Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

Their ears all perked up when they heard Kael, this was the most important thing right now, a way to save Katari.

Nalii walked over with a cautious expression and crouched next to Katari's unconscious body.

"I'm keeping her alive, I want you to direct your own energy at healing the slit wound," Kael said from Katari's other side. As he talked, he didn't break his concentration.

Nalii nodded her head and stretched out her hands. More vines slithered over from outside the cocoon and entered.

They surrounded Katari's body, slithering over her body before reaching her neck. Two vines positioned themselves at the right and left side of her neck.

Their tips touched the boundaries of the flesh tear, shimmering with a dull green light.

Right before their eyes, the slit began to close from the edges. Bad blood was spilled as the body tried to pump out fresh blood with the new input of vital energy.

The flesh regrew slowly, strands of tissue stringing from one end to the other. The price was unbearably slow, but it couldn't be helped.

Any slight fluctuations could send Katari into shock and worsen the matter, they had to be very careful

Everyone watched in silence, not daring to breathe harder. Chloe gazed with a complicated expression.

She personally didn't care about Katari and really couldn't care less if she lived or died. But Katari's health was detrimental to her survival.

If anything happened to Katari, Kael would probably do something terrible to her.

'Fuck you, Isaiah,' She thought to herself. At the same time, she wondered what fate Isaiah was currently facing.

She guessed that Isaiah and Baba had probably been transported to Xu Ying's location. Knowing Xu Ying, he would be able to deduce everything that happened with his own means.

Would Xu Ying turn around to save her? She didn't know. To a Magus Lion like Xu Ying who survived in logical reasoning, turning around to save Chloe was not logical.

Priya was yet to arrive, but her voice echoed into Kael's head, "N'bayé is about to evolve, she seems to have reached a crucial point in her experiments,"

Kael processed Priya's words before responding, "I understand, leave her alone,"

N'bayé had been at the tier 3 rank the longest among all of them, it wasn't weird that she would suddenly gain the means to evolve at this time.

After that, Kael put his entire focus into stabilizing Katari's body.

A few moments later, the vine pulled out of Katari's neck fully and the slit on her throat had finally closed, although it wasn't perfect. A scar drew from the left to the right side of her neck.

Kael didn't press on, trying to remove the scar would just be a waste of energy at the moment. And so, Katari now had a scar on her neck, evidence that her throat had once been slashed.

Now that the slit was closed, the vital energy turned to restoring Katari's regular body functions. Her chest rose and fell again, her oxygen no longer being supplied by the vines.

Her blood began circulating again and her pale skin regained its healthy hue. She still looked frail though.

"She's not waking up…" Kael said, the frown on his face relaxed but his heartbeat rate kept spiking.

"Maybe she's…" Nalii wanted to say but didn't know the right word to use.

Kael's spirit energy flowed into Katari's mind. Surprisingly, even as she was unconscious, her mental defense was still as tight as ever.

He could sense her consciousness, dormant with an aura of trauma.

"She's in a coma," Kael said, helping Nalii to say the right word.

Nalii sighed, there was nothing they could do now except wait.

"Priya, do you think we can wake her up forcefully?" Kael asked Priya who was already coming back after not finding Ruda and Eidel.

"No, absolutely not. We can try but that would just make her mind unstable once she actually wakes up," Priya's reply was fast and harsh.

Katari was already a wild extremist with no sense of empathy, tampering with her mind could result in very bad things for everyone.

Priya didn't want to imagine the type of maniac Katari would become if she was forcefully woken up.

If she was simply sleeping, there would be no consequences of forcefully waking her up. But she was in a coma, they were two different things.

"So, we just have to wait?" Kael asked, even though he already knew the answer.

"Yes," Priya said firmly, "Even if we wanted to wake her up, we need to be at a higher level to avoid any mistakes. For now, she has to wake up on her own."

Kael sighed once again before getting up and stepping out of the vine cocoon.

"Nalii, take her to her cave. Make the place conducive enough for her." Kael ordered to which Nalii obeyed without hesitation.

She waved her arms, taking control of the vine cocoon and closing the gap with her still inside it. Multiple thicker vines sprouted out, propping the whole structure up and taking it away.

Kael watched with a complicated gaze as the cocoon climbed up the mountain. Behind him, Chloe, Diane, and Zabita looked at the ascending cocoon with visible sadness.

No matter how Katari had made them feel, she was still their Pride sister. Not to mention that Katari prioritized them over most things, even though she did it in her own weird way.

She might only care about Kael, but that had been extended to the people Kael cared about.

Priya then arrived, her form was transparent like a ghost, and glided effortlessly over the ground at a quick pace.

When she stood amongst them, she could feel the overwhelming mix of emotions, mostly melancholic feelings.

Kael's emotions were hidden, she couldn't feel anything from him. It was like he had turned into a cold, emotionless machine.

Kael turned around to show an indifferent expression, an expression that caused her to shiver.

This was the exact same expression Katari always wore, the same. No light of soul illuminated his eyes, his lips were like a mask he just put on, and his head almost leaned to the side, ever so slightly.

Subconsciously picturing Katari's face in his mind had caused Kael to start mimicking her.

"You, what's your name?" Kael asked. Everyone turned their head to look at the black-winged stranger standing in their midst.

Instantly, Priya felt the general emotion shift from sadness to hostility, very intense.

"Chloe," Chloe answered, she instinctively leaned back slightly, ready to react to any sudden attack. None of them were looking at her in a friendly manner even though she was now part of the pride.

It was a bit strange that she was the only one wearing clothes among them.

"Chloe," Kael nodded, "Where did you come from?"

Chloe didn't answer immediately, unsure of what exactly Kael was asking, "I…"

"Let me rephrase," Kael cut her off, intent on getting a detailed answer, "The portal in the sky, was that you?"

"Yes," Chloe answered. She had already resigned herself to truthfully answer all of Kael's questions.

"I and other lions," She completed.

"Hmm, and where did you guys come from?" Kael asked again.

"Heaven," Chloe responded.

To her answer, Kael raised one of his eyebrows, "Heaven?"

"Yes, Leonine Heaven in particular," Chloe said.

Kael decided to ask about it later, "You guys, how many are you?"

Chloe thought for a moment, counting their numbers in her head, "We were originally fifteen lions, with over two hundred rat slaves."

Kael took in a deep breath hole he rubbed the bridge in between his eyes. Two hundred rats like the ones that had just attacked them, was a significant force.

"What are your power levels?" He asked the most important question.

"Fourteen of us are tier 3 lions, one is a tier four lion. The two hundred plus rat slaves were equal or slightly superior to a tier 2 lion." Chloe said.

Priya frowned, the more she listened, the more she felt that something was wrong.

"Kael, can I ask a question?" Priya asked Kael. She had to be careful not to disregard Kael's authority here at this time.

Kael nodded as he sank into thought.

"How did you people encounter Isaiah?" Priya asked Chloe.

Chloe didn't feel compelled to answer Priya but for the sake of Kael who stood dangerously close to her, she complied.

"He came to us first, seeking refuge or something. He submitted to our leading lion, Prince Xu Ying.

We really never suspected that he was just playing us to fight each other, you have to understand…"

Priya shook her head, not willing to listen to her explanation, it had already happened anyway.

"What did you and your people come to do in this world?" Priya asked a crucial question, one that gained Kael's full attention.

Chloe took a deep breath, she felt like she was betraying her clan and her friend, Alora, which wasn't too far off.

"We came in search of a heavenly beacon."