"It's a good thing .. you have that healing element ... otherwise .. you would've remained .. an ugly person .. for countless millennium ... " the beauty with forest eyes and red hair .. with a mix of gold ... white and orange ... said .. in a playful .. tone .. causing the man beside her who was covered in a golden glow to grunt ... displeased by her words ...
'You should learn to respect your superiors ... you mutt ... others wouldn't be so kind to spank you .. like I did ...' the iguana said and snickered .. revealing the white sharp small teeth ... beneath the thick scales ...
"Hmph ... just you wait ... " Theo said .. frowning ... as an evil plan ... formed inside his head ...
he rubbed his hands together .. like an evil maniac ... with a freakish ... laugh .. that caused chills to run down the iguana's spine ..
'What was that ...??' the dark green scaled lizard inquired itself inwardly .. as it felt uneasy ...
"Where are we anyway ... I don't remember this being the oath .. your leader led me on ... " the iguana glanced back at Theo and shook its head ... helplessly ...
'That wasn't a path ... it was just a normal connection he was trying to form with a human .. if you were as smart as you claimed .. you would've already figured that out ...' Theo looked away .. and glanced at the beautiful big tree houses ...
"Hmph ... " he snorted and no longer paid attention .. to the iguana ... and paid attention to his surroundings .
after they were escorted far away from the outer part of the forest ... the iguana led the two ... on a different path .. which Theo did notice .. but didn't give himself the benefit of the doubt that it was the right path ...
thus path .. connected to a special hidden path .. which was created by the guardian of the forest .. that no one had seen ..
on that path .. the two saw .. beautiful and luxurious tree houses .. in different sizes ...
and note that .. the trees in this area .. weren't like the normal trees on the outer part of the forest ... rather they were otherworldly ...
they had thick barks ... like the most hardest steel ...
their branches grew shiny sharp green leaves ...
and each tree stood far from the other tree ... from the sizes .. each tree house was scaled by the owners ...
what was inside Theo's mind .. though was 'How did these creatures build the tree houses .. when the barks themselves ... are as hard as the most hardest steel in the entire military association ... ?? they can't all be above the Chaos Rank .. can they ..??' ...
even the iguana ignored his question and glanced away .. from his curious expression ...
Theo ... continued with his countless questions until he himself got bored ...
but even so ... he couldn't see any gigantic tree throne in the distance .. nor could he sense any strong beastly magical fluctuations ...
he even wondered if there was a king in this forest ...
after walking for God knows how long .. he got really annoyed .. so he asked about it ..
but he got the cold shoulder ..
so on their entire trip towards the leader ... he kept quiet and observed every little detail in the beautiful forest ...
the view was great so there was nothing to complain about ...
after getting a hiding from the oversized lizard ... he realised that strength was what he needed most ...
he couldn't just get abused by everyone he met on the way ... if this happened constantly ... his dignity as a man would fall down pathetically ...
so he vowed to himself that .. when all of this was over ... he would cultivate everything he obtained from the mission ...
the treasures and other cultivation items ... would get him to a higher rank in no time ... considering his absorption ... speed ... although it was not as fast as the captain's ... it was still fast .. and very benefitting ...
while his mind wandered .... the lizard ... halted in its tracks .. so did the captain but .. Theo kept walking .. completely unaware of his surroundings ...
he bumped with the iguana's hind leg ...
"Hey .. what are you doing ... !!" Theo snapped .. as he rubbed his forehead ..
he then jumped infront of the iguana ... and pointed at it ... angrily ..
"This ends here ... I'm going to make you extinct ... you oversized lizard ...." two golden crossbows ... in his hands ... with two big bone arrows on top ... ready to be delivered .. into the target's skin ...
his fingers were already itching ... because unlike his strength .... his bone .. weapons ... had no match ... firing one bone arrow could even put a high ranked beast ... to its death bed ... unless the beast was faster than the arrow ...
he licked his lips .. as he thought about the lizard roast he was going to prepare for him and the captain ...
he could already taste the scale sauce ... he had in mind ...
and the purified spice .. made from the green gunk ...
in the end ... his patience got him ... a giant lizard steak ....
