Dark Magus Returns

Chapter 982  Something Stronger Than Beasts

Ricar's quick display of his power had blinded the beasts, and the warriors, knowing this might be their opportunity to get out of a tough situation, took it and all ran deeper into the jungle.

It was sporadic; although mainly warriors from the same clan ran with each other, many were just running into the forest with those closest to them. The groups were mostly made up of tens or so, some with even fewer people.

On top of that, the startling flash of light didn't last long. As the monkeys were getting their bearings, they started to run towards the groups that had run into the jungle.

"Come on, Beatrix!" Ricar shouted. "We're going in as well."

Beatrix nodded and followed Ricar's lead as they both dived headfirst. Ricar didn't run a straight path; instead, he jumped side to side slightly, and even swung his blade in the air, emitting Qi from his strike, hitting a few of them on the back.

It didn't take long to notice what he was doing or why he was doing this, so Beatrix followed his lead, and before they knew it, when they had entered the jungle, there were around ten monkeys that were following them.

Agilely running through the forest as they swung from tree to tree. With four arms, some had even grabbed large solid fruits that looked similar to a coconut, only darker on the outside, and hurled them toward the two of them.

Beatrix quickly spun her body as she leapt off a tree branch and cut right through the coconut, splitting it in two. With another hand, she grabbed half of it and hurled it back towards the others.

'I know we led most of the monkeys away to protect the other warriors, but this might just be too much for us to handle,' Beatrix thought when she saw the monkeys completely avoid her throw, and just how powerful and hard the black coconut was that she had cut through.

The coconuts continued to be thrown at them; thankfully, they both seemed to be traveling at just as fast a speed as the monkeys were. With them having to deflect countless coconuts, they weren't so sure how long they could keep up, though.

That was when Ricar leapt up ahead and landed on the ground; he had landed in a slightly darker area of the jungle. The thick trees were spread further apart here, and there was more ground to fight on.

While in the jungle, Ricar thought the monkeys had the advantage; here at least he believed that they would be able to fight more fairly. When he turned back, he saw Beatrix landing on the ground as well, skidding across the floor and turning, readying her weapon to fight.

That's when the two of them saw it.

"The monkeys... did they give up?" Beatrix asked.

The monkeys had paused for a moment, standing in the trees, but only after a few seconds they decided to turn and head back where they had come from.

"Beasts are territorial, remember, and it seems that we might have entered a territory of another beast, or type of beasts," Ricar said as he looked over his shoulder and around him. "For now, we appear safe, and I hope it will be the same for the others as well."

Rather than placing her sword in its guard, Beatrix decided to hold onto it, as did Ricar. When arriving on the island, the last thing the two of them thought they would be doing was running away from beasts.

At least not beasts that were so small and so large in number. These two were some of the strongest in Pagna. Who would have thought such an island would exist? There was a thought in the back of Ricar's mind that perhaps they should retreat and come back with more reinforcements; the issue was seeing the other ship.

This mission was one that they couldn't fail. It had the fate of the whole clan riding on it.

"Come on, I think it's best if we keep moving. We'll continue our search on the island, and we'll try to locate some of the others," Ricar stated.

The issue was the island was incredibly vast, and with the panic, he was sure that everyone had run off in different directions. Originally, the meeting point for all of the groups that were to split up in threes was back at the ship.

However, he wondered how any would even want to go back there when there were bunnies and monkeys protecting the place. Just trying to get to the ship would be death for most, unless they had those powerful by their side.

Both Beatrix and Ricar decided to head deeper into the dark green part of the forest. While moving ahead, Beatrix had used her sword to carve the clan's symbol of a crescent moon into the trees.

This was a way for her to find a way back, and also a way to tell their clan members where they were heading, as it would be safest for them if they were next to elders. Originally, the clan thought that everyone would be fine going off on their own even in small groups of three, but it would need at least five people to take out one of those monkeys.

As they continued to move though, Ricar eventually placed his hand out, telling Beatrix to stop. He then started to ascend one of the trees as he ran up on it and stood on top of a thick branch.

Not long after, Beatrix did the same, and the two of them were squatting side by side, looking at what was in front of them from above.

"It's like you said, we're in the territory of another beast. No wonder those monkeys left," Beatrix claimed.

A giant body that had to weigh a few tons, along with large scales on its back. It somewhat looked like a crocodile, only having curved horns on its front, and the sheer size of the thing.

However, there was something more that stood out. The beast, even though large in size and clearly something fierce, wasn't moving due to the large hole that was in its head—a single large hole that allowed one to see from the top of its head onto the ground.

"What I'm more concerned about is who was able to kill such a beast and is on this island," Ricar claimed.

"Who? You don't think it's another beast?" Beatrix asked.

"No," Ricar replied. "That wound—it looks like it was done by a fist, and I don't think those monkeys are capable of doing something like that."