The Strongest Beast Tamer - 126 Island of the Dead

When Lachlan woke up it had already been a few hours and the island has long since reached the destination. An island shrouded in a deathly aura so thick it could be cut with a knife, the waters surrounding the island were pitch-black, with boney fins surfacing every now and then.

There was a stench that came from the island that even reached them, although they didn’t exactly know how to describe other than saying it smelt like death. A smell that could only be found in hospitals and cemeteries.

The trees were twisted and dead, painting a haunting scene as the island seemed to have natural darkness to it. As though the sunlight struggled to pierce through the death aura that shrouded the island in its entirety.

“Well I suppose this is the place then,” Lachlan joked to try and lighten up the mood. Everyone was staring at the island, slightly hesitant at its ghastly sight. Although Simon was still fairly pumped up, Wildfire was already summoned and stared at the darkness in contempt.

“Do we really have to go down there?” Phoebe asked slightly fearful of what she might see down there. Her mind was running wild, imagine all the horrible things that could happen to them as if it was a horror movie.

“Well you don’t have to, remember, this is for me to increase my willpower,” Lachlan reminded them of their purpose here, which was for him to increase his willpower. Whether or not the group stayed on the island or not didn’t matter, he needed to go down.

“Alright, I’ll go with you,” Phoebe braved it out and decided to pull through with a plan. She would go with Lachlan while the others would go with Simon, just in case something doesn’t go to plan and he ends up in a disadvantageous position.

The group nodded at the plan and jumped off the island. They swiftly penetrated the shroud of death which sent a shiver down their spines, they felt as though they were getting watched from all angles.

When they landed on the ground Lachlan quickly analysed the surrounds but aside from the status screen that came up for the trees and bushes, there was nothing else. Lachlan and Phoebe calmed themselves down with deep breaths before separating from the group.

They weaved through the twisted trees, stepping on the cracked rocks that crumbled under their weight. The feeling of being looked at never going away, Lachlan and Phoebe stared at their surroundings, looking for anything abnormal.

Lachlan suddenly sensed something and ducked; a tree branch passed through where he was running with some force behind it. The branch was hidden spikes on it, the tips looked as though they had been coated with poison as they had a purple hue to them.

Looking to the tree the branch was connected to Lachlan swiftly analysed it.

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Name: Undead Ent

Age: Adult

Attribute: Darkness/Ghoul

STR: 31, AGI: 26, VIT: 100

INT: 28, PER: 19, WIL: 10

Weakness: Immobile

Strengths: Darkness Control (Level 3), Sense Share

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Lachlan looked at the bizarre status screen for a few seconds before an Ent behind him launched an attack. He swiftly dodged it by sidestepping, Phoebe did the same when she was attacked. They were surrounded by ents.

Lachlan already knew why these ents were so unique, it was because they were resurrected. At the very least that’s a decent explanation as to why they don’t have a grade, level, or innate talent. The other idea was that it was because the ent was a plant type beast.

“These things are that beast’s undead minions, and since they’re already dead how about we just finish them off completely,” Lachlan said as he summoned all four of his tames. The four swiftly went into action, ripping apart the ents in the surroundings.

Phoebe summoned Faith and Joy, Hope wouldn’t be very useful in their current circumstances. She then turned to Lachlan. “Sure, we’ll go with that idea.”

Faith’s massive body already crushed a few trees into the dirt. Spears of water began to form around him before shooting off, slicing the trees in half, leaving none untouched. It let out a roar that shook the surroundings, it was pumped up since it hadn’t fought in such a long time.

Joe was in a similar situation and using his control over the water he gently slid across the ground, smashing into ents and breaking them apart. Lachlan his four tames watched the scene unfold in front of them.

‘Indeed, truly a fitting partner for master’ Aaron said pridefully.

‘She sure is something’ Lachlan admired Phoebe’s change. Not to long ago she was hesitant and scared but now she was fighting furiously without a care in the world. Letting her turtles annihilate the Ents.

Lachlan walked up to Phoebe with the four trailing behind him, he stood next to Phoebe and watched the two turtles rip apart the ents like they were nothing. Faith was sliding across the ground, smashing apart Ents with its huge body. Joy was doing something similar.

‘This is great, absolutely wonderful!’ Faith shouted with joy as he continued to shred through ents one after another.

‘I’m glad you enjoy it, maybe I should bring you out more often to fight’ Phoebe said.

‘Indeed, I can’t be letting my body get rusty by staying in that tattoo’ Faith said. ‘Watch out!’