"Ahem ....!!!" before he could pull the triggers ... he heard a hoarse voice clearing behind him ...
and with that ... he could feel .. multiple presences looking at him from every possible angle ...
he turned around with his crossbows ... lowered ... as he glanced at every creature ...
he suddenly stopped ... as his eyes laid on a small rabbit ... with fangs ... and blue eyes ... aside from its fangs .. there was nothing different about it ...
it was a rabbit ...
Theo's conjured crossbows .. disappeared ... and his two bone arrows merged back with the other weapons ... forming back into one great sword ...
which then disappeared as well ...
his mouth trembled .. as he tried to speak but ... the situation couldn't let him ...
'What are you doing you mutt ...!!!' ... poor iguana ... trying to warn him .. but was ignored ...
"Hey ... little rabbit .. get off .. that throne .. he won't be very happy when he sees you playing on it ... " every creature in the area ... gawked at Theo .. but didn't say anything ...
'I did try to warn him though ...' the iguana said inwardly ...
"Human ... how dare you call me a little leporidae ... !!" instantly after it spoke ... a huge gust of wind picked up around Theo ... and countless vines protruded from the earth and went towards him ...
but Theo dodged each and everyone of those vines ...
'Eh? system .. can you analyze that rabbit for me .. and give me it's stats ... give it to me straight .. '
[Leporid Emperor]
[Race: Leporidae]
[Sex: Male]
[Element Powers : Druid
: Nature
: Earth]
[Description: This is the ruler of this side of the forest ... the Leporid Emperor ... many soldiers and commanders have died under its fluffy paws ... and fangs ... it's temper is very nasty .. it's known for its split personality ... sometimes very nice .. but can get very angry very quickly .. especially when people dote it cutely like it's a little rabbit ...]
[Fitness: Unknown]
'Hey laddy ... you got yourself in trouble that you definitely cannot get out of .. good luck ... on surviving ... I just hope my creators remake me and hopefully they don't input my systemical conscious inside a mutt like you ...!!!'
Theo sighed in defeat ...
for this was the first time .. something being his fault ...
but even so .. his life was his .. and his only ... he was too young to die ..
"Hey calm down ... mister emperor ... I was just joking with you ..." Theo said as he moved in the air like the wind ...
dodging every earth spike and poisonous vine .. that came upon him ..
"Is this the leader ...??? ... he attacks without reason ... !!!" Theo shouted in a fit of rage ... as something woke from within him ...
behind his heart ... a lurking black shadow appeared ...
it had a sinister aura .. an aura that he had never felt before ..
the shadow enshrouded his heart .... and body ...
Theo suddenly felt like killing something .. and the Leporid Emperor .. was the first thing he could see in sight ...
his grey eyes ... turned black and his khaki hair ... fluttered in darkness ... and turned black ...
the golden sword he held .. was suddenly corrupted by the darkness and took the shape of a black damaged sword ...
"I'll kill you ..!!!" the iguana and the creatures stumbled back .. when they felt the darkness ... falling down on them ...
even the captain had to take a few steps back ..
the Leporid Emperor .. harumphed at the sudden increase in power ...
it's long hind legs .. grew even more longer ... and claws came out ... it's body .. grew bigger .. and taller ..
it's white fluffy belly and chest .. got fleshly and more sturdier ...
it's chest grew even more bigger .. it even got stronger abs ...
it's front short little arms ... grew bigger and tighter ...
it's fur blew with the wind ... and it's power exploded in ripples of the nature element ...
green waves ... and brown intertwined and swirled around the rabbit emperor ...
behold .. standing before the creatures ... was a huge rabbit ... standing 9'5 tall ... looking down at the 6'4 tall Theo
..
it's bear upper torso ... shone with great strength ... and it's fluffy big muscles ... bulged ...
