Chapter 240 - Black Rhino

[Black Rhino]

[Power: 7 Stars (Black)]

[Strength: 8 Stars (Black); Speed: 5 Stars (Black); Agility: 4 Stars (Black); Coordination: 7 Stars (Black); Stamina: 8 Stars (Black); Reactions: 6 Stars (Black); Defense: Quasi 9 Star (Black); Spirit: 1 Stars (Black); Force: 1 Stars (Black)]

[Power Scale Accuracy: 97%]

Leonel's gaze flashed. Even with a beast standing at three meters tall before him, he hardly react.

"[Mud Pit]."

Leonel stretched out a hand. The land quaked and shook as the black rhino charged over. In the blink of an eye, it had already entered a 100 meter radius.

Just when it was about to press its front feet down, it suddenly felt its footing disappear. Instead of hitting solid ground, it sank into a quagmire, causing its body to flip forward..

"[Harden]."

Just as the rhino's body was about to flip out of the mud pit entirely, the pit hardened. The sudden change caused the rhino, who was in the process of rolling off, to come to a sudden stop.

At that moment, the sickening sound of shattering bones rang out, only to be completely overshadowed by the pained roar of the black rhino.

The black rhino heavily landed on its back, its front legs snapped in two. In fact, a portion of its legs were still stuck in the hardened mud pit.

However, Leonel hardly reacted, a familiar swirl of wind had already surged around his body once again.

A strong Earth Element swirled in the air above the rhino, quickly coalescing into a bronze, angled blade that radiated a beautiful light.

"[Heavy Guillotine]."

SHUUUU!

The blade descended into the rhino's open mouth. It was too busy roaring in pain to even sense the danger.

"Leonel, you're a monster. Do you know that?" Theybul suddenly spoke in a somewhat exasperated tone.

They all thought after the first beast Leonel took down that he would soon realize he couldn't expend his stamina so wildly. But, the current Leonel looked like he was still on his first battle. It was too ridiculous.

Originally, they had been accepting of Leonel joining this expedition for two reasons. Firstly, Lionus recommended him. And, secondly, they heard rumors that he had battled a Knight of the Round Table and came out alive.

In their minds, even if Leonel's magic wasn't up to standard, he could make up for it in other ways. But, they had never expected for him to be such a monster even when only using Magic Arts.

"Uh —." Leonel didn't know how to respond to this.

Lionus and the others chuckled seeing his response. They had expected the atmosphere to become heavy after entering these lands, but Leonel's prowess took a burden off their hearts.

It wasn't that they couldn't defeat the beasts Leonel could as well. They all knew that these 'Demons' were easy pickings. The True Demons were far more powerful and were humanoids. But, Leonel let them all save up their stamina and remain in peak condition. This was more than they could ever hope for.

"It seems like we've arrived at our destination."

Lionus said in a somewhat surprised tone. He had expected it to take about a week, but this was only the third day.

He sent another deep look toward Leonel's back. He had realized that Leonel sometimes swerved their formation in certain directions, but he didn't think much of it. But, it seemed that Leonel was avoiding danger for them at the same time as taking the vanguard.

'A monster indeed...'

Up ahead, a small, makeshift fort stood. The gates were made of black wood and stood about three meters tall. Peaking over the wooden walls one could see several tall tents from the distance.

Several patrol units stood between them and the small fort. They had already passed through several lookout checkpoints, so the Commander of this fort should already be prepared for their arrival.

As expected, before they could even approach, the gates opened and a small troop of knights riding war horses galloped forward.

Leonel winced. 'Damn horses again...'

As Leonel was remembering his past trauma, he didn't notice that Lionus had begun to frown behind him.

'Something's wrong...'