Could the plague warlock who created the giant rats be specifically hunting him down?
If the above speculation is correct.
His previous attack on the giant rat must have exposed the plague warlock's lurking presence.
After that, he'd probably come looking for trouble.
Alan himself wasn't afraid.
However, his parents and sister...
Having hurried home, Alan told his parents to stay indoors as much as possible.
Then he went upstairs to find his sister and warned her to be wary of strangers.
He knocked on the door, but before he could say anything, Kelly dragged him into the bedroom.
"Alan, Alan! I have good news!"
"The warlock bloodline... I've finally awakened!"
"Not the ogre bloodline, I mean the beastman bloodline!"
Kelly clutched her brother's hand tightly, her face flushed with excitement.
Alan nodded, signaling his sister to calm down.
Kelly's awakening was within his expectations.
To be more precise, it was entirely his doing.
Kelly was a very strong-willed girl.
When her brother awakened the warlock bloodline, she felt mixed emotions.
She feigned indifference, but inwardly, she felt deeply lost.
From childhood, Kelly had always considered herself her brother's protector.
That day at the dock, she was nearly insulted by a warlock. If her brother hadn't returned in time, the consequences would have been disastrous.
From that moment on, she knew she no longer had the ability to protect her brother; instead, she needed his protection.
This harsh reality weighed heavily on the strong-willed Kelly!
Her brother had grown up, no longer needing his sister, becoming a high-ranking warlock.
Meanwhile, she was still an ordinary girl.
As the gap in strength and status between them widened,
Would a rift develop between the siblings, causing them to drift apart?
Would his brother genuinely look down on his mediocre sister?
Especially when compared to those "white, rich, and beautiful" girls at the academy...
She felt completely worthless!
Kelly was deeply uneasy.
Even though Allen didn't say it, Kelly could tell that her brother's return home wasn't just a simple vacation.
It seemed he'd offended a formidable force outside and had been forced to return home for refuge.
Kelly wanted to help her brother share the burden.
But she wasn't worthy.
She was too weak.
The desire to become stronger was stronger than ever.
Kelly had also sought out Lady Sora.
Testing her bloodline and learning meditation techniques.
Unfortunately, the purity of her ogre bloodline was too low.
She tried countless times, but couldn't awaken.
The intense feeling of defeat weighed heavily on her.
Sisters and brothers are connected by heart.
How could Allen not see Kelly's concerns?
Shortly after returning home from the academy, he began to think about his sister.
Kelly didn't have the Gluttony system, so she couldn't fuse another poisonous demon bloodline like he had.
Frankly speaking, simply possessing an ogre bloodline has no future.
Its growth potential is severely biased, and its ceiling is too low, capped at level two.
Luckily, Kelly didn't have just one ogre bloodline.
As siblings, the blood relationship couldn't be closer.
Alan had beastman bloodline, and so did Kelly.
However, both siblings' beastman bloodlines were too weak.
Without the Gluttony system, it wouldn't have been detectable at all.
The probability of awakening for a bloodline of this level is close to zero.
However, Allen happened to possess a statue of the Plague God, a deity that could defy fate!
Kelly had already mastered the apprentice-level meditation method, using the Plague God statue to aid meditation and purify her beastly bloodline!
Alan had already tried this method himself.
So, using the same method, he raised his sister's beastly bloodline to 7% purity.
7% bloodline purity just crossed the threshold for superior aptitude!
Practice step by step, and within six months, she will surely awaken!
After Allen helped his sister purify her bloodline,
He retrieved the Plague God statue and set off for Griffin Island.
By the time he returned home, over three months had passed.
Calculating the time, it seemed like Kelly was about to awaken.
This, in itself, wasn't unexpected.
What truly surprised Alan was that the beastman bloodline his sister had awakened wasn't the common ratman, werewolf, or catman.
"Kelly... are you sure it's the Panther bloodline?"
"Yes! I looked in the mirror after the transformation!"
Kelly excitedly revealed to her brother.
"It's absolutely right! A genuine Black Panther!"
"Black Panther..." Alan frowned, pondering. "It's a relatively rare subtype in the bloodline of beastmen."
He didn't know the history of the "Black Panther" race.
How could the Panthers family possess both the "Ogre" and "Black Panther" bloodlines, a pair of such a rare breed?
Could it be that two ancestors of the Panthers family, one an Ogre and the other a Panther, engaged in an interracial romance?
Were he and his sister the product of an interspecies marriage?
Such a situation wasn't uncommon in the warlock world.
Seeing her brother groan in silence, Kelly thought he didn't believe her.
She suddenly stood up, pulled her brother along, and walked over to the floor-length mirror without saying a word.
"Alan, open your eyes and look carefully!" In the mirror, the girl in her pajamas was reflected.
Her face was undergoing a strange transformation! As Alan watched, Kelly's pretty face transformed into that of a large cat.
A pair of furry cat ears stood up on either side of her temples.
Her flaxen braids had become black braids. A faint trace of a tail could be seen swaying beneath her skirt.
Kelly's hands and feet also transformed into the shape of animal claws.
Her nails transformed into sharp claws, still stained with pink polish. Her smooth, white skin was covered in the fur of a wild animal.
The jet-black fur gleamed in the light.
A dark-skinned leopard girl with pink nail polish—this look…had an inexplicably alluring and wild beauty.
Alan raised his eyebrows curiously.
Reaching out, he gently stroked his sister.
The glossy black fur felt warm and delicate to the touch.
It felt like stroking a piece of silky satin.
"Kelly, can you still speak human language in leopard form?"
"Of course!"
Leopard Girl rolled her eyes at her brother.
"Forget about becoming half-human, half-leopard. Even if I were to transform completely into a black panther, it wouldn't stop me from speaking human language!"
"After all, it's only my appearance that's changing, not my mind!"
Kelly was eager to prove to her brother that her mental state hadn't degenerated to that of a beast.
She transformed again impatiently.
From a "hybrid" form with a leopard head and a human body, he transformed into a full-blown black panther.
The loose pajamas, losing their support, collapsed to the ground.
Swish!
A handsome, nimble black panther leaped out from the pile of clothes.
Alan quickly opened his arms and embraced the swooping cat.
The warm, smooth fur clung to his chest.
The fluffy leopard tail brushed against his legs, tickling him.
The wonderful touch was indescribable.
"Meow~~ Even in this state, I can still talk!"
Kelly could indeed speak in her black panther form.
But her voice was a little hoarse, tinged with strange jargon.
Perhaps because the vocal cords of cats are structured differently from humans, the sound was somewhat distorted.
Kelly enjoyed being held in her brother's arms like a pet.
Her front paws rested on Alan's shoulders, and her hind legs naturally wrapped around his waist.