47 Abnormal Flame (1/2)

By the time Taku was done with his opponent, his teammates were already fighting with other demonic beasts. He smiled wryly and then joined them. He could have finished his fight earlier but he still needed time to sharpen himself. Not to mention that this was a top tier 2 demonic beast. A month ago this would have been far out of his league, so he had to tread carefully. Now after a battle he was aware of where his strength was.

The beasts came thick and fast and after an hour the warriors were now feeling the fatigue. Everyone but Taku that is. He noticed that ever since he's cultivation base increased he's been able to stay in his current state for much longer. Is it really a question of my cultivation base? The stronger I get the less likely I am to lose control...?

Even though this theory seemed plausible he was sure that it was not the right one. He needed to find Saru as soon as possible. If he failed to do then he would need to find a person who was proficient in things of the soul. The only one he knew and trusted was Saru.

”If you guys are tired then go rest. I doubt this will be the last wave and we have it under control so go save some energy.” Taku was not exhausted at all. He still needed to fight and gain more experience, but he had noticed that his teammates were now feeling rather exhausted.

”How about you?” Nyasha asked

Taku replied. ”I'll be fine don't worry, none of these remaining beasts are really a threat to.me.”

”Oh you don't say.” Ranga started. ”This King will go wait for you. If you don't come back alive then you don't deserve to be my leader.”

”...”

With that Ranga turned around and began walking toward the city walls. The rest of the team shook their heads and followed. Taku smiled and looked around him. There were still a couple of battles happening in and around him. He was not really interested in these small scale battles, he was looking for mama's position.

When he didn't find her on the ground he immediately looked up into the air and saw that she was in a heated battle with a group of demonic birds. She was holding on quite well considering the fact that she was going against five demonic beasts of the fourth tier.

Watching the fight between Maka and the birds he had a feeling that she was not really going all out. And as if conforming Taku's suspicions Maka looked down towards him and have him a slight smile.

Taku was not the slightest bit shocked and smiled back. He then looked forward and saw that there was a pair of horned monkeys that were charging towards him. Taku smiled and leapt straight towards the two incoming beasts.

He activated his soul power and to his surprise he could now spread it out for about 15 meters. The pleasant surprise was truly something that came when he really needed it. When he spread out his soul sense he noticed that there was another beast that was creeping up on him from his blind-spot. Taku just smiled and continued his charge.

Taku threw out a punch that was met with a palm from one of the monkeys. To the monkey's surprise, when it's palm met with Taku's fist it was immediately blown away. The other monkey did not even have time to react as Taku threw out another punch that landed on its face.

Bam!

Kacha!

With this punch Taku dislocated the monkeys jaw. The monkey flew several meters away and with that Taku twisted his body in a weird manner and turned around. He extended his hand and his bow formed in an instant. He pulled the string and a blue arrow materialised. The moment it was done materializing he let go.

'Whizzz'

The arrow flew threw the air and penetrated the head of a leopard that had been sneaking up on him. The leopard fell down dead. Taku breathed in and walked towards the two heavily injured monkeys.

Taku had two weapons at his disposal. Arrows made from his flame control and arrows made from his lightning power. His flame arrows had more destructive power and required less zesa to use, while his lightning arrows were faster and more accurate.

Taku quickly killed them off and opened up their heads and retrieved their cores. He had not brought Shumba with him this time around. He knew that the beats he would be facing will be way too strong for the lion so he decided to leave him at the inn.

What he wanted to do at the moment was to take some monster cores for the lion. Just as he was done picking out the cores, he heard a voice coming from directly above him.

”Do you collect these cores to sell them or do you give them to alchemist so that they make pills for you.”

”Neither.” Taku answered as he looked up. ”I have a demonic beast. This is the only way they can power up faster so I'm planning on collecting a few.”

”Oh.” Maka answered as she extended her hand and handed Taku some beast cores.

Taku did not decline as he took the cores and put them in his storage pouch. ”How long do you think till the next beast wave comes.”

”About half an hour....”

As Maka answered a deafening roar came for the forest in front of them. Everyone who was still in the area immediately froze as a very oppressive aura penetrated the air. Maka's expression turned solemn as she sensed this aura.

She could clearly feel that the approaching beast was at least a level above her. ”Leave now!” Maka shouted towards Taku. Taku though shook his head. ”There is no point really. You guys might have felt the aura of one beast but I will tell you right now that there is actually two of them.”

”I know, that's why...” Maka answered helplessly. Taku still just shook his head as he cut her off. ”I am guessing that you can deal with one, and two would be a stretch for you? Judging from those auras I would say that the beasts are at least 4 or so levels above me. And since you can't fight with two and i can't even fight with one, out best bet is to lead them away.”