Chapter 9: the 2nd exobeast


    Leonard Bane woke up to see the golden sun rays shining down on him, from the corners of the cave. He admired the rays a bit as his eyes cleared before he looked at his shadow reflection.


    Oh, its 8:00 am already. Why didnt this piece of shit wake me up? He cursed as he quickly got up, going outside the cave. There he saw rk, diligent as always, doing push-ups.


    Diligent my ass, this guy only did his push-ups daily to keep his 6 packs, to impress girls. F**k, he couldnt help but curse again, as the scene left a bad taste in his mouth.


    Oh, Leo youre already awake. "I thought youll sleep like a log of dead wood for the rest of the day. Good morning nt. rk finally greeted his friend properly after his regr exchange of insult greeting.


    rk, my head injury is healed, dont try me. If you call me a nt again, I swear I''ll skin you alive, Leo retorted while gritting his teeth.


    Shit, Leo youre such an ungrateful bastard. I protected you throughout the night, already prepared morning meat for you, and a warning is the first thing you say in response to my greeting".


    "I''m better off throwing you to that exobeast as food, you are both kin from the same family, the same genus, the same species. No wonder you are just like a ck panther. rk fired back, feigning anger.


    Oh, rk that''s so thoughtful of you. You prepared meat for me. Ill get you a good wife after graduation, ok?"


    He quickly started digging into the meat. "Hmm, your roasted meat is delicious. Good morning rk.


    This time, rk waspletely left speechless as he gaped at his friend. Whats the rtionship between getting a wife and what we are talking about, his brain could not rte.


    Leo, youll never change. A shameless piece of shit, thats what you are. He finally recollected himself, as he retorted back sharply. Leo just chuckled, ignoring him as he enjoyed the meat.


    Eat fast Leo, Im raring to go hunt and y this exobeast. Jack is the giant yer; Ill prove to you today that rk is the exobeast yer. rk said with slight excitement, as imaginations of himself beheading the ck panther already started filling his head.


    I know rk. You are hulk, ironman, and captain America altogether. Yeah, the exobeast yer, Leo praised sarcastically as he directed a thump up at his friend.


    Is that all you can say? Those characters from the ancient marvel cinematic universe, those arepletely old school man. rk red at his friend, using him with his eyes forparing him with such ancient superheroes.


    He finally stood up after using to his fill, going over to eat a second round of meat. He finally ryed his ns to Leo, about the makeshift formation as they ate.


    Wow, rk thats awesome. Youre the one great with this kind of situation that requires thinking a lot, Leo praised exaggeratedly.


    rk beamed a little with pride on hearing this. Hepletely ignored the sarcasm in his friends tone, as he exined his thoughts and n to him on how the epic hunt will go.


    After eating they rested for about 30 minutes ording to their rough estimate, before they both started preparation.


    rk quickly set-up his sniper rifle, as he increased its range to the maximum. After experiencing how dangerous exobeasts are in close range, they opted for the safer option. He observed through the sniper, as they waited and watched patiently for any activity.


    They persevered like this, waiting for hours before they finally saw movement from the east through the sniper rifle. In the same direction, the ck panther was spotted. Due to the dust created by whatever creature wasing, rk''s visibility was impaired so he couldnt see the animal.


    Not long after the creature became clearer and to his surprise, the creature was the same exobeast from yesterday. Its the ck panther, he announced to Leo as his friend quickly came to see it.


    He was excited for a short time before immediately feeling despair, as he saw a second exobeasting together with the panther. He cursed angrily on seeing this.


    He thought exobeasts were supposed to be prideful creatures with dignity as they have their territory. They normally don''t allow other exobeasts into their territory.


    This ck panther was not so, it shamelessly called for help from a fellow exobeast.


    Leo saw it too as their expression quickly became grave. They steeled their mind to fight to the death as Leo unsheathed his sword. There was no need for him to hide as the intelligent predator already knew they were 2, they both prepared to face them head-on.


    rk focused, as all distractions and sounds left his mind. Only 2 exobeasts to be killed remained, upying his sea of consciousness. As his mood stabilized, he urately and fluidly released a bullet from his sniper rifle.


    The panther turned its head swiftly as the bullet scraped its skin. It was just like it expected the bullet, but was not fast enough to avoid it entirely.


    What came as a relief to him was that he saw that yesterday''s injuries still affected the big cat, as it was slower and less agile than yesterday.


    After it dodged, he finally caught a glimpse at the other exobeast behind it. It was a huge leopard; it was slightly smaller than the ck panther. He quickly informed Leo of his finding; his friend acknowledged by nodding solemnly as he was alsopletely focused on this sh.


    rk released another 3 bullets at the leopard, it jerked from the impact but continued forward. 2 bullets connected to its right hind limb; thest bullet scraped its back as blood flowed from the injury.


    Both exobeasts ran behind a cliff which obstructed his view, so he decisively left the sniper. Exobeasts are easily recognizedpared to other augmented animals, as they are bigger and are more ferocious looking. He unsheathed his sword while telling Leo about his discovery that both exobeasts strengths differed.


    They didnt wait long as the ck panther leaped from behind a rock, appearing in their front. Theirser-powered pistols dont require bullets, so they unleashed hell on it asser beams pelted its thick hide.


    As expected, it held strong despite the firepower. Even though theser pistols provided to them are of the lowest grade, they can still pack a punch. This just describes how hard and thick the panthers skin is.


    They became quickly absolved in all theser beams and the ck panther that they forgot a very important detail, the leopard exobeast. They paid for that, as the leopard sped up from rks side unexpectedly. It was too fast; he was not fast enough to guard with his sword as he saw it clearly aiming for his head.


    Instinct kicked in as he ducked and tried rolling away. He dodged its deadly bite, but its ws were faster. It wed at his face, giving him a deadly scar on his right cheek as he rolled back. He felt a sharp pang of pain as blood flowed. He gritted his teeth, enduring the pain as he retreated. He yelled at Leo to retreat also.


    Despite the pain he was feeling, he grinned as the panther entered the formations range. Your death is near, he thought as he quickly pulled the trigger.


    [Thank you for reading this chapter I really appreciate it. Please if there is any problem with the trantion quality or there is any wrong spelling or sentence, indicate I''ll try to fix it immediately.]