Lachlan continued flying through the skies for a whole day, his body slightly hurting from being under the blazing sunlight from three suns the entire time. In the distance, Lachlan spotted a small dot floating above the waters and dashed towards it, breaking the sound barrier as the ocean shook.
Reaching the island faster than the speed of sound Lachlan began to see the shapes of beasts currently inhabiting the island. They roamed the beaches peacefully without fighting, rather, it looked as though they were working together.
The turtles with their impenetrable shell defence scouted the border of the island, the snakes and birds perched on the treetops, harvesting the fruits; while far into the island, there was a temple-like structure where Lachlan could see a griffon laying in its shade.
'Analyse'
'Indeed it is' Lachlan replied as he looked at its stats.
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Name: Iron-Clawed Griffon King
Age: Adult
Attribute: Iron/Wind
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 3rd Grade
Level: 10
STR: 156(+20), AGI: 211(+20), VIT: 235(+10)
INT: 100(+5), PER: 100(+10), WIL: 50(+5)
Weakness: Prideful, Arrogant, Ambitious, Weak and Sensitive Wing Joints & Tail, Light Internal Injuries
Strengths: Iron Control (Level 3), Wind Control (Level 4), Grip Strength (Level 8), Leg Strength (Level 4), Skin Defence (Level 4), Maximum Speed (Level 6), King's Aura
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It was indeed another griffon, it possessed a strength similar to that of Aaron when Lachlan first met him in the cave. Granted, its strengths were slightly weaker than Aaron's; granting Aaron the edge in battle.
The griffon noticed the visitors and looked up; when it saw what was coming it snorted with disdain and frowned. Getting up it stepped out of its temple made of iron, its claws scraped against the ground the produce an ear curdling screech.
Its body was 3 metres in length and 1 metre in girth, its wings were light grey, giving off a metallic sheen just like its claws. At the end of its tail was a serrated spiked ball, flicking around in the wind, narrowly missing the griffon king's hind legs. Its lion's body was dark brown, the fur was long and luscious, almost majestic-like.
Lachlan was surprised by the griffon's unneeded hostility, but after that sound, Lachlan noticed that almost every beast nearby was looking towards him with killing intent. Some of which were already preparing themselves for battle.
Lachlan summoned his fours tames, filling the sky with bright colours as their bodies materialised in the air. Their presence slightly stunned the beasts on the ground, especially that of Aaron's, someone that actually remember.
The griffon king took into the air, screeching at Aaron as he got closer, releasing a pressure that made the air difficult to breathe.
Aaron, seeing the actions of the griffon king released its own pressure, halting it in its tracks as it felt a cold blade across its neck. The beasts on the ground felt the same, some of their knees collapsed as their strength disappeared from their body.
'Master, this baboon of a griffon insulted you, I believe you should allow me to take care of him singlehandedly' Aaron replied with annoyance directed towards the griffon king. 'It won't be long, a second is all I'll need.'
'Alright, go ahead, I know this is the griffon that bullied you off the island all that while ago' Lachlan nodded in approval; since Aaron was returning to an island that so heavily pushed him off he may as well return with dominance.
What better way than to go for the king of the island, a griffon who possessed somewhat similar stats. Fortunately, this griffon was still far too weak to compete with Aaron.
Aaron flew down slowly until he reached the griffon king's height, Aaron, looking down the king lifted his claw slowly, it radiated with heat as though it was set on fire.
The griffon king, fearful for its life retreated back to its temple, where the iron began to deform and created a shield around it. The iron began to swirl as spikes emerged from the centre, covering the shield.
The nearby beasts, seeing how fearful their king was of the returning griffon flew from the scene. Hiding beneath the trees and trenches in the distance, still keeping an eye on the battle as it dragged on.
Aaron continued to float down, his claw, now on fire as it blazed with extremity. Slashing down a flame the shape of Aaron's claw descended, slashing against the iron as it burned with incredible heat.
The iron that the griffon king so heavily sought after for protection began to melt from Aaron's high level of elemental control. Following up with another attack Aaron spread his wings, a mist began to spread down from them as it encased the ground in ice.
The iron shield froze over, in it were holes in the shape of a claw. The griffon king poked its head out of it, screeching at Aaron angrily as the iron managed to break out of the ice. It flew up to Aaron with its claws stretched out.
Iron began to meld around them, sharpening them further as they slowly reached Aaron's neck.
Aaron looked at the griffon's kings attempt with disdain, a thick mist began to spread from its wings again, the griffon king's body began to stiffen and freeze as it was getting encased in a thick layer of ice.
Using its control over wind and fire Aaron stirred up a fire tornado, getting it to pick up the griffon king as it spun around with such ferocity that it threatened to break to griffon king in half. The fire began to melt the ice and release the griffon king, as Aaron intended.
