The Strongest Beast Tamer - 148 Simon vs Intelligent Beasts

The Sobek was surprised by Simon’s boldness; usually, humans turn and run the moment they see it. Simon, on the other hand, charged straight at him, it left him momentarily surprised. But not enough to distract him from the battle.

The Sobek raised its arm to meet with Simon’s attack, it sneered in displeasure at the very thought of a human thinking it could take it on without their tames. He was beginning to wonder whether it was bravery or just plain stupidity.

When Simon’s fist reached the Sobek’s arm its eyes widened with surprise; the Sobek felt a jolt pass through its body, attempting to break every bone in its body. It swiftly redirected the force, using its tail to direct it words the ground.

“I suppose you have the strength to make me get serious,” the Sobek said as it swung its tail towards Simon, but at the same time, it went for a low sweep kick, thinking Simon would dodge but ducking under its tail.

Its reality was shaken when Simon hopped a dozen inches off the ground, twisting his body midair, dodging both attacks. When Simon got back his footing he reached up and grabbed onto the Sobek’s tail.

Pulling hard and twisting his body Simon lifted the Sobek off the ground and threw it into a nearby tree. He then swiftly followed along with the attack, reaching the Sobek in milliseconds before he continued to pound it with his fists.

The gloves on his hands were getting bloody as he beat the Sobek into a bloody mess. Simon thought of the Sobek as dead but was badly mistaken when its tail struck him from the side, throwing him off the Sobek.

Sobek reached down and slammed its fists against the ground, rupturing the dirt, springing forth a fountain of water. The water wrapped around the Sobek’s body before it held its hand out towards Simon, causing the water to surge towards him like a tsunami.

Simon grinned as lightning travelled between his fingers; hold his hands together he sent a blast of lightning through the water, electrocuting the Sobek’s body till the point where its scales were beginning to peel off.

The Sobek collapsed to the ground, it barely held onto its consciousness. Looking up Sobek noticed that Simon was almost completely unharmed, he was standing there preparing another volley of lightning. “What the hell, aren’t you the real monster here? I didn’t think humans could even reach such a level.”

Simon laughed. “As if that’s something you’re allowed to say. You just can’t accept the fact that a human is beating you, but don’t worry, you won’t be accept anything in a second.”

Simon shot a lightning bolt towards the soaked ground; the lightning spread through the water, swiftly reaching the Sobek, electrocuting it to death. Simon walked up to the Sobek with a bright smile, he formed a blade with his hand before chopping downwards.

A blade of wind shot off, slicing into the Sobek’s throat. Simon continued to fire off blades of wind until it decapitated the Sobek. Simon didn’t want to risk any chance of letting the Sobek live, that would put the lives of Houston’s residents at risk.

Simon’s ears twitched, the sound of rumbling was coming from a distance but it was getting close. Looking to his right he saw a dust cloud in the distance, trees were tumbling over one after the other. A roaring snort echoed throw the surrounding forest.

“I knew there wouldn’t be just one of them,” Simon smiled as he got back into a fighting stance, his birds took off into the air to get a better view. They swiftly informed him that a large boar was heading his way, it was taking out every obstacle in its path until it finally broke the treeline and came charging towards Simon.

The boar was 10 metres tall and 14 metres long, it had tusks that were 1 – 2 metres long, sharpened to a sheen. Its fur was dark brown, hooves dark as a black hole. The ground was rupturing and shaking just from its charge.

The boar rammed into Simon before flicking Simon upwards into the sky, a screech was heard from above along with the sound of thunder. Simon’s head tilted back, a bird was swooping down from the skies, its two pairs of wings were beating loudly, producing the sound of thunder.

Not only that but it was also producing electricity, its body was covered in electricity, travelling across its bright golden feathers at the speed of light. The bird reached Simon and took hold of him in its claws, the electricity shot straight down towards its claws attempting to attack Simon.

He wasn’t fazed in the slightest, the most it did was give Simon the slightest tickle. His gloves had the ability to resist and absorb electricity/lightning, it was the reason he decided to wear them. And he hadn’t used them since they charged up yet.

Clenching tightly the metal spikes on the knuckles lit up, they cracked and sparkled from the electricity. Simon smiled as he punched one of the bird’s legs, as the electricity gathered together the impact forced it to explode outwards. Simon’s punch, however, continued with its current momentum, punching through the leg.

The bird screeched in pain as it used its remaining leg to dig deep into Simon’s shoulder, its claws almost piercing Simon’s skin. Its eyes constricted when it felt the human in its grasps continue to move, it suddenly felt another jolt of pain course through its body.

