster's blood splattered on her hands, face, and clothes, hurriedly raised her head. Because she remembered there was still one more monster left.
'Oops…!'
Graaah!
"Ugh...!"
The Ground Puppy, roaring as it saw Jung Heewon who had killed its kin, then opened its mouth wide, filled with sharp teeth, and charged at Jung Heewon.
Jung Heewon was greatly flustered by the Ground Puppy's action charging at her and tried to evade urgently, but the Ground Puppy's movement was a little faster.
'Too late...!'
At the sight of the Ground Puppy that had somehow come right before her, Jung Heewon tightly closed both eyes. She instinctively closed her eyes at the impending pain, but,
"E.G.O - Bullet First Cartridge — Magic Bullet"
Bang!!!
Graaaaah!!!
Someone's voice and the sound of a gunshot heard near her ear. Lastly, the monster's scream heard right after the gunshot. Jung Heewon carefully opened both eyes.
"....Huh?"
Upon opening her eyes, the Ground Puppy that had charged at her was lying limp on the floor with a hole in its head.
Making a dumbfounded expression at what had happened in an instant, Jung Heewon cautiously looked behind her, and behind her was Kang Yuseong, supporting the party members with his gun.
Then, as if sensing Jung Heewon's gaze, Kang Yuseong glanced at her, momentarily gave a thumbs-up with his hand, and then resumed his supporting fire.
Jung Heewon gave a small smile at his appearance, then gave a thumbs-up toward Kang Yuseong and ran toward the other living Ground Puppies.
The relatively weaker Yoo Sangah and Lee Gilyoung worked together to take down Ground Puppies, and Han Myung-Oh was... well, over there in the corner, terrified. Kim Dokja calmly matched the Ground Puppies' attack patterns and launched attacks, killing them one by one.
This went on for a few minutes.
Somehow, the Ground Puppies that had numbered 25 were now reduced to only about 8 left due to the party's attacks and Kang Yuseong's supporting fire.
"Leave the rest to me."
Kang Yuseon shouted that and immediately activated a skill.
[Activating skill Beast Transformation LV 1]
"Here I go! Beast Transformation!"
Kang Yuseong threw a water blade created in one hand toward the Ground Puppy, and the flying water blade sliced in half the Ground Puppies blocking its path before flying far away.
"Oh... this power isn't bad?..... Beast Transformation! Beast Transformation! Beast Transformation! Beast Transformation! Beast Transformation!"
Impressed by the ability of Beast Transformation, which had high power with low magic consumption, Kang Yuseong grinned and indiscriminately fired Beast Transformations toward the Ground Puppies.
After about 10 indiscriminate Beast Transformations passed through, there were no longer any surviving Ground Puppies.
All that remained in that place were the pieces of what had been Ground Puppies, sliced into fragments.