Asher cursed loudly when he saw Lucas enter the dungeon that had just descended.
"DAMN IT! LUCKY BRAT!"
This was not the first ti that Lucas had escaped a perilous situation through a set of coincidences that benefited him.
The first ti, Asher thought that he would successfully kill Lucas; however, at the next mont, a dungeon gate suddenly pulled him out, leaving Asher helpless and allowing him to only chase to end what he had started.
He knew that he was pulled due to his ti inside the dungeon running out, but he still could not but curse at the fact that Lucas actually stayed inside the dungeon for more than twenty-four hours already.
The second ti was when he found new traces of Lucas last night. With his new findings, he rushed forward in pursuit of Lucas.
However, who would have thought that a powerful beast would intercept him, making him fight it to death.
That beast was quite powerful. A Silver Grade Bronze Star 3 creature. If not for the fact that he has four beasts to help him, and one of them had received a great boost, he would have perished in that battle. Fortunately, he managed to persevere and slay that beast in the end. The fight in the wilderness also boosted his strength; his rank was elevated to Bronze Star 6 after that battle.
However, when he was about to pursue Lucas once more, who would have thought that another beast had sohow found its way to him? This beast was even more powerful. Only after fighting it for a few hours were they able to slay it. However, it was not without cause. He was heavily injured, and all his beasts were in dire straits.
His most powerful beast, the Verdant Bloom Vine, has advanced to Silver Grade, Bronze Star 9, after receiving so help from that entity. However, even it doesn't have endless stamina and energy. The countless fights and heals it provided were extrely helpful, but were not infinite.
After leaving the area of battle, he quickly retreated to recover Spiritual Energy.
When morning ca, he heard the sound of battle and thought that it was Lucas, so he imdiately went out to take a look.
And indeed, his assumptions were correct.
He indeed found Lucas, lying beside a broken tree.
He was delighted and was about to attack when, unknowingly, Lucas vanished out of his sight. His Verdant Bloom Vine tried sensing through its connection with the trees, but it was to no avail.
And with the powerful beast now eyeing him, Lucas had luckily escaped his grasp once more.
Although powerful, Asher thought that they could take the beast and kill it. After that, he planned to follow Lucas, who had just appeared hundreds of ters away after a few monts since his disappearance. His mind quickly worked and realized the limitations of the skill that Lucas just used. After dealing with the beast in front, he planned to chase after Lucas and kill him on the spot without hesitation.
However, who would have thought that once again, Lucas' luck exploded out?
The beast that Asher was fighting was actually terrifyingly strong. He suspected that it was a Gold Grade and might have already reached the Gold Star rank itself. Even though he was strong, Asher knew that he was not an opponent of the beast.
Fortunately, this beast doesn't seem to be adamant on killing him quickly.
Using the opportunity, Asher quickly devised a plan.
To feign a fight while escaping.
And his escape path would obviously be toward the direction where Lucas was heading.
Fortunately, with the help of his Verdant Bloom Vine, he could still track Lucas as long as it was not long before he passed by an area.
As he escaped and pursued, he cursed at the fact that the beast was like a tail stuck on following behind them.
If it only followed behind them, he would not have minded. However, this beast, as if full of hatred, kept on attacking them with lethal attacks that were enough to make them heavily injured but not die.
This beast was clearly a sadist!
However, Asher could only endure.
As long as he could find Lucas and kill him, it would all be worth it in the end.
And just as he expected, he soon found Lucas.
After so interceptions from the beast, he had finally co close to claiming Lucas' life.
At that exact mont, though, who would have thought that Lucas would once again escape his grasp?
This ti, a dungeon suddenly descended, allowing Lucas to escape inside, escaping his grasp once more.
As Lucas disappeared from his sight, Asher was left in the real world with the sadist beast not far away from him.
"DAMN IT!"
As the two of them made eye contact, Asher could only curse at the top of his lungs. He eyed the dungeon gate with eyes full of hatred and malice.
