The Strongest Beast Tamer 159 Aaron Returns with Dominance

Reaching the island faster than the speed of sound Lachlan began to see the shapes of beasts currently inhabiting the island. They roamed the beaches peacefully without fighting, rather, it looked as though they were working together.

The turtles with their impenetrable shell defence scouted the border of the island, the snakes and birds perched on the treetops, harvesting the fruits; while far into the island, there was a temple-like structure where Lachlan could see a griffon laying in its shade.

'Analyse'

'Indeed it is' Lachlan replied as he looked at its stats.

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Name: Iron-Clawed Griffon King

Age: Adult

Attribute: Iron/Wind

Grade: Normal

Innate Talent: 3rd Grade

Level: 10

STR: 156(+20), AGI: 211(+20), VIT: 235(+10)

INT: 100(+5), PER: 100(+10), WIL: 50(+5)

Weakness: Prideful, Arrogant, Ambitious, Weak and Sensitive Wing Joints & Tail, Light Internal Injuries

Strengths: Iron Control (Level 3), Wind Control (Level 4), Grip Strength (Level 8), Leg Strength (Level 4), Skin Defence (Level 4), Maximum Speed (Level 6), King's Aura

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It was indeed another griffon, it possessed a strength similar to that of Aaron when Lachlan first met him in the cave. Granted, its strengths were slightly weaker than Aaron's; granting Aaron the edge in battle.

The griffon noticed the visitors and looked up; when it saw what was coming it snorted with disdain and frowned. Getting up it stepped out of its temple made of iron, its claws scraped against the ground the produce an ear curdling screech.

Its body was 3 metres in length and 1 metre in girth, its wings were light grey, giving off a metallic sheen just like its claws. At the end of its tail was a serrated spiked ball, flicking around in the wind, narrowly missing the griffon king's hind legs. Its lion's body was dark brown, the fur was long and luscious, almost majestic-like.

Lachlan was surprised by the griffon's unneeded hostility, but after that sound, Lachlan noticed that almost every beast nearby was looking towards him with killing intent. Some of which were already preparing themselves for battle.

Lachlan summoned his fours tames, filling the sky with bright colours as their bodies materialised in the air. Their presence slightly stunned the beasts on the ground, especially that of Aaron's, someone that actually remember.

The griffon king took into the air, screeching at Aaron as he got closer, releasing a pressure that made the air difficult to breathe.

Aaron, seeing the actions of the griffon king released its own pressure, halting it in its tracks as it felt a cold blade across its neck. The beasts on the ground felt the same, some of their knees collapsed as their strength disappeared from their body.

'Master, this baboon of a griffon insulted you, I believe you should allow me to take care of him singlehandedly' Aaron replied with annoyance directed towards the griffon king. 'It won't be long, a second is all I'll need.'

'Alright, go ahead, I know this is the griffon that bullied you off the island all that while ago' Lachlan nodded in approval; since Aaron was returning to an island that so heavily pushed him off he may as well return with dominance.

What better way than to go for the king of the island, a griffon who possessed somewhat similar stats. Fortunately, this griffon was still far too weak to compete with Aaron.

Aaron flew down slowly until he reached the griffon king's height, Aaron, looking down the king lifted his claw slowly, it radiated with heat as though it was set on fire.

The griffon king, fearful for its life retreated back to its temple, where the iron began to deform and created a shield around it. The iron began to swirl as spikes emerged from the centre, covering the shield.

The nearby beasts, seeing how fearful their king was of the returning griffon flew from the scene. Hiding beneath the trees and trenches in the distance, still keeping an eye on the battle as it dragged on.

Aaron continued to float down, his claw, now on fire as it blazed with extremity. Slashing down a flame the shape of Aaron's claw descended, slashing against the iron as it burned with incredible heat.

The iron that the griffon king so heavily sought after for protection began to melt from Aaron's high level of elemental control. Following up with another attack Aaron spread his wings, a mist began to spread down from them as it encased the ground in ice.

The iron shield froze over, in it were holes in the shape of a claw. The griffon king poked its head out of it, screeching at Aaron angrily as the iron managed to break out of the ice. It flew up to Aaron with its claws stretched out.

Iron began to meld around them, sharpening them further as they slowly reached Aaron's neck.

Aaron looked at the griffon's kings attempt with disdain, a thick mist began to spread from its wings again, the griffon king's body began to stiffen and freeze as it was getting encased in a thick layer of ice.

Using its control over wind and fire Aaron stirred up a fire tornado, getting it to pick up the griffon king as it spun around with such ferocity that it threatened to break to griffon king in half. The fire began to melt the ice and release the griffon king, as Aaron intended.

Looking up in fear the griffon king wailed at Aaron, it headed to the ground before bowing its head in submission. Lachlan looked towards the griffon king in contempt, although he wouldn't mind taming the griffon king it wouldn't work out with his current team.

