Chapter 140: Second Phase Beasts
"Heh, we can do more things than you think." He exclaimed. The shadow shuddered a little when he spoke, but it was curious.
When Klaus hit it earlier, it didn't feel disembodied. He didn't feel it was a literal 'shadow' that he couldn't touch. In fact, he could touch it without any trouble, and when he felt it, it was flesh, just a slightly strange one.
The issue of it being able to talk made it stranger, or it had special abilities, or it was just a beast of too high a level. In fact, talking is ridiculous even for Level 2 beasts. These beasts are barely in the Understanding Phase. Although intelligent, they are just getting to know themselves and their abilities, so they should not be able to talk.
Unless they are some special kind of beast, very curious.
Klaus smiled a little. 'Maybe it's a beast with Cursed Core. If I could kill it, that would be wonderful. Getting a Cursed Core from such a beast must be amazing. It could contain a lot of information or even abilities.'
Although he thought so, he actually knew that fighting under these circumstances was dangerous.
"Hahaha, so you really are a talking beast. This will be interesting." Knowing he had no time to waste, Klaus leaped towards it to strike it.
Before he could do so, he saw two beasts appear from the sides, one from behind the shadow beast and the other from the side. The one coming from the side parried Klaus' attack. Perhaps this beast did not expect him to be so strong, so even though it weighed 400 kg and had great stamina, it was pushed back until it hit the shadow beast a little.
Klaus was left uncovered after this attack and was alarmed when the extremely fast cursed beast that could be behind the shadow beast jumped towards him and, in an instant, came ready to hit him in the face. Stay tuned with My Virtual Library Empire
In one swift movement, Klaus dodged to the side, causing the blow to simply muss his hair and pull it out a few hairs.
He gulped a little. 'They are 3 level 2 beasts.'
If he counted the wolves attacking Carion, there would be four, and perhaps one more. This was too dangerous.
We are talking about 4 level 2 beasts in a city and kingdom, where the highest rank is precisely level 2. Besides, in Sam'an City, there are perhaps only 2 or 3 people at that level, counting the Leader of Red Tower and the Leader of Etherleaf; facing them would be difficult.
Still, when he considered this and noticed the aura of those guys' bodies, he realized that they were not that powerful. While they were at level 2, they didn't look like they had gotten there in a normal way. They had a lot of cursed energy lag to be at that level.
They weren't as strong as the shadow beast or the wolf type, though they were significantly stronger than a First Phase one.
Now, the question is, where did so many Second Phase beasts come from?
Klaus couldn't help but remember the altar he had just seen and even diverted his attention in that direction.
This time, he didn't look at the beasts above but focused on looking at the altar. He had ignored it, but this one seemed to have a faint red color surrounding it.
'Blood.'
There was blood, and some small mechanisms seemed to be lit next to the item. From below, the blood seemed to attract cursed energy and subsequently entered the bodies of those beasts.
'They are creating Second Phase beasts. This is...'
It was too dangerous—so much so that Klaus felt an alarm run through his body and jumped back to talk to Carion. This was totally out of hand; they needed to report it.
But suddenly, several cursed beasts jumped from one side and surrounded him, isolating him from where Carion was fighting with two more beasts.
Klaus dodged as one of those beasts tried to hit him from above.
Debris jumped from side to side. Some fell into the dirty water that continuously ran around, and some fell elsewhere, kicking up dust.
Klaus frowned at the sight of them.
More than 15 cursed beasts had surrounded him. Some were so weak that he should be able to kill them easily, as he did the one that attacked him earlier. But others were so strong that even he would have difficulty killing them.
Then there were those three second-stage cursed beasts, all strong enough to fight him without losing.
"Human, I have many doubts about your race, but maybe it's just a born interest I will eventually lose as I grow older. Still, an interest is growing in me all the time. Can a human being be transformed into a cursed beast? Hehe, I've always liked the idea of testing on other people. I think that's what they call a scientist in your race. Yeah, right, maybe I'll be the next great scientist of my wonderful race!" Exclaimed the shadow to the four winds.
His body was shaking with excitement at the thought of doing what he had just said. He began to walk, approaching Klaus.
"That's why, today, I want to try it. I'll tell you, that item over there is special. It's an item that gives off the Cursed Divinity, our major food source. So I'm curious, can that turn you into a cursed beast?" As he finished speaking, he jumped toward Klaus to hit him, trying to push him toward the area where the other cursed beasts were.
Klaus was able to trace the trajectory quickly, so he managed to avoid the blow and answer it with a blow to the place where the face should be; even so, he ended up hitting one of his 'fists.'
That made him frown. 'It moves curious.' He thought.
The beast seemed to be enjoying itself. "That's why, even if I have to cut open your belly today and take out some of your organs to put my race's organs in you, I'll satiate my curiosity!" He launched several continuous attacks straight at Klaus' chest and face, but they were all countered, albeit barely.
Klaus rolled backward and had to jump quickly as he rolled to avoid a vicious kick from that beast.
He looked around and noticed the other beasts didn't want to join the fight. They were all looking at him expectantly as if they were waiting for their leader to fulfill his goal, his dream.
That made him understand that this guy wasn't planning to crush him among them all. 'A scientist of an opposite race, against me in an inevitable battle for me, where he has the biggest advantage.' Klaus smiled. He looked at the ground and noticed that every blow from that guy could break several bones in him.
He was much more powerful than he was.
But this was not the first time he had to fight against adversity.
This made him excited.
This time, it was different.
Naturally, the first battle that would give the Mad Scientist the sense of crisis he needed would have to be like this one. One against a little wannabe scientist looking to learn.