Kiron turned around, it was time to face that mysterious being that had been coming towards him for a while.
“What… What is that?!” Kiron looked towards the sky, and what he saw was a flying creature covered in wounds. It was too dark for him to say exactly what it was.¨
The creature fell down from the sky, landing next to Kiron. It was a Red Dragon covered with a weird pattern of black stripes! “A… A dragon? And I have never seen any dragon of this sort before!” Kiron was incredibly stunned at the moment. Finding a dragon outside the Chaotic Lands? That’s almost impossible.
“It looks like a… Newborn dragon!” Kiron was watching as the Red Dragon was struggling to get up. It was already at the 2nd rank of the Profound Practitioner Realm. Some profound beasts are born directly into the 1st or 2nd rank.
Kiron took the greatsword out of his interspatial ring, then he walked over to the Red Dragon. The Red Dragon had already noticed his presence, it noticed him getting closer and closer…
But, to Kiron’s surprise, the Red Dragon didn’t attack him. Instead, it jumped into his arms, knocking him down to the ground. The Red Dragon was about the size of a house dog. Normally, that wouldn’t be close to being able to knock Kiron down, but he was taken by surprise.
The Red Dragon had a terrified expression on its face before Kiron came over, as if it had been running from something. But as soon as it saw Kiron, the terrified expression on its face disappeared.
Kiron laid there on the ground with the Red Dragon hiding in his arms. “Why is it behaving like this? Is it… Because of the Golden Dragon blood in my body?” Kiron was trying to analyze the situation the best he could.
But now, the terrified expression returned. Kiron lifted the small dragon and put it on the ground next to him, then he got up on his feet…
Kiron’s face turned pale and he started shaking from fear. Hundreds of profound beasts! All ranging from 1st rank to 8th rank!
This isn’t a situation where Kiron could act carelessly. He instantly realized that those profound beasts weren’t interested in him… They wanted the Red Dragon.
He wanted to start running, but the moment he turned around he noticed that the Red Dragon had been cowering behind him. He really wanted to abandon the Red Dragon, but he simply couldn’t. It felt like there was an invisible barrier that was preventing him from running away from the Red Dragon!
The profound beasts didn’t move. They just stood there, a little less than a hundred meters away, staring and Kiron and the Red Dragon.
Kiron took a deep breath. Looking at all the profound beasts standing in front of him, his mind couldn’t help but being lost in thoughts. Kiron picked up his greatsword and tightened his grip… His body just wanted to drop the greatsword and close his eyes, but he couldn’t.
The Red Dragon was rubbing its head against Kiron’s leg. It was as if it was expecting Kiron to save it from those profound beasts. Kiron was able to break out of his trance thanks to the Red Dragon, but the scene in front of him was still there.
Kiron took the greatsword and stored it within his interspatial ring. Fight the profound beasts? That would be suicide. Kiron struggled against one profound beast of the 7th rank, so what would happen if he were to try fighting multiple profound beasts at the 8th rank?
He picked the Red Dragon up. He had decided on what to do, and that was… Run!
Kiron started running in the opposite direction of the profound beasts. He thought about trying to make the Red Dragon fly them away, but he remembered the scene earlier when the Red Dragon had been struggling just to keep itself in the air.
The hundreds of profound beasts started running together towards Kiron, and the ground shook with every step they took.
Kiron’s combat speed was low, but because of the strength in his legs, he could easily match someone of the 7th rank in movement speed!
But, the 3 profound beasts that are already at the 8th rank, they had a slight advantage over Kiron in movement speed, so they were slowly but surely closing in on him.
“This won’t do… I’ll need to think of something!” Kiron was getting desperate. If he couldn’t think of something, then he would surely die!
Kiron looked at the Red Dragon that he was holding in his arms… “No… I’m not going to do that!” Kiron was considering whether or not he should throw the Red Dragon away and save his own life. But he felt an invisible bond, preventing him from doing that.
He remembered reading something in a book, “Curiosity will be the end of some” … Kiron couldn’t help but thinking back to that quote. Was he really going to die, all because of his own curiosity?