Looking up in fear the griffon king wailed at Aaron, it headed to the ground before bowing its head in submission. Lachlan looked towards the griffon king in contempt, although he wouldn't mind taming the griffon king it wouldn't work out with his current team.
'Master, don't think about taming this baboon of a griffon, it'll only drag our combat prowess down as a whole rather than lift it up' Aaron explained as it read Lachlan's thoughts. 'Also, I'd like to be the only griffon in your team, at least that way it'll mean something more when you use up all your contracts.'
'You're quite the greedy one aren't you?' Lachlan joked as he chuckled. Although he wouldn't tame the griffon king in front of him, should another griffon appear with a decent personality and great amount of strength, he would give taming it a shot.
Lachlan landed on the ground by the griffon king, the three Rocs landed behind him, all staring at the griffon king in disdain. They lightly screeched their insults to it without much care of consequences.
The griffon king was about the get-up and attack the Rocs but Aaron swooped down and shoved its head into the ground. Its claws began to glow as an extreme heat began to radiate from it. The king wriggled around as it attempted to break free from Aaron's clutches.
Aaron pushed down harder, increasing the intensity of the heat until the griffon king screeched its surrender. Aaron finally let go and took a few steps back, it sat up straight and proudly as it looked down at the griffon king.
Aaron screeched. 'Well, well, well, I suppose we meet again, you probably didn't expect this happening the next time we met though did you?'
The griffon king screeched back angrily. 'I knew we should have killed you all those years ago, back when you were softhearted and weak, it would have been a piece of cake for me to rip that throat apart.'
Aaron chuckled as it slapped its claw against the ground. 'Unfortunately for you, even all those years back you wouldn't have stood a chance against me. I suppose you could even be grateful that I allowed you to continue living on this island like a ruler after what you did.'
'No, we could have killed you because of your softhearted nature, there's plenty of ways to kill something with great strength, we would just have to prepare greatly ahead of time' The griffon king screeched back.
Lachlan watched as the two were arguing with each other, his ears twitched at the sound of rustling bushes. Grabbing onto the hilt of his broadsword firmly Lachlan waited patiently for the foe to make its move.
It was only a few more seconds before another griffon dashed out of the thick bushes, this one looked very similar to the griffon king, its stats similar as well. Unfortunately, with Lachlan, it's like there's currently two Aaron's on the field.
Lachlan twisted his body swiftly as he unsheathed his broadsword and in one fluid motion he reached the griffon's neck. The sword radiated with a blazing heat as it streaked through the air, digging deep into the neck of the griffon before finally going all the way through.
the griffon king stood there with open eyes, its mouth agape as it looked towards the scene. Lachlan turned around and sheathed his broadsword, taking one glance at the griffon king before turning away.
Aaron reached out and grabbed onto the wing of the griffin king, pulling with all his might Aaron ripped the wing apart. 'You know, you shouldn't have even thought of attacking my master with someone that doesn't have a similar strength to me.'
What Aaron didn't know was that the griffon that Lachlan killed was targeting him, he only saw Lachlan take care of the griffon with efficiency.
Clicking its tongue the griffon king stared at Aaron with sunken eyes. 'Tsk, it seems you've managed to find yourself a worthy master, much better than that other girl you seemed to always talk about. Oh, how I would have loved to see your expression of despair as that girl left this world, all because you weren't able to protect here.'
Aaron, filled with fury increased the amount of strength used to grip onto the griffon king's head. "You really keep pushing all the wrong buttons huh, I suppose I can grant you your death wish though."
Aaron reached out with another claw, gripping onto the griffon king's body before tugging back with all his might with the other claw. The griffon king's head began to stretch before its neck began to split, finally, with the last bit of a tug, his head was ripped off.
The beasts that were watching from a distance fled as their king was killed, they ran off as fast as they could in fear of being killed for being too slow. The turtles made use of their water control and created paths for them to swim through while the other beasts used their physical prowess in escaping to the other side of the island.
The five watched as they scurried off into the distance and looked at one another. Lachlan sighed as he lightly stretched his arms. 'Well, I suppose that's that, we now got a place to stay for the night.'
Lachlan walked into the little iron temple with the corpse of the griffon he slew dragging behind him. The temple was slightly ruined from the battle, as well as partially melted. Fortunately, they weren't planning on staying here, but rather, only resting for the night.
Preparing a fire Lachlan began to cook bits of the griffon as he sliced the meat off. He wasn't exactly a professional butcher, he just went for where the most meat was and cooked it before tossing it over to his four tames.
