Chapter 629: 629
Noah slowly descended toward the forest near him .
That danger zone was called Ox Woodland due to the ox-type magical beasts that inhabited that place .
The oxen living there preferred to remain inside the borders of the vast woodland instead of invading the encampments of the Shandal Empire, its clearing operations were mainly limited to its peripheral areas .
Noah had seen it when he was escaping from the Utra nation, but the map in his possession at the time labeled it as a quite dangerous area, so he didn't enter it .
However, the challenge of the beast had attracted his attention, and he didn't hesitate to answer .
The crowns of the trees of those woods were quite large, but their trunks were slim, which left many open spaces between them .
Noah was quickly able to spot his challenger once he flew through the crowns of the trees .
He saw an eleven meters long and six meters tall ox staring at him and following his descending figure .
The ox had thick brown hair that covered the entirety of its body, four huge black horns, and was surrounded by dozens of corpses of beasts in the fourth rank .
'It has eaten them in the last months, they should have been part of its pack . '
Noah thought as he stopped his descent and hovered in the air at some distance from his challenger .
'Rank 5 Hairy ox in the lower tier . Earth element, can use its hair to launch long-range attacks and limit its prey's movement . It seems that its hunger has suddenly exploded, which led it to eat its whole pack . '
The information about the species of that creature immediately appeared inside Noah's mind, but he was mainly interested in the sudden outburst of its hunger .
The Ox Woodland didn't have a dense concentration of "Breath", it was barely suitable to sustain rank 4 creatures .
However, many living beings inhabited it .
'The leading pack has probably made up for the lack of "Breath" in the air by hunting often . The birth of a rank 5 creature in this area is an incredible event, but it's clear that it has already reached the limit of what it can endure . '
Noah became aware of the events that had led to that situation in a few seconds .
A pack of rank 4 Hairy oxen had ruled the forest and hunted as many creatures as it could .
Then, one of those specimens had managed to reach the fifth rank, but that danger zone couldn't satisfy its hunger anymore .
The hunts became more frequent, but that couldn't appease the mighty starving being, which began to eat the members of its pack .
That process had probably worsened during the last years, leading to a situation where all its pack was dead and only weaker beings inhabited the forest .
The rank 5 ox could only begin to look outside the forest for more nourishing prey .
'This was its last attempt, it would have left the forest afterward . '
Noah summarized when the situation became clear in his mind .
The rank 5 beast would have just tried its fortune outside the forest if no one answered its challenge, something that would have surely required the intervention of the higher-ups of the Empire to stop .
However, Noah was in the area and had decided to answer it .
Battle intent surged inside him as he studied the beast .
The ox was more advanced than him inside the lower tier of the fifth rank, but its species was far inferior to his!
'It's time to test my abilities fully . '
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