Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

The group continued walking until the sun started rising from the horizon.

By now they had come to a foreign part of the wilderness that Kael had never seen before. The river had gotten wider and he could only see small land figures on the other side.

The river was calm, too calm.

Kael was thirsty he decided to drink some water. The lionesses also followed him, clearly thirsty as well.

As Kael bent down to drink the water, he noticed how even though it was morning and the sun had come out, there was barely any animal there.

Compared to the Hippo Riverside, this place was empty. He wondered why.

As they drank water, Eidel went into the river intending to take a bath. As she entered, steam began to rise in a mesmerizing manner.

The image that she formed stunned Kael as he looked at it in awe. Eidel was that hot, literally.

Slowly, the six other lionesses soaked themselves in the water, leaving only their upper halves exposed.

Kael decided to follow them just in case. He remembered that there was a subspecies of lions that gave them power over water. Kael had only gotten a brief look at them through the memories.

’If I could get a lioness with the Water lionheart…’ Kael fantasized about going underwater and being able to breathe easily.

He looked to the sky, seeing the bird flying high. ’And there is also that subspecies that has wings. Now that is more desirable.’

But even though he said this, he knew why he didn’t add the water lionheart or the wind Lionheart to the last three contracts for Nalii, Priya, and Diane.

It was because he didn’t need it for now. In order to conquer the sky or the sea, he had to first conquer the land.

Everything had to be in order and well planned if not he would make a mistake. The mistakes Kael had made in his past life made it hard for him to be comfortable with going about this life unplanned.

He didn’t want to have any regrets. Even though regrets were inevitable in everyone’s life, he wanted the ones he could live with, not the ones that would set him back mentally and progressively.

As the sun got higher and the breeze picked up, the surface of the river got clearer.

*RIPPLE*

About a hundred meters away, there was a ripple on the surface of the river. Kael caught the sudden water movement from the corner of his eyes.

Not just him, Katari and Ruda also noticed it immediately. Katari because she was always alert and Rida because she was the closet and also felt the pulse.

*RIPPLE*

There was a ripple again, this time closer and more in number. Every single one of them noticed it this time.

"There’s something in the water" a voice appeared in everyone’s mind at this moment. Kael recognized the voice as Priya’s.

’Since when could she do that?’ Was what was probably in everyone’s mind but they were too busy trying to leave the water to inquire more.

Eidel was the first to leave, followed by Kael. The last person to leave the river was Katari as she waited for everyone to get to safety first while watching their backs. This was something Kael did not take note of when he was also leaving the water.

Just when Katari’s wet hind legs were about to leave the water, two massive long jaws shot out of the water behind her and grabbed her hips.

*ROAR!*

She let out a cry of pain, alerting everyone and causing them to look back. Kael’s eyes shrank and his heart rate sped up when he saw what happened.

Katari was fighting for her life. Her claws dug into the wet soil as she tried to hold on but the jaws were causing her so much pain that she couldn’t focus well.

Kael snapped out of his shocked state and immediately ran to her, he had already passed by the other lionesses before they also reacted and sped towards their pride sister.

They couldn’t be blamed though, the territory they had been living in didn’t have this type of threat and it was difficult to react to something you were not familiar with.

Nalii and the other older ones may have known about it but it was not certain. After all, they had been living in the Hot Lion Pride where the river had Hippos instead of crocodiles.

Yes, the jaws that sprang out of the water were that of a crocodile. Kael instantly recognized it.

Before he could reach Katari, the crocodile made one last tug before Katari was pulled into the river in one fell swoop.

Kael nearly felt his heart rise to his throat. Without thinking, he jumped into the river, pursuing Katari and her captor.

As if in direct coordination with each other, the other lionesses also dived into the water. The only lionesses that stayed at the river bank stayed at the river bank were Eidel and and Priya.

"There are four of them!" Priya’s screaming voice appeared in everyone’s mind again.

Eidel immediately activated the energy within her as well as her Lionheart. Her claws began to glow and her fur caught fire.

She looked absolutely magical at this moment as her eyes revealed the rage she was currently experiencing.

With a vigilant eye, she immediately slapped into the water with her left claw.

Her flaming paws landed on the snout of one crocodile who was about to strike at her.

The aquatic reptile felt like his nose was about to be broken off. For a moment l, he felt a searing heat that he had never felt before in his life.

As soon as the paw landed, another one landed as well. Eidel didn’t stop bashing him, even when he opened his mouth again, she slapped it shut.

Meanwhile, Kael swam after Katari. He had heard Priya’s message clearly and he didn’t turn back, even when he knew that there were at least four crocodiles near him.

His speed within the water was fast, with how tough his muscles were, propelling himself forward at fast speeds was not impossible. Luckily, the crocodile biting into Katari’s hips could not swim away fast enough with Katari constantly kicking at his face and injuring him with her claws.

But he was still not fast enough, soon, the crocodile would perform a death roll and that would be when Katari would truly be finished.

Suddenly, a large figure sped past him aggressively, splashing water everywhere and heading straight for Katari.

That figure was Diane who now looked to be twice her size with twice the muscles. The terrifying strength she got from this transformation allowed her to use her limbs like jet propellers.

’Of course, what was I thinking,’ Kael immediately resumed to his calm-minded self. He had completely forgotten that he and all the lionesses in his pride shared powers. They shared all their powers with him.

Focusing on the power that he felt after Diane joined, he activated it as well.

Instantly, he felt a searing pain shoot through his body for a short time and he felt his mind slipping into an unstable state.

His bones cracked as they elongated and his muscles tore as they expanded. He felt power brimming through his entire body.

His gold figure doubled in size, and his golden metallic claws grew longer, sharper, and jagged. His upper canines grew out of his mouth, giving him a ferocious look.

With one kick from his hind legs, he instantly shot forward, splashing water everywhere he went.

By this time, Diane caught up with Katari and the crocodile. As soon as she caught sight of the armored back through the water, she pounced down on it.

The crocodile was already having to deal with the constant kicks he was receiving from this lioness who was surprisingly so powerful. All he had to do was get into deeper waters and he would perform a death roll, tearing this lioness to pieces and enjoying his meal.

Too bad he could not achieve his thoughts as a heavy behemoth of a lioness pounced on him. The pressure she exerted on his armored back caused him to release Katari so that he could bite at Diane.

As soon as he let go of Katari, she turned invisible out of instinct although her form could still be easily seen when she was still in the water.

Now that Katari was safe, Kael didn’t stop pursuing. He blurred past Katari and reached Diane who already had her long claws piercing into the two eyes of the crocodile which was underwater.

Diane was practically using the skull of the crocodile to stabilize herself while she bit at his hard neck.

Kael came like a wrecking ball and slammed his whole body into the crocodile’s side, turning it over in the process.

Diane was decisive even though her thoughts were now foggy. She got off the back before the crocodile rolled over allowing its belly to be exposed easily.

With unhidden killing intent, Kael and Diane immediately started tearing into the crocodile’s belly with ruthless might.

There was no resistance as the crocodile had its intestines gushing out into the water, dying the surrounding water red.

Kael didn’t check to see if it was already dead, he looked behind him with worry in his eyes. There were still two crocodiles left.