The Strongest Beast Tamer 62 The Attack

'Analyse!'

'Analyse!'

'Analyse!'

'Damnit come on just work once,' Lachlan screamed in his mind, looking for some hope to hold onto. Clenching his fist he punched the wall behind her, causing cracks to spread in the shape of a spider web.

He kept punched till his hands bled, he clenched his mouth so hard that blood came out of his nose. Everything began to pile up more and more, his regrets were haunting him at the moment. His decision to go to the island, to leave his family behind with the thought that everything would work out.

Calamity was still outside because it couldn't fit. But all his tamed beasts felt an even more overwhelming feeling of dread overcome them. They realised Lachlan's mental state wasn't right, but no matter how much they shouted it couldn't reach his mind. They were being blocked off by Lachlan's emotions.

"Lachlan you're back, I'm sorry I couldn't protect everyone," A faint voice could be heard behind him, one that seemed to be on the edge of life and death. Faint coughing could be heard, Lachlan recognised the voice.

Looking back he saw Dylan, laying against the floor behind a wall with his face towards him, one eye shut from a wound going down his face. His condition was bad too put it lightly. A leg had been torn off, some of his fingers as well. Deep wounds could be seen all over his body, especially across his stomach and shoulder.

It had all been tightly wrapped in cloth, however, the blood had soaked through, making him look miserable. His breathing was scattered and weak, it looked as though he would die the moment someone touches him.

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Name: Dylan Black (Human)

Age: 16 (Teenager)

Soul Contracts: 1(2)/5

Compatibility: Snakes (Perfect)

STR: 11, AGI: 13(+1), VIT: 3

INT: 19, PER: 23, WIL: 27

Weakness: Heavy Internal Wounds, Missing Limbs, Injured Eye, Traumatised, Depressed

Strengths: Extreme speeds, Extreme poison, Razor-Sharp Teeth, Flexible

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Lachlan realised how serious the injuries were and got up. He sprinted towards Dylan, appearing next to him instantly. He pulled out the Vitality Banana and peeled it open, he placed it next to Dylan's mouth and waited for him to eat.

Forcing it down might cause further damage but right now, the banana was the only thing that could save Dylan from his current predicament.

Seeing that Lachlan didn't come over and attack him calmed Dylan down slightly, seeing the fruit Lachlan was giving him confused Dylan but he chowed it down anyway. Although it was difficult he managed to swallow it down.

A burning sensation overwhelmed him, it was concentrated on his wounds. He screamed and rolled around, for a moment he thought Lachlan did want to kill him. Get him back for not being able to protect the family.

But once the burning sensation stopped he felt something he would have never felt forever. He felt his feet touching the ground, the feeling of the cold concrete floor against his foot made his ecstatic. Getting up he realised his other wounds were partially healed.

Two of his fingers weren't healed and a few toes were missing as well. But considering how many fingers he was missing or the fact that his entire leg was missing, facing most of them back brought Dylan a bit of joy.

'Analyse'

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Name: Dylan Black (Human)

Age: 16 (Teenager)

Soul Contracts: 1(2)/5

Compatibility: Snakes (Perfect)

STR: 21, AGI: 18(+1), VIT: 9

INT: 19, PER: 23, WIL: 27

Weakness: Light Internal Wounds, Missing Fingers & Toes, Injured Eye, Traumatised, Depressed

Strengths: Extreme speeds, Extreme poison, Razor-Sharp Teeth, Flexible

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Lachlan was glad he could save Dylan from the clutches of death. But looking back at his mother's corpse left him defeated. "What happened?" Lachlan struggled to ask. His voice still shaking at the thought of what happened.

*Sigh* Dylan knew it would come to this and he was reminded of what happened. His entire body tensed and tears welled up in his eyes. There was also a trace of fear with the sadness, fear of what happened that day.

"It happened a month ago, we were unprepared for the attack. That fuckin firebird wiped out our vehicles and armoury, and everyone that was in it. That was only the beginning, the bird didn't come back, but some others certainly did. Intelligent beast, coming from Victor Harbour's direction"

It was just as Lachlan predicted. His regret shot through the roof when he heard it happened only a month ago. Meaning if he came earlier he could have protected everyone with his overwhelming strength.

