Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

On the right side of the magic shuttle, the door latch opened upward and mechanical stairs extended from the bottom down to the ground.

The stairs had a faint magic glow around their edges as one could see that they weren’t attached. Instead, they hovered in place with precise movements and placement, making the stairs appear to be floating.

Two silhouettes appeared at the entrance of the magic shuttle, both had two distinct auras.

The one with the regal aura took a step down the stairs first. His thick leather boots clanked against the metallic surface, supporting his weight and identity.

He took in a deep breath, his monolid eyes scanning the surroundings. There was a trace of excitement in his eyes as he stepped down with utmost confidence as if nothing in this world could harm him, and even if it could, it wouldn’t dare to.

His tied black hair blew back slightly in the breeze and his fair yet wrinkled skin showed that he was a bit elderly.

He appeared to be a human in his late fifties or sixties. His black hair was tied into a bun behind his head and had some streaks of grey here and there.

The goatee beard that decorated his face added to his good look. His eyes, although filled with pride and excitement, also contained awareness and intelligence.

Everything about him looked human, he had no rain or beastly ears that suggested that he was a non-human. But he was in fact a non-human, he had the stench of lions, and his aura was undeniable. One could only wonder how he was able to hide his traits.

And there was his height, as his boots landed on the grassy ground, his height became more apparent. He stood more than six feet but would be slightly shorter than Kael.

Another thing about him was his attire, unlike the humanoids of this word, this lion in human form was wearing clothes.

His feet were covered with fine brown leather boots. He wore a dark blue trouser with a matching trench coat, both made from a fine blue fabric. His trench coat had some intricate white designs on it that extended from the sides to the padded shoulders.

He wore a white undershirt that had a bit of red blood stains on it but they weren’t too noticeable.

However, his clothes didn’t hide how big he actually was on the inside. Although his trench coat and trousers were a bit baggy, his powerful physique still showed itself occasionally when he made some movements.

"27?" The man opened his mouth and addressed the strange being beside him.

"Yes, master?" The entity answered in a raspy and old voice. As he opened his mouth, he revealed two pointy and long teeth in the middle of his upper jaw, resembling a rat’s mouth.

This was a hunched-back humanoid creature. He had saggy yet tough cream skin and his eyes were small, black, and beady.

His hands, which he rubbed together continuously, only had four fingers on each of them. On the upper sides of his head, he had two rat ears that joined his shaggy brown hair.

His belly was full and round but he still appeared to be quite agile. From his face alone, one wouldn’t be able to tell if he was getting old or getting young. He had saggy flesh all in the wrong places.

Unlike the tall man, he was not wearing any clothes at all. He was completely naked, exposing his weird body to the world.

"Gather the slaves to set up camp, we shall set up a stronghold before going ahead to look for the beacon that led us here." The man’s voice was not deep, but it was firm.

"Yes, master," 27 said as he turned his short body back to the shuttle. He opened his mouth wide and released a very high-pitched screech.

There was the sound of multiple feet hitting the floor and scuttling around before the hundreds of creatures rushed out of the two entrances.

They were rats, really big rats. Each rat was the size of an average dog with different colors of furs. The rats moved orderly, rushing to stand in front of 27 and the tall man, forming an assembly after they came out.

"Address them on what to do, I want to check the premises," The man said as he walked away, supremely confident that 27 would obey his orders.

"Yes master," 27 nodded and bowed in the tall man’s direction before turning around to look at the horde of rats. Each rat here was comparable to a tier 2 lion or slightly weaker and there were more than three hundred of them.

This was a force that would be able to dominate any part of the forest as it was.

"Here me!" 27 shouted to his fellow rats, this time telepathically. "You there, lead your team to clear out the surroundings.

You and you, get your squad to gather logs. 103, 126, 249, you all should dig out the foundation for our buildings with your teams…

I want 92 and 154 to…"

27 began relaying orders, exercising the authority that his master had given him. Not only was he comparable to a tier 3 lion, but he was also the leader of these slave rats. All thanks to his master.

As he gave out orders, the mini leaders and their rat teams spread out to go do their work. Their flexible paws allowed them to do different types of labor very well so they were very good for slave work as the lions had seen.

Soon, the sound of sharp teeth gnawing on trees and earth being turned over reached everywhere. All the animals that had been close by had all run away. The aura of the magic shuttle alone was terrifying, talk less of the hundreds of slave rats.

The tall blue-clothed man walked around the magic shuttle, scanning the environment with his keen eyes.

He crouched down to place his hand on the dirt ground, feeling the cold soil through his fingers.

"Seems like a regular habitable world. Probably a former vassal planet from Lord Noel’s era. But the heavenly beacon…" The man talked to himself.

"Lord Ying! What is going on?" Suddenly loud boisterous voice echoed from the magic shuttle.

A separate door latch had opened up close to the end of the magic shuttle and multiple tall figures were currently walking out.

The tall blue-clothed man who was addressed as Lord Xu Ying, turned around with a look of annoyance on his face.

"Do I need to teach you respect before you address me as the prince that I am? You dare speak to me as if I’m a vassal?" Prince Ying turned around to look at the group of humanoids stepping out of the magic shuttle.

His eyes ignored everyone else and focused on the person who had spoken.

A tall youthful-looking man, taller than Xu Ying stepped forward, unafraid of this man. This youthful-looking man had a muscular appearance which was much more than Xu Ying’s.

His head was a fiery red and his face was shaven clean. His red and black eyebrows were slanted, giving the young-looking man a fierce and heroic look.

He wore a black sleeveless jacket with a cargo trouser below coupled with black boots.

"Bah, Xu Ying, you take things too personally. Aren’t we all royalty here, why the need for formality?" The youthful-looking red-haired man said.

Xu Ying rolled his eyes as he turned away from the red-haired lad. "Piss off, I’m working." He said, trying to focus on his thoughts again.

The red-haired youth only got more agitated by Xu Ying’s reaction, he walked up to the blue clothes man and placed his arm on Xu Ying’s shoulder.

"I know you’re working, but my father asked me to stay close to you. You’re the one to be responsible for us in this expedition, you know that right?" The red-haired youth said with a cheeky smile. It was unclear if he was deliberately trying to be annoying or if this was just his personality.

"Adolf?" Xu Ying spoke, there was a faint shimmer around him as magic runes appeared on his forehead.

"Yes," Adolf, the red-haired youth answered.

"Get your hand off me before I take it away." Xu Ying commanded, his voice getting dangerously low.

Adolf seemed to have some sense in him as he silently removed his hand from Xu Ying’s shoulder.

"...Oh," Xu Ying began. "Indeed, I am responsible for you but let me remind you all that if this expedition doesn’t bring satisfactory results, you can forget about your father ever making you a prince.

Your fate is in my hands, you better set yourself straight."

Adolf swallowed his words after hearing this. Xu Ying was right to remind him as it wasn’t something he or any of his comrades liked to remember.

And speaking of his comrades…

"Come, Adolf, do not stress Prince Ying. You know better." A sweet but cold feminine voice reached their ears.

The voice came from a tall beautiful woman with long white hair and fair skin. Her body was clothed in a long blue and white dress that had white fur at the collar, wrist, and ends.

She stood together with twelve other humanoids just like her, all of them clothed in different attires, each giving off the aura of a tier 3 lion.

"Yes, Adolf, listen to Alora and stop disturbing me." Xu Ying waved his hand as he crouched down again to observe the soil.