Liora and the Storm Bear were now standing opposite each other. Liora smirked as she immediately rushed toward the storm bear. Liora had also become stronger as her Lunar Blessing activated at night.
"This will be a quick fight." Liora said with a smirk while flexing her claw as she rushed toward the storm bear, wanting to end it with one strike.
The storm bear, seeing that Liora was rushing to him, used Thunderclap Roar that carried a shockwave of thunder and wind that were going toward Liora.
Liora only smirked and countered immediately with her own. She planted her feet on the ground and took a deep breath before unleashing her own Lunar Roar that was strengthened under the moonlight.
The two shockwaves clashed and the storm bear's roar lost under the force of Liora's roar and the remnants of her attacks slammed into the bear, knocking it back slightly.
Liora only smirked as she crossed her arms while starting to mock the bear. "Is that all you've got? And also, did you call that a roar? Let me show you what real strength looks like."
The storm bear didn't know what Liora was talking about, but it knew that she talked badly about him, making him enraged. It then let out a furious roar as it activated its skill, Tempest Fury.
A swirling storm of wind and lightning began to surround the bear's entire body, tearing the trees and sending the debris around flying.
The storm bear immediately used Storm Crash and charged toward Liora. Thanks to the storm, it had become stronger and faster than before. It was also baring its claws and fangs while charging.
Liora only smirked and crouched slightly, preparing to counterattack. When the bear was mere feet away, she extended her left claw, catching the full force of the storm bear's charge by the head.
The bear's massive frame shook a bit as its attack was suddenly stopped. The bear looked at the Liora and was enraged and tried to break the left claw that was holding his head, but it could not break it at all.
Liora only smirked and immediately went to counter the storm bear. Liora used her left claw to push it back and throw it off balance.
She didn't stop there as she stepped forward and raised her glowing right claw and activated Lunar Claw, aiming to end it in one strike.
The storm bear, regaining its footing, noticed that Liora's right claw was already at it, so it let out a desperate roar and lunged back with its own claw, but Liora was way faster as she slashed downward.
Her right claw struck the bear's head and sliced through its thick skull as if it were paper. The bear let out one final roar before collapsing to the ground.
Liora used some cloth to clean his claws from the blood with a satisfied smirk. She then turned to face Lucius, who had been watching the fight.
Liora smiled as she glanced at the lifeless bear and turned to Lucius again. "It's done, Master. One 3-Star Storm Bear Core is ready and it is also not much of a challenge for me. It is too weak."
Lucius only chuckled as he stepped forward, approaching the fallen beast. He crouched and used a knife to extract the Storm Bear Core from it.
Luna then stepped out from the shadows and studied the core that was given by Lucius. "It is in quite good condition, but I think that the qualities don't matter much as Master can always evolve the beast perfectly."
Lucius only chuckled as Luna glanced at Liora and smiled while a bit complaining, "Though I think you enjoyed toying with it a bit too much."
Liora chuckled as she was amused and nodded. "Maybe a little, but can you blame me? It was too weak and I am quite bored, so I play with it a little."
Lucius ignored their conversation and immediately put the core into his Eternal Vault. "Enjoyment or not, the mission isn't over yet. There's more prey waiting for us, and we don't have time to waste."
Suddenly, without any warning, a dark figure burst from the shadows of the trees behind Lucius. He was holding a dagger and aiming at Lucius' neck.
Before the dagger could strike, Liora moved and intercepted it as she lunged and used her claws to attack the attacker.
Her claws were clashing against the assassin's dagger and the force sent both the assassin and Liora back far as they were both strong.
Liora looked at the assassin and bared her claw angrily. "You dare to attack, Master? You really have made a big mistake."
Lucius smirked and shook a bit from the attack earlier. "I have already expected it but I never thought that the prey would come so soon."
Lucius then looked up and mocked, "And you, the one who is hiding up in the trees. I know you're there, so why don't you join us below?"
The assassin didn't talk much and went down. He also went to join the first assassin. Both of them didn't talk at all, but their postures were tight.
Lucius stepped forward and smirked. While examining the pair, Lucius immediately asked, "Tell me, who sent you here, and why are you so eager to die tonight? We just killed the a beast and now you are here."
The assassins remained silent, as their faces were covered with masks. They exchanged a brief glance, but neither responded to Lucius' question.
Lucius only chuckled, as he was quite amused by both assassins. "Ah, the silent type. Very well. If you won't speak, I'll just find out myself."
Lucius immediately activated his system and scanned both of the assassins, as he wanted to know just who they were and how strong they were. Enjoy new adventures from My Virtual Library Empire
---
[Name: 03]
[Species: Human]
[Talent: Shadow Lord]
[Level: 4 Star]
[Stats:]
[Str: F (4★)]
[Vit: F (4★)]
[Agi: E (4★)]
[Int: F (4★)]
[Tamed Beast: Shadow Mantis]
---
[Name: 04]
[Species: Human]
[Talent: Shadow Lord]
[Level: 4 Star]
[Stats:]
[Str: F (4★)]
[Vit: F (4★)]
[Agi: E (4★)]
[Int: F (4★)]
[Tamed Beast: Shadow Mantis]
---
Lucius raised an eyebrow as he was surprised by their names. Their names were actually numbers but because of this, Lucius immediately knew the one who sent these assassins and smirked thinking about it.