He also took a small slice for himself, stuffing it down without taking any time to season it. Granted, they didn't have any seasoning but there was bound to be something they could use in the surrounding growth.
Lachlan then walked over near the centre, he took out the wind stone and placed it by his side as he increased the temperature of the air. Warming him up from the outside while the food warms him up from the inside.
He unsummoned the four after they finished eating before going to sleep. The other beasts inhabiting the island were too fearful of Lachlan to come anywhere close to the temple. Fearful that they might be spotted and killed.
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Waking up to the sunlight in his eyes, reflecting off the iron walls of the temple Lachlan stood up and walked outside. He surveyed the area for anything lurking in the vegetation but couldn't find anything.
Turning back, he walked up to the griffon corpses and pulled out his broadsword, cutting a chunk of meat off the thigh before cooking it with his flames. The smell drifted through the temple and filled it up to the brim.
Lachlan scoffed the meat down before standing back up and stretching out his limbs; he began speaking to himself, just to make sure he can still talk through his mouth before he does come across humans on the mainland.
Since today was the day that they would be able to reach it, Lachlan had decided that he'll go all out on the rest of the journey, even if his face gets deformed from it.
Taking to the skies Lachlan commanded his stones to send him to the mainland at 50x Earth's gravity, his body arched as he shot through the air, whistling as the air was forced to split around his tough body.
Lachlan swiftly attempted to correct his posture, straightening his back as he faced the direction of the gravity like a pin. His feet, taking the brunt of the air resistance.
Lachlan attempted to use his control of the wind to weaken the air resistance, even have to boost him forward faster. However, to his displeasure, he wasn't able to exert those properties into the air. It wasn't able to move faster than the speed of sound, so Lachlan still felt a majority of the air resistance.
Thinking of something else, Lachlan pushed his two legs against each other tightly, ice began to form from his toes, encasing his entire lower body in thick ice. He began to shape it and morph it to look somewhat similar to a spike, point at his toes while the thicker bit was at his thighs.
The air resistance lessened as his speed increased; now, however, he didn't feel as horrible as before and slightly relaxed a bit. Taking in everything he saw and heard, the clouds and oceans pretty much disappearing from his vision in a minute if not seconds. While the only thing he could hear was the rough whistling of the wind.
It took several hours on end for him to finally see something in the corner of his vision, this dot took up the entire horizon. He got excited as he saw the land, he even saw a town; granted it look pretty well destroyed but it was still a town. It meant intelligent civilisation.
Controlling the stones, Lachlan forced his gravity in the opposite direction, slowing his down as he approached the town. His body, close to the waters began to rupture it, leaving waves in its wake from the sheer force his body was letting off.
Finally, Lachlan landed on the stone port of the town skilfully, his legs bending as it redirected the force towards the ground.
Standing up straight Lachlan surveyed his surroundings, there was no sign of anything, no movement in any of the houses or along the streets. The town looked rather olden, similar to that of America in the 1970s.
The houses were made of stone, the supporting pillars were thick pieces of wood. The roads made of gravel and dirt. There were bloodstains across the walls and roads, it had already dried, so it was obviously old, weeks, maybe even months since the blood spilled.
'Master, this was where Sarah and I lived our lives' Aaron explained with a hint of sadness in his voice. 'This was also the place where I first saw humans change, their violent tendency released as they went after each other with nothing else but killing on their mind.'
Just as Lachlan suspected. He summoned his four tames, letting them stretch their bodies while they were in the town, or what remained of it anyway.
Further into the town was where the majority of the damage was; the buildings looked as though they had been torn apart by blunt objects. Something akin to a sledgehammer.
There, some bones could be spotted, they looked similar to human bones but probably two times larger. An arm bone that looked to be 1.5 metres long, was ledged into a wall near a water fountain that seemed to be placed in the centre of the town.
It wasn't just the arm though, there were limbs scattered around and even in the water fountain. There was no meat on the bones, so it was obvious that someone, or something, cleaned it all up with efficiency.
'Master, to your left up to the hill, was the house that I and my family spent our lives together, it's also the final resting place of Sarah. I would like to go visit the pay my respects' Aaron explained with a coarse voice.
Lachlan nodded and made his way over; the house seemed fairly destroyed on the right side, but the left side seemed rather untouched. Aaron walked up to the house and sat down, his back was straight as he looked towards the top window on the left side of the house.
He sat there in silence for a minute, Lachlan nor the Rocs interrupted him, that would be incredibly disrespectful. Even Catastrophe knew that much.
Once he was finished paying respects, Aaron stood up and returned to Lachlan's side. 'Alright master, I can lead you to where the capital should be located; granted, that's only if there is a capital left.'
Lachlan nodded and they took off. Aaron's concerns were the same as Lachlan; although he didn't want to believe it, the violent tendency that the humans developed from the evolution in Aaron's world was quite destructive.
