Liora ventured deeper into the forest, her eyes sharp, scanning for anything truly powerful.
She rode atop her beast, Leon, the Silver Flame Lion, moving through the dense terrain with ease.
But despite going deeper, she was frowning. "Tch… nothing but weaklings."
She had already encountered multiple A-Rank beasts, but Leon killed them effortlessly.
Even the S-Rank beasts she had run into weren't enough—Leon only needed a bit of extra power to take them down.
Liora exhaled, her eyes narrowing. "At least I got some beast materials."
She glanced at the pile of corpses she had collected—materials that would be absorbed to fuel Lucius's energy later.
But still—none of these creatures were worth capturing.
Just as she was about to move deeper, her instincts flared.
A strange presence.
Before she could fully react, a massive shadow moved from the trees—
A black and crimson-furred wolf lunged at them.
