Atlas followed the group of six through the forest. They followed it lengthwise to the east until they reached a rocky area. There, they started to take a much stranger path to reach the treasure in question.
In the meantime, the man, who introduced himself as Jason, explained the nature of the beast they'd faced.
"It's black just like everything else in this realm, but it's a little different. It has these green veins running across its body that look like they're filled with qi. It looks like someone stuck the wings of a dragon and the tail of a scorpion onto a lion."
If this was a place where sentient beings had frequented, Atlas would have believed that he was describing a chimera of some sort. However, chimeras were not naturally formed. If this creature matched the man's description, then it was a unique species found only in this realm.