The other leg was blown off. Wildfire morphed into a beam of light, swiftly appearing beneath Simon. The bird twisted its body and immediately turned around midair; although it didn’t have its claws it still had its beak.

The bird’s wing beat quickly and loudly, producing the sound of rumbling thunder. It resounded throughout the skies, alarming the rest of the group still above the city celebrating. They were swiftly set unease; aside from Lachlan and the rest of his group people began to return underground.

“I would suggest you all return underground as well. That sound signals the appearance of the king of these skies, a bird so ferocious and strong just the beating of its wings calls upon the thunder and lightning,” Burnie warned.

“Don’t worry about us, we’ll be fine,” Lachlan brushed Burnie’s warning off, he knew Simon was likely in the middle of fighting against the bird. “We’ve still got a companion to wait for; also, once he’s finished his business this king of the skies will be no more.”

“Although I don’t know what gives you that confidence I’m out, whenever that bird appears it’s always bad news; cause the king of the ground comes along with it. A boar that causes the ground to quake just from its presence, so take my warning seriously, these things aren’t something you can go against so easily,” Burnie further warned the group before joining the others in going underground.

Lachlan turned to the group and joked, “Sounds like some serious stuff, I wonder who came up with those descriptions. They sound so intimidating and formidable like they really are the kings of the ground and sky; who knows, soon we’ll come across the king of the sea as well.”

“Maybe, but what gives them so much confidence in taking the title king of the skies, don’t they see that we’ve arrived,” Joe said as he held his hands behind his head. “Suppose Simon is going to teach them a lesson though.”

“We’ll wait right here for him, let’s hope he doesn’t come back as a mess,” Georgia said as she sat down on the ground and crossed her legs. “With all the strength he has he shouldn’t lose even if he wanted to, at least not to your average intelligent beast.”

…

Back to Simon’s battle, the bird was flying towards him faster than the speed of sound, its beak glistened in the sunlight as its sharpened point aimed at Simon’s head. Simon formed his hand into the shape of a blade and waited until the bird to finally reach him.

Just as the bird’s attack was about to reach Simon swiftly bent down and twisted his body, forcing his have to swing upwards going straight towards the bird’s neck. When the hand made contact Simon sent off multiple wind blades at once, swiftly piercing through the bird’s skin and ripping its neck apart.

The bird, now dead, fell the ground. The momentum from its flight caused its impact to shake the ground and broke through trees.

Simon stood up proudly on Wildfire and looked down, there was only one more opponent left and he hasn’t needed to really use his birds for combat once. However, he still wanted to continue on his path, he would fight the boar without the help of his birds.

‘Good job Wildfire’ Simon complimented as he hopped off and plummeted towards the ground. He swiftly ordered his gravity stone and began to slow down going into a slow descent.

The boar waited beneath him, its hooves scraped against the ground as it prepared to charge at him. It snorted smoke as its eyes burned with passion, its tusks were sharp and ready to pierce right through Simon the moment he gets close to the ground.

When Simon was finally a few metres off from the ground the boar came charging, its hooves stomping on the ground causing it the shake. Its speed as incredible as it broke the sound barrier, it snorted as smoke puffed out of its noses and surrounded its body.

Simon smiled; bracing for the impact he had electrified his arms, to give the boar just a little shock. He stood his ground, the boar was a few metres away from him as he felt time slow down, his heartbeat fastened at the sight of a 10-metre boar coming at him.

Just as the boar was about the reach him Simon ducked, twisted his body before throwing a punch upwards. The boar’s eyes constricted at the abrupt force below it, its whole body was lifted off the ground and along with its momentum it went flying towards a tree.

The boar had fallen on its back, its stumpy little legs were waving in the air as it struggled to get its footing back. Simon took advantage of its crisis, grabbing hold of its tail before spinning around, smashing the boar through a few more trees.

The boar had never felt so weak before, unlike the other intelligent beast it didn’t have any element to control, it just had its brute force. But now that it was taken away from it as well it felt hopeless, its body smashing through the trees and into the ground.

Simon brought his hands together, lightning began to course through them, lighting up the knuckles. He walked towards the helpless boar’s head, stand to its side Simon threw a punch directly at its neck.

The lightning gathered into a ball, producing an electrical explosion. Blood and flesh went everywhere, covering Simon’s body as half the neck was blasted to smithereens. Simon continued and threw one more punch, finishing the job completely.

He looked towards the battlefield, wondering whether or not he should bring the corpses along with him. Simon wasn’t sure, but he had decided to bring the two new intelligent beast corpses, at least that way Anne could analyse them and help out other people that are facing them.

Simon smirked. ‘Huh, I wonder if Lachlan or the others could do that good against these beasts.’