Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World-Chapter 130 : Vanity

Everyone got ready to leave the cave as N'bayé had originally come to tell Kael about the distribution of resources after yesterday's battle.

Although the sexual tension was still in the air, especially now that Kael had recovered his stamina, they knew what needed to be done and focused on their priorities. There would be enough time to fool around in the future.

Meanwhile, Kael was still thinking about the lion magic shuttle that had descended into this world and was now at some place.

He wasn't comfortable not knowing anything about them or where they were. Even the information that Isaiah was still alive wasn't as troubling as this.

Kael was starting to feel a lot of pressure all of a sudden. He had just too many things to handle.

He had secretly been leading a large number of lions toward the forest from the plains and expected their arrival next week or the week after that.

Their purpose in the forest was not yet clear but it was certain he would use them to attack one of the forces of the forest.

And speaking of forces, there was also the issue of the two other large wolf clans that were known to be very hostile and aggressive.

Their stance on the situation of the mountain wouldn't be neutral for long as they would eventually set their intelligent gazes on this center of command.

There were the spider factions who mostly operated in secret. Kael could see that their primary goal was to establish communication among multiple powerful creatures and get a lot of benefits from it. This unfortunately also gave them a lot of power when it came to networking and intelligence gathering.

Kael had decided that he would not take any violent action against the spiders in order to subjugate them. But now that the existence of otherworldly lions was known to him, he felt like he could not afford the time to take things slowly with the spiders.

He would have to be a little bit forceful so that he could take the spider faction under his control, or at least, a part of it. But the spider network was incredibly vast and reached even far beyond the forest, according to N'bayé.

Natalia was merely one of the numerous brood masters in the spider economy. There would be someone out there ready to replace her once she was gone.

If he started forcefully, he might eventually end up having a sour relationship with the whole Spider faction, just like the wolves. Kael didn't want that.

He could continue with his soft approach, slowly trying to gaud Natalia into joining his kingdom and becoming a permanent caste leader.

Or he could lead his lionesses and some wolves to capture or kill some spiders and use force to subjugate them.

There was a third option though, and that was to create his own special intelligence force separate from the spiders. There were a lot of advantages to this that would put him in a better position in the future.

Not only would he make it clear to Natalia that he doesn't need their help in gathering intelligence, but they would also realize that Kael was a practical and pragmatic person. If they weren't willing to join him, others would.

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The issue would escalate once Kael decides to expand his kingdom again and finally comes knocking on her door, not as a friend or ally, but as a conqueror.

However, creating his own local intelligence force would come with some difficulties. He also didn't know the best type of animal to have such castes.

'Sigh,' Kael sighed in his mind as he stepped out of the cave and began walking down the mountain.

He saw Ruda, Olivia, Zabita, and Diane, who had been patrolling the area and serving as the first layer of defense for the cave.

Seeing their leader, they grew excited as they knew his movement meant he was about to do something about the loots.

'Then, there is still that Burdo and that beach he talked about. I still have to plan a campaign to that place and I need an army.

Most importantly, I need information on its location, information about its inhabitants, and information on the topography.

I also need information on the Lion Magic Shuttle.

Yes, information is crucial, information is key.

I'll have to set up my own intelligence force then, it's final. The strategic significance outweighs all potential fallout with the spiders…'

Kael continuously drowned himself in thought while taking note of the slight change the mountain had experienced.

The mountain was eerily silent, not completely, just less noisy than before.

Before yesterday, some birds who were not afraid of being hunted by the high-powered inhabitants of the mountain simply because they were too small.

There would usually be an occasional chirp from one bird or the other as it flew away into the sky to start its day.

Now, after the terrifying battle and bloodshed that occurred, with the aura of blood and conflict still attached to the very grounds on which he walked on, it would take a while before the birds came back.

Eventually, Kael reached the bottom of the mountain. From here he got a wide look at the new mountaintop that was now more like the top of a Mayan Pyramid. Flat and wide.

"Your Majesty!" Vixy came over with an excited voice and a skip in her steps. Her red-furred body swayed over the ground and released small amounts of spirit energy.

"Vixy," He looked at Vixy and then at her two fox followers behind her, one was white and emitted a frost aura and the other a fiery red that was emanating mild heat waves from her body.

"Your Majesty, are you ready to begin the distribution of the loot?" Vixy asked, not hiding her excitement. The reason why she was so elated was obviously because there was a chance she could receive a reward that would allow her to advance to the next level.

"Where is the loot? Where have you kept them?" Kael asked.

"They are still in a special cave which we reserved for them," Vixy said, "should I take you there, Your Majesty?"

"Hmmm," Kael did not respond immediately, he looked around. He saw how a lot of trees were damaged and uprooted from the ground.

When both he and Darius had sped down the mountain at incredible speeds, they had destroyed a lot of obstacles that were in their way. This included trees, little critters, and even the ground they had run on.

Now, there was a blasted and smooth pathway that spiraled round the mountain and reaching the top, this path was carved out by their lightning-powered descent.

With a little smoothening, this pathway that they had unintentionally created could be managed and turned into a legit road that went up the whole command center.

However, the existence of the pathway proved something that Kael had not considered before, and that was the fragility of all that he had fought for.

The mountain he had fought so hard to control and take over had almost crumbled after two tier-four beings fought. What was the point?

He had imagined this mountain to be one of those sacred mountains in the future, where his clan would govern the whole savage land from the mountaintop with little opposition.

In his futuristic vision, the mountain was much higher than it currently was now that he was looking at it.

This mountain in his reality was shorter, fragile, and couldn't withstand the hits of a tier-four being.

When he had imagined himself taking over the mountain, he had done so with the mindset of an ordinary lion. Cutting off a chunk of the mountain with one claw strike was not something he was able to imagine back then.

But now, he was sure that his enemies would more or less get stronger as time went by. His growth, power, and prosperity would attract the attention of lions, dragons, and other races in the universe.

This mountain, even as a command center was not sufficient, it was not enough, he needed something better, something more…unique.

He had fallen into the power trap, he now knew why no amount of power was ever enough for those politicians. It was just campaign after campaign after campaign.

He could see it all now, now that he had acquired the mountain, he was no longer satisfied and wanted more and more. And maybe after he acquired more, he would still not be satisfied.

'Is there any amount of power that would ever be enough?' Kael asked himself, acknowledging his growing greed for general power. He had to acknowledge it so that he could control it.

Perhaps, if there was such a thing as 'enough power' it was still far beyond the reach of the Primordial lion. He still had a long way to go before he could ever be truly satisfied.

'What was the point of fighting for this mountain? It's just vanity that can crumble under the might of my Conqueror Mode.' Kael said to himself.

If Darius was alive and heard what Kael said, he would die again from too much anger.

Kael shook his head with a wry smile, life was just like that. He turned again to Vixy, "Yes, let the white one take me to the cave where you kept all the loot. I want you to go and gather all the wolves and foxes.

I'll be doing the distribution."