Chapter 118 Found you!

Chapter 118 Found you!

The moon hung high in the sky as Alex carefully crept through across the tree branch he was leaning on. His senses were sharp and his body tense. Alex had stopped making any sudden moves when he spotted some movements in the trees far away. Then, he heard it — a rustling in the trees ahead of him, followed by a low growl.

Alex's eyes darted in the direction the sound came from, and he finally caught sight of them for the first time: a pair of monkey-like beasts, their eyes glowing with malice. They were perched in the branches, staring each other down like they had a blood feud.

'Found you!'

He celebrated mentally at finally finding the beasts before the Count could, and watched on carefully.

Alex moved little by little, ever so slightly until he reached a tree that gave him a better view of whatever was going on.

Below them, the pack of beasts gathered across an abundance of trees, all watching the two larger, and more menacing beasts, squaring off in the centre. Their growls echoed through the trees, their chiselled and hairy bodies tensed with anticipation. It was clear now to Alex that this was a fight for domination, a battle to determine the alpha of the pack.

He inspected the beasts closely, and realised that they were all actually Mutant class beasts!

The two beasts fighting in the centre looked to be the most powerful, probably D rank beasts! n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Alex watched intently, his breath slow and steady. The first beast, a hulking brute with dark fur and gleaming eyes, lunged at its opponent, sharp claws slashing through the air. The second beast, leaner but equally fierce, dodged to the side and countered with a powerful swipe of its arm.

'Holy shit! This is just perfect!'

Alex had never seen such behaviour in beasts before, but then again the only interactions he had ever had with them was when they were facing him off directly, and every time they looked fuelled with an uncontrollable rage towards him.

But this was the first time he was observing them from an outside perspective, and it was eye opening to him.

'These beasts actually have a hierarchy, and a societal structure!'

Most beasts he had seen up until this point had been solo hunters, or at most a pair of beasts hunting together.

Alex knew this was his moment to strike.

With a silent leap, he dropped from the canopy, his sword flashing taking on its familiar orange hue, and flames grew out of it.

He landed between the two beasts, their eyes widening in shock and confusion. Before they could react, he struck.

His blade cut through the air with deadly precision, slicing through the neck of the larger beast. Blood sprayed, and the beast's body crashed through a few branches, falling to the ground below, lifeless.

The leaner beast, still dazed from the blow to its head, tried to rise, but Alex was already upon it.

He drove his sword into the beast's chest, piercing its heart. The beast let out a final, gurgling growl before collapsing in a heap.

Alex pulled his blade free, standing amidst the broken branches and the dead body of the lean beast, his eyes cold as they darted around at the 30 or so beasts surrounding him.

[You have killed a beast...]

[You have killed a beast...]

He dismissed the notifications from the system and looked on at the pack.

The rest of the pack watched on with stunned silence, their eyes flickering between their two champions and the lone human who had just dispatched them so effortlessly.

But of course, things wouldn't have been so easy for Alex if both beasts were still in their best condition.

With them both being Mutant class D rank beasts, he would have never been able to kill them so easily if they weren't so injured in the first place.

The fight would have lasted hours otherwise, and it wouldn't be a 1v2, but a 1v32...

But now, the real fight would start...