The hunt went smoothly.

Kang Oh hugged the wall and slashed at any incoming Kurima tongues. Then, Grano would finish them off with his Water Prison.

Two Kurimas were killed without incident.

But once the monkfish-shaped monsters surrounding Eder began spewing liquid, the situation became dire.

The liquid was incredibly viscous.

Eder was unable to block all the liquid with his shield, so he rolled onto the floor.

Splatter.

Water splashed around and Eder was quickly drenched.

Black smoke began to rise from the groundwater once the liquid made contact with it.

The smoke traveled along with the wind, heading for Eder. Eder protected himself with his shield and retreated.

Hiss!

The smoke slightly touched the shield and hissed as the surface melted. 

Eder quickly disengaged even further.

"This smoke is acidic!" Eder yelled as he realized the surface of the shield was melting.

The wind in the cave carried the smoke towards Kang Oh's side next.

His Hyper Intuition warned him.

Danger, danger!

'This is...?'

Radium had told him that there was a monster in the Demon's Lair that could spew acidic liquid. It seemed that these monkfish monsters were what he had been referring to.

If their acidic liquid touched water, then it turned...