Adolf, the red-haired tall youth downed. His feelings towards this Alora lady were complex and it was hard for him to say whether he liked her or hated her.
"Hmm," Adolf wanted to say something nasty but he refrained from doing so. He still had a soft spot for the white-haired lady so he was able to tolerate it.
Standing beside Alora were twelve other youthful-looking people, all of them standing at least six feet tall. Added with Alora and Adolf, then there were a total of fourteen youthful-looking humanoids here.
That meant fourteen tier 3 lions…
Each of them had different unique looks and attires. Some of them were like Xu Ying, Adolf, and Alora, not having any physical lion traits.
And some had physical characteristics that were just impossible to ignore. One particular young man with fair skin and a head decorated with dreadlocks had four arms.
His four arms were in such a way that it looked very natural like it had always been that way with one shoulder behind the other. His fingers ended in sharp claws and he had a leaner physique compared to Adolf.
This youth exuded a faint power of the earth that resonated with the ground beneath him.
Another person, a male too, had the stature of a human except that he had azure-colored skin. His greenish-blue skin had small water droplets on it that reflected the sunlight splendidly.
There was also a girl with long and thin black braids on her head. The braided hair ended or was assorted with little feathery accessories that gave her an exotic look.
She had light brown skin. Behind her were two large wings, black and shiny feathers that were beautiful to look at. They were folded up neatly and the tips hovered a few feet away from the ground.
At the back of her waist was a long black tail that ended in a tuft of black feathers.
This brown-skinned girl with black wings stood very close to the white-haired Alora. Compared to Alora’s cold and distant vibe, the black-winged girl seemed rather cheerful and easygoing. From the looks of things, the two young women were friends.
She looked around, her big hazel eyes scanning her surroundings, "So this is the planet that the unknown beacon was signaling from? I thought there’d be ruins of some sort."
Alora glanced indifferently at her friend, "Me too, this must be an old world." He said coolly.
"Oh, that means there should be some things worth exploring." As the black-winged girl said this, she spread her wings as if she were about to shoot into the air.
Alora stretched out her hand fast to stop the girl, "Chloe, for your own safety, I’d suggest you wait for some time. You don’t know what dangers lie here."
Chloe’s wings were folded again as she settled down her excitement, "I really can’t stay in one place for too long though, I want to do something, or else I’ll go insane," Chloe said jokingly with a smile.
To this, Alora also gave a calm and controlled smile, as though she didn’t want anyone to see her smiling for too long.
"Why don’t you come and fuck me since you are so restless." A blonde-haired and fair-skinned youth said with haughtiness clouding his every word. This man was the most well-dressed among everyone followed by Alora.
His clothing looked like that of nobles and every piece seemed to compliment his power by causing minor fortune distortions around him.
The words of this young man instantly dampened the mood of everyone hearing him. Even Adolf scowled at him, his eyes lighting up with little flames.
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The only person that remained undisturbed was Xu Ying who had pushed his hand all the way into the dirt soil with a magic circle formed around his arm.
"...Hey don’t ignore me, you all know the drill," The haughty young man continued to talk. He seemed to find pleasure in watching everyone’s face get squeezed with annoyance.
"The only reason I haven’t cut off your tongue is because we actually need you," Chloe said, not bothering to disguise her disgust for this man in front of her.
"Hehe, not only that, but my clan has also put a lot of investment into this expedition. All your clans have to tread carefully, or else…" The young man was about to finish his words.
"Okay, that’s enough!" Xu Ying suddenly shouted, his voice carrying a wave that brushed the bodies of all the youths present.
"Thawne, stop trying to annoy them." Xu Ying said after releasing a tired sigh.
The clans needed someone they could trust to supervise this expedition, someone who had experience and was strong enough, so they chose him.
He didn’t look like much but none of the youths dared to challenge him. He was the only one with a suppressed aura, something tier 3 lions were incapable of.
"Prince Xu Ying, please, what were your findings?" One of the youths ignored the stiff atmosphere and asked the most important question.
Xu Ying smiled, liking the way he was addressed with respect. He stood up, faced the fourteen lions in humanoid form, and placed his hands behind his back, accenting his broad and muscular chest.
"Well for one," Xu Ying began, "This world is undocumented, which you already know. We don’t have any knowledge of any lion clans conquering this world at all.
Yet, there is a heavenly beacon that signals straight for the Leonine Heavenly Realm, which is quite strange.
That means that this is probably one of the lost worlds from the era of Our Noel. Perhaps, this world holds some treasures from the old era waiting to be discovered.
But we must be careful, this world and its inhabitants do not know that the royal race of lions is to be exalted. We shall reeducate them if necessary.
Our main goal is to make sure this world is ready for the clans to come and conquer and share the resources. I want us to stick together at all times and remember that we all represent our individual clans.
Until then…"
Xu Ying suddenly went quiet mid-speech as he frowned and looked in a certain direction, his nose twitching and his fist clenching.
Not just him, the youths all looked in that direction, their eyes shining with curiosity.
"Hmm," Xu Ying swiped his hand through the air, drawing a blue line that then turned 180° to form a perfect circle. Magic runes appeared within the circle, glowing with magic energy.
Like a machine gun releasing bullets, the magic circle shot out blue spheres of mana that traveled fast into the distance.
Far away from the landing site, multiple football-sized spiders were perched on the side of a tree, their eight eyes staring in the direction of the magic shuttle.
They glowed with spirit energy, recording all that they were seeing and transmitting the data through web strings beneath them.
Suddenly, the eyes of one of the spiders widened as multiple magic missiles crashed into the tree they were on.
"Now there," Xu Ying exclaimed, seeing the explosion in the distance, "It was just a probing shot, I did not know our watchers were so weak.
Anyways, as I was saying. We are to prepare this world for when our clans decide to properly conquer this world. And to do that, we must first find the Heavenly Beacon.
Remember, your success will affect…"
Xu Ying once again stopped talking as if the presence of something had interrupted him.
This time, the youths were confused as their senses did not pick up anything. Xu Ying looked to the sky, waving his hand to summon another magic circle.
Just as the magic circle was ready to fire into the empty sky, a portal opened up above them.
The appearance of this portal caused the youths and Xu Ying to frown. They felt weird not because there was actually a portal but because an entity had gotten so close to them without their permission.
They weren’t used to this boldness, and the audacity intrigued them.
Almost instantly as soon as the portal was opened, a giant bird flew out of it. The bird had white and black feathers, a slender neck, and a tall figure.
"Wait, please don’t attack me!" Isiah shouted telepathically as he spread his wings and hovered above the group of humanoid lions.
"Oh," One of the youths said, surprised.
Xu Ying, being just as curious as the rest of the youths put down his hand as the magic circle faded out of existence. Besides, he felt that he could easily kill this bird with one attack if he wanted to.
Isiah, as he descended from the sky, felt his heart race. He could feel the aura of fourteen tier 3 lions and he was shaken to get core. Are these the entities who had been on the other side of the sky cracks?
And there was that blue-clothed man that gave him a very dangerous feeling. All of them stared at him with the eyes of predators, looking like they could pounce on him at any moment if they desired.
But he reminded himself of why he was bold enough to approach the magic shuttle in the first place and his resolve was reinforced.
’Kael must suffer,’ He said to himself as his feet finally touched the ground and he stood before the foreigners.