Chapter 37: A Different Beast
Chapter 37
Standing atop a tree, Megumi watched in awe as a herd of about thirty beasts rushed to the scene of the battle between the two giant beasts. They attacked each other as they moved forward, and he could see one of the awakened creatures disemboweling and devouring the cores of a few unlucky dormant beasts.
He had thought that the beasts wouldn’t dare to go near the battlefield as they had all avoided it earlier, but now, they were all desperately rushing towards it, with the awakened ones killing a few they managed to catch.
He thought of the possibility of the dark beasts appearing through the gate but quickly dismissed the thought. This was far too close to the Fujiboma clan’s vicinity; no creature should have been able to get past the defenses of his clan’s most elite sorcerers.
Signaling Yuki to stop, they stood by and watched the chaos unfold. The dormant beasts hurriedly moved forward, while the awakened continued to linger around.
A plan; he needed a plan...
Heaving a sigh, he licked his lips and jumped down, running forward immediately. He shifted to the side, using the trees to his advantage as he moved behind the horde of dark beasts.
His target was the closest awakened beast among the three he had spotted earlier.
It was a horned beast, looming two meters tall with greyish-blue fur and a zaffre-colored hide—like storm clouds. Its back was hunched, its long neck strangely twisted, and a gruesome head dangled at the end of it. Muscles stretched on the beast’s corded limbs, rugged, torn skin exposing its raw flesh, ending with claw-tipped razors eager to rend and tear.
The beast possessed dark blue eyes—almost black—glinting with shadows of malevolence. A single black horn protruded from its skull, bookending the lethal fangs at its jutting snout. The creature gave off an air of primal, unrelenting ferocity.
He almost shivered at the sight of the menacing creature. Staring at its hollow blue eyes, all he could see was darkness, a sight that made him want to stop and turn back.
But he was willing to let his intrigue get the better of him; he had no doubt that he would be able to kill the six-foot creature, and with Yuki by his side, it was only bound to get easier.