First Time Beast Encounter!

Leon, when he saw them, thought. 'These guys may be the so-called adventurers I am familiar with.'

He might not know them, but in this world, people would surely know.

"Wow! They look so good in those outfits."

"Of course, they will be. They are adventurers who risk their lives every day."

"I wish I could become like them."

"Your joking right? You can't even handle your wife, you want to handle monsters."

"It's not like I get beaten every night like you."

Leon had a black line on his face. ' What are these two talking about? I don't want to know what happens to you guys.'

But still, hearing the chatter in the crowd further confirmed his guess. The most important question bugging him was why they came to this remote village.

Leon while looking at them. 'Is there any danger or treasure nearby? Without these reasons, I don't think they would come to this village for no reason.'

Among the five adventurers, a 40-year-old man whose body was tall, burly, and had a warrior's atmosphere said while looking at four others. "Okay, everyone, We have arrived at Greenwood Village. After resting, tomorrow we will do what we have come here for. Let's go find a place to stay first."

After the middle-aged guy gave the order, the rest followed him. Looking at them leaving, the crowd also dispersed.

Leon decided he would follow them tomorrow. After making this decision, he went to do his training.

The next day

Leon woke up early and made his breakfast with Ricks too. After finishing this, he went to lurk around the place where they are staying.

After waiting nearly an hour, they came out and headed towards the forest on the east side without stopping anywhere. He hurriedly followed them.

They seem to be going slower than he expected.

'They seem to be conserving energy. Good thing for me or else I couldn't even see their shadow.' Leon taught while following them.

Along the way, he saw them kill many monsters. From their mouths, he found they were the weakest. Except for their captain, the rest were Beginner-Level and they were also the weakest amongst the adventures, but these guys could still kill these monsters easily.

Coming deep into the forest, their leader suddenly raised his hand to stop them.

The leader then took out an item that looked like a compass. "I am gonna use this thing. After usage, it will break. So the next thing will be on our own effort. I hope you guys are ready."

"Okay, Captain Alpin, we will do our best."

"Come on, captain, we can do it easily."

In a bush not far away from them, Leon was listening to everything. Hearing them. 'I knew it, there was a treasure involved.'

The captain, Alpin, also used the compass, and it started emitting green light. The compass floated from his hand, then it showed an arrow-like sign pointing to the south. After that, it dissipated into green specks.

Seeing this they didn't waste any time and started going in the pointed direction. This time they didn't conserve energy, just rushed fast. He lost their silhouette in a minute, but fortunately, he knows the direction now.

After a while, he started hearing sounds of fighting. He hurried not to miss it.

ROAARR.

When he arrived, he heard an angry roar. He quickly went to see what was happening. Climbing on a tree he saw in an open field, the adventurer team was having a standoff with a huge lion. Behind the lion was a cave.

This lion was 3.2 meters tall and 1.6 meters wide. Its body was yellow, and it had a red flame-like mane. It also had a small flame on the tip of its tail.

"Oh no! Captain, it's a 'Fire Mane Lion'."

"Isn't this guy a Rank-3 monster?"

"Guys! Don't panic it's the weakest among Rank-3. If we cooperate well, we may perhaps take it down."

"How can we take it down? We four are still at Beginner-Level, and Captain Alpin is the only one in Body Refiner-Level. Only Captain-level powerhouse can match them."

Seeing that team morale was slowly going down, Alpin shouted. "Shut up!!"

"Hear me, We will fight this thing here and now. If we can take it down, we will get the treasure inside, and if we can't, we will immediately retreat. Our lives are more important than treasure."

Hearing Alpin's speech, team morale went up.

After strengthening their minds, they went into formation. Alpin, along with two other guys, started rushing with their swords. The only girl took out her bow and retreated into the forest.

The last guy spread both his hands toward the lion and grinned."Beast today is your bad day. I am a water mage. I am going to use all my strength in this move."

In front of him, a water ball condensed. It immediately started condensing rapidly. The water ball started glowing too, and the next moment.

"[ Water Cannon ]". The mage guy shouted.

PHUSS.

The water ball in front of him started shooting toward the lion like a cannonball. The mage guy knew he couldn't do anything to this, he just wants to distract it and he succeeded.

The Fire Mane Lion doesn't put these ants in front of his eyes. But water was the only thing that restrained him, and that water cannon would hurt a little. The three guys rushing toward him were already close, so he immediately fired a 30-meter wide flame thrower that he was slowly brewing in his mouth when he saw the water ball condensing.

[ Fire Breath ]

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The flame engulfed the front guys in surprise. They didn't have the time to dodge.

The water cannon got evaporated in seconds. The mage guy's strength is zero because of the shot, he could only watch himself get drowned.

In a second, the team was destroyed.

The power of a Rank-3 monster is not something they could contend with from the start.