Ace, who was floating in front of the 3-star leopard, spoke, "Leave! Go back to your place now."
He did not immediately attack the leopard and only told him to leave.
No!
He was not afraid of the leopard.
He did this because protecting Mike and the others was his priority, so he would avoid the fight if he could.
Little did he know that his words and actions made the leopard angrier. "Human, I'm in a bad mood right now. Don't get in my way, or else I will kill you later."
Framingburns forest was the territory of magical beasts, but here, Ace dared to act high and mightily, so of course, the leopard was unhappy.
"Grrr…" the leopard's underlings showed their fangs, trying to scare Ace.
Ace shifted his gaze from the leopard to his underlings.
Even though the leopard's underlings showed their fangs, he did not show the slightest fear in his eyes.