Chapter 4

He gathered his mana and cast his first ever spell. His mana left his body as he feels a sense of unimaginable power gathering in his hand.

"[Ice Bolt]" Leon can't help but to shout this out impulsively as being able to cast magic was his dream ever since he was little. He's going to make quick work of this ape and move on to find a stronger opponent

Or so he thought....

As he cast his [Ice Bolt], the snow ape has already made a move as it hear Leon's shout, a rookie mistake.

There was a 10 meter gap between the two and the snow ape was gaining ground, but luckily for Leon his spell cast time is nearly instantaneous.

A streak of ice left Leon's hand and pierced the snow ape's head and skull but was short of piercing its brain, but the coldness of the ice bolt started to freeze its brain which even the cold resistant ape can't handle as its internal organ are practically untempered and it render it unable to move for a quick second before the ice bolt dissipates into nothingness.

In the quick seconds that the snow ape paused though, Leon has already finished casting another spell.

Leon put his hand on the ground and shouted "[Earth Spike]!"

Leon smirks in overconfidence "That should do it"

A row of spike shot out from the ground with each spike being bigger than the last. The spike quickly reached the ape that was immobilized and punctured its leg.

The snow ape screamed in pain "KIKKKKKK"

The snow ape quickly crushed the spike that impaled its leg and and leaped to cover the remaining 5 meter gap between Leon and itself as it fears the ground may hurt it once more.

'What the fuck, how is this ape's vitality and pain tolerance so high"

Leon was shocked at the snow ape's sudden leap and quickly cast his defensive skills

'[Rock Hard]'

The earth beneath him quickly floated and surrounded his body, giving way to a crude looking rock armor. Right after, Leon quickly put his arm together in the X-defensive position to absorb the impact.

The snow ape joined its hand together and smashed Leon, hard.

BOOM

A loud boom echoed as the leaping ape crashed its joined fist on Leon and made him sunk into the ground

'KARGHGGH' Leon screamed as the impact made him feel like dying. The most pain he had felt before this was just getting stabbed by a knife but the pain he's feeling right now is countless time worse even with the [Rock Hard] skill activated.

It felt like every bone in his body was crushed along with his muscles, a horrendous pain that almost made him black out.

Leon tried fight against the pain to move away and cast his spell again but the ape would not allow it and it grabbed Leon's head and smash it to the ground.

THUD

The ground cracked in a spiderweb pattern and the impact of the smash was so heavy that the back of Leon's head was severely bleeding.

'Damn it, Is this how I fucking die? TO A GODDAMN APE?! '

Leon tried to make sense of all that's happening right now "Aren't I supposed to be fighting the universe? How am I being beaten to death by this Grade 1 ape?" He can't accept it, he won't.

'[Fire Whip]' Leon casted the fire whip spell and feed it 10 mana per second. This is not the time to conserve mana. The fire whip appeared from Leon's foot and the snow ape didn't notice the heat.

Before the ape could smash Leon again, he quickly commanded the [Fire Whip] to entangle the ape. The whip moves and quickly wrap the ape up from the leg to its shoulder.

The snow ape, already injured from the two spell beforehand, couldn't muster up enough strength to escape from the fire whip and was only able to stretch it a bit before giving up.

It can feel the flame scorching its blue fur and skin and roasting its insides. It was painful but it couldn't resist.

"Luthor, that should be enough to count as me beating the snow ape right?" Leon asked urgently. If this was not considered as him beating it, then he could only grit his teeth through the pain and use [Wind Escape] to flee with his tail between his legs.

{Congratulations Leon, you have defeated your first demonic beast. To make the demonic beast your follower, drip a drop of your blood on his forehead.}

"A drop of blood, okay got it" Leon quickly bit his thumb and smeared the drop of blood on the currently tied up ape jumping a little as he was too short to touch its head.

His blood quickly seep through the ape's forehead and he deactivated his [Flame Whip].

The ferocious expression on the snow ape's face was slowly disappearing and it quickly turn docile as it look at Leon with an eye like that of a newborn. Leon smiled and tried to pat the ape's head but the pain suddenly intensify as the rush of adrenaline fades.

He felt his head go blank wtih pain and he can feel himself blacking out. Before he did though, he told the ape something in a rare moment of conservation effort.

"H-hide me somewhere safe."

And he passed out.

The snow ape quickly took Leon's unconscious body into its hand and ran to a hidden cave which it occupies.

Usually, a weak beast like itself lives in herd as there are strength in numbers, but it had been outcasted for reason that are currently omitted.

The snow ape was just a smart but weak Grade 1 demonic beast who is living alone which is why its cave is located at a really hidden place underneath a pile of snow and ice.

The ape entered its cave and quickly place Leon on the ground. The ape then bandaged its head with leaves and herbs before it wrapped around Leon as it fears that its master will freeze from the cold. It has already been accustomed to the cold since its birth so it makes no differences to it whether it was injured or not as long as it's not an injury that reached the internal organ.

And then, it slept to recover its health and strength.

{.... This snow ape is somewhat a little too smart. I thought that I had to protect Leon after he got knocked out but this ape has got a hidden cave and performed medication on itself. Has it awaken its ancestral memory or is this beast just smarter and luckier than the rest of its kind? Either way, I can't wait to see what you have in store for the future}

(A/N) Should've started with fire whip you idiot kekeke