Two days later...
After departing from the first lake further east in that region, Lothur and Ice had come a long way, having passed the second lake and being in the vicinity of the third at this point.
This region was quite large, so the moment they left the area, their journey to Peters City, near the center of Linn Province, would be faster.
So the two of them had traveled a long distance, having stopped to rest four times. During that time, they did their biological activities, the fox rested, and Lothur trained.
They had run into trouble on two occasions so far. Still, with Lothur's speed and strength, he had escaped having to fight level 17 beings or beat Transcendent level beasts.
Lothur had made some minor improvements in those days, but compared to the progress he had made inside the Immortals Well, these were pretty minor and not worth much attention.
But he had returned to studying his professions, having used some of his time on Ice's back to continue his studies.
At this moment, he and Ice were standing not far from the last lake on their way out of this region, eating around a small fire.
There, in one of the free areas near the territory of powerful beings, the great white fox was eating some of the vegetation while Lothur was grilling some vegetables.
Unfortunately, they could not communicate, so silence was making a presence in the surroundings, with only the natural noise of this forest area reaching their ears.
But in the middle of the pause in their journey, Lothur suddenly saw with his visual ability some beings approaching from a distance.
These were two gigantic rhinos, each at least 5 meters tall with bodies almost as wide.
They had white horns above their mouths, and their grayish hide shone faintly, making them look quite attractive despite their great bodies.
'What magnificent beasts...' Lothur looked at them and thought that their attack power must be majestic, considering the size of their bodies and that sharp horn on their heads.
'Beasts like that would be useful for carrying heavy loads, but also valuable...' He imagined the usefulness of those beasts from a human point of view, as one would expect from someone like him.
Since the level of those beings was not so frightening to him, Lothur continued eating quietly next to Ice, who had not yet realized the problem.
[White Horned Rhino]
[Cultivation: level 16]
[STR: ???] [CON: ???] [DEX: ???] [AGI: ???]
He saw the similar statuses of those two beings, still unable to see how strong 3rd stage beings were. But Lothur was certain that the attributes of those beings were not that different from those of the crocodile and lizard.
Even considering each race's special characteristics, these beings should not have a fighting proficiency much different from those two.
Beasts of different species and the same levels could show great distinctions in battle. Some would be faster, as in the case of birds and lynxes. Others would have more impressive offensive powers, like rhinos and elephants, and so on.
In the case of the fox next to Lothur, its focus was a bit of speed coupled with the ability to subtly distract its opponents with its all-white body.
Anyway, Lothur knew the basics of this and just warned his companion.
"Hey, Ice, keep an eye out." He gestured toward the trees, indicating to this creature that something was approaching.
By the time this fox noticed this, those two rhinos had already noticed the presence of these two there and started running, interested in these strangers near their territory.
"Oh? A human?"
"There's also a fox..." The other commented to its companion as the two passed through a large bush and met with the two travelers.
"How strange... We don't often see humans with beasts around these areas." The stronger of the two stepped forward without fear of Lothur, who was not emitting any powerful sensations and asked Ice in the common language of the beasts. "What are you doing with this human, fox? Did someone capture you and hand you over to him?"
The beasts of this place did not have much of a sense of mercy and usually would not mind the death of beings of other races, even more so when it was individuals they did not know. But they did not like the idea of a human dominating other beasts and liked to cause trouble for people like that, especially beast tamers.
So, seeing Ice with Lothur, they both thought about causing trouble for this person, even if they did not even know Ice.
"No. I am helping him return to the human area. So we are traveling together, senior." It said in a shy tone as it spoke to that being of a higher level than it.
"Oh?" The two looked at each other, curious about this situation.
"What are you two talking about?" Lothur asked immediately, annoyed that these creatures were not speaking his language.
The two rhinos looked at each other and smiled in their own ways.
"It told us that you captured it!" One of them said in an irritated tone as it glared at Lothur.
"How dare you, human!"
"This is our area! Beings like you are not welcome here!" The other added as it moved towards Lothur, already intending to strike a blow at this frail being meters in front of it.
"Uh? Are you crazy?" Lothur realized these creatures were deliberately trying to start a fight with him. "If you want to fight me, all you had to do was talk..."
Before he finished speaking, Lothur moved, surprising those two beasts considerably.
Body shape mattered a lot when it came to speed. So two beings with identical physical attributes but different bodies would have different movement speeds.
Whether on land, in the air, or in the water, this would make a big difference. And since the characteristic of these beasts was to have large bodies, even with physical attributes superior to Lothur's, neither of them could keep up with him when he moved!
The moment he activated the Cross Walk, Lothur surprised the two beasts and was soon between them, behind the tail of one and in front of the horn of the other.
He circled his defensive technique, strengthening his entire body, and then used his bare hands to grasp the tail of one and the horn of the other rhino.
"What?" The two beings shouted at the same time, with both unable to move.
With the Steel Body technique activated, Lothur's stamina was higher than the power of both of these beasts. So both of them were surprised that they could not move normally because only one fragile human was holding them.
Lothur knew he could not stay in this situation for long, or it would tire him. So he let go of both creatures by jumping up and heading for the top of one of them.
As he did this, one of the creatures suddenly began to move forward while the other went backward almost uncontrollably.
With this opportunity, Lothur activated his ring, Golden Finger, and one of his fingers became that color as he pressed it against the top of the rhino head he was on.
"Stop this nonsense now, or I will seriously injure you!"
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