Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty (259)

It was a strange sort of feeling, laying eyes on a beast that was actually a lower level than him.

Throughout his entire journey, Kai had always been the underleveled one. Of course, he had various abilities that could make up for the lack of levels, but still, the level difference was there.

Even though the beast was only a singular level below him, it was still enough to shock Kai, considering that the monsters they were facing were slowly getting stronger the higher they climbed.

So to be nearly face to face with a creature lower leveled than him, it almost felt as if all of the months of torture he had endured were worth it.

Of course, not all of the months had been torture, some moments had been worse than others, but it could have been worse.

... Kai also hoped that it wouldn't get worse from here on out, but he had no idea what to expect for the rest of their ascent.

The creature in question resembled a Lynx, only it was standing on its two hind legs and was vaguely humanoid. It also had a cloak of tattered fabric wrapped around its neck.

Huh.... That's one smart kitty.

The kitty in question was just lying down against a pile of snow, it's eyes closed and a relaxed and peaceful expression on its feline face.

And now that Kai got a bit of a closer look at it, its cloak looked a little strange, a little too proper for a beast to have gotten a hold of. So the question was, where did the creature obtain it?

It wasn't like he was in too much of a rush to find out the answer, it wouldn't weigh on his mind or anything like that.

Summoning Esurient from his soul, Kai softly gripped the hilt of the blade and infused it with some Mana. The next moment, with the help of the Veiled of the Dark Side's stored soul, he vanished from where he was standing.

Slowly, he crept up behind the feline creature, hoping that it wouldn't be able to sense him sneaking up on it.

Sadly, that's just what ended up happening.

Just before he was in swords reach of the creature, its ears twitched in response to the snow crunching beneath Kai's feet. It quickly pounced up, let out a loud hiss in Kai's direction and leapt backwards.

Then, the fight began.

Kai let Esurient fly out of his hand, the tip of the blade aimed right at the creatures left eye. The sentient blade shot forward with incredible speed, but somehow the beast reacted, moving its face just enough so that the tip of the blade nicked its face rather than plunge into its eye.

Realising that the Lynx like creature had methods of sensing him, Kai gave up on the invisibility just as his entire body was engulfed by raging red flames.

Two balls of fire quickly manifested into his hands, which he promptly threw at his target. Some of its fur got singed from the attack, but yet again it managed to avoid taking much damage.

Kai inwardly cursed.

The kitty was definitely good at dodging, he knew that much.

So he just had to give it no way to dodge.

A howl came from behind Kai, and a pitch black wolf hopped out from behind a rock. Even though Umbra was a third of the level of this beast, Kai trusted in her ability to not get injured.

Now, with three people attacking the feline beast, the fight was sure to become easier.

Esurient went low, aiming to slice the creatures ankles. Umbra lunged at its chest, her claws ready to rip its flesh. And Kai went for the head, winding up a punch and boosting his arm using Mana Surge.