Kiona made haste and 'killed' the Fanged Lion very easily. In a fight, both Evolution and Rank mattered a lot, especially if the opponent had a similar Evolution Tree.
A higher Evolution Stage ant they would possess more skills and were also significantly more intelligent. Every evolution brought a qualitative change and connected a person more deeply with the world.
That's why Fanged Lions died very easily under soone who was two stages higher in evolution and also had the advantage of a sneak attack.
After she was done with the lion, Kiona ran off towards the cliff while suppressing her excitent. She feared she would ss up if she got too excited and lost focus.
"The sun will be drowning soon," she smiled softly. "And along with that, you will drown in my anger too."
The mont she reached the edge of the cliff, she used [Infernal Pounce]. Her feet ignited like jets, and she jumped, launching herself into the air as she left behind flaming marks scorched into the rock.
Hovering in the air above the deep valley, she found herself lost in a fleeting sensation of flying. And she relished in that feeling for a brief second before focusing back on her target.
She turned around to look at the Flaclaw Lion and found him staring directly at her. He wasn't alone either as four Fanged Lions stood by his side, watching and waiting.
'Master was right all along. He saw through all of their sches.'
Kiona felt deeply thankful she had decided to follow Kael's advice. Without him, she wouldn't have discovered any of this and might have unknowingly led herself and her brothers to doom.
'Not anymore!'
Crimson flas burst out from her hand as she stretched out her arm and murmured, "[Solburn Execution]."
The flas roared to life behind her, engulfing the sky like a curtain of fire before concentrating into the shape of a flaming spear in her hand.
She then hurled the flaming spear down at the Flaclaw Lion with all her might. It was also at that mont she lost her montum and began to plumt downward.
However, she activated [Infernal Pounce] again and propelled herself towards the steep cliff. From the corner of her eyes, she also saw the outco of her spear attack.
As expected, the Flaclaw Lion didn't even flinch. He raised his flaming claws and slapped the incoming spear aside. The force sent the spear flying to his right, where it destroyed a massive chunk of the cliffside in a brilliant explosion.
By then, Kiona had already landed using her swift speed and perfect balance. The cliff wall had many protrusions and natural ledges, and she utilized them expertly.
She landed gracefully on the ground, the winds stirring dramatically with her arrival. She looked at the group of lions standing a short distance away from her.
They didn't imdiately attack her, either because they were wary of her, or perhaps they were just waiting for reinforcents to arrive.
'Heh! They're waiting for the other lions to surround first. Sorry, but Master is too clever and already solved everything for .'
The Flaclaw Lion broke the silence between them as he asked in a deep, masculine voice, "Who are you?"
"You don't know or you just don't want to believe it?" Kiona asked with a smile curling at her lips.
"Impossible! That's just impossible!" the big lion growled. "Are you her friend?"
"Haha! You seriously never want to admit that I am better than you, right, Steve?" Kiona laughed, but there was only coldness in her tone.
The Flaclaw Lion, Steve, took a step forward and narrowed his massive eyes at her. "It is because I am better than you. Now speak! What kind of sorcery is this? So illusion magic?"
"I don't care if you want to believe or not, but you can forget about leaving this place alive," she said coldly, staring at him as if she were already looking at a corpse. "And don't worry, you won't have a peaceful death. I'll make sure of that."
Steve ignored her words and looked around, confused as to why his subordinates were still delaying.
Kiona smirked, noticing his confusion, and said, "They won't be coming."
For the first ti since they t, Steve was visibly shocked and she enjoyed it. He always pretended to be calm and collected, as if everything was always under his control, and she hated that arrogance of his.
"Y-You... coward!"
Golden flas erupted from Steve's mane, and his eyes burned with fury. "How dare you kill my brothers?!"
"I dare. What are you going to do about it?" she taunted, ignoring the Fanged Lions that had begun to surround her on all sides.
To her surprise, Steve cald his rage and scoffed in disdain. "You lectured on my thods, and now you're the one forgetting your own father's teachings. What an irony!"
Her blood boiled at the ntion of her father, but then she rembered how she was only alive because Kael had kept a cool head even in the most desperate situations.
'That's right! I shouldn't let his words get to . They're just the words of a dead beast anyway.'
She took a deep breath and said, "Honorless cowards like you and your brothers don't deserve an honorable death."
"Is that the excuse you found to comfort yourself?" Steve took another step forward, his massive body moving with unexpected grace despite its weight.
"No! I've just decided to make my own principles instead of blindly following my father's," Kiona shrugged casually. "Now, what are you waiting for?"
"Waiting for your master, the one who helped you in your evolution," Steve sneered as he looked around and shouted loudly, "Co out now, otherwise you won't even see her body intact!"
Kiona completely ignored his rambling. She knew Kael was busy handling sothing far more dangerous. Instead, she focused on forming a strategy through which she could defeat Steve.
In the very next mont, she sensed so sudden presence and smiled. "I think that's enough talking."
"That is not for yo—"
Before he could even finish his sentence, two massive beasts landed on both sides of Kiona, raising clouds of dust and violently shoving aside the surrounding Fanged Lions.
'They could have gone for the Fanged Lions first... but I guess they still need so ti to accept the changes.'
Kiona made a quick judgnt of her brothers' actions and turned her head towards Steve, whose eyes were now wide open and whose jaw had nearly dropped to the ground, exposing his deadly fangs.
"I-Impossible! How could...?"
"Let introduce ourselves, Steve since you're not the only one here with a na anymore," Kiona smiled darkly, rembering how he had mocked everyone for not having a na.
"N-No! You're lying! I don't believe it!"
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