The white tiger suddenly stopped on the track. He felt a massive energy radiating from the mountain peak. He understood that the mountain king was angry, and he used every ounce of his will to suppress his legs.
His body was warning him to run, but he didn't dare do so as he knew there was no escape from an enraged Beast King.
Vran(The Dragon) flapped its wing as it looked at the dead body of its decedent. Looking at its sliced stomach, he sensed residual wind energy.
He understood that the death of his kin was no accident; someone had planned this event, and their goal was the Wind Spirit.
His nose twitched as he smelled the smell of a tiger, his eyes turned red with anger as he looked toward the source of the smell.
Looking at the unmoving white tiger, he felt that his dignity had been challenged. It's one thing to kill its kin and steal its thing, but to not even run.
How dare it? How dare a mere Elite Beast act in such a way in front of him? He also sensed that the wind spirit wasn't on the tiger, so someone else must have taken it.
To have run away so quickly, it must be a Beast Lord; this tiger must have been left behind as a form of distraction.
"Good, Good, Good planning it within a routine mission."
He muttered angrily; he more or less guessed the one behind it, it was Kry(The Tiger). The small harassing actions that had been going on must have been a form of distraction.
It seems that the tiger had also sensed the Wind spirit, but he got there first. As for why he did such an action so discreetly.
Well, unless he is an idiot, he will keep such information to himself. After all, if this news leaked, not only the tiger but he and the other Mountain Kings will die at the hands of their superior.
After all, as a Transcedent rank beast, it will not allow another Transcedent Rank beast to rise, just like how it won't allow another Beast King to rise.
"Since you want to play this game, I will make my next move."
He coldly muttered as he spread his wings and took flight. He appeared before the white tiger and looked at its shaking figure.
"Esteemed Ki.."
He didn't even let him finish his words as he opened his mouth, a dragon breath containing gale energy was released, destroying everything in front of him.
The tiger died in an instant as thousands of meters of stone forest was leveled, a massive crater a few kilometers deep formed at the center of the attack as he flew to the peak of his mountain.
"Gather all beast lords under me. We need to prepare for war."
He coldly muttered as his subordinates, a dragon-bloodied eagle, a dragon-bloodied python, and a dragon-bloodied rat, didn't dare question him.
As creatures with varying amounts of dragon blood, the suppression from a Sub Dragon was too much for them to bear.
In the town next to the Winding Forest, a large crowd was gathering in front of the Adventurers Guild building.
It was a hundred-party alliance consisting of seventy G-rank adventurers, mostly knights, and two ringed mages. There were still a few two-ring priests and Nuns present.
In front of these seventy people stood twenty-seven F-ranked adventurers, consisting of seventeen True Knights, seven three ringed mage, two three ringed support Mages, and a three ringed nun.
Leading them were three figures: the Guild Master of the adventurer Guild, a Great Knight, an old man of the Four Rings, also called a Great Mage, and a Bishop from the closest city.
All three were considered E rank adventurers, and the lead of this event, Marina, was absent as she was focused on creating her second ring.
"Silence!"
The Guild Master's commanding voice spread as the noisy crowd became silent in an instant. The old guild master, now wearing a silver knight armor, thrusted his great sword on the ground as he leaned against it.
"Today, we have gathered this alliance for a great mission."
"In this month, the death toll of adventurers has increased by three times the amount as before. And those intelligent beasts are the reason for it all."
"Today, we shall enter the forest and avenge our fallen comrades. The total reward for this mission is one thousand Silver coins, and it shall be divided based on merit."
"Those who kill an intelligent beast can get ten merit, and those who capture an intelligent beast will get a hundred merit. After the mission, everybody shall be given a base reward of a hundred merit."
"The exchange rate is a hundred points of merit for a silver coin."
As he finished his speech, a thunderous roar erupted from the crowd. Just hearing the reward made their eyes flash with greed. Even the veterans among them couldn't contain themselves.
Seeing that the guild leader nodded his head, this rising morale was also the reason he brought up money. After all, avenging fallen adventurers is good and all, but without a reward, they may slack off.
Only with a reward in front of them will they move with full force, he nodded at the other three and started to present the plan.
Looking at his current fighting force, he wished he could call up a peak Great Knight (C) or even a Late Stage Great Knight(D), but it was but a pipe dream.
According to the pact made by the humans of this continent with the Ruler of the Earthly Spine Mountain Range, a A+ rank monster, one of the three A+ rank monsters in this continent.
Anyone entering the mountain or area controlled by the monster of the same rank as themselves without a justified reason will be seen as stepping on their face.
Thus, they will be attacked by monsters from all sides, and the mountain king of that area can even start a beast tide to attack the city and towns near it.