"The platinum-grade beast can transform into a human?" Azzy was shocked to see the aura of a human disappeared and replaced with the platinum-grade beast once again while he was rushing into the depths of the cavern.
Azzy can't let Leo die here. Not because he was a good guy or something.
In Azzy's opinion, this arrogant prince deserved to die but not like this. With his reputation in the academy, not even his own master will believe that Azzy didn't kill him.
If Leo dies, then, Azzy should have an alibi at that time, or else, everyone will just say that Azzy might have lost control over his strength.
"No…" He screamed as he watched the beast dug its fangs into Leo's throat and lifted him up before slamming onto the ground.
Azzy halted his steps. He now only sensed one aura, which belongs to the beast.
That means Leo was dead and he will fall in trouble.
"I'll roast that beast without even leaving its skeleton…" A huge amount of deathly aura erupted from Azzy, spreading all over the cave.
He was enraged at the beast…
"Azrael, it will be best for you to leave it alive." The Reaper advised him.
"Eh?"
Meanwhile, a couple of miles away from him, Ranier and Gideon were still in a battle with the mutated Galarian.
They were overpowering the beast.
Right then, the Galarian started shivering and tried to run away. Both of them want to catch up but both of their Arcana quickly disappeared and returned to the soul orb in fear, leaving them speechless for a moment.
"An enemy?" Both of their eyes widened in realization and spoke at the same time, "Azrael and Leonard…"
As Arcana spirits and the beasts were more sensitive to the auras, all the beasts in the cavern became frenzy and rushed towards the exit.
When they saw beasts were coming towards them, Gideon and Ranier ran away from there but after a while, they found out that none were chasing them. So, they relaxed for now.
At the same time, in the depths of the cavern, the Galarian King salivated as it saw the dead body. "Human flesh, after so long. After eating you, I will get another chance to sneak into the human world."
It pierced its hands towards Leo's chest and grabbed the heart before taking it out. As it opens its mouth to eat its favorite part of the human body, suddenly, it sensed danger. "This aura… That rank-4 human?"
It was taken aback. "He's a mile away but his aura can affect this far? I should be careful." It felt afraid for some reason.
It glanced at the dead body and started to eat quickly.
While it was gobbling the food without enjoying the sense of delicacy, it sensed the deathly aura was gone but the human was coming towards it at a quick speed.
Having no other choice, it used the soul skill and increased its size by ten times before gulping the rest of the body at once.
As soon as the body entered its stomach, it was digested almost instantly like how the soul energy of a beast is refined in a human's body when consumed by the beast's soul orb.
"Haha…" It started laughing in excitement as it felt its physical strength was improved further and it closed its eyes, transforming to human form. "In human terms, my physical strength, which is used to be mid-rank-6, is now equivalent to that of a peak rank-6."
For one second, it felt like fighting against Azzy but remembering the feeling when it sensed the aura made it retract its intention.
By the time Azzy reached the place, he saw the beast disappeared and in place of the beast, he saw Leonard in a different set of clothes than the one he arrived with.
"Oh! Azrael…You are a bit late…" He spoke to him in the same tone as Leo.
"Now, did you get it?" The Reaper asked Azzy.
'Can the beast take the appearance and memories of whoever it eats?' Azzy wondered as he was staring at Leo.
"Yes, all platinum grade beasts have a unique ability. This one can transform into the one that it eats. Only a rank-8 or above grade Expert will be able to realize that he wasn't a human." The Reaper cleared his doubts as usual.
"What are you looking at? Let's go…" Leo then walked past him and continued his way towards the entrance.
Azzy followed him, constantly staring at his back, "Chronos, it would be a mistake to let this beast enter the human world. If it kills anyone, then, I will be the sinner."
"Then, expose it after it enters the human world and kills it." The Reaper casually replied as if it wasn't a problem. "But, not now... You don't know the heart of humans, especially the royal family. They wouldn't care about the evidence.
All they need is the suspect and it is enough for them to take revenge. That's why you need to act as if you realized nothing.
Once it exits this world, since it has the memories of the Prince, it can't return to the palace where there's a rank-8. So, it will first return with you to the school since it is the safest place to hide. Then, it will try to escape from there.
All you need to be patient and look for a chance during the next few months to expose its true appearance."
As always, Azzy felt the Reaper's words are right. He had inexplicable trust in this deity as he lacked the knowledge.
"Alright." Azzy agreed with the Reaper and slowly followed Leo from behind. Unlike earlier, he didn't pick up the speed and neither did he fall behind until they reached the entrance of the cavern.
"What happened?" Leo asked them with a frown. According to the memories it found, they were here because of Gideon's advancement and also to kill Azzy in secret using its power.
The beast sighed in relief that Leo wasn't successful or else… It shuddered at the thought of remembering the deathly aura. Clearly, it was something that made its core shook in fear for its death.
Adding on top of it, it also saw the memory of Leo facing the deathly aura at the entrance hall…
It swore that even if it was in Leo's form, it will never go and trouble Azzy just for the sake of appearances.