Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

The magic vessel flew high in the sky, weaving through the clouds like a giant behemoth.

Below, the demarcation between the land and sea passed by very quickly. The beach, the same one Burdo had traversed to go to the forest, it was the same beach the magic shuttle flew over.

Within the confines of the mysterious vessel, multiple entities went about their work.

Inside the central command hall of the magic shuttle, Prince Xu Ying sat on a large chair. His arms rested on the armrests and his legs were crossed.

His two eyes, one red and one blue, stared at the screen displays at the end of the hall, watching the imagery transmitted from outside.

The hall was mostly grey due to the undecorated metal walls that had simply been coated with a grey coloring material.

"Hmm," Xu Ying hummed to himself. He sensed one of his many runes being activated.

He closed his eyes to check which one it was. Then his eyes snapped open just as quickly.

"Isaiah?" A frown appeared on his face and he grew worried. The rune he had put on Isaiah was merely there as a precaution, he didn't expect it to be used anytime soon.

The only way for the rune to be activated was for a nearby lion or lioness to be gravely injured. The only lions close to Isaiah were Baba, Wadolius, and Chloe.

Suddenly, the whole magic shuttle came to a halt, causing a loud boom to echo across the sky. The clouds were pushed apart by the shockwave.

The rats manning the control panels were confused, they hadn't controlled the magic shuttle to stop moving. They looked behind them to see their master with a frown on his face, not saying anything.

Of course, the only person who could control the magic shuttle without using any control panel was Xu Ying, there was no need to worry.

Xu Ying sat up on his chair, narrowing his eyes just as he sensed a disturbance in space.

In front of him, two figures suddenly appeared, Isaiah and Baba.

Isaiah still had his wings stretched out, a display of triumph over his enemies. One of his legs was slightly raised, the leg he had used to hold Baba down.

Baba was beside him, lying on the floor in an expanding pool of blood. He was slowly transforming into a humanoid form but Xu Ying could already see that one of his arms was missing.

Xu Ying stood up, his frown becoming deeper. It was one thing to expect something like this to happen, it was completely different if it actually happened.

Wadolius and Chloe were nowhere to be found.

"Prince Xu Ying…Isaiah…" Baba struggled to say, the pain coming from his neck caused him to have to use his telepathic voice.

"I know," Xu Ying said. With a wave of his hand, a magic circle appeared around Isaiah.

An unholy amount of pressure pressed on the crane, slamming his body into the metal ground.

Isaiah was flabbergasted, never would he have thought that the rune on his shoulder would turn out to be for this.

As he felt his bones cracking, he also sensed the incoming auras of the other lions. He took in a deep breath and closed his eyes, aware that he was going to face the consequences of his actions.

Xu Ying just stared at Isaiah with a cold expression, from start to finish, he didn't stand up from his chair or uncross his legs. His mind was already running multiple calculations, deciding on what logical decision he should make next.

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Back at the mountain.

There was a period of silence after Isaiah and Baba disappeared.

Well, the silence wasn't absolute as almost everyone could hear the growls coming from within the cocoon.

Chloe had watched in disbelief as the portal that was supposed to help her escape his situation collapsed on itself.

Obviously, she knew what the rune on Isaiah's shoulder was for. Xu Ying had briefed them privately about it beforehand, although she had doubted if they would use it.

She saw it with her own eyes, just as soon as the portal opened up, another terrifying spatial force intercepted it and crushed it from the outside.

The only people she knew to have powers over space were Isaiah, Kael, and Katari. Isaiah was gone, Katari was…

The only person that could have collapsed the portals was Kael.

*CRACK!*

The vine cocoon opened up with a cracking sound, as though they had grown too thick to move around flexibly. This was a sign that too much energy was flowing through them.

Kael stepped out of the vine cocoon, one Colden paw after the other. Compared to before, his face wasn't calm.

He had a nasty snarl creeping on his face and his irises were enlarged, gazing straight at Chloe with undisguised malevolence.

Chloe blinked and the next thing she knew, Kael was standing directly in front of her, his nose just a few inches from hers.

Only now that everything was calm could she truly take in the magnificence of Kael. 'He's big…' She couldn't help but say to herself in her mind.

She racked her brain, searching for any memory that would tell her about golden-furred lions, but she couldn't recall any. She had never seen or heard of any lion that looked like Kael.

*BAM!*

Chloe's head was smashed into the earth with her lower jaw nearly being crushed. She struggled to raise her head up but the golden paw on top of her head was forceful.

"Look at what you've done!" Kael snarled.

"I'm…sorry…" Chloe said, still trying to press herself away from his hold.

"No, you're not," Kael said as he began to transform into his humanoid form. Priya stood to the side, watching everything with a complicated expression.

She looked at the vine cocoon. Although unconscious, she could still sense that Katari's mind was still there, she was still alive.

She didn't know what Kael had done to save her and she couldn't see through the gap of the vine cocoon either.

The relationship between Katari and Kael was unmistakably complex. Kael's wrath was understandable.

Seeing Kael taking a step back to transform and feeling the law rising from her head, Chloe ached fast. She flapped her wings, ignoring the pain and attempting to shoot for the sky.

Unfortunately for her, Kael had expected this.

His arm stretched out at a shocking speed and his hand grasped one of Chloe's wings.

Chloe had barely left the ground before she was pulled back down and slammed into the ground again.

Kael placed his bare feet on her back, feeling the soft mix of fur and feathers beneath his feet.

"Where is Isaiah?" Kael asked with his hand still grasping one of Chloe's wings.

"I'm sorry," Chloe pleaded, this time she was genuine.

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED YOU!" Kael shouted as he took hold of her other wing. He held the two wings close to the joints since her wingspan was too large for himself to hold each wing by the tip.

"He's with the others…Xu Ying," Chloe was quick to talk. She didn't want to betray them so she was intentionally holding out, leaving omissions.

What she didn't know was that Kael had already infiltrated her mind with his vast and subtle spirit energy. He could immediately detect when Chloe was holding back.

Without saying another word, he pulled his arms back, stretching her wings to the limit and earning him her roar mixed with her telepathic scream.

Chloe felt like her wings were being dislocated, her muscles being torn. She couldn't even get up with Kael's feet still on her back.

"Where is Isaiah?" Kael asked again. He wanted a detailed answer.

"He's probably with the rest of us now, I swear, that's what the portals were for." She said,

Kael squeezed his hand, allowing the sound of bones cracking under pressure to reach his ears, "And where are the rest of you guys?"

Chloe didn't answer, she gritted her teeth, trying her best to suppress the pain.

Kael frowned, he couldn't find anything in her mind concerning the location of her other colleagues, it was as if she was intentionally suppressing the memory.

Kael pulled his arms back again, a ruthless int flashing in his golden eyes. Priya could see that blood was already seeping from Chloe's feathers.

If Kael didn't stop soon, he would end up tearing out Chloe's wings. And from the look of Kael's face, he was ready to do such.

Chloe was not making it easier, she refused to talk, denying Kael Isaiah's current location.

Just when Chloe could feel her wings being torn away, Kael suddenly stopped.

Kael looked to Priya, sending her a questioning gaze.

"...it should work," Priya ended her sentence, hoping that Kael would follow her suggestion.

Kael looked down at Chloe again, a thoughtful expression on his face. "Okay," He said, deciding to follow Priya's advice.

Chloe opened her eyes, wondering why Kael had stopped, only for her to see a shimmering golden contract floating in front of her face.