In the chaotic study, books were scattered everywhere, and shards of cups and vases littered the floor.
After hanging up the phone, Sly stared blankly at the photo of his son Robert in his hand, still without any concrete evidence to prove that Robert had been killed by Charles. Nevertheless, he couldn’t shake the feeling that Charles was somehow involved in his son’s death.
Moreover, today, in front of everyone, he, a Level Four Beast Master and the head of the Taylor family, had been openly betrayed and humiliated.
He couldn’t swallow this affront at all!
Not long after, Sly dialed Kevin’s number. “Charles has left town; now’s our chance to quietly get rid of him outside the city.”
“Sly, are you telling me you, a Level Four Beast Master, aren’t confident enough?”
“Just help me this one last time. You don’t have to strike, just ensure he doesn’t escape,” Sly explained, furrowing his brow.
As a veteran Level Four Beast Master, he certainly had other tricks up his sleeve. However, to absolutely ensure Charles’s demise, he needed Kevin there just in case.
Silence ensued. Kevin didn’t respond immediately until he glanced at his son, still nursing injuries. He finally nodded and said, “Alright, I’m on my way.”
Sly ended the call and then tried to reach Axel, but to his surprise, the call went unanswered. It seemed Axel had lost his nerve and no longer wished to be involved.
“Hmph!” Sly didn’t care. With both him and Kevin being Level Four Beast Masters, even a prodigy like Charles had no chance of escaping from them.
In the wilderness outside Lsengard, Charles parked his red Triumph Bonneville and headed into the forest alone. He had come out intentionally, aiming to eliminate all potential threats.
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He anticipated that with his departure from the city, Sly would certainly make a move. Perhaps even Axel and Kevin would join forces and come after him. If he were to face three Level Four Beast Masters, he might have to resort to using the “fragment of the jade tablet.”
However, if Sly were the only one to confront him, Charles was confident he could kill him on the spot! In the city, he could only summon Max, his mystical beast, but once outside the city, unnoticed, he could bring Mousie into the battle, unleashing his full power.
Outside the forest, Sly and Kevin eyed the red Triumph Bonneville with glee.
“Why would Charles dare to come out alone?” Kevin couldn’t help but ask.
Although Sly didn’t know why Charles had ventured out, he knew this was undoubtedly the perfect moment to strike! The impulse for revenge clouded his judgment. “Maybe he’s been praised a few times and thinks he’s a true genius. Charles is now a Level Three Beast Master; he stands his ground against me, which does speak to his abilities.”
“Could it be that he thinks he can kill you alone, and that’s why he lured you out here?” Kevin pondered this explanation, which seemed plausible.
Young and reckless, little did they know that any experienced Beast Master always keeps an ace up their sleeve, only showing their true power when in real danger to catch their opponent off-guard.
Kevin was aware that Sly always carried a miracle drug that could boost his strength by 50% in a short time. Unless a Level Five Beast Master intervened, Sly had nothing to fear. In this small town of Lsengard, where would a Level Five suddenly appear from?
Charles was undoubtedly doomed!
Eager, Sly and Kevin walked into the forest where a hexagram lit up. Sly summoned his mystical beast, the Swift Wind Wolf:
— [Swift Wind Wolf] —
[Element: Wind]
[Level: 32]
[Quality: Silver]
[Skills: Enhanced Scent, Wind Blade, Dash and Bite]
[Weakness: Waist/Ice Element]
“Go, use your scent to find Charles!” Sly commanded. The Swift Wind Wolf sniffed around briefly, then bolted in a specific direction with Sly and Kevin trailing behind.
After about six or seven minutes, the Swift Wind Wolf suddenly stopped, baring its teeth at a cave not far ahead.
“It looks like Charles is in there. After we kill him, we’ll deal with Raj, Henry, and anyone else connected to Charles!” Sly added, “Kill them all!”
Upon hearing this, Kevin furrowed his brows, feeling that Sly had gone a bit mad. The connection between Charles and Robert’s death could be handled quietly—kill and leave no trace. But to kill Raj and Henry, that could plunge the entire Lsengard into chaos!
Kevin sighed; he was unsure if hunting Charles with Sly today was the right decision. But now, with Charles just ahead, there was no turning back.
