Just like that, the dull sound of Alex's fist hitting the body of the lion continuously sounded in the forest for a while.
Finally, Alex grew tired of beating the lion and let go of the hand that's holding onto it.
"You're quite a tough one, huh."
"I guess that's just reasonable since you're even called the king of the jungle back on earth."
Saying that, Alex sat down on the ground and looked at the sky relaxedly.
As for the lion, it's not bleeding in all of it's orifices and there are even bones that are sticking out of its body now.
But even though it's been beaten up like that, the lion is still conscious and fighting for its life.
Looking at it, Alex said, "Hey, you're a 2-Star that's already level 57, right?"
The lion strugglingly turned its eyes to Alex when it heard him speak.
Seeing that the lion is paying attention to him, Alex said, "That means you can understand my words."
Without caring whether the lion respond or not, Alex continued,
"I must say, you really do have some strength in you."
"Because of that, instead of killing you here, I thought that you could be useful and decided to make you my pet."
Hearing that Alex wants to make it into a pet, lion was about to complain but when it saw Alex looking, it decided to just shut its mouth.
It can't even do anything to Alex, so how could it complain with Alex looking at it.
Seeing that the lion didn't say nor do anything, Alex nodded in satisfaction.
"Good. It seems like you can also be quite obedient."
Turning around, Alex said, "Just stay there for now. If you even dare try escaping, I will burn you with a stronger flame than yours."
After saying that, he approached Ferri who has now recovered a little and can stand back up although still feeling a little weak.
"Are you alright now, Ferri?"
Alex asked in a concerned tone.
Ferri approaches him and rubs his head against Alex.
"Hmm, it seems like you're feeling better now."
After saying that, Alex frowned and asked, "Anyway, how did you end up fighting with that guy?"
Currently, Ferri is only a level 25 Leader-class monster who hasn't gone through advancement to 1-Star.
To fight against a 2-Star Boss-class monster, Alex doesn't think Ferri would do that without a critical reason.
"Whimper…"
Ferri looked down and let out a whimper.
Honestly, Ferri also knows that against a 2-Star monster, it doesn't stand a chance.
What's more, that monster is also a Boss-class one.
But Ferri can't help it.
The flame lion is guarding a very precious plant that is very very suitable to Ferri.
A Tempest Essence Herb.
Since he's planning to advance to 1-Star, Ferri wants to use the most suitable material.
And among all the materials that Ferri knows, Tempest Essence Herb is one that is among the top materials.
It's because it doesn't just let one advance to 1-Star.
It even has the possibility of letting the one that consumes it evolve into a higher class!
That means, if Ferri can take that Tempest Essence Herb, there's a chance that he can become a Boss-class monster!
That's why even though he knew that the chance of getting that item was slim, Ferri still jumped into it.
And what Alex saw is what happened to him in the end.
Ferri whimpered sadly.
Alex approached Ferri and rubbed his soft and silky fur.
After staying like that for a while, Ferri stood up and staggeringly walked towards the besten lion.
Ferri and the lion looked at each other eye to eye.
They stared at each other like what they were doing when Alex first found them.
However, this time, both of their situations have switched.
It's now the lion who's on the ground beaten to a pulp while Ferri is just standing there while looking at it.
A few minutes later, Ferri turned his eyes away and continued moving.
The lion saw that the direction that Ferri is going to is where the Tempest Essence Herb is located.
The flame lion could do nothing but stare as Ferri got closer to the herb.
In the end, the flame lion just laid its head down on the ground and closed its eyes.
Alex just looked at the two of them but didn't say anything.
He continued watching to see what Ferri was going to do.
After walking for tens of meters, Ferri arrived on a clearing.
At the same time, he felt a strong gust of wind attacking him.
But thanks to his wind attribute, instead of getting hurt, Ferri felt more relaxed and welcomed.
Ferri continued walking, going towards the center of the clearing.
And as Ferri gets closer to the center, the stronger wind gets.
It even arrived to the point that Ferri started to have a hard time against it.
Whoosh!
Ferri started utilizing his wind attribute stats by trying to control the wind that came to him to make it easier to move.
Finally, after almost half an hour, Ferri saw the Tempest Essence Herb with his eyes.
Ferri's eyes became more determined and with all the power that he could muster, he pushed forward.
When the herb was just within Ferri's reach, he gritted his sharp teeth and stretched out his foreleg.
Then when Ferri managed to touch the Tempest Essence Herb, the wind on the surrounding paused before disappearing.
Seeing that, Ferri was relieved.
Eyes fixed on the Tempest Essence Herb, Ferri didn't hesitate and bit into it.
At this time, Alex is just behind Ferri since he followed on his way here.
Now, seeing that Ferri seems to have achieved his goal, Alex was also relieved.
"Looks like I was worried for nothing."
Alex really followed Ferri since he was worried that something bad might happen again to him.
Thankfully, it looks like everything is just fine.
Just as Alex was thinking of that, Ferri suddenly started emitting a warm green light that surprised him.
"What is it now?!"
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