My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

Due to what he had seen before during dusk, Lucas' nerves were already tense and specially cautious.

He was not even able to sleep early; his mind was constantly thinking of the scene he had witnessed earlier.

Afraid that he would be subjected to the beast's assault, Lucas was only able to sleep for two hours before his eyes snapped awake.

A sudden sound and commotion snapped his eyes open with a start.

If not for the thin branches he had wrapped around his legs to secure himself, he would have fallen from the tree due to the sudden action.

His ears and whole body had jerked involuntarily, and his heart was galloping like a horse as he immediately looked around to discern what had caused the sudden commotion.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Unfortunately, the deep night did not allow him to see far beyond his current location. The crescent moon and the stars hung high, but their lights were not enough to illuminate what was below the tree that he was hiding.

He just realized that placing himself all the way up above the tree during the night has its own downsides too.

Unable to see anything, Lucas could only close his eyes and focus on his hearing.

'A battle?'

Lucas thought as the commotion grew louder and louder.

The sound of the battle grew fierce as time passed by.

Lucas could not help but think that it must be one of those beasts he saw earlier. Judging by the sound of the battle, it looked like the enemy was also a fierce one for being able to contend with those beasts for a long time.

This has nothing to do with Lucas, though.

Aside from not being able to sleep, the battle did not affect him that much. Although the commotion was loud, especially since it happened in the middle of the night, Lucas could still judge that the battle was happening far away from his current location.

Although he was tense, Lucas still breathed a sigh of relief.

'At least, I won't be-'

"You know what? Crash out what I just said!" He said as he tried to ignore the battle and focus on getting some sleep.

He needs all the energy he could find tomorrow, so he must sleep and take a proper rest.

Fortunately, the sound of battle soon died down, allowing him some sleep.

However, it did not take long before his eyes snapped open once again.

After the first commotion died down, another one soon followed without a warning.

'Another battle?' Lucas thought with resentment.

'If you don't want to take rest, then at least allow others to take a rest, damn it!' Lucas cursed, his eyes dropping due to drowsiness. However, no matter how he tried to close his eyes to continue sleeping, the sound of battle just kept on assaulting his ears.

How could he sleep with such an arrangement?

Still, he could do nothing about it.

He could only despair and endure, trying his best not to pay attention to the battle so that he could have the proper rest that he so much deserved after such a long and tiring day.

Unfortunately, there was no rest for the wicked.

The battle this time lasted almost an hour before it finally came to a stop.

"Finally!"

Lucas heaved a sigh of relief.

Now that the sound of battle and the commotion it caused have stopped, he could finally take a proper rest.

At least, that was what he thought.

Until it wasn't.

Snapping his eyes open, Lucas felt the tree that he was hiding on was shaking. As if an earthquake were commencing, the tree kept on shaking as if it would fall at the next second.

Afraid for his life, Lucas quickly unwrapped the thin branches on his legs but kept on holding tight so that he wouldn't fall. The reason he did so was because if the tree fell and his legs were still wrapped in place, he would not have enough time to get out and jump to safety.

As he kept holding on to the tree, he realized that it was already dawn and the horizon had once again slowly turned to the shade of lilac.

When the tremors died down and the tree returned to its previous calm, the sun was already shining upon the world.

The world turned bright, but Lucas' mood was not.

He was not able to sleep well. He felt tired and sore all over his body. It felt like he had done a rigorous exercise the other day without warming up.

Seeing that the surroundings had settled after those tremors, Lucas sighed in resentment as he began to climb down the tree.

He did not know where that tremor or earthquake had come from, but it felt surreal to be a natural one.

That damn earthquake had lasted for almost an hour, with no change in frequency or magnitude. And then it just stopped, as if it did not occur in the first place.

As curious as it was, Lucas does not have the tendency to seek death by trying to locate the source of it.

He preferred eating the meat strips to going over to seek death.

At least, that was what Lucas planned when he decided to come down.

