Science/Magic

Chapter 47: Facing the Lion Again (1)

'Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.'

The first time Bloed heard about Murphy's law, he scoffed in disdain. It was impossible for him to believe something like that.

But now that he was seeing it with his own eyes, he did not know what to think.

After all, he could not find another way to explain why the lion-like beast was standing in front of them with a bloodthirsty expression.

Let's go back to a few minutes ago.

After the group boarded Leto's back, they flew over the group of monsters and reached the mountain range separating the exiled lands from the outside world.

In the beginning, everything was alright. However, not even five minutes after the flight started, Bloed and the others ran into the first problem.

The mountain range was taller than Bloed expected.

Due to it, Leto's energy consumption increased drastically, and the time it could last afloat was reduced to twenty minutes.

That was not much a problem, though. Bloed was confident they could leave the exiled lands before the time was up.

Until the wind started to blow.

Strong winds of more than 100 km/h crashed against Leto. The high-altitude winds added to the mountain range's extreme cold forced Bloed to activate Leto's energy barrier. It increased the energy consumption even more and reduced the flight time to 13 minutes.

Hence, Bloed and the others were forced to end the flight before exiting the mountain range.

Fortunately, they only needed to walk for another fifty kilometers before being able to leave.

But as someone once said, there is not lone evil, and after two comes three.

Bloed had heard that the mountain range separating the exiled lands from the outside world was filled with monsters, he never expected THIS many monsters.

The group was attacked by a monster every five minutes, literally. Tigers, panthers, wolves, and eagle-type monsters. It seemed as though all the monsters in the mountain range were determined to make them stay behind.

But even that was not much of a problem. The strongest monster they faced was a B-Rank gorilla, and Bloed killed it quickly with the help of Regina and Liu Ying.

However, Bloed and Liu Ying soon started to become tired. They fought more than fifty monsters to advance the first twenty kilometers and still needed to go through thirty kilometers more.

Bloed felt his head aching just imagining the number of monsters they would have to fight before leaving this cursed place.

But when he thought that things could not get worse, it appeared.

The A-Rank lion-like beast.

It jumped down from a boulder and blocked the group path, looking at them with a bloodthirsty expression.

When Bloed felt the powerful A-Rank aura coming from the lion, he smiled bitterly.

"Say, why that monster hates us so much? It even sent the lion to chase us for so long."

Regina and Liu Ying were speechless too. They could not think of an answer to Bloed's question.

Unsheathing his saber, Bloed got ready to fight. "Regina, don't you think it's a good moment to release your strength?" He asked.

Regina thought for a moment and shook her head. "Nope, I think master is not in fatal danger yet."

Bloed smiled wryly and looked at the growling lion that was circling slowly around them. "So you expect that I fight that?"

Regina shrugged. "Master, you yourself said that the controlled monsters are weaker than other monsters of the same grade. Plus, I will also help and you can use the demon as bait. I think we have an opportunity."

"Hey!" Liu Ying glared at Regina with a displeased gaze, but Regina ignored her.

In the end, Bloed could only sigh. "Okay, let's do it. Regina, Liu Ying, get ready!"

Both of them nodded with serious expressions.

The lion continued circling them warily. It was especially wary of Regina. It remembered that she evaded its attack once

However, it was unable to resist its impulse to attack for long.

Less than five seconds later, the lion charged towards them.

"Roar!!!"

"Leto!" Bloed called at the wolf and the wolf charged to the lion. Both beasts clashed with a powerful boom.

Flesh and metal met.

*Crash!*

Leto was the loser of the clash. His body was turned into metallic sand, but at the same time, it managed to stop the lion's charge.

Bloed took advantage of that opportunity. He kicked the ground and slashed the lion.

But the lion's reaction was above Bloed's expectations. It detected the saber's slash and leaned aside to evade it. At the same time, it lifted a claw and went for Bloed's chest.

*Boom!* Bloed's armor, Tito, created an energy barrier to stop the attack, but the lion's strength was too great. The forcefield cracked quickly and Bloed was thrown back.

"Master!" Regina shouted in worry and attacked the lion with her two energy shortswords. The lion evaded the attack again and bit towards Regina's neck, but Regina twisted her body and sent a kick to its belly.

"Hooowlll!!!" The lion howled in pain. It used its red-blood eyes to look at Regina and swung its claw towards her chest.

But before the attack could reach her, the lion felt an impact on its side.

"Ha!"

With a bellow, Liu Ying punched the lion hard. She followed the attack with a kick, then an attack with her elbow, and a roundhouse kick.

The next instant, however, she saw the tail of the lion coming towards her from a blind spot.

"!!!"

Liu Ying crossed her arms to receive the blow, but it was not enough to stop the whip-like tail.

"Ugh!" Liu Ying was sent flying and crashed against a boulder.

The lion then tried to finish her, but Regina was already attacking with her energy weapons again. A stab, followed by a slash, a thrust, and finally a lunge.

"Arrrrggggg!!!" The lion screamed in pain. The energy weapons cut through its hide, leaving it completely bloodied. However, Regina knew that none of her attacks had pierced deeply.

She hurriedly evaded the lion counterattack and jumped back. The lion wanted to chase after her, but a bullet stopped in on its tracks.

*Bam!*

The impact caused the lion to stagger a little, and a hole was formed on its neck. The lion turned around and saw Bloed kneeling on the ground with a sniper rifle on his hands.

"Roooaaaaaar!!!"

With a cry of rage, the lion pounced towards the human. Bloed pulled the trigger of the sniper rifle again, but this time the lion perceived the danger beforehand and jumped aside.

Bloed's eyes opened wide. "Seriously!? Avoiding bullets!?"

Before he could shot again, the lion was already before him.

Bloed rolled aside and changed the sniper rifle for his saber. He slashed towards the lion's leg and this time, the lion was too slow to evade.

The saber had managed to cut it!

"Hoooowwwwwwl!!!" The lion cried in pain. Although the saber did not sever its leg, it had left a deep wound.

The lion stopped chasing Bloed and jumped back. It looked at its injury and then at Bloed with a hint of wariness.

However, Bloed realized a frightening fact.

The lion's injuries were quickly healing.

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