Chapter 78 Young Master, Please Reconsider Thirteen knew that even if they lured the Yellow Striped Dusk Brute into one of their pitfall traps, it would not really do much damage to its body due to the hard scales that protected it. Their wooden and stone spears would not even put a dent in its armor, so their weapons were more or less useless. The only realistic thing they could do was to let Brutus and Bruno tag-team to smack it into submission with their Spiked Mace and Bone Club. However, they weren't exactly the fastest-moving monsters in the Houdini Desert. The Monitor Lizard was also slow-moving, but it had something that the two Brutes didn't have, and that was a poisonous spray attack that could kill the two Avatars in minutes. Over the past month, Thirteen had strategized a way to overcome its deadly weapon, but in order for his plan to work, Brutus and Bruno had to get close enough to execute his plan. In fact, they had to get extremely close, which was the main problem. When faced with strong monsters, the first thing that the Yellow Striped Dusk Brute would do was use its Poison Spray to target them from a distance. It was very possible that Brutus and Bruno may dodge the first poison spray attack, but the second one would be harder to dodge. If the two Brutes were able to close the distance, then their victory was assured. To have a higher chance of success, Thirteen was willing to make sacrifices—like using Bruno to tank the Poison Spray while Brutus went to execute the plan. This strategy had a very high chance of success but at the cost of losing the Rank 2 Ogre, which he promised Cristopher wouldn't happen. So, there was only one choice. Thirteen must join the two Brutes in attacking the Monitor Lizard to give them at least a fifty-fifty chance of winning without any of them dying. When he shared his plan with Cristopher the chubby boy's face turned as pale as a sheet of paper. "Young Master, please reconsider," Cristopher said. "We don't have to fight that thing. We can just wait for it to leave, and we can go on our way." "You're right, Cristopher," Thirteen replied. "But if we manage to kill this monster and retrieve its poison sack, we will be able to neutralize almost all of the threats that we will face in the Houdini Desert." The poison of the Purple Desert Scorpion and the Black Scorpion could paralyze the Monsters that they were fighting against, but some stronger Monsters were more resistant to their paralysis. Because of this, they could only resort to another method which would slowly but surely kill their enemies, and that was by using the Yellow Striped Dusk Brute. Also, Thirteen was wondering if the Monitor Lizard was a Brute Monster as well due to its name. He was aware that this was a shot to the moon, but if the Yellow Striped Dusk Brute was really a Brute Type Monster, and Brutus and Bruno were able to kill it, they would have another formidable comrade in their party, which would truly make Cristopher a formidable Wanderer in the Houdini Desert. Perhaps, Cristopher subconsciously knew of this as well, but he was afraid that his Young Master might get seriously injured, or worse, die from the attempt of tackling one of the most dangerous Rank 2 Monsters in the Houdini Desert. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," Thirteen said as he looked at the Monitor Lizard that was only a hundred meters away from the Oasis. "This is also good training for you, Cristopher. You must master the proper way to summon and unsummon your Creatures." "If you think that Brutus or Bruno are going to be hit by the Poison Spray, recall them right away. However, you can only recall one of them. "I will need one of them to assist me in fighting against the Yellow Striped Dusk Brute in close combat. If both of them disappear, I'll be easy prey for the Monster. So make sure to only recall one of them as a last resort." Cristopher gritted his teeth before nodding his head. He had no idea whether this would really work, but he prayed to all the Gods in Solterra that they succeed on their first try. "Brutus, Bruno, make sure to always listen to the orders of the Young Master!" Cristopher ordered. The Troll and the Ogre both nodded their heads as they, too, prepared to fight against the Monster that even their tribes were very reluctant to face in battle. Thirteen did a few short stretches to prepare himself for what he was about to do. When he was finally ready, he circled the pitfalls in order to approach the oasis. Brutus and Bruno did the same, but after passing the pitfall traps, the two Monsters separated and approached the Yellow Striped Dusk Brute from its left and back sides. Meanwhile, Thirteen was approaching the monster from its front, holding a stone spear he had dipped into the toxin of the Purple Desert Scorpion. Although the Monitor Lizard's body was covered in hard scales, there were still places that were vulnerable, like its eyes and the inside of its mouth. However, even Thirteen, who was confident in his throwing skill, wasn't really sure if he would be able to hit his target. At the very least, it was worth trying since he was faster than the two Brutes, who were slowly but surely closing the distance between them and the Yellow Striped Dusk Brute. Thirteen waited until the Monitor Lizard started to drink from the oasis before he initiated his attack. After taking out a Stone Axe from his Spatial Storage, Thirteen swiftly threw it toward the face of the Yellow Striped Dark Brute, hitting its snout. Immediately, the Monitor Lizard hissed in anger and glared in Thirteen's direction. Thirteen, who finally got the Monster's attention, took out another Stone Axe and threw it in the Monster's direction, making the latter even more furious. The Yellow Striped Dusk Brute had faced many kinds of opponents in its lifetime. But it had never faced a Human boy, who dared to attack it while it was quenching its thirst.