Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

Soon the sorrowful roars of multiple lionesses filled the surrounding kilometers. The sound waves were loud and bounced from one corner to the other.

Meanwhile, Kael and his lionesses calmly drank water from the river while listening to the sorrowful roars. Katari washed the blood off her snout by dipping her entire head into the water.

As Kael listened to the roars, a cold and ruthless glint flashed through his eyes.

The more he grew and the more he absorbed the memories, the more his mindset changed. The Kael of now was very different from the one that reincarnated on day one.

’So this is what it is like to lack accountability?’ He asked himself. He was the Primordial Lion, Kael was very clear on this.

Each and every Primordial lion played a role in the advancement and propagation of the lion race across the cosmos.

However, despite how powerful they had become, they still died one way or the other.

Kael might seem unceremoniously fearless but he still feared something despite the confidence he had in his abilities. He still feared death.

As someone who was given a second chance at life, he knew how valuable it was. His primary objective has always remained to survive, secondary objective would be to rule over the lions.

The first objective was natural yet unnatural. Unnatural in a way that Kael was finding that he was very willing to do anything to ensure his very own survival. It was selfish, he would never deny it, but who wasn’t?

People in his past life disguised their selfishness differently. If they didn’t point fingers at someone to show their moral superiority, they would shrink into depression, not understanding why their inner self was so against societal norms.

They constructed morality to ensure that the human community flourished but it came as a trade-off for knowing oneself.

With the way, people were so desperate to seek public approval for things they would never like, said it all. As long as society shunned selfishness, it would be looked down upon and labeled immoral.

However, this was like going against the very thing that made an intelligent being…intelligent.

Kael could not for one afford to act like there was a god above somewhere judging him based on morality, neither could he care less.

His desire to survive fused with his duty to rule over the lions. As a Primordial Lion, Kael realized it wasn’t merely about being special, it was a duty he could take if he wanted to or ignore if he didn’t.

But if he ignored this duty, what would he have made of his second chance at life? What would have been the point of his reincarnation? Seeking a sense of purpose, Kael had picked up this ’duty’ to rule over the lions.

Kael could be said to be deluding himself, but at least, it kept him going. If not he would have no problem being a subordinate to his father.

The funny thing was that Kael didn’t ask Katari to kill those lion cubs because he was afraid they would threaten them. Rather he did it just because he wanted to know what it’s like to have that kind of power for once in his life.

He was not paranoid, he wasn’t a bad person, he was just thinking of his survival and potential obstacles to him fulfilling his proclaimed duty.

He would kill the whole pride if he could but that would be a waste of energy and there was no guarantee that none of the Ol-mytee Pride members would not be injured.

This was simply an exercise, Kael was simply exercising his metaphorical muscle called power.

’I can order the assassination of cubs, just because I feel like, and face no consequences,’ This was simply a way for Kael to feel this new power of not having to do anything to be able to do everything.

Kael’s mind almost collapsed into a dark abyss just by thinking of this. His heart was almost corrupted by the power.

Though, Kael wasn’t making any effort to stop this corruption. The tinge of guilt that was at the back of his mind remained, but it was slowly being washed away.

If not for the Primordial memories, Kael would have never thought of being needlessly ruthless in his life.

When Kael raised his head from drinking water, something about him seemed different.

His gaze was colder and more machiavellian. His head was raised up high, filled with confidence and a regal presence.

His aura now was akin to a ruler, a king. A casual exercise of power had begun to gradually change Kael. For better or worse would only be known in the future.

Kael was not the only one who was changing though. Katari was also changing, hers was just way more minuscule and unnoticeable.

The only noticeable thing was that her eyes didn’t immediately revert back to normal, they remained pitch black, looking more and more like an empty void, like cute miniature black holes.

Even when she wasn’t using any powers, they only reverted back to normal after she was beside Kael again.

’It’s pointless to use power in such an unnecessary way,’ Kael silently judged himself, ’But it felt good,’ a dark smirk appeared on his face.

