My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

'Weren't they guarding this place so tightly before? Just where are they now?'

The Mirage Worm seemed to be bewildered as well. It might have its own fair share of experience in this area as well. Seeing that the place was empty also left it confused.

"Let's continue ahead," Lucas said.

The Mirage Worm did not answer. It was still as cautious as always. All of its attention was focused on their surroundings, prepared to use the Unhindered Stealth as soon as it noticed danger.

Boom!

The sound of battle drew near. This time, it was closer than ever before.

The two of them, the summoner and the summoned beast, looked back almost at the same time.

As soon as they did, both of them shivered as they saw the abomination, Asher and his beast brawling it out just hundreds of meters behind them.

'How could they catch up so quickly!' Lucas cried inwardly. However, no tears fell at the corner of his eyes, as he had already bolted out with the trembling Mirage Worm on his shoulder.

"STAY THERE YOU BRAT!"

Asher's enraged voice resounded in the entire area.

Lucas could not help but look back, only to see Asher getting flung toward a tree like a cannonball. If not for the vines that suddenly grew in front of him to block most of the impact, Lucas did not know if Asher could have survived that strike.

The current Asher looked even more haggard and injured than before. His hair was practically over his face. His clothes were torn beyond recognition, and his body was full of blood and wounds. Even from afar, Lucas could tell that he was seriously injured.

As for the beast...

"Fuck!"

Lucas cursed out loud.

The beast had no visible injuries at all.

The huge beast that had accompanied Asher before was nowhere in sight.

Instead, it was another beast that looked like a pig that was battling the beast while Asher was flung away—or at least, tried to.

The pig beast, though, looked like livestock getting thrown around by the beast. Like Asher, the pig beast was also grievously injured; there was even a chance that it would fall at the next moment.

As the pig beast took the attention of the abomination, Asher stood up from the ground with great difficulty. Helped by his vine beast, Asher turned to look at Lucas with eyes full of hatred.

Reasoned had left his mind long ago.

Two of his prize beasts have already died at the hands of the abomination. The mental damage he had received for the death of his beasts felt as if his mind was about to break.

The only reason that he could still keep on going was through the healing skill of his vine beast and the fact that he truly wanted to tear the hateful brat apart. Even if it meant his death, he would not stop until he killed the brat.

His expression turned demonic and dark.

Urging his vine beast to help and the pig beast to hold the abomination, Asher abandoned all his reason and rushed toward Lucas with a terrible speed.

Seeing that, Lucas cursed and ordered the Mirage Worm to enter the Unhindered Stealth.

At the next moment, a resounding boom entered Lucas' ears.

When he looked back, he realized that the abomination beast had flung the rushing Asher one more time. This time, the vine was a little late to defend its master. Blood flowed out, and it seemed that Asher was on the verge of death.

However, the pig beast arrived, attracting the attention of the abomination beast once more. As soon as it did, Asher stood up, barely able to stand. His gaze fixed toward the place where Lucas had disappeared.

Knowing that they would appear sooner or later, Asher pursued forward even without a target in sight.

Seeing such a scene, Lucas could not help but curse.

'What a fucking cockroach!'

At this moment, he finally knew why the sound of battle always seemed to grow near.

It was true that it was because of Asher, but the reason completely blew his mind.

Instead of trailing behind Lucas so that Asher could finish him once the battle with the abomination was over, Lucas realized that Asher was actually escaping for his dear life.

No wonder why it seemed that the battle was drawing near. It turns out that the two were also in a chase with each other.

The abomination was even stronger than he had expected. And contrary to his assumptions, the abomination actually does not plan on finishing the battle as soon as possible.

Just like when it was battling with Spot, the abomination seemed to be enjoying the suffering of its prey.

He ran as fast as he could with the fully focused Mirage Worm on his shoulder.

The Unhindered Stealth allowed them to not be discovered for three minutes at most.

After that, Lucas hoped the abomination would once again stop Asher, buying him some precious time.

In the Unhindered Stealth state, Lucas continued to run while looking around.

If the abomination beast was not able to hold Asher off in time, his only hope would be the beast that he had seen gathering here yesterday.

Unfortunately, those beasts were nowhere in sight at the moment.

Lucas ran as fast as he could. His speed surpassed that of when he sprinted in an open area.

Fearing for his life, Lucas mustered all the speed that he could.

However, Asher's speed was even faster. He was now only at least fifty meters behind them, making Lucas and the Mirage Worm draw a cold breath of air.

Lucas continued running and even decided to make another turn.

It was fortunate that he did so, since Asher could not sense him in that state; he had only pursued them in a straight line.

As he made a turn, Asher continued moving forward with great speed. The sound of battle from behind grew intense, but Asher did not seem to care about it. His murderous gaze focused ahead, searching for any sign of Lucas.

Lucas, on the other hand, heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing Asher pass by them.

He also did not stop running, widening their distance even more.

However, a few minutes later, the effect of the Unhindered Stealth just happened to end at that moment.

Lucas and the Mirage Worm became visible to the world once more.

As if sensing their reappearance, in the distance, Asher momentarily paused and looked back.

His eyes met Lucas; the killing intent was palpable, and Lucas felt cold shivers upon meeting those gazes.

Even though he knew that Asher was injured grievously, Lucas still did not dare to confront him. Asher still has that vine beast by his side while his offensive beast, Spot, was still recuperating, and only in the last moment would he summon him to fight for him one more time.

There was no way for Lucas to fight him at all.

Asher once again ran toward him.

Lucas did not stop and continued to run.

At that moment, the sound of battle in the distance grew silent.

At the corner of his eyes, Lucas saw that Asher had stumbled and fell face first to the ground.

A look of surprise and delight flashed across Lucas' face.

It seems that the heavens were helping him.

However, this thought was immediately erased when he felt a harrowing gaze locking toward him.

Now he realized why the sound of battle had stopped and why Asher had stumbled to the ground.

It was because the pig beast had now died in the hands of that beast. Receiving the backlash and mental damage, Asher naturally fell to the ground.

Being closer toward it, the abomination naturally locked its sight on him instead of Asher, whom it had been fighting since earlier.

The heavens were truly fair.

Damn it!

The weak Mirage Worm urged him to go faster.

However, Lucas knew that he was already doing his best.

It was already unbelievable enough that he was still able to run with such speed even with his mind and body entirely exhausted. Even if he wanted to, Lucas could no longer increase his running speed.

Afraid of death, the Mirage Worm tried to use its Unhindered Stealth one more time, but to no avail.

It tried to use its Silk Mirage, but with how big Lucas was, it was unable to create a Silk Mirage that could hide the both of them in a short period of time.

The Mirage Worm felt even more desperate than Lucas.

It did not want to die.

At this moment, Asher had already recovered from the backlash he received. His expression was even darker than before. He stood on the same spot for a few moments before finally recovering a little.

He glanced up and noticed Lucas running with all his might.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"BRAT!"

As soon as his enraged shout resounded, his feet also bolted out to give chase.

Asher chasing on his left, while the abomination on his right, Lucas felt as if he would truly die this time around.

His will was already beginning to collapse, and he was already on the verge of summoning Spot to try and struggle one last time with him.

However, at the next moment, a bewildering scene suddenly appeared before him, igniting his hope.

"Dungeon descent!"

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