Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

Isiah walked out of the villa, ignoring the still audible low growls of the female bear.

His body shuddered whenever he thought of what Thawne liked to do with all those female beasts he brought back.

Ever since he came here, he had spent a good amount of time observing and analyzing each of the lions.

Of course, most of them could not be understood with just mere observation. People like Xu Ying and Alora were difficult to read and Isaiah couldn't do more than that.

He refrained from trying to study Prince Xu Ying particularly because he sensed that it would be a very bad idea. Prince Xu Ying's power was unfathomable and the depths of his aura were mind-boggling.

The few times that Xu Ying released a bit of his power caused Isaiah to shrink back and made him even think of escaping. It was safe to say that Xu Ying was far stronger than Darius when he was alive.

Xu Ying was also the one who chose to accommodate him. Although Isiah had no sense of gratitude with his mind occupied by revenge, he had to make sure he was in Xu Ying's good side as that would make the youths think twice before going against him.

As he walked, his eyes would occasionally catch a flashing glimpse of his shoulder. Even after all this time, Isiah remained naked in his human form.

The lions seemed to have a tradition of wearing clothes while leaving their non-lion subordinates naked. He wasn't complaining though, he was used to the nakedness and that was how he had been living since he evolved into his current power level.

On his bare shoulder was a glowing tattoo, red and blue mixed to form a triangle-shaped mark. There was a faint itching feeling that came from the rune tattoo.

Isiah didn't know what this rune was for. He had woken up one day to find Prince Xu Ying standing over him with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Only now will I trust you," Xu Ying had said. Isiah guessed that the rune would be used to track him, or maybe read something more advanced. He didn't care though, as long as he got to skin Kael and wear his golden coat over his feathers, no sacrifice was too small.

He had not only studied them but also helped them drown in the pleasures of the mortal world. Only then did the young lions start to see Isiah in a better light.

Most of them had harmless pleasures. Some liked to get intoxicated by certain herbs, some enjoyed the taste of different types of meat, and some just loved to dissect and study new creatures.

Alora was one of the few who didn't open up much. Her frost lionheart seemed to extend its effects lol the way to her mind, making this beautiful albino humanoid appear cold-hearted and aloof.

Isaiah didn't force it, if he pressed on it would seem too suspicious. At least he managed to get closer to Alora's closest friend, the black-winged lady called Chloe.

Getting on Chloe's good side had been very dangerous and unsettling for Isaiah, a reminder of the type of creatures he was surrounding himself with.

Chloe was an Air Lioness, possessing wings, hollowed bones, and feathers, with altered genes to help harness her powers better.

And for obvious reasons, Chloe loved the taste of avian creatures, particularly the meat of big birds. It wasn't an addiction and more of a preference. But Chloe wouldn't shy away from free bird meat if it came her way.

And unfortunately, Isiah was a bird, a really big bird. Whenever he talked to her, she would strangely look at him while licking her lips.

Perhaps, Chloe was too lazy to fly and hunt birds on her own, or she had just not found a bird big enough to satiate her appetite.

Isaiah got on her good side by taking the initiative to hunt down big birds who were weaker than him and delivering them to the lioness.

Of all the youths, Thawne was the most extreme and depraved. It was immediately clear that Thawne came from a place where he had been spoiled and allowed to do the most intrusive thing that came to his mind.

Thawne liked to have sex with creatures from other races, something that was considered unthinkable for the noble lions.

No offspring could ever be produced with such acts and the creatures themselves had no backing. Thawne could do whatever he wanted to them and the youths would not care at all.

Even Xu Ying acted like he didn't know what Thawne was always up to inside his Villa. For Isiah, such acts were hard to understand, he couldn't even see himself getting attracted to anything that wasn't a crane, talking less of other creatures.

However, he was not ignorant and was aware that these types of fetishes appear once in a while from the most unlikely places.

Satisfying these young masters and helping them indulge in their pleasures was time and energy-consuming. Isiah mostly spent his day running around and performing errands while also trying his best to leave some subtle psychological suggestions in their mind.

He had painted a picture in their minds, a picture of Kael. The foreign lions had come to see Kael as a submissive pushover who only fights when he is hungry.

This was the image he had created after observing the lions and the way they behaved.

The lions seemed to glorify strength and despised weakness. They were dominating and would oppress anyone they perceived to be weak-willed.

Giving them the idea that Kael was a lion who barely did anything other than hunt for food made Xu Ying and the rest frown.

If they had been told that Kael was aggressive, and brutal and was expanding his domain while forcing other creatures into submission, they would not think too much about it, that was lion nature after all, to conquer and dominate.

They might even try to ally with Kael if not just avoid him.

But if they had the misconception that Kael was a spineless Lion, they would be curious for the wrong reason and seek to 're-educate' Kael on the principles of might.

As Isiah walked from villa to villa, alerting the lion youths of Xu Ying's call, he wondered to himself just where they had come from.

These lions and lionesses had descended into this world in a strange metallic vessel through a strange portal.

As a beast with some power over space, he could tell that that portal had been forcefully opened, the amount of energy needed to breach the fabric of space at such a scale was impossible to imagine.

Just how far away was the other side?

Isaiah never asked about their background, only listening to their conversations and silently collecting whatever information he could.

The lions were never curious about how Isiah could speak their language, it didn't seem to bother them and Isiah didn't think too much of it.

He had learned the spoken language from Darius and Darius was never too keen on telling him where he learned it from.

"...Heaven…" He muttered to himself. That was a word he had heard too many times. He assumed heaven was just another world like his, they often spoke about going back to this heaven like it was their home.

Isaiah too was curious, what did heaven look like? Was it like his world? Was the grass a different color? What did birds eat over there?

With these thoughts going through his mind, Isaiah arrived at the entrance of another Villa.

This villa was different, it had more edges and it didn't just look like a well-decorated concrete box. It had another floor above the ground level and a well-kept compound was in front of it.

Isaiah walked into the compound that was surrounded by small wooden fences. These fences were completely unnecessary and were only there to serve as decoration.

Not far from him, close to the double doors that led into the villa, there was a stone table.

Sitting in front of this stone table on a crude stone chair was a muscular man clothed in blue clothes with a white undershirt. This man was Xu Ying.

Standing behind Prince Xu Ying was a naked man with a pudgy body. His skin looked saggy, as though it had been inside water for too long. He looked ugly compared to other humanoids Kael had seen.

'27,' Isaiah thought to himself. 27 was a really powerful rat and the most trusted slave under Xu Ying. Isiah estimated that 27 should not be weaker than him.

If Xu Ying could have someone as powerful as 27 as a slave, that was a testament to just how strong he was.

Placed on the table in front of him was a wooden mug made of black wood. Inside this wooden mug was a reddish-purple liquid.

The liquid brimmed with heat and Isaiah could not help but stare at it longer than usual.

"Master, we did not bring enough Phoenix Blood Juice with us." 27 said to Xu Ying in the most respectful manner possible.

Xu Ying didn't react to his slave's words, he picked up the mug and took a sip, relishing in the sweetened hot flavor of the blood of an ancient beast.

When drank from the mug, his eyes met the approaching figure of Isaiah. He put the mug down and waited for Isaiah to stand in front of him.

"Have you called all of them?" Xu Ying asked calmly. 27 glared at Isiah, unable to hide the disdain and malice within his beady eyes.

"Yes, Prince Xu Ying," Isaiah nodded. Xu Ying had finally finished with his calculations and analysis after three months.

It was time to make a big move on this world.