Chapter 24: Bold Lion
The Miracle Lion Cub was the first to wake up. Their bodies were all shadowy, and if they were denizens, they would have gained help from the realm in completing.
A flood of information about what happened to Eugene filled the lion cub's mind, and more understanding and realisation came to him.
Then he moved their body and immediately the lion silhouette appeared until it became a full lion.
He stood 9 feet tall, his body robust, filled with rolling muscles that were packed with strength and capacity for incredible agility.
His eyes were golden and sharp as the predator he was, while his claws shone with dullness, but the tip was incredibly sharp.
The lion cub gave up the regal presence of an apex predator, ready for an endless carnage.
Exactly what he was going to bring forth.
The only change of the lion was in his jaws, which look nothing changed but their incredible strength has been enhanced for biting purposes.
The lion stood and stretched, it gazed then turned toward the Axe Father remnants trying to rebuild its body with the dust monsters.
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An hour later, two people burst into the Birth Battle Ground. One male and one female.
The male with a lean muscular body with robust strength hidden within, wearing thin fabric and a woman wearing combat armour with a kimono above was behind him.
What greeted them was a lion lying down with his eyes closed. His heart was steady; he was a bit startled by their explosion, but he had reigned on his emotions.
He wasn't pretending to be asleep; he was more like he didn't care and was just resting.
"A lion? I thought it was a different beast" she said to herself. Her voice was low as she waited for her master to respond.
As if her words triggered the lion, he stood and stretched while yawning as if he had a deep sleep before he gazed at them lazily and just ignored them.
The lion removed his right paw and a finger; the last finger of the father bounced from the location, and the lion caught it and swallowed it.
He wiggled his tail in ecstasy.
Eating what remains of the father made the location shift and allowed numerous passageways as well as the tube above that usually transports organ monsters to the Birth Battle Ground.
The lion cub then jumped and ran to one of those passageways, his expression and intentions evident; he would continue hunting.
"Interesting!" A hissing sound was heard from the dominator when the lion disappeared.
"Why didn't we take it?"
"It's not a beast, but two beasts with a human on their First Challenge."
Hissing sounds from the man always made her body spasm; she had to actively defend herself against it.
"Forbidden path!" She exclaimed.
"Keep an eye on the beast. I don't know what race that other beast is?" The dominator said. He was curious how the chimaera bit off the head of the father with that great ease.
"Yes!" Answering, she found him vanished without a trace and she sighed before bringing out two bodies encased within a green sludge. They were the two fathers the dominator was fighting.
Her body swelled and she became a large serpentine creature with no head. Her body wrapped around the two trapped fathers.
Her very serpentine skin was the thing that became soft and began to sink the two bodies inside her. She could feel them wiggling and resisting, but once they were inside,e, they were fully digested.
She returned to humans and took a deep breath.
"Haha. This is as far as I can grow!" She said.
The amazing nature of the Birth Battle Ground and the denizens that lived there was that, as long as you digested something, the benefits were fast and immediate.
She raised her hands and grabbed her right thumb before she pulled it, a snake was pulled out, and she threw it toward the lion's direction.
Her body, on the other hand, began to fade away until she disappeared.
She wanted to finish her Challenge but unfortunately, she had to observe the lion now
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The lion cub sighed as he increased his speed; deep down, he was terrified, but seeing it was humans, he felt at ease.
There was a tacit agreement to a degree that challengers shouldn't attack other challengers, especially young ones.
The woman might have attacked him but he was in luck because the dominator was there.
Another thing was he didn't feel an extreme danger from them.
So, he acted nonchalantly as if he owned the place and went ahead casualty and left the place.
Now he was going to the metropolis again. The hunt was not over.
The challenger task was very specific: devouring, wreaking havoc and escaping.
How can he wreak havoc in corridors? Genuine havoc is where there is order.
Soon he saw a way that led to buildings and structures. His speed increased and one of the Nature of Miracle Lions began to take over his mind.
Raging Blood.
A nature that increased the ferocity of a lion amidst fights and clashes. But that didn't take away their reasoning; it improved their battle instinct and skills.
Every Miracle Lion must master this nature as it was one of the bases of their battle prowess.
He reached the small metropolis and jumped up without hiding, aiming at a newborn he first saw. The newborn wasn't weak, he jumped back as fast while slashing with his dagger weapon.
The newborn watchers from everywhere swiftly threw their spears toward the lion.
The lion landed where the newborn was, but then his speed increased so fast he appeared blurred, and the newborn found his head and upper body gone.
The spears landed on the ground missing the lion by a large merging.
This was a provocation and the nearby newborns will not have it. They were all born and raised in battle, each with battle technique and experience that got them to attain a name for themselves.
This arrogant red juice should pay dearly for his stupidity.
That was what was in their mind.
Thirty minutes later, more than 70 newborns with names have been fully consumed, and 40 buildings have lost their core and are lying on the ground, sinking gradually.
Around 200+ newborns were being coordinated by 20 newborns that had two names against the rampaging lion.
Among the 20 newborn leaders, 9 of them evolved using the blood of the lion, and they were his primary target, but they were being protected by the others.
Far above the place where two people observe the fight but they aren't going to interfere even if the newborn were wiped out.
If a newborn has a name, then fathers won't bat an eye to their death unless the beast is Tier 3.
Clearly, the lion is not even Tier 1, and so the fathers won't move against it.
This was the reason why the lion was so bold in his actions.