Chapter 64 Through Blood & Guts!

<30 seconds earlier>

'So Rock Lizards don't like direct confrontation? What did he want us to do with that information,' Lyrian thought to himself on hearing what Alten said, 'It's not like we could pose a threat to the lizards...'

He continued to think as hard as possible, trying to figure out what Alten was trying to say before he got slammed.

'Wait! That's right! When coming here, Alten said that the Diamond Lizard's eyesight was terrible. It only relies on vibration and sound to tell whether something is a threat or not! This means, all we have to do is mimic and powerful creature to scare it! That is if it is like the other Rock Lizards and dislikes confrontation as well...'

<Present moment>

After half-assedly communicating their plan with each other, Leon took out his sword for a few seconds, his eyes immediately erasing into a pure white, as Lyrian used Enhance to strengthen his vocal cord muscles.

Lyrian counted down from three on his fingers, as the two suddenly jumped out into the view of all the lizards.

*ROAR!*

Lyrian let out a thunderous roar powered by magic that boomed throughout the cave, as Leon swung his sword to create several loud, powerful vortexes of wind that mimicked the force created by the roar.

With this, the two also let out their spiritual aura all at once, Lyrian also allowing Garmr to fully release his.

The culmination of all of this created a menacing feeling of fear and chaos, instantly awakening all of the Rock Lizards in the cavern as they quickly fled through their holes in a frivolous rampage.

The one holding Alten also fled, letting go of his prey.

Unfortunately, the Diamond Lizard quickly picked them back up, before backing away from the imminent threat.

After only 20 seconds, all of the Rock Lizards had exited the cavern, only the Diamond Lizard staying back.

'It isn't running away... Did it not work?' Lyrian thought to himself as he saw the Diamond Lizard standing its ground.

After all the noise subsided, the Diamond Lizard stepped up and let out a roar of its own, seemingly challenging the beast that confronted it.

"Damn it, so it isn't like the other lizards," Lyrian said out loud.

On hearing this, Leon immediately looked at him with a shocked expression.

'Why is he talking?' Leon thought to himself.

"What? It's only it and us now. There is no longer any point in hiding." Lyrian said in response to Leon's expression.

Leon turned his head to look forward and paused for a moment before speaking, "You're right..."

"Let's go!" Lyrian shouted out, as Lyrian unsheathed his sword and dashed at the creature from the side, while Leon also unsheathed his blade once again and stormed straight forward.

Feeling the loud vibrations of their footsteps, the lizard quickly put its guard up.

On reaching only 15 feet away from the beast, Leon slammed his right foot on the ground and jumped up in the air with his hand on his sword--beginning to spin around in the air like a swirling tornado.

As he neared 5 feet away from the lizard, he whispered under his breath, "Iron Tornado."

With his increasing spin speed, the swirling blade struck the lizard's back abdomen, releasing a loud twang through the cave as Leon's spin was instantly canceled out by the incredible density of the creature's diamond back.

Without hesitation, the lizard quickly swung his front hand at the small boy, launching him several feet away.

At this moment, Lyrian jumped behind the beast with his obsidian sword in hand, Enhancing his arms so that his blade could have strong attack damage.

Just as he thrust his blade at the lizard's side, it suddenly turned around in an instant, facing Lyrian.

In a split second, it let go of Alten and the ostrich--now grabbing Lyrian tightly.

This time, the Diamond Lizard did not hold onto the human, because he was not prey, but an enemy that must be dealt with then and there.

It dragged Lyrian into its stomach with its tongue, slamming its mouth shut as it fully swallowed him.

"Lyrian!" Alten shouted in shock and fear, witnessing Lyrian get swallowed whole.

Seeing Lyrian get eaten, Leon stood up and blitzed towards the lizard at extreme speeds, causing a streak of white light from his eyes to follow him, seemingly using all of his strength whilst still holding a stoic expression on his face. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the NøvᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

As he got close to the Lizard, he said under his breath, "Iron Barrage," Before unleashing several powerful thrusts and strikes from all directions at the belly of the beast.

At this moment, Alten took out his bow and also tried to attack it, but his arrows bounced off of the creature's durable diamond exoskeleton, similar to what happened with Leon's blade as well.

Instead of piercing through the lizard, Leon's blade suffered dents instead, not being able to even scratch the beast.

Lyrian on the other hand, now inside the belly of the beast, smiled to himself.

"You really just had to go and make it easier for me huh?" He said, being squished by the meaty, slimy area around him.

With his sword still in his hand, he gripped it tightly--Enhancing his arms with nearly all of the mana in his body.

"It was a bad move to swallow me and put me where you are most vulnerable." He said as he threw a powerful slash into the inside of the Diamond Lizard's organs.

*HISS!!*

The lizard loudly hissed in distress as it felt its insides being cut open.

With this, Lyrian slashed once again, and again, and one more time! Before long he was creating enough space for himself to unleash a flurry of slashes within the stomach of the beast.

With enough space, he let out a large barrage of slashes, completely drenching himself in blood and guts as he tore through the being from the inside.

Finally, with all the energy left within his body, he unleashed his last slash--cutting through the Diamond Lizard's neck--decapitating it as he arose from underneath, gasping his first breath of air after he began his attacks.