The mortally injured Phoenix-Fire Lion saw the way Nial approached them. Its cubs were struggling to sense their surroundings, open their eyes and get up from the ground.
They hadn't been born a long time ago and would need a few more days before their mind and body would be adapted enough to move and run properly.
Nial didn't say much after he made his proposal and he sat down on a throne manifested from compressed dark energy, waiting to hear the Lion's decision. He wanted to devilize the matured Phoenix-Fire Lion since it was a beast at the Mythician rank but he wouldn't force himself onto the Lion since that wasn't exactly helpful in terms of loyalty.
In the worst case, he would just devilize the cubs and turn them into his loyal subjects by raising them in a way that wouldn't leave them with any other choice but to follow him on their own accord.