A tail appeared out of nowhere, it was ridged with spikes as it furiously moved through the air.

Lachlan’s eyes widened with surprise, but fortunately, to him, the tail was moving rather slow. He held out his hand and ice formed around it, the ice had small spikes covering it. Grabbing hold of the tile he squeezed tightly and yanked hard.

The tail appeared to be floating in the air but Lachlan felt the rest of the beast’s body when he yanked it towards him.

Lachlan prepared his next attack, his fist was covered in pale blue flames that were burning brightly. He smashed forward to what he predicted was the body, the sound of bones snapped and flesh tearing echoed as the beast’s invisibility was disabled. Lachlan had punched through the beast’s head.

Lachlan already knew it was going to be a lizard, he didn’t expect anything else. When he pulled his hand away from the corpse it set alight, the blue flames burnt it to ash before dispersing in the cold and haunting wind.

“Sure hope the others are having just as much luck as us,” Lachlan said. Although he knew they probably wouldn’t, considering the fact that they’re heading right to the centre where the temple is. It’s probably heavily guarded.

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“Burn these fucks to the ground!” Simon shouted as Wildfire used intense lazar beams to set all the ents on fire.

Joe and Sandy were spewing out fire behind the two, burning everything to the ground without hesitation. Joe was happily using his fire control, shooting out a trail of fire.

“Don’t worry I got this!” Joe shouted before turning to Sandy. ‘You know what to do’

Sandy smiled before sprinting into the most concentrated part of enemies, it abruptly halted before howling at the sky. Flames began to surround Sandy before spreading, burning everything to the ground.

The earth began to crack, lava started pouring out onto the ents and other enemies no one ever saw. It was a massacre, as Sandy almost singlehandedly wiped out an entire army of undead soldiers. After finishing its special ability it swiftly returned to Joe’s side.

‘Master, there’s so many of them even my ability would have trouble finishing them off; we need to get to the centre quickly’ Sandy suggest quickly with a tone of concern. They were slowly getting surrounded, and although the ents were easily taken care of there was also the invisible lizards and possibly other invisible beasts.

‘Right’ Joe nodded as he hopped onto Sandy, turning to the others he shouted. “Let’s stop wasting our time here and just head straight for the temple at the centre!”

“Then why waste our time running!” Georgia shouted as she hopped onto Kyle whose wings were spread out wide. The darkness beneath his feet extended to the surroundings, merging with the shadows everywhere, devouring beast whole. “Let’s just fly there instead!”

The others nodded and ran up to the birds, Joe joined Georgia on Kyle while Simon hopped onto Wildfire. Chloe went onto Tempest and Zoe hopped onto Dusty. Zhang was still injured and Brianna was taking care of him on the island. His recovery was sped up when he began eating and drink the coconuts and water.

The group shot into the air, they headed straight towards the centre of the island where a small hill was located. They quickly caught sight of the temple, it was shrouded in a dark purple mist; a completely black liquid surrounded the temple.

They landed on the ground and took a closer look at the temple, its exterior was completely black with white outlines. A tree shot through the centre, its leaves were purple with blacks stems. Its branches twisted and tangled with its black bark.

“The air feels heavy here making it slightly difficult to breathe,” Chloe said. The group agreed, they felt their chests heave when breathing as the air felt heavy and stale. It was lacking life, as though it had everything sucked from it.

“Now that I think about I don’t see any other beast in sight,” Joe said as he searched the surroundings for any life. There wasn’t anything, not even a tree in the nearby environment.

*Roar!*

A roar that shook the surroundings and caused the ground rumble. The sound of clinging and clanging was heard from the temple, the group saw the outline of a tale sway through the darkness, purple eyes stared at the group from the far side of the temple.

*Stomp!*

It took a step forward, its strength forced the ground to shake. The eyes swayed as the beast walked forward slowly, a purple air came out of the beast’s mouth. It large scaly claw reached out of the darkness and slammed onto the ground. The other followed soon after.

The beast’s head escaped the darkness, allowing the group to see in its entirety. The beast’s wings extended wide, there were holes through the wing membrane. Its tail slid across the ground, clinking against the stone floor.

Its body was tall, the information the turtle gave them was correct. It was 5 metres tall and 9 metres long. Granted, the turtle didn’t account for the beast’s wings that extended 10 metres wide on each side.

“I really didn’t think I would ever see it,” Simon said in awe. “It’s a goddamn dragon.”

*Roar!*