Although Lucas has escaped inside the dungeon, it also ant that he was now trapped inside with no ans of escape aside from staying there for twenty-four hours and being randomly sent out once more.
If that happens, Asher knew that he would lose track of Lucas once more.
Hence, without further thought, his figure bolted out toward the dungeon gate. His actions were both to pursue Lucas and to escape from the sadistic beast.
The sadistic beast, upon seeing his actions, also sprung to move to intercept him once more.
As the two of them t in the middle, one figure was tossed backward like a cannonball.
Coughing blood, Asher cursed and stood up from the ground with a pitiful face. His Verdant Bloom Vine healed him once more; this ti, the heal was not as potent as before. He took a quick glance at his arm and noticed a crack on the vine's body.
Damn it!
Asher could only curse.
He summoned his grimoire, a Bronze Grade grimoire with six bronze stars shimring on the cover. He flipped over to the second page, gritted his teeth, and finally summoned his last contracted beast aside from the vine.
Another contracted beast appeared in front of him.
"Fight that bastard with all you've got!"Asher ordered coldly without even glancing toward it.
The beast did not think too much and imdiately intercepted the sadistic beast head-on.
As for Asher, his figure moved and ran toward the dungeon gate.
Fortunately, his contracted beast had managed to delay the sadistic beast successfully.
In exchange, in front of the dungeon gate, Asher had stumbled upon receiving the backlash of having one of his beasts killed.
He felt that his mind was about to be torn apart. Like a splitting headache that assaulted his soul, Asher took a few seconds before he managed to recover a little. Without looking back, Asher stepped toward the dungeon gate along with his Verdant Bloom Vine.
As his figure disappeared, the beast that was a mix of many kinds stood a few ters away from the dungeon.
The beast looked at the dungeon but did not enter it. Instead, it looked and began to roam around, as if searching or waiting for sothing, or maybe soone, to appear.
anwhile, inside the dungeon, Asher landed on the ground with a thud.
Due to his heavily injured mind, he could not resist the power of the gate as he imdiately sprawled to the ground to spew out large amounts of vomit mixed with blood.
His mind spun, and he beca disoriented. He could not make sense of what was going as his eyes stared at the sky blankly.
It was only a few monts later that he finally recovered. At this point, his Verdant Bloom Vine kept on healing him, his body recovering a little and being now able to move.
As he stood up from the ground, Asher looked around and observed the situation.
"A low-grade dungeon? Can you sense him?"
These were the first words that ca out of his mouth as he observed the vast forest ahead. However, although vast, Asher could clearly see the end of it, and from his initial judgnt, this dungeon was only two kiloters long at the very least.
As he received a ntal reply from his Verdant Bloom Vine, his eyes emitted ferocity and killing intent targeted at no one other than Lucas.
Even though he had not fully recovered, Asher still stood up to begin with the chase.
Knowing that the beast outside might enter at any mont, he would also endanger his own life by staying here. Compared to that, he preferred to go and hunt that brat instead. Staying to wait for him to exit was also out of option, as that brat would just wait until his dungeon ti was up before being sent out of the dungeon.
Fortunately, the heavens seem to be on his side this ti around. This dungeon was clearly just a low-level one. The area was not big, so he could easily locate Lucas and kill him in the shortest ti possible before that beast entered the dungeon.
Even though he only has his Verdant Bloom Vine to rely on, he knew that he was more than capable of killing that brat.
This ti, he refused to believe that Lucas would once again be saved by luck. He would not allow Lucas to stay here for twenty-four hours, and no dungeon would appear and descend inside another dungeon.
The only remaining factor was the beast inside and the one outside that might intercept him.
However, with a low-grade dungeon like this, the beasts here and even the boss would not be a threat to him.
As for the one outside, Asher would just kill Lucas before that beast could arrive and intercept him once more.
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