Luna smirked, tilting her head slightly. "You've got a powerful aura, I'll give you that… but still, it's not enough."
Cassius' eyes narrowed. He didn't know what Luna ant. "What do you—"
Before he finished, Liora smirked. "Allow to correct your misunderstanding."
Without warning, Liora turned up the pressure. She unleashed her full S-Rank Aura.
Cassius staggered back and his entire body tensed as he was pressured under her aura. He was pretty much in shock. "Impossible—!"
His breathing hitched as he struggled to stand up. "You're… S-Rank?!"
Luna chuckled, her arms crossed. "Oh? Surprised?"
Cassius clenched his jaw, but he couldn't stop sweating because of the pressure.
Luna smirked. "You're just a frog in the well, Cassius. You thought you were at the top, but you never even realized there was a whole world beyond you."
Cassius ground his teeth, his pride taking a direct hit.
Luna turned to the manager and beca cold. "So, what now? Still want to choose him?"
The manager, who had been trying to hold himself together, completely lost it.
As Liora concentrated her aura on him, his knees gave out.
He fell to the ground, panting heavily, his hands trembling as he raised them in surrender. "P-Please! I understand! I'll hand it over! Just stop!"
Luna smiled in satisfaction. "Good choice."
Without wasting another second, the manager rushed to open Argentis's cage, his hands barely steady as he fumbled with the locks.
The tal door swung open, and he quickly stepped back, looking at Loreia with desperate eyes. "It's yours. Please—just take it!"
Argentis, still inside, hesitated for a mont, its silver eyes flickering between Cassius and Loreia's group.
It had sensed Liora's overwhelming presence. It was far more powerful than anything it had encountered before.
In the wild, power was everything. And in that mont, Argentis knew who the true monster was.
With no resistance, it stepped forward, moving toward Loreia.
Loreia smirked, placing a hand on its head. "Looks like you made the right choice, buddy."
Cassius's fists clenched at his sides, his entire face twisted in frustration.
He had lost.
And the worst part? He couldn't do a damn thing about it.
Cassius then took a deep breath, forcing himself to regain composure.
"You think this is over?" Cassius muttered in barely contained rage.
Loreia raised her eyebrow, completely unfazed. "I don't think. I know."
Luna laughed. "Oh, Cassius. If you're about to start so petty revenge plot, let stop you right there—it won't end well for you."
Cassius narrowed his eyes. "Do you really believe you can walk away from this without consequences?"
Liora took a step forward and beca cold. "If you want to turn this into a real fight, then stop wasting ti and do it."
Cassius's jaw tightened. He wasn't stupid. An S-Rank Beast Warrior wasn't soone he could take on directly.
But he wasn't about to let this insult go unanswered. "The Aurelius family does not forget slights."
Loreia rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, add us to your little grudge list. Just know that when you co for us next ti, we won't be so nice."
Luna smirked. "Oh, and next ti? You better bring more than just a na."
Cassius exhaled, his fists still clenched. With a final glare, he turned around and left the Beast Castle.
The mont he left, the tension in the room finally dissipated.
Luna stretched her arms, sighing. "Well, that was fun."
Loreia chuckled, looking at Argentis, who stood calmly beside her. "I'd say it was worth it."
Liora nodded. "We should leave before anything else happens."
Luna grinned. "Yeah, before the next idiot cos in thinking they can fight us over a lizard."
Loreia patted Argentis and smirked. "Not just any lizard. My lizard."
And with that, the three of them walked out victorious from the Beast Castle.
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Cassius stord into the grand hall of the Aurelius estate without any hesitation with a frustrated face.
Patriarch Hadrian Aurelius, who was the head of the Aurelius family, didn't really care and continued reviewing docunts.
After a few monts, Hadrian finally spoke without looking up. "Cassius, you enter my room unannounced. I assu this interruption has a valid reason?"
Cassius clenched his jaw, forcing himself to calm down. "Father… The beast I reserved—Argentis—was taken from us."
Hadrian paused for a mont, but still didn't look at his son. Instead, he leaned back, tapping his fingers lightly on the desk.
"Taken? You an to say you lost a re C-Rank beast?"
Cassius's fists tightened at his sides. "It wasn't just taken. It was stolen—right in front of ."
Hadrian finally looked up. "By whom?"
Cassius exhaled. "Three won. They threw down beast cores—fifteen A-Tier ones, tripling our price."
Hadrian arched his eyebrow. "Oh? A noble brat willing to throw money around? How dull."
He then smirked slightly. "I assu you put them in their place?"
Cassius hesitated for a fraction of a second. "I tried. But..."
Hadrian's smirk faded instantly. "But what?"
Cassius ground his teeth. "They had an S-Rank Beast Fighter with them."
The room fell silent.
Hadrian's expression didn't change imdiately, but there was a brief flicker of interest in his eyes.
He then leaned forward slightly, placing his elbows on his desk, his fingers interlaced. "An S-Rank?"
Cassius nodded. "Yes. When I exerted my aura, she countered with overwhelming force. I stood no chance."
For a long mont, Hadrian simply stared at him.
Then, he laughed.
A deep, arrogant chuckle, as if Cassius had just told him a particularly amusing joke.
"So let get this straight. You, my son—an A-Rank Beast Fighter—were humiliated in front of commoners?"
Cassius's fists clenched even tighter. "I wouldn't say humiliated—"
Hadrian cut him off with a dismissive wave. "No, no. Let's be precise. You were crushed."
Cassius's jaw locked, but he didn't dare speak.
Hadrian leaned back in his chair, his smirk returning. "Interesting. I had thought no one of true worth resided in this city outside our family. And yet, here cos an unknown force, strong enough to embarrass my own blood."
Cassius exhaled. "They knew who we were, Father. And they still didn't care."
Hadrian's smirk disappeared. "Is that so?"
Cassius nodded. "They mocked us. Treated our na as if it ant nothing. As if we were beneath them."
Hadrian was silent for a long mont, his fingers tapping against his desk.
Then, with a slow inhale, he spoke again.
"You disappoint , Cassius."
Cassius flinched slightly but quickly controlled his reaction.
Hadrian stayed calm. "You co to , not with victory, but with excuses."
He leaned forward again. "Tell , what exactly do you expect to do? Shall I scold them? Demand an apology?"
Cassius swallowed hard. "No, Father. But they're a threat."
Hadrian smiled—but it wasn't a pleasant one. "Finally, sothing worth listening to."
He exhaled, then straightened in his seat.
"An S-Rank, you say? That is… troubleso. But not unbeatable."
Hadrian's fingers tapping against the desk, calculating.
Then, his eyes flickered back to Cassius.
"Find out everything about them. Nas, backgrounds, affiliations. If they believe they can cross the Aurelius Family without consequence…"
His smirk returned, but this ti it was cold. Dangerous.
"Then we shall educate them otherwise."
Cassius nodded, his posture straightening. "Understood, Father. I won't fail."
Hadrian's gaze lingered on him for a mont before looking away, already dismissing him. "Good. Now go. I expect results."
Cassius bowed slightly, then turned around, leaving the chamber.
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As the doors closed behind him, Hadrian sighed, leaning back into his chair.
"An S-Rank Beast Fighter, hm? How intriguing..."
For the first ti in years, he was genuinely curious.
And that was very bad news for the three won who had just made an enemy of the Aurelius family.
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