Fantasy Lord: I Have a Moving Castle

Chapter 88: Chapter 38: Gale, Unlucky Shark Lizard Beast

Chapter 88: Chapter 38: Gale, Unlucky Shark Lizard Beast

In the forest, a deer lowered its head to nibble at the fresh, tender leaves of the shrubs while keeping its large ears erect, alertly listening to the surrounding noises.

It found it a bit strange that, despite the abundance of fresh grass and tender buds nearby, there were no other herbivores, which it usually saw, in sight—only a few birds were warbling atop the trees.

Oh, and there were also squirrels and tree shrews.

However, it was so hungry that, even though it felt something was off, it couldn’t bother too much and continued to occasionally lower its head to gnaw on the buds.

Suddenly, a slight tremor transmitted through the ground. The ever-vigilant deer immediately sensed the danger and sprung up like a spring, darting to the side.

A huge shadow burst forth from the ground, shrubs were flung into the air, and the deer along with the soil were swallowed in one gulp.

A massive beast with a shark-like head and a gigantic lizard’s body, stretching about five to six meters long, definitely counted as a colossal creature in the forest.

After swallowing its prey, the Shark Lizard Beast swallowed heavily a few times, then its throat undulated before it opened its mouth to spit out the mud and shrubs, leaving only the deer behind.

The poor deer couldn’t even struggle before it was dismembered by the rows of sharp teeth in the Shark Lizard Beast’s mouth and swallowed.

After capturing its prey, the Shark Lizard Beast didn’t burrow back into the ground but lay down in the forest, starting to sunbathe.

It was the overlord of this area, so it did not worry about being attacked.

While sunbathing, the Shark Lizard Beast used its smooth, large cortical brain to think: food had been getting scarcer lately, it was probably time to move.

In the nearby treetops, the birds that were startled by the Shark Lizard Beast’s killing of the deer flew back again.

One of the jays had a faint flicker of fire in its eyes.

The sun shifted bit by bit, and suddenly, the Shark Lizard Beast seemed to detect something and abruptly moved.

Its entire skin turned red, showing a daunting, fresh red hue.

This was a common warning and intimidation method evolved by animals during the process of evolution.

However, for a powerful being like the Shark Lizard Beast, it had been so long since it had needed to use this feature—everything that moved was its food, and there were few things capable of resistance, let alone posing a threat to it.

But the instinct of creatures still made the Shark Lizard Beast display this ability it had almost forgotten the moment it encountered a threat.

The Shark Lizard Beast not only turned into a bright orange-red color but also rushed towards the ground below in an instant while the ground rose to try to cover the Shark Lizard Beast.

But the warning color of the Shark Lizard Beast did not deter the enemy. Before it could fully dive underground, a blue-purple Thunder Annihilation Cannon had already descended from the sky.

The huge rocky plate formed by the soil was instantly penetrated, and the blue-purple electric arcs spread in all directions along with the light, causing all the trees in its path to fall.

Once the thunder had faded, a huge white, dusty circle had appeared in the forest, raised by the Thunder Annihilation Cannon.

The Shark Lizard Beast was directly blown away by the Thunder Annihilation Cannon, tumbling in the rising dust.

From a distance, Char was riding on the Frost Crystal White Deer, watching the battle from afar.

Now, the Frost Crystal White Deer wasn’t his Magic Pet, but it was almost like one, except that consuming Energy Essence and attribute food wasn’t as effective as with Magic Pets, but otherwise, it wasn’t much different from the Lantern Fireflies.

In his field of vision, several lines of text moved with the tumbling of the Shark Lizard Beast.

[Shark Lizard Beast]

[Skills]: Earth Control (Level 4), Deadly Steel Teeth (Level 3), Steel Rock Skin (Level 3), Gluttonous Stomach (Level 3)

[Challenge Level]: 7

[Introduction]: The Shark Lizard Beast is…

Char quickly glanced over it, saw that the system’s introduction to the Shark Lizard Beast matched his impression, and quickly skipped it, his attention lingering on the Shark Lizard Beast’s Skills and Challenge Level.

When he saw that the Shark Lizard Beast’s Challenge Level was 7, his heart completely relaxed.

Monsters were not like adventurers who might have the ability to challenge beyond their levels due to different Extraordinary Professions, but monsters couldn’t; a monster’s Level represented its true fighting capacity, and a difference of one Challenge Level was an insurmountable abyss.

The act of challenging beyond one’s own level didn’t exist among monsters.

At most, they could just run away.

That meant that the Shark Lizard Beast absolutely could not pose a threat to the Thunder Night Dragon. His only worry was the Shark Lizard Beast burrowing away, in which case even the Thunder Night Dragon could do nothing.

Compared to the Shark Lizard Beast’s data panel, Char was more concerned about this.

As soon as he opened the task panel, sure enough, the system had already autogenerated a task.

[Task 107]: The Greedy Shark Lizard Beast

[Task Description]: In your operational area nearby, a Shark Lizard Beast has appeared. These low-intelligence and exceedingly greedy Demon Beasts are the natural enemies of sentient beings, so even though you face the threat of Undead, you’ve decided to kill the Shark Lizard Beast first. But be careful not to let the Shark Lizard Beast escape.

[Reward]: Shark Tooth Sword, 15 Strands of Praying Power

Char was pleased to see a reward of fifteen strands of Praying Power.

This was the most Praying Power he had ever earned from killing a monster; the Shark Lizard Beast truly was the highest-level creature he had encountered.