Chương 16: War Beast!

After the players logged out, a massive shadow jumped over Vulcan Village and dropped, making a big crater.

It did not stop but continued moving. It moved fast, making its image blurry. In just three strides it was out of the Vulcan village by ten kilometres. Reaching a dry cracked scorched land.

Roar!

A roar emitted from behind the moving shadow. It chuckled before it increased its movement speed. As if provoked, three more roars were heard.

A gale that carried heat and poison elements washed over the moving shadow. The shadow just smirked.

As for the beasts that were pursuing it were...

Dragons!

When both parties understood they were far away from the Vulcan village. The Red Dragon swooped down with breath attacks. In a pillar of fire. But the Lion evades in time.

The other three move ahead to intercept it. The Lion quickly took another route. Its gaze landed on the horizon where the Sun was setting.

It was betting its time till nightfall!

The moment the Sunset, one of the Dragons breathed out its attack which was considered a Moonlight Blast.

Moon Dragon!

When the lion evades, the Moon Dragon's body glows and the blast follows the lion's movement, almost touching it.

Chuckled

Lion Pride Roar!

Roarrr!!!

The roar resounded in the whole Desolate Land. The Dragons become disoriented and start falling. Except for one! In that second, the lion turned around, stood bipedal and jumped.

Boom!

Creating a large crater as it aimed to bite the neck of the Moon Dragon. But one of the Dragons moved fast to the Moon Dragon side and released a Blast of Sound.

Sound Dragon!

That forced the lion to defend and the Moon Dragon flew away.

~This cat is strong!~

The Moon Dragon said in telepathy.

Before they initiated any further communication, the lion attacked again. Its speed increased, making them see a blur.

If not because it can not fly, they will have been caught off guard. Yet they defended by combining strategy.

The battle was almost at a stalemate. One lion and four Dragons.

'Fire, Sound, Moon and the last one haven't attacked, yet. Bunch of kids! That Moon should be my meal' The lion thought.

While the lion made its target, it stopped holding back. Its attacks became fast and destructive.

The ground scorched due to a fire Dragon attack.

The earth shattered whenever a Sound attack met it.

And then there is a Moonlight blast that has stunning effects. That was what the lion was wary of, it was stunned for a second before.

All that the lion evaded with little difficulty until it decided that the game was over.

It stood bipedal again, this time its claws extended and they reflected the moonlight in the sky.

~Stay away!~

The Dragon that hasn't used any attack, shouted in panic.

It was too late!

~Queen Cheetah Speed!

The lion's speed was tenfold, vanishing from their sight as it appeared right under the Moon Dragon!

It slashed with its glowing claws, gouging out a large piece of flesh from the neck of the Dragon to its abdomen.

The lion only missed the neck because of the interference of the Sound Dragon blast which was barely able to keep up with its speed.

That did not end, the lion went for the Sound Dragon, being the receiving end of the attack. It used its full speed.

Boom!

The Sound Dragon breaks the sound barrier appearing 40 kilometres away.

The moment it stopped thinking it created a safe distance, three Crescent Moon slashes flew at its neck. An attack from the lion by condensing moonlight to its claws.

Roar!

The attack almost severed its neck. Its blood poured down and the Dragon was disoriented. Falling to earth.

~Retreat~

An in-posing voice sounded in their head. An order from a higher dragon.

Before they reacted to the order, the lion attacked the Fire Dragon. Thankfully the third Dragon stood with it and aided it to evade the attack.

~Lion King Roar!

The Sound Dragon wasn't in good condition to disrupt the roar this time and all the Dragons were stunned for three seconds.

But when the lion went for the kill against the Fire Dragon, a gale moved fast and stopped the lion's momentum in time.

That was enough for the fire Dragon to regain lucidity. The fourth Dragon flashed into its body and Fire Dragon Injury healed in the blink of an eye.

Then in quick succession, the fourth Dragon moved to the other Dragons that were severely injured.

They all get healed instantly.

'A new variant?' the lion thought.

Its claws glowed as it was about to release more Moonclaw blades when a massive shadow was cast, blocking the moon.

And that disrupted its attack, giving the four Dragons a chance to all break the sound barrier. Running away

Boom!

Queen Cheetah Speed!

Voom!

The lion matched them in speed on the ground with little effort and made a leap reaching them in moments.

The large Dragon that blocked the moon attacked it with gale, but the lion tanks it without much injury.

It was then that the other dragon understood that the lion was playing with them all along.

The lion leap aimed at the fire dragon but then it made a sudden turn in midair and aimed at the Healing dragon.

But that Dragon just flashed away, evading.

Allowing the lion to crash on the Moon Dragon. The Dragon scales glowed and hardened as the lion latched on to its body. But before it retaliates...

Mighty Jaguar Bite!

Crack!

The Moon Dragon's body fell limp as its skull was crushed as if it was a biscuit. The remaining three Dragons were so shocked as they almost stopped moving.

~Keep moving, that was a Royal War Beast. We don't stand a chance!~

All along the Leading Dragon given the orders did not descend below the altitude that the lion can leap up to.

Boom!

The massive body of a dead silver-coloured scale Dragon crashed on the ground and a small body of a lion landed beside it.

It gazed at the escaping dragon with pride. If only it captured the new variant Dragon it might know how its ability works.

It then gazed at the Moon Dragon's dead body which was ten times its size before it started feasting.

The history that depicted Dragons wiping out the Pride Race was a lie! This War Beast isn't even from the Pride Race but one of its branches.

While the lion was having a feast, the blood of the Dragon spilt was being absorbed by the dry land.

Deep underground, connected emaciated roots greedily absorbed it. Sending mystical energy throughout their system.

Vulcan Forest suddenly became alive.

The almost extinct beasts that were hunted by both players and villagers went on heat. Animals that feed on grasses conceived fast and delivered offspring of their kind in a matter of hours. And then grudgingly eat grasses that keep growing. Repeating the process!

Their body emitted an aroma that attracted the carnivorous animals which hunt them. The carnivorous animal went on heat and mate, producing more offspring.

By the time the players logged in. The forest was filled with beasts that the Vulcan villagers feared would be overrun by them

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Seth was sitting at a table with two books before him. One he was reading while the other was being written on.

All Seth was doing was touching the books. That allowed him to make the quill move on its own and write what Seth was reading.

Finishing the whole book without getting any EXP. Seth walked out to take in the fresh air.

The game was harder than people thought.

Almost all players are level 10. But no one knew how to proceed from there. But due to the constant fights against the beasts' horde, players were gaining a lot of unique loot.