Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World-Chapter 172: You Will Die

The wind blew against Kael's mane as he shot forward, it howled in his ears like a fading wolf.

Every flap of his large golden wings pushed him forward at incredible speeds, forming a torrent of wind around his body.

Below him, the trees sped past at incredible speeds, looking like a green-colored treadmill from above.

This was the first time Na was flying using natural means. Before now, most of his flights were done with high-pressured jet flames or magic bursts.

The feeling was nothing short of magnificent, he could enjoy the breeze without being disturbed by the heat of raging fire.

It gave him the feeling of being free and light. For a moment he forgot the weight of his identity in this world and what he was about to do.

"You're very talented," Chloe's voice entered his mind from behind. Kael didn't need to turn back to know that she was very genuine with her praise.

"Thank you," Kael said, having no need to give her a spiteful response.

Kael looked down to see another amazing sight, two streaks raced through the forest, leaving a blazing trail on the ground.

One streak was bright and fiery, it whizzed and twisted around the trees, leaving behind a burning trail and burning marks in the tree barks.

The second was more visible, a condensed mass of purple lightning shooting straight through the canopies.

On a closer look, one could see that the streak of lightning was none other than Ruda. Her four limbs moved at an unholy speed, almost fading out of existence.

Electricity coursed over her body, giving her the appearance of a beastly speedster.

The fast-moving streak of fire was none other than Eidel. Just from looking, Kael could tell that Eidel was slowing herself down to match Eidel's speed.

It could not be helped, Eidel was not as fast as Ruda. Ruda had no issue chasing after Kael on land, Eidel did.

Still, Kael made sure to slow down just for Eidel. Even then, they were all moving at incredible speeds.

If Kael had to compare the speed they were moving at, he would compare it to a sports car from Earth.

"Do you like the idea of joining my Pride? Be honest," Kael suddenly asked, his question directed at Chloe behind him.

Chloe flapped her wings in silence, flying just a few meters behind Kael. She received Kael's question and narrowed her eyes.

"I don't know," Chloe responded.

"Say what's on your mind, don't worry about my criticism," Kael said, taking on a kinder time, even though his heart remained cold as ice.

Chloe thought for a moment, trying to decide whether she should be honest, "I don't feel good about it," She replied honestly.

"Why?" Kael asked.

"There are a few reasons, I don't really have any strong feelings toward you, nor do the other lionesses have any good intentions for me.

I accept that I made a blunder by attacking you guys, but almost everyone there hates me, I can feel it.

Plus, the lion society as a whole is much bigger than this. Even if I accept to be your pride consort, what would others in heaven say." Chloe said, pouring out her mind the more she spoke.

"That's not all," Kael said, unfazed by her truthfulness.

Chloe hesitated for a while, allowing a period of silence to reign between them.

"I don't like being tied down to one place, I'm a major outdoors person who likes doing new things and going to places.

Some say I'm a free spirit, and I truly value my freedom more than anything.

Unfortunately, my status in my clan is not enough to avoid my responsibilities. That's the whole point of this expedition in this world for me.

If I succeed, I will have the terms to bargain with those conservative pride leaders. Even if I became a consort, my records would allow me to make demands, I could even go on with my life without joining any pride, just become one of those soloist lionesses."

Kael was quiet, he processed Chloe's words incredibly fast, analyzing everything for both truth and lies.

"So, you're a nomadic lioness?" Kael asked, "You don't like settling down in one place,"

"Yes," Chloe said, her voice betraying a hint of excitement at Kael's understanding. Most lions would just shun her if she talked about the lifestyle she desired. Alora had been the only one to ever understand her without engaging her in an argument.

And now, Kael also understands her.

"You said you value freedom more than anything else, yet you signed the contract to become my consort, thereby contradicting yourself," Kael said in an almost mocking manner.

Chloe sighed and frowned, "That's because you would have killed me if I didn't sign it, you gave me no choice,"

Kael nodded his head, "So you value your life more than freedom, that's good to know," he said.

Chloe suddenly had the feeling that she had revealed something to Kael, something detrimental.

"Anyways," Kael began, "What is the whole story around this expedition, tell me everything,"

Chloe sighed, she knew Kael would eventually ask.

"Well, where do I start?

Okay, one day, a certain lion king, King Larvis, began to look into finding the lost heavenly beacons.

As you already know, each lion king is fused with a heavenly beacon, their importance to the whole lion race cannot be emphasized enough.

Normally, when a lion king dies, the heavenly beacon becomes a signal for all nearby lion kings. So if a lion king is close enough, he can detect the signal of another heavenly beacon, provided the wielder is dead. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Naturally, King Larvis was able to sense the signal of a heavenly beacon coming from this world when he used a consciousness projection. As you can guess, King Larvis is a Spirit Lion.

However, maintaining such protections all the way from heaven was taxing. He got the coordinates but his own heavenly beacon could not access this planet or the surrounding space for multiple light years.

He assumed that this planet was under some kind of protection or the beacon was in a guarded treasure ground.

Either way, this caused him to meet his allies. For lion kings, creating alliance groups was very important and King Larvis belonged to his own alliance group.

His friends from the alliance were obviously interested in retrieving this heavenly beacon.

Not only could they use it to elevate another lion to lion king status, but they assumed that there would also be treasures left behind by the ancient lion king who had died.

Honestly, the resources they would get from his world were simply seen as a bonus. The main goal was the beacon and the potential treasures, the beacon alone is worth more than this world.

So, having no choice, the lion kings all poured out their power to open an unstable heavenly gate to this planet. They tried multiple times unsuccessfully.

Until recently, they were able to force their way through for some reason and we were sent here to retrieve the beacon and what was with it.

Since the lion kings could not come by themselves without injuring or probably killing themselves, they had to send weaker lions like us.

To many, it sounds like we are here to gain experience, to the naive maybe, but we all know that we all serve to benefit the lion kings.

At least, the lion kings are willing to let us ask for anything we want, provided that they have it in their power to fulfill their requests…" Chloe suddenly paused.

Then she spoke to Kael in a very stern voice, "Kael, I would advise that you don't get in the way of these lion kings. Messing with one of them could lead to genocide, talk less of offending a bunch of them.

If you do something that draws the wrong type of attention, you won't be the only one to suffer, everyone around you will die, it's as simple as that,"

Kael did not say anything, he just sank into thought. To say that fear had not crept into his heart would be a lie, he wasn't invincible and stupid. He was aware that powers that didn't give a sniff about him existed.

"Are you truly the Primordial Lion?" Chloe asked.

"Yes," Kael replied.

Chloe couldn't tell if Kael was lying or was telling the truth. For all she knew, Kael might think he was the Primordial lion, but he actually wasn't, the possibility was also available.

But, after seeing the wonders Kael had performed, she was more inclined to believe that he was telling the truth. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that Kael could really be the Primordial Lion.

"If you are indeed the Primordial Lion, then I'm sorry to say that not every Lion King will be happy to meet you," Chloe said with a sigh.

Kael nodded his head again, "I know, that's why I must get the heavenly beacon for myself,"

Chloe gasped, fear overtook her sense of reasoning and she shouted, "No!"