'Master, don't think about taming this baboon of a griffon, it'll only drag our combat prowess down as a whole rather than lift it up' Aaron explained as it read Lachlan's thoughts. 'Also, I'd like to be the only griffon in your team, at least that way it'll mean something more when you use up all your contracts.'

'You're quite the greedy one aren't you?' Lachlan joked as he chuckled. Although he wouldn't tame the griffon king in front of him, should another griffon appear with a decent personality and great amount of strength, he would give taming it a shot.

Lachlan landed on the ground by the griffon king, the three Rocs landed behind him, all staring at the griffon king in disdain. They lightly screeched their insults to it without much care of consequences.

The griffon king was about the get-up and attack the Rocs but Aaron swooped down and shoved its head into the ground. Its claws began to glow as an extreme heat began to radiate from it. The king wriggled around as it attempted to break free from Aaron's clutches.

Aaron pushed down harder, increasing the intensity of the heat until the griffon king screeched its surrender. Aaron finally let go and took a few steps back, it sat up straight and proudly as it looked down at the griffon king.

Aaron screeched. 'Well, well, well, I suppose we meet again, you probably didn't expect this happening the next time we met though did you?'

The griffon king screeched back angrily. 'I knew we should have killed you all those years ago, back when you were softhearted and weak, it would have been a piece of cake for me to rip that throat apart.'

Aaron chuckled as it slapped its claw against the ground. 'Unfortunately for you, even all those years back you wouldn't have stood a chance against me. I suppose you could even be grateful that I allowed you to continue living on this island like a ruler after what you did.'

'No, we could have killed you because of your softhearted nature, there's plenty of ways to kill something with great strength, we would just have to prepare greatly ahead of time' The griffon king screeched back.

Lachlan watched as the two were arguing with each other, his ears twitched at the sound of rustling bushes. Grabbing onto the hilt of his broadsword firmly Lachlan waited patiently for the foe to make its move.

It was only a few more seconds before another griffon dashed out of the thick bushes, this one looked very similar to the griffon king, its stats similar as well. Unfortunately, with Lachlan, it's like there's currently two Aaron's on the field.

Lachlan twisted his body swiftly as he unsheathed his broadsword and in one fluid motion he reached the griffon's neck. The sword radiated with a blazing heat as it streaked through the air, digging deep into the neck of the griffon before finally going all the way through.

the griffon king stood there with open eyes, its mouth agape as it looked towards the scene. Lachlan turned around and sheathed his broadsword, taking one glance at the griffon king before turning away.

Aaron reached out and grabbed onto the wing of the griffin king, pulling with all his might Aaron ripped the wing apart. 'You know, you shouldn't have even thought of attacking my master with someone that doesn't have a similar strength to me.'

What Aaron didn't know was that the griffon that Lachlan killed was targeting him, he only saw Lachlan take care of the griffon with efficiency.

Clicking its tongue the griffon king stared at Aaron with sunken eyes. 'Tsk, it seems you've managed to find yourself a worthy master, much better than that other girl you seemed to always talk about. Oh, how I would have loved to see your expression of despair as that girl left this world, all because you weren't able to protect here.'

Aaron, filled with fury increased the amount of strength used to grip onto the griffon king's head. "You really keep pushing all the wrong buttons huh, I suppose I can grant you your death wish though."

Aaron reached out with another claw, gripping onto the griffon king's body before tugging back with all his might with the other claw. The griffon king's head began to stretch before its neck began to split, finally, with the last bit of a tug, his head was ripped off.

The beasts that were watching from a distance fled as their king was killed, they ran off as fast as they could in fear of being killed for being too slow. The turtles made use of their water control and created paths for them to swim through while the other beasts used their physical prowess in escaping to the other side of the island.

The five watched as they scurried off into the distance and looked at one another. Lachlan sighed as he lightly stretched his arms. 'Well, I suppose that's that, we now got a place to stay for the night.'

Lachlan walked into the little iron temple with the corpse of the griffon he slew dragging behind him. The temple was slightly ruined from the battle, as well as partially melted. Fortunately, they weren't planning on staying here, but rather, only resting for the night.

Preparing a fire Lachlan began to cook bits of the griffon as he sliced the meat off. He wasn't exactly a professional butcher, he just went for where the most meat was and cooked it before tossing it over to his four tames.

He also took a small slice for himself, stuffing it down without taking any time to season it. Granted, they didn't have any seasoning but there was bound to be something they could use in the surrounding growth.

Lachlan then walked over near the centre, he took out the wind stone and placed it by his side as he increased the temperature of the air. Warming him up from the outside while the food warms him up from the inside.

He unsummoned the four after they finished eating before going to sleep. The other beasts inhabiting the island were too fearful of Lachlan to come anywhere close to the temple. Fearful that they might be spotted and killed.

Chapter end