MTLNOVEL Chapter 1524
“Master!”
The girls all cried out in worry as the massive lion charged me. His roar had been the same roar he had used previously. It had stunned the girls for a brief moment and caused most enchantments, spells, and illusions to collapse. It was a potent ability, and I wondered if it was attached to him specifically, or if it was some kind of trait of his kind.
I didn’t waste time, and my own body began to transform as well. I also went into the beast form. My body became slick with striped fur, and I probably looked every bit as tiger-like as he appeared to be a lion. I began to charge him as well, and after two leaps we slammed into each other, our claws slashing. This fighting no longer had the elegance of before. There wasn’t so much skill, but raw battle and pure strikes.
I understood why King Roth had wanted to fight this way when the previous way had failed. This took advantage of all of his strengths and gave him the advantage. He attempted to tear my flesh, his teeth trying to bite at my neck. It was a visceral battle between two giant cats, every hit coming with the impact of flesh and blood. Perhaps, the lion king might have won this exchange in other situations, but when it came to pain, I could handle it, and when it came to willpower, he had to overcome both of us together.
Our hands ended up on our feet once again, striking each other with our claws, but just as we went for another exchange, I dropped my body. He had been so focused on getting another drop of blood from the wounds opening on my body, he wasn’t prepared as I changed my movements. This kind of fighting wasn’t completely devoid of skill, you just needed to know how to take advantage of it, and for the agile Lydia, this was her specialty.
Twisting in a way that only we could, my legs locked into place and then my fist went up, striking the lion in the jaw with enough power that it created a sonic boom. King Roth flew up into the air, even higher than his girls had gone flying when I hit them with the spear earlier. I leaped, my claws slashing through space until I appeared right where he reached the top of his arc. I struck him again with my claw and then used the momentum to cut through space again, appearing where he was about to fall.
My body jumped from left to right, striking him across the sky like a ping pong ball. As King Roth flew helplessly, he didn’t say a single word. I finally ended the last strike, with a powerful kick, shoving him directly down, and into the miasmic pond below. He slammed into the water with a resounding explosion. A giant splash rose a dozen feet into the air before dropping down like rain. The surviving lionesses who had witnessed countless others melt in that water winced instinctively, but the water was nowhere near them.
I landed back on the ground, and the tiger beast form disappeared. The attack had used a lot of myself. I fell to my knee, and for the first time, the bond I shared with Lydia trembled slightly.
“Did you get him?” Terra asked.
“Why’d you ask such a cursed question!” Miki complained.
She had been right, as a moment later the water parted and a form began to walk out of the pond. It was a furious-looking King Roth.