Primordial Villain With A Slave Harem - Chapter 569

Chapter 569: Roar of the Leader
My plan was working—necromancy was within my reach. It would take some grinding, but I was sure the Beastman Confederation was happy to make some generous donations.

To that end, I commanded my blade to descend into my palms, took up the stance I developed over months of devoted duels and practice with my beloved samurai, and lunged at my enemies—it was time to reap.

The otherworldly display I provided the surrounding lion-kin with shattered their rapidly rebuilding confidence. They kept talking about how they’re lions who fear no man, but seeing the ascending souls of their fallen comrades be forcefully dragged down from heaven to hell by my Soul Reaper made all efforts of regaining their confidence null and void.

The remaining beasts staggered backward with tails twitching nervously, looking for an escape route. Their sharp claws and fangs were useless in defending against the terror encroaching its way through their primal instincts deep into their hearts.

Their mighty roars had turned into muted whines, making them seem more like kittens caught in the path of a wolf than the apex predators they claimed to be.

Just when it seemed as though panic would win and the group would scatter, a guttural, bestial shout reverberated through the battlefield. The sound was primal and raw, charged with dominance and feral rage.

The source was the biggest of the lion-kin who had been fighting Vex up until now. I remembered him having a giant golden mane and a deep scar running across his chest.

The impact was immediate.

The trembling warriors around me stiffened with their ears perking as his guttural roar acted like war drums, bolstering their mental fortitude. The fear that had drained their spirits was replaced with a sudden, feverish frenzy, they were overflowing with sudden, unnatural zealotry.

With their fangs bared and eyes wild, they roared back in unison, audibly obeying their leader’s command.

A voice cut through the chaos from behind me. “Sorry, hubby! I couldn’t stop this furry from meowing in time.” It was none other than Vex, who was not only battling the ferocious leader but two other high-level beasts as well. She sounded slightly out of breath while shouting her apologies for letting her opponent impede my battle.

I snorted, already being overly proud of my future woman. The combat excellence she displayed on this day showed me what the near top of the iceberg looked like.

To that end, I felt no anger at her letting the beast roar its battle cry. Instead, I shouted back at her while raising my saber to receive the incoming lion-kin charge, “You forgot to add future before hubby!”

“Oh my! I did indeed forget, didn’t I?” Vex giggled sweetly as she was surprised by the accidental slip of the tongue she committed, but that was the end of our playful conversation.

Her demeanor quickly shifted back to serious as she redirected her attention to her battle, parrying a savage strike from one of her three opponents.

I did the same. 15 more enemies remained for me to slay.

I lunged forward, targeting one of the advancing lion-kin. I was expecting another relatively easy kill like the previous seven, but this one moved with surprising agility, dodging back just enough for my blade to miss flesh by a hair’s breadth. Its reflexes were leagues above the previous ones I’d dispatched.

They didn’t give me time to mount a follow-up strike, as two more lunged at me from the sides.

“[Tempest Halo]”

A yellowish, transparent electric energy emerged around me as a result of my spell, forming a barrier of the electro element.

The two attackers were entirely undeterred by my erected shield. They swiped at me with their sharp claws, punched, kicked, and even headbutted my defenses all the while getting electrocuted in the process.

Something was wrong.

Despite the damage my spell should’ve inflicted, the beasts recovered quickly.

It was as if their speed, strength, and durability had all skyrocketed.

By size and build, they should have been no different from the ones I’d already slain, so there could only be one explanation. The leader’s roar had empowered them beyond natural limits.

Nonetheless, I wasn’t panicking. My arsenal had grown wide since I unlocked the three deviant elements. If my enemies needed a bit more assistance to fall to the ground lifelessly, then so be it.

I saw the barrier of my [Tempest Halo] show signs of cracking as more and more frenzied lion-kin warriors threw caution out of the window to rush me down—understandably so, they were barely taking damage. Using the final moments of the shield’s protection, I began my counteroffensive. “[Blizzard Tempest].”

A bone-chilling gale roared into existence, carrying shards of razor-sharp ice that obscured my surroundings in a swirling vortex. The freezing winds bit at flesh and fur alike, slowing the lion-kin’s frenzied movements. They pushed forward even though frost was clinging to their limbs, snarling through the biting cold with sheer resolve.

Not waiting for them to adapt and shake the ice off just like they did with electricity, I slammed my foot into the ground and shouted, “[Terraquake]!”

Violent tremors began at my command, and the battlefield trembled as it was terraformed with new waves of earth washing over my enemies, threatening to throw them off balance and swallowing them into the depths of Thalorind. Several stumbled, but they fought back, clawing and even biting their way toward safety.

Naturally, I couldn’t have that. My two spells momentarily halted their advance and forced them to pay attention to their survival instead of charging at me mindlessly. It seemed they would throw caution out of the window to kill the enemy as ordered by their leader, but when their lives were on the line, they would rather focus on survival than be swallowed into the depths opened up by my [Terraquake].

It made the leader beast’s roar even a mightier tool of war, in my opinion. If they became mindless zombies, they would be much less difficult to deal with. All it did was boost their stats and their confidence levels, but without reaching a full-on brainwashed state of mind.

Nevertheless, I couldn’t afford to marvel at the abilities of my enemies, for I had to kill them as swiftly as possible.