'What use is this strength if it has no purpose' Lachlan's entire reason for exploring the island and training was to get stronger. Yet even with all the strength he has, he has yet to really save anyone or anything. Instead, he continued to stay on the island and train, only deciding to worry about things once they happen.

While Lachlan was lost in his regrets Dylan continued, "There were probably 7 of them, the military and I ganged up on one, a cat, thinking we had the upper hand when we saw it wasn't reacting. But before we realised it our legs were missing, luckily for me I was in the middle of pouncing towards it only causing one of my legs to be cut and a couple of fingers. Turned out it attacked us with its tail, one that had black razor sharp hairs that cut straight through our skin and bones" Dylan moved his hands towards his leg and held onto it.

"After that it didn't seem to take interest in the fight or anyone for that matter, giving me a chance to escape. I took it and ran to your family, requesting we escape right away. That didn't sit well with them, but they knew they had to. So, instead we took the children, they are the soldier's children. They wanted the children to have a safe future, so they entrusted us with their protection, Adam(J) protected our backs as we escaped, he knew they couldn't win so the least he could do was protect their lineages"

"We only managed to escape 2 kilometres before we were swarmed by beasts, we quickly noticed the house and thought we could use it to our advantage, limiting the number of enemies we had to face. We already had our beasts summoned and were ready to fight, once it began we quickly realised we wouldn't be able to win, they were too strong and there were far too many of them. We took down one but three would come and take its place"

"So instead we relied on this underground shelter which by some miracle this house had. But before we could reach it one of those intelligent beast attacks, it was a giant scorpion. Its stinger ripped through the house walls, stabbing through Jack, and Adam. There was almost no chance of survival, but we didn't want their bodies to be mauled on, so I dragged them down with us"

"I shut the door behind us and locked it tight, with the hope that the beasts would eventually give up. As although they have strength, none of them had the ability to open it up. The scorpion tried to pierce through it and get us multiple times but we were already at the bottom of the staircase. I quickly realised I still hadn't unsummoned my snakes, they were dropping like flies when they got teamed up on by dozens of beasts"

"When I realised there was only one more I unsummoned it through the hatch, I summoned it where we are right now; It turned out to be fast, it was badly wounded as it had holes across its entire body. I wasn't sure what to do so I just unsummed it again hoping its injuries won't worsen"

"We waited two weeks before we opened the hatch again, only slightly, to see and hear what was happening outside. There was nothing, no beasts and no corpses. Walking out we carried the corpses of Jack and Adam outside to bury them, Chloe spent awhile handmaking those gravestones, she used her blood to write as she regretted everything that's happened. She blamed herself for things that she couldn't be blamed for"

"Once we walked back inside we quickly realised something was wrong, there was a beast in there hiding in the roof, one that wasn't too strong to kill me, but certainly strong enough to kill Chloe. It was most likely attracted by the scent of Adam and Jacks body. A spider attacked us from behind, biting and injecting its venom into Chloe before I could react"

"I went up instantly and smashed its body into the ground, completely shattering it. I ran down the stairs and laid Chloe down on the bench, I trained to suck to venom out but there was simply too much. Not to mention we were already starving and thirsty, she died within minutes, struggling to the very last minute"

"We only had a couple of water bottles with us, they didn't last very long. However, once the hatch was opened I ran towards the sink in the house and filled it with water, luckily this house had water tanks connected to it"

"We've stayed down here the rest of the time, I was too afraid to go back out there. Terrified, I had constant nightmares of that cat, ripping my body apart. I couldn't handle it, so I hid down here, "Protecting" everyone else when really I was just protecting myself"

"Do what you want, laugh at me, beat me up, even kill me. I wouldn't blame you, but just make sure to protect those children" Dylan's tears ran down his nose onto the ground, his last request was said and he pointed towards a dark corner.

Looking towards the corner where all the children were gathered Lachlan quickly realised something was off about Sarah, her body looked different, almost like an amphibian. Some of the other children were in a similar situation but weren't too obvious as they hid their bodies.

Seeing her brother staring at her different body caused Sarah to become shy, covering herself completely. She was afraid he would think of her different, afraid he would see her as a monster or beasts.

Lachlan knew why and felt even worse.

Chapter end