Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World-Chapter 82: Piranhas

Apart from the fact that the leading aquatic lion looked very familiar, there was another thing that seemed to be wrong.

The seven of them were moving fast, very fast. And from how their body twisted and turned, they were in a hurry.

’Are they running from something?’ Kael wondered.

"N’bayé, does this forest have any other lions? Water lions maybe?" Kael asked N’bayé, pulling her out of her deep thoughts.

"No, none that I know of. Some have come in the past but they all left at some point because they could not conquer much here."

"Hmm," Kael didn’t say anything, he continued observing the moving water lions.

Then he saw their pursuers.

"My goodness!" Kael’s eyes widened.

The things pursuing these water lions were piranhas, fast and deadly piranhas.

Each piranha was just slightly smaller than a human head with some of them being slightly bigger.

Their mouths were wide and open, filled with large teeth that stuck out of the edges of their mouths.

The large needle-like sharp teeth were white like polished jade but instead of adding beauty to their visage, it just made them look scarier.

Their deep red eyes that seemed to be oversized for their head revealed a mixture of mindlessness and ferocity that Kael had never seen before.

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It was as if they were machines designed to do a certain task in the most brutal way possible.

What was worse was that these piranhas numbered in hundreds if not thousands. Thousands of piranhas rushed through the water, chasing after the seven water lions with suffocating killing intent.

Among these piranhas, the majority of them emitted auras that were a sign of them having awakened their Hearts and gained powers.

And all the piranhas with awakened hearts all had powerful waters swirling around them.

The limbs of the seven lions kicked violently in the water, propelling them forward at great speeds.

The male water lion at the front got close to one of the Observation Runes engraved on a stone, allowing Kael to see his face clearly.

"Burdo?" Kael was shocked. Wasn’t this his brother who had been banished from the Hot Lion pride?

Despite the face that was now covered in fish-like scales instead of fur, he could still recognize him.

He had already begun to think he would never see Burdo again, but here he was. Kael could only wonder what had happened to him during the past year for him to become a water lion.

And who were the six water lionesses following him?

Kael was not particularly happy to be seeing Burdo at this time. If anything, he was somewhat annoyed.

Burdo wasn’t really someone to be liked, even when he was a cub. He was greedy, possessive, and aggressive at every slight disagreement.

Even their mother, Nalii, disliked him very much.

The only reason he left the Hot Lion Pride was because he was beaten up by their father.

’Why don’t they just leave the water and run away on land?’ Kael wondered to himself.

As if to answer his question, one of the lionesses got close to the river edge while swimming fast.

She jumped out of the river to land on the stony ground. She immediately began running with her limbs which Kael could see were webbed.

She was slower on land than she was in the water but at least, the piranhas could not get to her. That is what Kael thought.

A group of piranhas, about a hundred, deviated away from the majority and swam straight for the lioness.

The piranhas didn’t slow down when faced with the rocky edge, rather, they sped up. Blue light erupted as water rose from the river and formed a stream that chased after the lioness.

Like a separate water road that branched out of the river, the water stream carried the piranhas above the land and straight toward the running lioness.

Now, the piranhas were very fast inside the floating water stream and the lioness who had been using her limbs to run away could not outrun them.

Before she knew it, the water stream caught up with her and surrounded her like a water snake. The water converged and collapsed on her, allowing the killer fishes to make immediate contact.

No sound was heard from the formed water dome. Only the image of multiple fishes swimming swiftly and the cloud of blood that was coming from the center let Kael know what was going on.

The water dome collapsed again and then turned into a water stream that headed straight for the river while carrying the piranhas away.

All that was left behind was a red-ish lion skeleton where the water lioness was supposed to be.

There was still a bit of flesh stuck to the bones of the lioness. What was more astounding was that the skeleton was having a stance where it was in the process of swinging its claws.

Almost everything was eaten away. The organs, the eyeballs, the tail… Everything except the brain which they couldn’t get to and the bones were gone.

The lioness had put up a fight but she had also died a very painful death before she could cause any damage.

By the time all the piranhas were back in the water, the skeleton collapsed into a pile of bones.

This was why the lions had chosen to swim away rather than run away. If they tried to escape the piranhas on land, they would be slower while the piranhas would just use the Water Way to catch up.

But if they stuck to escaping through the river, they still had a chance.

Everything happened so fast, that the five other water lions did not have the opportunity to call out to their comrade. They could only look behind them to accept the sudden absence of one of their pride members.

A look of sadness and frustration appeared in their eyes but it was overpowered by fear and their willingness to live. Not having the power to do much, they could only continue swimming away.

And in doing so, they were moving closer to the mountain and bringing these piranhas with them.

’They are so untrained.’ Kael concluded with a calm expression. He didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that killer piranhas were coming closer to ’his’ mountain.

Kael could see that the water lions didn’t know how to use the powers they had. They were good and fast swimmers, fine, but that was all that they showed.

It looked as if they had only awakened their hearts not long ago. If not, Kael could think of a couple of ways they could use the power of water to escape this predicament.

"What is it?" N’bayé asked.

"See for yourself," Kael said as one of the trees released another magic string that pierced into N’bayé’s head.

Immediately, she was able to see what was happening. She frowned, noticing the location where this was happening and how fast they were approaching the river close to the mountain.

"The one in front is my brother," Kael said, feeling he should let her know just in case.

N’bayé raised an eyebrow, surprised to hear this. "What do you want to do? Do you want to save them?" She asked.

Kael thought for a while, thinking of whether he should save them or not. Even if he decided to save them, he didn’t like the idea of Burdo staying close to him or his pride.

"Yes, we can benefit from this." Kael finally said after thinking thoroughly about it.

He had been meaning to establish a clan and needed lesser prides anyway, he might as well start now.

"Okay then," N’bayé said indifferently. She was only worried about the piranhas and didn’t care about what happened to Kael’s brother.

Kael then contacted the creatures he thought would best handle this situation.

He saw that Priya was meditating and didn’t want to disturb her. Zabita and Diane would not be efficient in the water either.

"Ruda, I want you to do something for me…" He sent a telepathic message to Ruda.

Ruda nodded before wordlessly leaving the cave entrance and running toward the direction of the river.

Not just Ruda, Kael also contacted three tier-two wolves. The two fire wolves and the spirit wolf. He ordered Bibi IV to continue his patrol without the aid of his assistants.

Ruda was like a streak of lightning, rushing past trees and leaving a purple electric trail behind.

In a few minutes, she had reached the river just in time to see water splashes far away. She could see the mass of bodies moving fast towards her.

She immediately ran toward them from the riverside. She soon got closer, allowing her to see the five water lions and the countless piranhas chasing them.

She slid to a sudden halt, kicking up dust into the air. Her sudden appearance did not go unnoticed by the water lions and the piranhas.

Burdo and his lionesses didn’t pay much attention to her as they were more focused on running for their lives.

The piranhas, not the kind to ignore free food, took action. A group of them, just like before, rushed to Ruda’s position. They activated their special Water Way technique, allowing them to burst out of the river and swim toward Ruda with their sharp teeth bared.

Ruda simply stared at them with her usual level of craziness as purple electricity crackled all over her body.