"You humans .. have grown ... you even have the jewels to stand before me ... " Theo ... looked at the emperor without fear ...
he suddenly grew extra boney legs from his back .. which were covered in black liquid ...
he rose from the ground ... and looked at the emperor .. eye to eye ...
"Pathetic insolence ..." he said ... with a breath steaming with darkness ...
the shadows ... trembled under his terrifying gaze ...
the fight then began .. with the emperor .. attacking first ... with its fist .. covered in metal ...
he punched at Theo ... who lunged at it .. with one of his spider legs ...
the collision between the two attacks .. blew away the creatures ... and threw the emperor off balance as Theo stood with a dangling shoulder ...
the leg he attacked with happened to be closely attached to the shoulder blade ...
but even so .. he didn't seem to feel anything as he reattached his arm back ... with a sinister smile ... his canines ... beared at the emperor ..
"Heheheheeh ...." he laughed ... with an evil tone .. causing the lizard to realise why was it that it felt a sudden chill back then ...
this guy was crazy ...
the Leporid Emperor ... looked at its paw .. and saw a hole dripping with red blood ...
it's fur .. started getting corrupted by the blackness ... as it's beautiful white .. color .. faded .. and fell ...
a skin that had darkness spreading .. burst open ... like a big pimple popping ...
and revealed a black juice inside ... which splurted all over its face ...
before the darkness inside the black droplets of blood could corrupt it ...
the emperor cut a chunk of its face .. and threw it down to the ground ...
it cut down its arm ... and instantly released green energy from its other unaffected hand ... and put it upon its face ...
but .. what it expected never happened ... it's face and arm couldn't grow back ...
Theo dashed at the emperor once again ...
with his boney legs at the front ... for protection and attacking ...
the emperor .. did not have the time to react but .. it's instincts were really strong ... immediately when Theo dashed at it ... it got alerted and defended with its already corrupted half cut arm ...
the sharp pointy leg ... stabbed it's shoulder ... and sliced it's long bunny ears into half ...
instantly under his touch ... the shoulder got infected and the ears ... grew black veins ...
the emperor just like he cut his arm .. he cut his ears and took out his entire shoulder ...
"Hmm ... I guess ... the humans hid ... a dangerous creature amongst them .. but I will help them by getting rid of you ... you're a danger to this society ... " the emperor said ... as it suddenly exploded with more power ...
it looked back at it's shoulder .. and could see it's shoulder healing but not as fast as it thought it would ...
it healed slowly ... even a snail would insult this pace ...
the emperor himself .. felt weirded out ... from unleashing it's entire strength would've been the solution ... but it seemed like the solution was indeed the solution but with complications ...
Theo ... laughed once again .. in his evil tone .... and dashed to clash with the Leporidae titan ...
the emperor did the same ... with red eyes .. filled with the intent to kill ...
they clashed again ... but this time ... Theo was sent crashing into a giant boar .. with green fur ...
the poor creature .. fell down and wailed in despair as the darkness corroded every part of its cells ..
soon ... all that was left of it were brown arm thick bones ... and a tiny tusk .. glowing in green energy ...
Theo laid in the pile of bones unconscious as the darkness enhancement ... disappeared ...
the emperor looked at the vulnerable human and walked towards him .. fuming with brown energy ...
but before it could even cross the distance between it and the human ... a beauty with forest eyes .. appeared infront of it ... bowing respectively ...
"Please ... spare him .... !! " she begged ... her hands trembling under the crushing pressure emitted by the giant rabbit ...
"He'll become a nuisance in the future .. getting rid of him ... well ... I'll be doing this world a huge favour ... besides .. this brat insulted me infront of my subordinates ... that I cannot forgive ..." the emperor said ..
"Please ...!! you connected with him for a reason ... didn't you ... then please ... spare his life .... I don't believe he amounts to nothing in your eyes ... " she said in a shaky desperate voice ...
the emperor snorted in disgust ... and glanced at the unconscious man ... and waved his paw at him ..