Any place similar to a town, where there were large gatherings of people, would experience similar destruction. As for the capital, it really would be a surprise to see it still standing after everything.
However, after 20 minutes of flying leisurely, once they finally reached the capital it was as they expected. They wouldn't even be able to term it as a capital anymore, considering that the population of it is currently zero.
Lachlan had already surveyed the entire city and found no trace of human life, it was like they were completely wiped out from the world. Their limbs, or at least what Lachlan assumed were their limbs, were scattered across the city, similar to the port town.
Lachlan continued to hover above the city for a few extra minutes before making his way to the castle in the centre. It was rather lavish; the size was similar to the medieval castles still scattered across Earth. Only this one was entirely made of marble, although it would have been white but after months without anyone taking care of it, there were dirt marks all across it.
Landing on the ground before the castle doors Lachlan looked up and admired the architecture, what's left of it anyway. The statues that still radiated a weak aura of a king, the sword by the statue's food, stabbed into the ground released an aura full of killing intent. Likely a warning to all those coming to greet the king.
Lachlan's ears twitched at the sound of footsteps, they were rapid and heavy, similar to that of a horse but much larger. Feeling a gaze of killing intent envelope his body Lachlan got into a defensive position, raising his arms as he froze them in solid ice, his feet frozen to the ground.
A man burst from the castle doors, battle-axe in his hand raised high above his head. It made contact with Lachlan's armour, reflecting off of it like it was rubber. The man, slightly dazed look towards his battle-axe.
While he was in a daze Lachlan took a closer look at the man that looked almost identical to a human, aside from its enormous size. The man stood 3 – 4 metres tall, his skin was lightly tanned while his hair was charcoal black. All the proportions and limbs were similar to a human's, five fingers and toes, two arms and legs, and at the top of the only body was one head.
'Analyse'
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Name: Tupuli Akahshi (Giant Human)
Age: 26 (Adult)
Slave Contracts: 0/1
Compatibility: Four-Legged Beasts (Low)
STR: 76, AGI: 73, VIT: 50
INT: 22, PER: 27, WIL: 21
Weakness: Brute, Lack of Thinking
Strengths: Arm Strength (Level 2), Leg Strength (level 3), Body Defence (level 1), Skin Defence (Level 1), Muscle defence (Level 2)
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It was indeed a human, granted it was a giant human, it was still human nonetheless. Lachlan turned to Aaron for confirmation. 'So is this what humans turned into when they evolved in your world?'
Aaron nodded with a trace of sadness in his eyes. 'Yes, and the one standing before you was the prince of this kingdom; granted, now he is only a hollow vessel, lacking the conviction and personality he once had.'
'You seem to like him, I'm guessing he was a king and helpful fellow' Lachlan said as he blocked another swing from the giant, redirecting it into the ground where it got stuck inside the stone floor.
'Indeed, he was one of the nobles that liked Aaron, even attempted to become his disciple multiple times while we lived in the countryside, travelling the whole distance from the city every time he came to ask' Aaron explained. 'He was the grandson of the king that sent Aaron and Sarah into the countryside.'
'Do you want to let him rest?' Lachlan asked as he heard the sadness from Aaron's voice. It seemed this world and kingdom specifically brought back many nostalgic memories of his time here, the joyful experiences as well as the miserable ones.
'I would very much like to do so' Aaron said as he stepped forward to block the giant's next attack. 'He would likely be elated to know that it was at least someone he was familiar with that ended his life.'
Aaron disappeared from his spot, reappearing in front of the giant with his claws raised high into the air. As they slashed downwards the giant attempted to block with his battle-axe but that came to no avail, as Aaron's claws tore through the battle-axe and ripped through the giant's neck.
The head flew into the castle wall where it was embedded, the body of the giant slumped on the ground and Aaron burnt it and the head to ash. He then sat down and tilted his head downwards, giving the previous prince a moment of silence for his death.
'So, Aaron, where exactly should the dragons be?' Lachlan asked after the moment of silence passed and Aaron had returned to his side.
'They should be in the mountains north-west of the capital, it'll only take a few hours going at our top speed to reach the kingdom of dragons' Aaron answered swiftly as he pointed in a direction, to the right of the castle.
'Kingdom of dragons?' Lachlan asked with wide eyes.
'Yes, a kingdom of dragons, formed before the evolution; granted, before the evolution it was more of a wilderness area rather than a kingdom, I don't know how much it's changed over the long period, I don't even know how the dragons evolved either' Aaron explained.
'So I should be prepared?' Lachlan asked as he raised an eyebrow.
'Yes,' Aaron nodded slowly.
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