Raizel watched as the kobolds and the fire lion leader confronted each other. The fire lion leader, didn't wait for the kobolds and attacked them first. With just a swipe of his large claws, three kobolds reduced to pieces.
The kobold warrior and shaman tried to attack the leader, but other fire lions attacked them. The warrior used a funny looking iron sword which was a creation of Raizel to attack one of the lions. But it didn't do any damage. The thick hide of the lions only showed a tiny scratch.
The lion roared at the warrior and spat small fireballs from its mouth to the kobold warrior. It tried to dodge them but the speed at which the lion spat that didn't allow the warrior to dodge them all. Soon he was engulfed by fireballs and was roasted.
During this period, another lion had taken care of the shaman. Unlike the warrior, the shaman had his head bitten by the lion. Other fire lions had already taken care of the group. In just one minute, a group consisting of 12 kobolds, one kobold warrior and a shaman was killed of completely by a group of fire lions.
While watching the seen, Raizel didn't show any emotion. He had already seen such scenes before. The blood, gore and killing didn't phase him.
Soon the fire lions enjoyed kobold meat. Each member got different mana crystals which they immediately swallowed. The fire lion leader ate the kobold warrior and shaman. He gave the crystals to his minions. At his rank, lower rank mana crystals had no help.
The fire lion had already gained intelligence after evolving to E rank. He looked in the direction of the dungeon and started walking towards it. Soon the group encountered other kobold groups. Like the first group they met, they easily killed them.
By now other kobold groups had heard the commotion. They returned to their clan and informed the chief about the news of the incoming fire lion group.
Knowning the danger, the chief immediately gathered every warriors and elite warriors. He ordered them to patrol the boundary. While he ordered his elite shamans to be alert to attack at any moment. The whole clan was in a state of high alert.
Though the kobolds and goblins have less intellegence, the chief of each tribe have same level of intellegence as the fire lion. If not for the dngeon restricting his evolution previously, he would be a Rank E monster. After the dungeon was upgraded, he didn't have enough time to break through. he wanted to kill the fire lion leader so that he would get his crystal and he might even gain affinity towards fire element. He was looking forward to the attack. With their superior numbers, even a rank E beast would be defeated and killed.
But it seems as if knowing the danger ahead, the fire lion leader stopped intruding the boundary. He sniffed the air many times and using his superior sense of smell, he could somehow guess that he would face danger ahead.
He was already a rank E beast. In the outer region of the Ishjag mountain range, he could be counted as an overlord of small region. Only stronger ranked C monsters were able to enter the inner region of the forest. He was ambitious and wanted to grow stronger. He didn't want to loose his life for meaningless reason.
He growled for a while and prepared to rest in that region. He and his group would hunt the kobolds slowly.
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Raizel was astonished at the turn of events. He thought the lions would charge ahead and get killed by the kobolds. Considering, the clan now had nearly 2000 members, a small group of fire lions wasn't enough to wipe them out.
"Looks like after evolving to higher ranks, monsters can gain more intelligence. It seems I have to be carefull in my journey."
Raizel decided to watch the progress of goblins.
It seemed the goblins were lucky. They didn't encounter any rank E monsters. All the goblins returned to their clan. The clan leader seemed happy with this and ordered to expand his territory.
"It seems like there will be no more battle today. Oh well lets look at what new skills the store has to offer after upgrade."
Raizel began searching for suitable skills. He came across an item which would show him his elemental affinity. He purchased it and checked his affinity.
It turns out he has dual affinity for fire and lightning.
"I thought all demons had darkness as their affinity. Why I don't have darkness in my affinity?"
[Lord was created by the world. So there are some changes in your body. Also having darkness as a attribute would have made you weaker against light attribute. That includes sunlight. You would be weaker in the day.]
"Thank god! I don't have such weakness. Oh well, fire and lightning are also good. Lets see what fire and lightning spells the store has for me."
He resumed his search. Soon he came across some Tier 1 spells. Without any hesitation, he brought all of them. With his large mana pool, he doesn't need to worry about emptying his reserves.
He only found three Tier 2 fire and lightning spells. One was [Lightning Bolt]. As the name suggest, it literally throws lightning from your finger. Though he needed a lot of preparation time for this spell and it consumes great deal of mana.
Second one was [Fire Arrow] spell. Like the first, it throws arrows made of fire at the opponent. It has great penetrating power and speed. But like [Lightning Bolt], it has 1 minute of preparation time and consumes a lot of mana.
Last one was [Lightning Chains]. It creates chains made up of lightning and helps user to bind his opponent. It has the same weakness as the other two.
For now he would practice all his spells and head outside. He couldn't wait to explore the wonders of outside world.