’No, I’m goal-oriented, there are other things…’ He continued while he absent-mindedly led them to continue their journey.

’Speaking of duty, there has to be a way for me to make lions pledge allegiance to me without actually adding them to my pride. The Primordial laws…

I should have tested it on that young pride… but they probably wouldn’t welcome us back with open arms.

But Katari might have killed all the cubs, there’s no bargaining chip, I didn’t even ask…’

"Katari, did you kill all the cubs?" He asked as he looked back at Katari.

"No, I saw ten cubs and I killed five," She shook her head as she answered. Her understanding of numerical data was in its most basic form but she could put things together with it.

"Oh," Kael nodded, ’It could work, wait, it would definitely work.

As long as I do it like this… yeah.’

"Fuck it, let’s go!," Kael immediately announced as he turned and started running back to the roars of the young pride.

The eight lionesses were confused, wondering what was causing Kael to act like this. Still, they followed.

Katari practically panicked, seeing Kael so far away from the protection of the pride members. She was so panicked that as she was running, the build-up of power worked with her desire and before she knew it, she was running next to Kael.

Katari was stunned, Kael had already covered a significant distance within that short time and it would take some time to catch up to him, yet here she was, somehow appearing from one place to another.

Ruda shortly joined them, running incredibly fast with electric arcs swimming all over her body and leaving a purple trail behind her. She didn’t know what was happening but the craziness in her eyes couldn’t be hidden, she was ready for anything.

The others were still behind with Diane slowly catching up.

Eventually, Kael arrived at a den, it was simply a tall tree with a lot of bushes around it, and the ground was dug out, creating some space underneath the bushes.

Kael didn’t wait one second before releasing a mighty roar that shook the branches of the trees.

Compared to the sorrowful roars of before, Kael’s roar was clearly louder and more oppressive.

The sound of his roar immediately attracted the six lionesses that had made it back to the den, as well as the young pride leader who was already running over furiously.

Although they never saw them do anything, in their eyes, Kael was the one responsible for the death of their cubs.

With growls and their ferocious teeth bared, they all pounced at Kael one after the other. The rage in their eyes was as readable as the skies.

Kael slapped the head of one of the lionesses, sending her rolling on the floor. Before the next lioness could make an attack, she was tackled to the ground by an invisible entity.

And the third was mixed up with Ruda who was clawing madly at the lioness.

The remaining four lionesses were taken aback by this, their comrades were being beaten up so easily by these foreign lions.

The pride leader rushed at Kael with all his might, intending to fight ferociously with this golden guy who dared to kill his cubs.

Before he could reach Kael however, he was sent flying as a large lioness slammed into his body from the side.

As he landed, out of breath, he could feel some of his ribs broken. He tried to get up but the large lioness put her heavy paws on his maned head. She applied pressure, making it hard for him to even lift his head up.

The other three lionesses wanted to run back into the den but were also tackled by the Ol-mytee Pride members.

Brown vines slithered out of the ground to grab onto the ankles of one of the lionesses.

Zabita and Eidel took care of the remaining two. Kael had to remind them telepathically that he did not want anyone dead.

None of the Ol-mytee lionesses were told to attack anyone, they just began attacking the moment they saw Kael slap one of the lionesses.

Kael looked around at his work, all the members of this young pride were being held down in one way or the other. ’Seems I underestimated us,’

The lioness that Kael slapped was about to groggily get up from the ground but the chubby lioness sitting on top of her just made her not able to move an inch.

The most damaged was the lioness that was attacked by Ruda. Kael wasn’t even sure if she was still alive.

"Priya, create a channel with them," Kael said to Priya who at this moment was observing everyone. She nodded her head as an invisible ripple-like strand extended from her to the seven young pride members.

"Good day, my kinsmen." Kael began, a cold glint flashing in his eyes as he made his way to the cubs under the bushes.