Together, they summoned their mystical beasts and slowly approached the cave entrance, oblivious to Charles’s figure emerging quietly from the shadows behind them.
Mousie perched on Charles’s shoulder, had already silently used a “mimetic illusion” to project a copy of Max inside the cave.
As Sly and Kevin drew near, they only saw a three-tailed mystical beast on alert. “Look, that’s Charles’s mystical beast, he’s definitely here!” Sly, agitated, summoned all his mystical beasts while urgently saying to Kevin, “Don’t strike yet, I want to crush this kid’s bones myself. Just make sure he doesn’t escape.”
Kevin nodded, though his hatred for Charles was not as intense as Sly’s.
“Charles, come out now! You can’t escape. If you kneel and admit your mistakes, I might leave your body intact,” Sly called out to the quiet cave, where the three-tailed beast was scratching the ground with its claws, ready to strike.
“Eat a toast or drink a forfeit! Soon, I’ll make you wish you were dead!” Sly shouted and summoned four wind-element mystical beasts. Under his command, they launched an attack on the replicated Max at the cave’s entrance.
Streams of wind skills, glowing with a greenish light, hit the replicated Max. Sly, seeing this, was thrilled, his face lighting up with excitement.
Just as he thought he had severely injured Charles’s mystical beast, an ice and fire supreme spear, brimming with potent ice and fire energies, silently emerged from the shadows behind him.
The target was Sly, who had sent all four of his mystical beasts into the attack, completely unguarded.
“Watch out!” Kevin, spotting the anomaly, shouted loudly, trying to warn him.
But Charles’s attack was too sudden; Kevin had no time to react. By the time he managed to summon his mystical beast, the Lightning Demon Ape, it was already too late.
Sly, faced with the unexpected attack, couldn’t dodge in time.
He twisted his body desperately to avoid the relentless supreme spear from piercing vital areas like his heart or throat.
Although startled and panicked, Sly wasn’t despairing yet. After all, it was just a sneak attack from a Level Three Beast Master. How bad could it be if it didn’t hit a vital area?
However, he quickly realized how terribly wrong he was!
The ice and fire supreme spear, without the slightest hesitation, pierced through his shoulder as if tearing through paper.
Excruciating pain radiated from his shoulder, and out of the corner of his eye, Sly saw a hole the size of a plate where his shoulder used to be. Blood gushed out uncontrollably.
This strike had nearly killed him, and pain, rage, and despair overwhelmed Sly’s mind. “Aaaah, Charles! You’re dead!”
But Charles showed no mercy, shifting his tactics, retracting the supreme spear only to thrust it forward again, aiming for another shot.
However, Kevin, who had already summoned the Lightning Demon Ape, wasn’t about to give him that chance. The Lightning Demon Ape leapt into the air, using Ball Lightning!
Seeing this, Charles quickly retreated, pulling back to a safe distance.
“A sneak attack! Charles, you truly are despicable,” Kevin remarked, eyeing Sly’s shoulder wound with trepidation. The attack had nearly killed Sly. If Sly were out, he’d be left alone, unable to ensure that Charles couldn’t escape.
Having shed his Beast Mastery Embodiment, Charles retorted, “What do you mean by a sneak attack? You two, Level Four Beast Masters, teaming up against a Level Three? That’s what I call despicable!”
“You—” Kevin began to object but realized that Charles might actually be right.
“Enough talk, Adam, you’re done for today!” Sly, catching his breath, pulled out a supermiracle drug from his pocket and swallowed it.
[Supermiracle Drug]
[Grade: White-level miracle drug]
[Description: A drug that can increase one’s strength by 50% for a short duration. It’s effective only on Beast Masters below Level Five and comes with a 12-hour side effect.]
A ferocious aura emanated from him as Sly’s eyes turned blood red and his muscles bulged, making him look even more formidable.
Simultaneously, Kevin summoned three additional mystical beasts and initiated Beast Mastery Embodiment.
The strike from Charles had instilled a sense of fear in him; a Level Three Beast Master possessing such strength could still have some tricks up his sleeve.
For safety, Kevin decisively said, “Sly, let’s take him down together!”
Without a word, Charles pulled out a fragment of jade tablet, watching the two assailants approach with a slight smile playing at the corners of his mouth.