Chapter 24 God Stone

Among the monsters that appeared in the world, minotaurs were known for using their strength, and when it comes to intelligence, even a ten-year-old could outsmart them.

However, when it comes to Minotaur king, they were different because, unlike the regular minotaurs, they could think, and that’s how they gained the title ‘Minotaur king’.

“So, what do you say? Will you accept my duel? Or are you scared? Haha.”

The minotaur king tried to look as confident as he could because, right now, he was in a goddamn hole where his muscles were useless.

“Before that, let me ask you a question.”

Leo didn’t show any emotion as he asked, “What are you doing here?”

‘…’

When he heard Leo’s question, the minotaur king raised his brows before replying, “I was just training my subordinates how to stampede.”

“Is that so?”

Leo nodded his head with a calm look on his face.

‘What a joke!’

Of course, Leo didn’t believe the minotaur king’s words as he could tell something was fishy.

Even though they were far from the Phirie city, monster kings would not dare to run amok with their minions in such an open place.

‘Looks like shadow bats were right. These minotaurs seemed to be searching for something.’

Leo recalled the information he received from the shadow bats and concluded that the minotaur king was searching for something.

Earlier, when they encountered three minotaurs, Julia thought they were lucky; however, it was not luck; instead, Leo used the shadow bats to track down the location of the minotaurs.

So, after waking up, he guided Julia to the place where minotaurs were searching for something.

“You want a duel, right?”

Coming out of his thoughts, Leo asked the minotaur, who nodded his head excitedly.

‘As long as I can come out of this damn hole, I will make sure to kill you.’

Minotaur king didn’t have any plans to turn Leo into an enslaved person; instead, he wanted to kill him.

Minotaurs don’t like when someone messes with them, and they won’t stop until they kill that ‘someone’.

That’s how simple the minotaurs are, and even the minotaur kings are no exception.

“Come out then.”

With a thought, an earthen pillar rose from the ground below the minotaur king’s feet.

“Before we start our duel, let me take care of them.”

At the same time, Leo placed his hand on the ground, and the huge hole got covered as all the minotaurs were buried alive.

“Why did you do that? Release them all.”

The minotaur king was already furious with Leo’s actions, and when he saw that Leo buried all his minions alive, he could not control his anger anymore as he rushed toward Leo with full force.

“And why should I do that?”

Leo scoffed at the minotaur king as he continued, “Why don’t you calm down for a bit.”

Just as the minotaur king took a few stomps, a huge hole appeared once again below his feet as he fell into it.

“B*stard, let me out.”

‘Hmph’

Smoke came out of his nostrils as he slammed against the earthen wall in anger.

‘…’

Leo didn’t say anything as he waited until the minotaur king controlled his anger.

After waiting for a few minutes, the minotaur king stopped slamming against the earthen wall and looked at Leo with his suppressed anger.

“Why don’t you have a fair duel with me? The deal from earlier still stands.”

The rank 6 minotaur king once again asked Leo to have a fair deul with him in a calm tone.

Since he had already lost his entire horde, the minotaur king wanted to take revenge against Leo by killing him. So, he suppressed his anger and tried to bait Leo.

‘Even though I am not as intelligent as the other monster kings, I knew no human could resist the temptation of having a monster king as his slave.’

This was the thought in the minotaur king’s head when he proposed that deal.

“It will fight you fair and square on the ground; however, you have to answer my question honestly.”

Leo had been waiting for this moment for a while now. So, he nodded his head to the minotaur king’s words; however, Leo wanted the minotaur king to answer his question before that.

“Sure.”

Right now, the minotaur king would do anything to have a fair and square deul with Leo. So, he nodded his head without any hesitation.

‘I was right. Humans always want to become the masters of monsters. He is also no exception.’

The minotaur king was happy with Leo’s words and waited for Leo’s question.

“Now tell me, what are you doing here with your entire horde?”

Leo asked his question while looking down on the minotaur king.

“Huh?”

After hearing that question, the minotaur king became slightly alert and started thinking about his reply.

“Don’t give me you minotaursh*t and tell me the truth; otherwise, just forget about your ‘Fair and square duel’.”

Seeing that he was thinking, Leo scoffed at the minotaur king coldly and asked him to answer him honestly.

‘Should I tell him the truth? First, I need to come out of this hole to search for that thing. Also, in the fair and square duel, I will kill him and look for that thing.’

The minotaur king’s thinking was simple as he decided to answer Leo honestly.

“I am searching for a griffin that stole my race’s god stone. While it was escaping, I injured it sev….”

‘God stone?’

Leo didn’t bother to hear the minotaur king’s words anymore as he was pleasantly surprised by the words ‘God stone’.

‘I need to get my hands on this ‘God stone’ at any cost.’

Leo’s eyes burned with zeal as he looked at the minotaur king in the hole with a cold smile on his face.

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50 Power Stones:- One Bonus Chapter.

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