My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

Chapter 93 Feast

Aside from feeling a little tired, the scene ahead that made his scalp tingle in fear was what warranted his abrupt stop.

At this moment, Lucas has already arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The mountain that could be seen from afar was as towering as he had imagined it to be. From his current location, he could no longer even see the mountains mid-slope, much less the peak.

Unlike the previous location, the foot of the mountain was actually barren of any towering trees.

Instead, the trees were of normal size; they were not dense in number and had a huge space between each tree. Thriving beneath the trees was green grass that beds the ground with soil barely visible in a quick glance.

Like his speculation, the creek had indeed extended toward here; its width, though, gradually decreased the closer it was to the mountain. At this moment, the creek's breadth was reduced to only three feet wide.

This information, though, was not what caused him to stop.

Instead, it was the gathering of a beast hundreds of meters away from his current location.

Their vague silhouettes were accentuated by the setting sun, making them appear demonic and sinister.

Due to the nature of the trees being not densely packed, Lucas was able to see quite a distance away with barely any obstruction in his vision.

Due to that, the gathering of the beast that had gathered hundreds of meters away was very clear in his eyes.

The gathered beasts, even from afar, looked massive and humongous. Some of them were even as tall, or even taller than the trees near them. They also vary in shapes and sizes; some appeared to be predators, while some appeared to be prey.

At first, Lucas thought that they were also having a drinking session in the creek; however, upon closer observation, he realized that they were not.

Although they were near the creek, it did not appear as if they were drinking or trying to drink the creek's water.

It even looked as if they were protecting something, and the humongous and towering beasts were just the guards stationed in that area.

'They are not fighting with each other because of the creek, but something else?'

Unlike the beasts he had seen during the drinking session, the gathering of beasts he was seeing now seemed to be unconcerned and was not wary of each other.

It was as if there was no need for them to worry about, as they were there with the same goal in mind.

As that thought crossed his mind, Lucas could not help but shiver in fright.

Beasts usually only show such behavior patterns if they were being led by someone stronger, or more talented than them—a leader in short.

From what he could recall, only those who have reached the Gold Star Rank and those with terrifying potential like a Silver Grade and Gold Grade beast have the ability to command other beasts and rule over them.

At the next moment, a random beast suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The beast was also huge. It appeared to be an elephant with long sharp tusks. It looked menacing and did not look like your ordinary kind of beast.

In his point of view, the sudden appearance of the elephant was very striking. It strode toward the creek, unaware that a gathering of beasts was taking place there right at this moment.

Just as Lucas thought that it was part of the group, one of the humongous beasts present in the gathering suddenly turned its head toward the direction of the elephant the moment it entered around two hundred meters away from them.

The humongous beast that looked like a massive bird released an ear-piercing shriek toward the incoming elephant, as if warning it not to come closer.

The elephant, though seemingly uncensored, turned a deaf ear to the warning as it continued to move forward.

The humongous, massive bird did not let out a second warning. It rose to the air and immediately flapped its massive wings toward the incoming elephant without any warning. Its eyes showed great ferociously and wrath, as if enraged by the fact that the elephant beast had not listened to it.

A few moments after it flapped its wings, Lucas felt a strong gust of wind slapping his face. Due to the force of the wind, Lucas was even almost knocked back by it.

As he blinked his eyes from the wind instinctively, a sonic boom entered his ears at the next moment.

When he opened his eyes, the bird beast was no longer in sight. Instead, it has already appeared right in front of the elephant.

Trees were uprooted as its talons sunk deep into the elephant's eyes and possibly brain.

The elephant fell to the ground.

As quick as it came, as quick as it went.

The battle was over even before Lucas could finish blinking his eyes.

His eyes constricted as he felt horror gripping the bottom of his heart.

The bird beast released a triumphant shriek. It rose to the air and brought the body of the elephant toward its companions with its talons still gripping the elephant's head. The massive elephant looked as light as a feather as the bird beast carried it over near the creek.

The ground trembled as the bird beast dropped the elephant's corpse to the ground.

The other beasts around it gathered as they proceeded to feast on the remains of the elephant that dared to enter their range.

At the next moment, with a bloody beak, the bird beast suddenly turned its head toward his location.

'Shit!'

Cursing his mind, Lucas gasped in shock and almost had a heart attack as he felt death even nearer than before.

Not only him, even Spot, who was sitting at the top of his head, shivered after they were subjected to that bird beast's cold stare.

Lucas did not linger in the area and ran as fast as he could to move away from those terrible beasts as soon as possible.

The distance between them was not that great and should be just between five hundred meters and one kilometer.

He reckoned that with a simple flap of the bird beast's wings, it would immediately arrive in front to deal with him.

As he ran, though, he realized that the beast must have completely ignored him after that initial stare.

It worked out in his favor in the end, though. Lucas was relieved after realizing that.

No matter how strong Spot was in his Hellhound Manifestation form, there was no way he would be able to fight those terrible beasts with his current strength. The difference in star rank was staggering, and no amount of talent will be able to compensate for it in the short run.

After running for at least another kilometer, Lucas finally stopped while panting heavily. He drank some water coming from his canteen while Spot went over the creek to drink his own water as well.

Deciding to rest for a bit, Lucas stared at the distant and dangerous mountain as he pondered what he should do next.

Anyway, his original plan was to ascend the mountain and see from there if there were any human civilizations around the area. From there, he would then proceed according to the result of his findings.

Walking straight and following the creek, though, appeared to be akin to a suicide, so he crossed out that plan for the time being.

After thinking for a bit, Lucas decided that he should just circle around and completely avoid that area where the beasts were gathering.

Drawing a simple sketch of the mountain in the ground with a stick, Lucas determined the direction he must take and roughly estimated the area he must avoid to not enter the activity range of that group of beasts.

The situation all the way up, though, was still uncertain. There might be even more beasts gathering there, so Lucas reminded himself to always be cautious and not be caught lacking.

With the sun already setting in the west, though, Lucas decided to move a bit further away while looking for a safe place to sleep.

Afraid of attracting unnecessary trouble through the fire, he even decided to skip eating his dinner.

To replenish his energy, though, he decided to consume the good old uncooked meat strips. The remaining hare meat was already consumed by the gluttonous Spot. So he could only rely on the meat strips for the time being.

After a while, Lucas was finally able to spot a good tree.

Like the others around it, this tree was not tall and was just over eight meters in height.

Its branches were not very thick, so sleeping there would no longer be as safe as before, as there was a possibility that he would fall to the ground if he was careless.

Lucas has a solution to it, though, so he was not entirely worried about sleeping above the tree.

After he was done with his preparations and after preparing the 'elaborate traps', Lucas climbed the tree and chose the thickest branch that he could sit on without a problem.

Bending the thin branches around and securing them in place with his jumbled weblines, Lucas was able to create a temporary shelter that could cover him from normal prying eyes and, at the same time, secure himself to avoid falling to the ground.

After he was done, the only thing left to do was to close his eyes and wait for morning to come before opening his eyes.

His eyes, though, suddenly opened themselves in the middle of the night.