"When shall we eat them? Why are we delaying?"
"We shall wait until the King returns from his hunt".
"But I'm starving!"
"Stand down!"
"No!"
"Do you dare defy the will of King Dufasa?"
"…"
The young and energetic Lion paced around as one of the King's concubines enforced her authority, he was frustrated and impatient, feeling an urge to duel the Queen but he dared not defy the will of King Dufasa.
The King of this Pride was one who already proved himself through numerous duels, hunts, and clan wars, he dared not defy his authority.
In the end, he could only lay on the ground after pacing around for a few more minutes like all the other Lions and Lionesses of the Dufasa Pride.
Rex woke up to his head ringing like he had not tasted food for the past century, his head felt extremely heavy like it was filled with lead. He could only hear the strange roars reverberating in the background.
What shocked him though was that accompanying the well-paced roars were coherent sentences that he understood from the lions.
Rex was shocked. "Am I dreaming again?"
Once Rex asked this question, his eyes finally snapped open and the attention of all the captives currently in this cage turned towards him.
Rex froze for a moment as all the attention focused on him, then he quickly sat up as he groped around for his Death Daggers only to come up with nothing.
"Give up young warrior, we are already at their mercy".
Rex did not respond as he slowly raised his head to observe his surroundings. By now, he was already positive that every mystic weapon of his including the Blood Tome and Berserker were no longer in his possession.
Once he raised his head, he discovered that he was now trapped inside a cage alongside dozens of other humans who were surprisingly in this forest.
Rex was confused at first but as he looked at all the humans, he quickly recollected everything that happened from the ambush of the Jaguars.
After barely surviving the ambush from the Jaguars, Rex barely had time to catch his breath before the group of humans and their pursuers showed up. He tried to escape but he could not as the Lion Pride soon rounded them up.
He stood no chance; he was knocked out before he could evaluate the strength of the Lion Pride. He had no idea where Grey was but through their connection, he was positive that his first transformed beast was still alive.
At the moment, he already recovered from most of the minor injuries that he suffered from the Jaguars, only the attack on his head, his hand, and his leg was still fresh as he felt the pain from them though reduced.
If not for his Vampire bloodline, he would probably be a dead man already after suffering so many injuries. The only problem was that his bloodline's vitality came at the expense of blood.
It took a lot of his blood to heal those injuries, and having used a lot of his blood to activate the Touch of Death martial technique for the first time in the previous battle, Rex was now drained of blood like never before.
He could feel his body already reacting to the lack of blood.
After recollecting everything that happened, Rex sighed and accepted his current condition as he observed all the humans and the Lion Pride.
The Lion Pride consisted of easily 20 Lions and Lionesses, all intermediate mystic beasts. The cubs were nowhere to be seen which showed that this was probably not the real lair of the Lion Pride.
Though most of the Lions present were mature already, Rex could easily deduce that the real alpha was not here, the Lion King was not present and this made him heave a sigh of relief.
Another fact that astonished him was that the Lions communicated with each other. Having been taught in the Obedin Mystic Academy before, Rex knew that high-grade beasts could be very intelligent but he was still stunned.
Seeing a bunch of Lion and Lionesses communicating could spook anyone.
It took some time for him to calm his nerves after seeing everything as Rex started worrying about how to save his ass.
Amid these worries, he turned back to the other humans who were here with him and the middle-aged man who previously spoke did so again.
"Yeah, I know, we're unlucky". The middle-aged man chuckled.
"My name is Maximo; I am the leader of the 3 Bowls Merchant Trade Company. I left my town to go on a business trip but well, just 2 days in, luck screwed us over and here we are".
"Oh…" Rex reacted exaggeratedly. "I am a lone warrior".
"We can see that". The middle-aged man smiled.
"Do you have a plan to escape?" Rex rubbed his nose.
"None, no merchant trade group has ever survived a Lion Pride attack. Once their King is back who is probably an advanced mystic beast, I bet we'll be kissing this life goodbye".
"…"
"Oh…!" Rex exclaimed before minding his business.
At this point, Rex already noticed the nearby tree where all the weapons of the humans were kept including Berserker and his Blood Tome.
As Maximo and the other humans talked about their imminent doom, Rex focused on cutting all sound from his mind as he planned for his escape.
His journey barely started; he was not about to die now. He did not want to think nor regret anything that led to him being trapped here, all his mind was focused on thinking of tangible plans to escape this quagmire.
After thinking for a few seconds, Rex decided to check his status first.
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Name: Rex Vector
Age: 18
Race: Vampire Neonate
Blood Rank: Vampire
Rank: Intermediate Mystic Warrior
Intermediate Warrior Grade: 3rd tier
Strength: 408
Speed: 360
Mind: 100
Vitality: 490
Agility: 360
Dexterity: 325
Health Points [HP]: 850/850
Mystic Energy Points [MEP]: 1120/1120
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Mystic Energy: Domain/Ethereal
Mystic Ability: Upgrade/Blackfire
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Special Constitution: Vampire
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[Mystic Treasures: Berserker; Blood Tome, Oath of the Ancients; Death Daggers; Coffin of the Ancients.]
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[Current State: Injured!]
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After a few weeks of rapid self-development, Rex finally accessed his system status again, and to be honest, he would have been extremely satisfied with his growth in normal circumstances if he was not trapped at the moment.
The injured line at the end of the status was what really bothered Rex.
In an injured state, Rex had no idea how much his abilities were impaired and this could spell the difference between escape and death in his upcoming plan.
"The Alpha Lion is coming".
"Shut up! Stop raising death flags!"
"But he'll come eventually right, wouldn't he?"
Rex's facial muscles twitched as he fought the urge to punch these blabbering merchants who were toying with death to death. He forced himself to focus and continue his planning.
Though Rex hated to admit it, the Alpha Lion could return at any time and this prompted him to accelerate his planning. In 2 minutes, he was done.
The key to his escape plan was getting Berserker and his Blood Tome back but how the hell was he supposed to break out of the cage?
With so little blood in his body, Rex could not morph into his half-bat state which directly cut off his half-bat's steel claws from the equation.
Amid Rex's planning, this was when his heightened senses kicked up again as he felt like he was being watched. Without a word, Rex stole a glance at the skies and that was when he saw the strange warrior perched on the top of a tree.
Rex could not deduce his/her gender instantly, but this mystic warrior was dressed in dark green leather armor with a mystic bow and arrow aimed at them.
Once Rex saw this strange warrior, the strange warrior spotted him also.
None of them spoke but sometimes, the eyes could transmit messages far faster than the mouth could ever accomplish. In the blink of an eye, a thousand messages were exchanged as the arrow was released.
Whoosh!
An arrow accompanied by a golden energy glow flew through the air with such speed and velocity the next moment as it ripped the cage into shreds.
Immediately after the cage was torn apart, while the Lions and the merchants were still stunned, Rex already sprang up towards the tree. He rolled on the floor as he picked up Berserker and his Blood Tome the next moment.
Rex faced the Lions and they reciprocated, but that was their mistake as dozens of golden arrows started descending from the skies the next moment.
Whoosh!
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