Capítulo 8: Savage World

Liam immediately put his hands on Duran and Carol's shoulders and forced the two down with him. The fighter did exactly the same as they trusted their leader's words.

The muscle-legged T-Rex made a rotating motion as the mysterious energy accumulated around its legs. From that action, a thin wave of energy mixed with its legs' blood spread in all directions.

*Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish...*

Everything was cut through everywhere that wave passed by. It was like a blade had cut all of them. Rock, Trees, doesn't matter. In a range of several meters, everything came down.

The leader of the hunting group was right in the end. Getting down was the best action as the wave passed above their heads. If they were still standing, they would have suffered the same fate as the objects around them.

*Roarrrrrr!*

The T-Rex roared in pain, making it obvious that using that move with its already injured legs caused its situation to become even worse.

The leader of the group then got up again. "Fuck you, Brolen! You said this Lizak was too young to use any of its innate abilities! Once we get back and sell its part, you won't get a single penny!" Right after, the leader ordered his friends. "Finish him before he gives any new surprises."

"Alright!" Everyone got up as well and took the chance that the Lizak... or so it seemed to be called... was not able to move. The previous attack was really a last resort since it would greatly damage its legs even if they were in good condition. In the end, this Lizak was too young to use it indeed.

A few moments later, the Lizak's head was pierced through by the leader's flaming sword, putting an end to its life.

"Phew..." one of the hunters took a deep breath. "That was close."

"Yes, but look," the second one pointed out. "Since it could use its innate skill, it means its leg bones are more developed than we anticipated. Do you know what that means?"

"Hahaha!" The leader laughed out loud. "It obviously means we can sell this Lizak's part for a lot more than what we expected. Not to mention Brolen will have to kiss my ass before he says anything about taking part in the rewards."

Finally, the leader looked in Lian's group direction and came out to talk. "The guy over there. How did you know it was about to attack? You really saved our lives there."

Lian got up with Carol and Duran before saying, "Its legs. It somehow looked to be dangerous. Your positions around it seemed way too perfect as well, so I guessed something bad was going to happen," Lian explained. However, that was a complete lie. What he saw was the Lizak's Crown interacting with the Lizak under it and gathering the mysterious energy. However, since Lian was the only one capable of seeing the crowns, he obviously had to give some other excuse.

"I see... Indeed. Now that I think about it, it seemed that everything was going too smooth," the leader of the group seemed to accept the answer. "By the way, are you descenders?"

"Descenders?" Lian's group was puzzled by that word.

Seeing that none of them knew about it, the leader was even more sure. "Well, seems like it. You are all naked, after all. Usually, I would take this chance to rob you of whatever you have. But not only are you obviously empty-handed, but this guy here did also save our lives a moment ago. Consider it a payment that we won't do anything. By the way, you can call me Tuly."

Right after, Tuly turned around and ordered his friends. "Cut it down and take everything valuable from his body. We will go back as soon as we are done here. If we delay too much, someone might try to rob us of our spoils." He, too, went straight to the Lizak.

Of course, Lian's group couldn't really just let them go like that. Those were the first people they found that seemed to know something about the situation they were in at the moment. "Wait! Can you give us some help?"

"Help?" Tuly asked with a hint of scorn in his voice. "Do we look like some good samaritans to you? You better leave now before I change my mind and try to sell that girl as a slave. She is kinda hot, after all."

Carol couldn't help but feel some fear as well as a little embarrassment due to her appearance. Only the leave covered her private parts, after all. However, she wouldn't just accept it. "J-Just you try! I will kill anyone who tries to abuse me!"

Duran and Lian wouldn't just sit and let it happen either.

Tuly glanced at her for a moment and laughed once again. "Hahaha! For a descender, you have quite some courage, especially after seeing the previous battle."

Tuly then looked at the woman on his side. She was one of the other four members of his group. "Grisa, what do you think?"

Grisa looked at Carol and then at Duran and Lian. "The two men seem quite useless. The girl would indeed fork out some good money. Too bad we are the type who hate owing others."

Grisa continued. "Sigh... alright, give me a moment." Suddenly, Lian saw Grisa's Crown shining once again as the mysterious energy gathered around her body. Right after, she darted into the trees, disappearing in the distance in just a few moments. Those were obviously not the kind of movements a human should be able to pull out.

Tuly and the others continued to work on the Lizak for a few minutes. Finally, Grisa returned with a few more animal leather coats under her arms. "Take it and get rid of those leave. They aren't as comfortable as clothes, but they are very good for this environment since they provide some defense."

None of the three refused. They quickly put the coats on and finally got rid of the leaves covering their bodies. "Thank you."

Grisa shook her head. "Compared to what we will gain from this Lizak, those coats are worth nothing." Following that, she said. "You have until we finish gathering this Lizak's materials to ask questions. After that, you are on your own."

Lian's group didn't waste time after hearing that.