Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World-Chapter 88: Burdo’s Envy

The logical side of Burdo told him that the best way to get out of this situation was to surrender.

It told him that there was no harm in telling Kael where he got his powers from and where he had been these last few months.

Yet his ego was stronger, having a former hold on his decision-making.

Even as ran around attempting to look for where Kael had disappeared to, his greed and envy were already activated.

The way Burdo’s mind worked was to always create comparisons between himself and other lions better than him.

When he realized that they possessed something that he didn’t have, his envy would be activated in full swing.

He was just like how Kael had been with his corporate bosses. Except Burdo would act on his envy in whatever way possible.

He didn’t like when someone had more food than him, more lionesses than him, and especially more power than him.

It made him feel lost and invalid.

Kael was beaten by him, yes, he could tell how strong Kael was as he was given a backhand slap that sent him flying.

But this just increased his envy for Kael. He envied Kael for having such power, he envied the command he had over such beautiful lionesses.

He wanted it all.

Unfortunately, pride and intelligence often did not correlate, if not Burdo would have submitted, biding his time while scheming to take what Kael had.

His pride told him that the only way to take what others had was by force, as that was how things were done in the wild.

His pride also warned him of the permanent damage that could potentially affect him if he actually submitted.

It was a dreadful feeling as if he already knew what would happen to his psyche if he submitted. He was willing to accept the possibility of death, just to save his dignity.

Kael jumped into the air, high and mighty. Then he dropped down with his feet aimed down toward Burdo who was just getting up.

*BAM!*

Perhaps, Kael had internally given Burdo time to escape as Burdo was able to jump out of the way.

Burdo felt his eardrums rattle as the loud thunderous sound of the explosion blasted his ears.

Dust was kicked into the air and a small crater formed. Kael might have delayed, but he had intended to split his brother into two bloody halves of that kick had landed.

Burdo’s sharp eye picked up movement within the dustiness, but the hit landed before his front paws could even move.

A slap, carrying the power of electricity, landed squarely on Burdo’s face. The water lion was sent flying until he slid to the ground.

"Perhaps, I would be one of those who kill their brothers," Kael said, not bothering to hide his telepathic voice.

His walk was filled with dominance and his eyes were cold. He didn’t talk in any way that showed he found humor in what he said. Rather, he just seems to be considering it.

Burdo stood up again, one side of his face was swollen and his legs were wobbly.

His eyes still showed defiance as he watched Kael’s approaching figure. Then Kael disappeared again…

What followed was Burdo being tossed around the red makeshift arena. He was beaten from one corner to the other and the lionesses outside watched with dark indifference.

Burdo’s body bounced back from one red barrier to the other. Slaps, kicks, and punches landed on him and fractured his bones.

A powerful knee appeared in front of his face and shot straight for his snout.

Burdo’s nose bridge broke on impact and collapsed on itself as Kael’s knee dug into his nostrils. Blood splashed out as Burdo’s teeth were broken and sent out of his mouth.

Burdo’s body rose into the air against his will, his eyes closed as he tried to process the pain.

Kael reached out fast, grabbing Burdo’s head from the top before smashing it into the ground.

Burdo went in and out of conciseness, he didn’t know what his body could take such a beating.

Kael raised his head again, allowing Burdo a period to come to his senses only for Kael to swiftly slam his head again into the ground.

Burdo’s jaws cracked and his chest began to feel numb. He used his front paws to try to push himself up, trying to go against Kael’s domineering strength.

For a second, he actually rose as Kael let him, and then the hand over his head slammed him down again.

"This, my dear brother, is what one has to suffer for power," Kael said before slamming Burdo’s head into the ground again.

A snapping sound was heard as one of Burdo’s limbs could not adjust in time and got dislocated.

"You want what my father and I had?" Kael slammed down again.

"Do you have the ability to take it?" Kael slammed down again and again, his actions becoming more forceful.

Blood pooled under Burdo’s head and his jaw was dislocated. He had bitten his tongue and his mind was reeling from the pain.

Cracks had spread on the ground and the red blood seeped into the cracks. The earth repeatedly received the brunt of Burdo’s head slams and drank his blood.

"Do you even dare?!" Kael raised his voice and then bashed Burdo’s head into the ground so hard that the earth broke apart.

"Wait!" Burdo spoke up weakly. As someone who always found a way to escape death, this was his first time seeing no way to escape.

Kael really intended to kill him in the most brutally and painfully possible way, and the fear of such a kind of death was starting to set in.

Burdo couldn’t stand up, he couldn’t even move his limbs. He wasn’t tired but there was no strength in his body to do anything anymore.

Kael’s golden claws sprung out of his fingers as he placed his hand over Burdo’s neck.

"I guess I will have to take care of your lionesses for you. With them, I could always produce more water lions in the future.

Goodbye, brother,"

Kael’s claws began to pierce into Burdo’s neck, drawing blood and penetrating deep.

"...Large corpse…" Burdo weakly said, a last effort to keep himself alive.

Kael’s claws stopped, "What?" He asked.

"Seaside…Large corpse…" Burdo struggled to say, hopeful that his words would edge Kael into sparing him. He could already feel Kael’s claws about to rip the top half of his neck off.

Ruthless.

Before Kael could get more information, Burdo fainted.

"Hmm," Kael looked at his unconscious brother. He contemplated whether he should still kill him.

"Let him wake up first. Let us learn what he has to say." N’bayé spoke up, causing Kael’s hand to stop moving.

If she hadn’t said anything right now, Kael would have killed Burdo. As a king, Kael wouldn’t like to harbor anything that could threaten his reign.

Kael silently stood up, before walking away. His hands and legs painted red with his brother’s blood left a red trail as he moved away.

"Clean it up," Kael said. Burdo was the ’It’ he was referring to, showing just how little he thought of Burdo as a living thing.

N’bayé waved her hand, removing the large red rune surrounding Burdo and Kael and removing the red barrier.

The runes on the five water lions also disappeared as they came back to their senses.

As soon as they saw Burdo’s battered form in the distance, they instantly ran to meet him.

"Lick him clean, I’m watching you," N’bayé commanded as she walked to them.

They had originally wanted to lick Burdo’s wounds, showing their affection. But now that N’bayé commanded them to do it, they felt weird, like they were about to do something that was beneath them.

However, with N’bayé keeping watch, they still licked the wounds. Not to mention they genuinely cared about Burdo.

Watching this, Ruda was increasingly confused at how these five water lionesses thought. How could they follow this brother of hers and even show such genuine affection?

What exactly did Burdo experience with these lionesses that caused them to bond to such a level? What made them blind to Burdo’s overbearing characteristics?

As Kael walked away, thinking of how best he should handle Burdo when he woke up, he caught a glance of something moving behind the trees.

His eyes locked on the slowly moving figure immediately and his nose flared, trying to sniff information out of the person.

"Who are you?!" Kael directed a telepathic wave at the figure, causing the entity to tremble slightly.

The entity knew that it had been found out and immediately tried to run away.

Kael’s calves bulged as heinged straight for the entity, chasing it into the forest.

’So fast,’ Kael thought as he ran after the creature. The thing was jumping from one tree to the other like a monkey and Kael thought he could see eight legs on the body of this creature.

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As he got closer to the creature, he saw that it was a spider. A green spider with eight spring-like legs and was the size of a normal wolf.

It leaped from one tree trunk to the other, using its eight legs to touch grab, and jump off trees.

The spider also seemed to be escaping in a certain manner, running away in a straight line which was unlike the predators they were.

Kael immediately grew cautious after coming to this conclusion.