“Even if I’m going to die… I won’t die without trying to survive!” Kiron swallowed his fear as he started jumping up the mountain wall. There was a 10-15 meter gap between each landing point, and that wasn’t a long distance for him to jump. At most, he could jump 25 meters into the air.
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Kiron arrived at the top and started running towards the cliff on the other side. One of the 8th rank profound beasts was unable to follow due to its size. The landing points on the mountain wall were small and narrow, meaning the larger beasts would be unable to land there without falling off.
“This feeling again?” Kiron felt the same thing he had felt earlier. It came from the Red Dragon, but Kiron had no idea what it was. All he knew is that he had no time to bother with that feeling, so he just refused it.
On the stone wall, there were no landing points. It was only sharp rocks and a 300 meter drop! “I will have to climb down slowly… But the other profound beasts should be unable to attack me while I’m climbing down! If they do try, then they would most likely die!”
Kiron saw that the 8th rank profound beasts had already arrived at the top, and they were currently charging towards him. Kiron only had one free arm, the other arm was used to carry the Red Dragon.
He dropped down the mountain wall and grabbed the first rock that was sticking out. “If I drop down slowly, I should be able to reach the bottom!”
Kiron’s plan was simple. He would let go of whatever he was holding onto, drop a couple of meters then he would grab onto something else. And when the distance between him and the ground was short enough, he would just fall onto the ground.
The two remaining 8th rank profound beasts were both One-Eyed Lions.
The One-Eyed Lions stared at Kiron was he was slowly climbing down the stone wall. One of the One-Eyed Lions dropped off the cliff, falling towards Kiron! The other One-Eyed Lion stood at the top. They were already at the 8th rank of the Profound Practitioner Realm, so they weren’t stupid. If both of them dropped down the mountain and failed to kill him… Then he could climb back up, and they wouldn’t be able to get back up there!
“What? They’re not supposed to do that!” Kiron was stunned. The One-Eyed Lions might be able to survive the fall without taking much damage, but attacking him in a position like that? These profound beasts had clearly gone crazy!
“This feeling again? Go away!” Kiron looked at the Red Dragon for a split second. It was as if the Red Dragon was using some kind of spiritual magic on him. But he kept refusing it.
The Red Dragon made some weird sound. It seemed a bit angry because Kiron kept refusing.
Kiron was about to go crazy! This was too much for him.
He had no ways of defending himself. His only option was to let go of the rock the moment the One-Eyed Lion got close enough. His head was completely vulnerable, meaning that one attack from the One-Eyed Lion might be the end of him.
The One-Eyed Lion was now less than 10 meters away from Kiron! He let go of the rock and started dropping. Avoiding casualties at this point was impossible, but if he played his cards right, then he might be able to survive!
The One-Eyed Lion had more momentum than him, so it quickly caught up with him in the air. The One-Eyed Lion had one chance at killing Kiron, and it wasn’t about to let that chance go. While it wouldn’t be able to use all of its strength due to its body structure and the fact that it was in the air, it still possessed enough strength to kill Kiron if he were to mess up.
Its paw came slashing towards Kiron at a terrifying speed! Kiron was already prepared for this though, even if he was unable to bring out his greatsword due to his interspatial ring being on his right hand that was using carry the Red Dragon
Kiron raised his left arm and threw a punch towards the One-Eyed Lion’s paw.
*Bang*
Kiron’s first collided with the One-Eyed Lions paw. The claws of the One-Eyed Lion had penetrated his fist, leaving a small hole in his hand.
He was already drunk on adrenaline, so he managed to ignore the pain. Kiron used all his strength to pull his already numb hand towards, escaping the One-Eyed Lion’s paw.
The One-Eyed Lion was falling with much more speed than Kiron was, so he finally managed to get rid of the One-Eyed Lion!
Kiron couldn’t use his left hand anymore, so he quickly put the Red Dragon over in his left arm, he now had to use his right hand to stop his momentum.
There was one problem though. His momentum was too great, and he was unable to stop.
Kiron started panicking! He looked at the ground below him, it was getting closer and closer… And even worse than that, the One-Eyed Lion was standing there!
"Will this be the end of me?" Kiron said in a low voice as he was falling towards the ground
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