Cleon was still silent, he slightly observed the situation outside. The attacks from the demon beasts kept coming, considering the previous fight should have been easy for Cleon, but in his current position he was surrounded by demon beasts.
"Bugs!!"
The demon beast started charging again, maybe the protection made by Cleon wouldn't last much longer if it continued to be attacked like that. Cleon tried to see how many beasts had surrounded him.
"7 hm," Cleon muttered.
He started to raise his hands up and began to concentrate. As soon as the wind started to blow around the area where Cleon was, it seemed the demon beasts were starting to get distracted and they stopped attacking when they felt the changes around them. The longer the wind gusts, the bigger they form a tornado and Cleon becomes the center of the tornado.
"Whirlwind Storm!"
Instantly the wind got bigger and bigger until the demon beasts started to be blown away and carried away by the tornado. However, there was still a demon beast who was holding on, with a firm grip he was still able to hold on and not be carried away by the tornado.
"There seems to be a formidable demon beast," Cleon muttered as he sensed that there were still survivors out there.
Cleon confirmed the position of the demon beast before making his next move. The position of the demon beast was in front of Cleon exactly, he immediately opened the wall behind him and immediately jumped out and away. Cleon uses his wind magic as a pedestal so he can jump high up to the top of the tree.
The demon beast realized that Cleon had come out, its eyes immediately fell on Cleon who was already standing on a tree branch.
"Wow!! This time it seems much more ferocious, it's true that the eastern forest is very much feared," said Cleon when he clearly saw the demon beast in the form of a wolf in front of him.
In addition to its large size, this demonic beast also has a pointed horn on its head like a unicorn. The four legs were covered in flames that coiled around like a bracelet. Sharp stares like a real devil, he looks angry from the moans and expressions he shows.
Suddenly the demon beast's horn appeared a kind of black electricity, getting bigger and bigger and forming a black ball that was not too big. Cleon was immediately alert when the black sphere had formed, and sure enough in a matter of seconds the demon beast unleashed its attack. The black ball shot swiftly towards Cleon.
With quite a shock Cleon immediately jumped up and dodged the demon beast's attack. With his speed he still managed to dodge, but it was beyond Cleon's expectations. The black ball suddenly turned into a fairly large black lightning bolt, Cleon was surprised because the lightning range was quite wide and covered his current position.
"Unlucky!"
Cleon's body was hit by the demon beast's attack, the black lightning jolt hit his body until Cleon fell to the ground. Cleon felt a little dizzy, he tried to stand back while holding his head that hit the ground. On the other hand the demon beasts had already returned to prepare their next attack. Cleon was surprised to see that, he didn't want to be hit by the same attack a second time.
Cleon readied himself, he started to stretch his hands forward with open palms. The demon beast was already preparing to attack, the same black ball had been hurtling towards Cleon.
"Waterwalls!"
An enormous wall of water appeared in front of Cleon, he planned to stop the black ball's attack with a wall of water and let the lightning strike that appeared in the water, so Cleon could slightly deflect the irregular lightning strike.
"Duaargghhhh!!"
The collision between the black ball and the wall of water occurred, according to Cleon's calculation that the black ball would turn back into a black lightning strike. With the wall of water used by Cleon, he was able to slightly dampen the range of the lightning strike.
Cleon moved quickly, he raised his hand up, instantly a great energy began to emerge. A swarm of black clouds formed a vortex above Cleon. Huge winds began to return around the Cleon area quite large. With Cleon's serious gaze looking at the demon beast, the light mist from the explosion of the previous attack allowed Cleon to hide a little.
As a result of the strong wind everything was clearly visible, now Cleon was already preparing for the next attack.
"Comulonimbus!!!"
"Duaargghhhh!!"
An even larger bolt of lightning still hit the demon beast head-on, making the demon beast topple instantly. Seeing that Cleon looked exhausted, his breath panting from using massive magic in succession. He was slightly relieved to have defeated a quite formidable demon beast this time, he smiled quite proudly.
Cleon walked over to the demon beast that was lying helplessly, it seemed that he was still alive. He looked back at the black smoke rising from the demon beast's body, he was reminded of the previous fight. This wasn't the first time Cleon had seen such a thing when fighting demon beasts.
"It seems that there are indeed people controlling these demon beasts, but what is their purpose?" Cleon muttered while questioning that.
Cleon prepared to smelt the demon beast he just defeated.
"Smelter Fire!!"
Instantly the demon beast burned to the point of nothing remaining, not even a trace of ashes was there. Since that incident Cleon had become more alert, he couldn't let his guard down in the slightest. He gave up his intention to sleep that night, he just needed to rest to gather his energy again.
**
The sun began to rise, the sound of birds chirping began to sound crowded. Cleon had just finished eating the animal he had hunted, now Cleon was preparing to return to continue his journey to the hills. The stamina in his body was fully charged, he started running at full speed. The distance between him and the top of the hill was close enough, he was sure he could finish the day.
The journey went smoothly without any disturbance until Cleon reached the hill, but he felt something strange.
"Is it really this easy? Just take a cloth with a special motif," Cleon muttered as he reached the top of the hill.
Cleon's eyes began to search for the existence of the cloth among the towering trees, he walked while looking carefully at what was around him. Since his fight with the demon beasts last night made him much more alert when stepping. The atmosphere at the top of the hill was very quiet, not even a single bird was chirping in that place.
"There seems to be something odd about this place," Cleon muttered.