Unfortunately, he was destined not to have a peaceful morning when once again a loud commotion entered his ears.

Beasts howls and shrieks suddenly resound in the entire wilderness. If there were mundane birds in this forest, they would have flown out of panic if they heard the series of howls and screams.

Following it was the sound of hooves galloping the ground.

Faint tremors brush his feet.

As Lucas felt it, his eyes narrowed in shock as the sounds of galloping hooves grew closer and closer.

'Fuck!'

Without wasting any time, Lucas did not linger in the area and immediately bolted out in the opposite direction. As he ran, his hands automatically moved as an ordinary grimoire materialized right in front of him so that he could summon Spot.

The sound of hooves that could be heard even from afar surely did not belong to any normal beast.

He did not stay to find out either, as he still greatly valued his own life.

The sound of galloping hooves stopped abruptly. However, it soon resumed, and this time it appeared to have found a purpose.

Lucas' tensed even more as he tried his best to escape. He did not even bother about the items in the flayed skin bag anymore, as he just focused on running away.

However, the feeling of death gripped his heart tightly.

The beast had found him and was now in hot pursuit.

Without wasting any more time, he gritted his teeth and quickly summoned Spot while running.

Spot materialized in front of him, and as if sensing the incoming danger, he immediately transformed into his Hellhound Manifestation form as his paws struck forward without warning.

Boom!

As the sound of collision ensued, Lucas saw a blur passing by him in an instant.

That blur came to an abrupt halt when it smashed onto a tree.

The normal-sized tree shook before it fell to the ground with a thud, its thick trunk having been broken from the impact.

As he kept on running, Lucas arrived near the tree and was horrified when he realized that the blur was actually Spot.

Seeing that he was sent here in just one collision showed how terrifying the beast that had pursued him was.

At this moment, Spot had already stood up from the ground.

His body appeared dirty, but there seemed to be no obvious injuries to his body.

He shook his head and released a Soft Bark.

The loud roar echoed in the surroundings.

The description of Soft Bark was that of a skill that allows its user to announce its presence in an area.

In his Hellhound Manifestation form, that skill does more than just announce his presence, though.

However, after the release of his Soft Bark, a loud and sonorous roar was what came as a reply.

As if the Soft Bark had no effect on it, the beast that they were dealing with also released a roar of its own, as if mocking them that it knows how to bark too.

Lucas was even more horrified.

This beast actually resisted Soft Bark. Just how high was its rank and grade for it to ignore the effects of Soft Bark?

The Soft Bark was inefective, and Lucas felt that the world was truly against him.

Although he was surprised at the result, Spot was not disheartened as he leapt forward to meet and clash with the enemy once more.

After he ran for a few meters, and after feeling that he was already away from the battle area, Lucas finally decided to stop and turn to look at what kind of beast they were dealing with.

As he looked closer, a dumbfounded expression appeared on his face.

"A fucking goat?"

His first impression about it was that of a goat.

At least its face resembled one. It has wide eyes and long, pointy horns like a normal goat. Its head was black and looked ordinary to say the least. The white goatee appeared extremely eye-catching due to the contrasting colors with its face.

Although its head resembled that of a goat, its body was nothing close to it.

It was standing like a human with a huge and powerful build. It has wide, hairy shoulders that resemble that of a bear. Its arms seemed to be from a bird beast, with talons so sharp that they appeared like an embedded sickle on its forearm.

Its lower half seemed to be that of a horse. Its hooves were specially massive and shone with metallic light.

There are subtle parts of its body that Lucas did not recognize. However, they appeared out of place, to the point that it looked extremely ridiculous.

Even though he was not subjected to any fear or intimidating skill, Lucas still felt his heart tighten as he saw the abomination that looked like a mixture of all the beasts that had gathered at the foot of the mountain yesterday.

'Fuck! This beast looked nothing like normal at all!'

Cursing inside, Lucas saw that Spot had already leapt forward to attack the 'gathering of beasts.