"What did you find?" A merchant asked the scouts.
The scout responded: "A horde of frost bears. There are 4 elites, 20 ordinary, and the remaining 87 are rankless."
Dante looked at the horizon. With his sharp, silver, draconic eye, he was able to confirm what the scout had said.
'It's probably my first time seeing an elite monster.'
On every rank, the monsters were categorised into three classes, judging by their level of danger.
Ordinary — they were the normal monsters and beasts that could easily be killed.
Elite — these were strong, intelligent, or both. They were hard to defeat in a 1v1 and could be killed only by brute force or by experienced fighters.
Lord — Ignoring the strength and intelligence that surpassed the elite monsters, they tended to have tens or hundreds of monsters and beasts under their control. Defeating a Lord monster in a 1v1 was almost impossible unless in some special cases like by an experienced assassin.
