A World Where The Strongest Rule: Part 1

"Declan, distance yourself from this place as far as you can"

"Take the others and leave. Find a safe place and hide, we'll look for you when we're done taking care of this bastard. Now go!" a man with black hair and green eyes shouted as he summoned his hammer and prepared for battle.

A boy with silver hair and blues eyes nodded before motioning for the rest kids to follow him.

The kids obeyed and run after him as if their lives depended on it.

"Nasir, focus on using long range speels and attacks to slow it's movement" The black haired man said.

"Sophia, your role is to just bombard its head with spells and keep its attention divided. I'll land the killing blow"

"But hold back with the bombardment, we wouldn't want to invite stronger monsters here"

They both nodded in unison before they prepared their spells. The black haired man swayed his hammer sideways casually as if it was his daily routine.

They were up against a volcanic tiger who had tried to ambush them on their way to the divine temple. It's main ability was heat leash. Just as the name suggested, it could harness the heat in its surroundings and unleash it on its foes like a dragon. Although this ability may not seem dangerous in the ears but in reality it was as deadly as a dragon's flame. What even made their situation more dire was the fact that the tiger was fast. The volcanic tiger was one of the fastest monsters in the western continent.

The volcanic tiger roared before running to meet the person approaching him head on.

But before it could clash with the man, he saw two different attacks which were aim at him stopping it in his tracks. It jumped back a few seconds before the two spells created an explosion after coming into contact with each other.

The black haired man didn't allow such an opportunity slide and swanged his hammer at the tiger's head but it jumped to the side dodging the attack before counter attacking with an attack of its own.

A young barbarian whom the black haired man called Nasir dive-slid under the tiger and unleashed loads of attack beneath it. The tiger swiped at Nasir but he was able to dodge on time.

The black haired man seized this opportunity striking the tiger's side with his hammer.

The tiger groaned in pain.

Although the black haired man was just of the pope rank and the tiger was of the hontor rank which was a rank higher than him, he was confident in defeating it, why?

Because the hammer he was using was of the rare grade weapon and could do a great damage to beast and monsters of the hontor rank and below. he also wasn't afraid of the tiger because he wasn't someone who shied away from battle.

He was a battle hardened person who has gained his current rank through constant battles for survival.

The beautiful lady whom the black haired man addressed as Sophia chanted a spell to divide the tigers attention. Two Illusions of herself appeared on the battlefield, making it difficult to focus on a single target.

While the fierce battle was taking place, monsters of the arkon rank and below who were present in the area began to distance themselves from the battle because they sensed it could threaten their live.

Meanwhile somewhere in the woods, the children who were hiding underneath a grove began to panic. It has been almost 20 minutes since the fierce battle began and different types of monsters were running in their direction every passing minute. Fortunately, these monsters were too busy to notice them while running for their lives.

Some of the children were crying and asking to go home while others were sobbing silently.

This was the first time they were seeing monsters of higher ranks. The monsters they were familiar with were all of the Grot Rank.

You could even say that this was their first time encountering such a danger because they had grown up protected by the walls of Ashwood Town.

Although some of the monsters who were a of higher in ranks sensed them but they didn't have the luxury to investigate.

"Everybody calm down" A handsome boy with pointed ears and silver hair stood infront of the children trying to decrease the tension in the air.

"I'm sure the guardians have the upper hand in the ongoing battle. I'll go outside and check the state of the fight. All of you stay put and be quiet, no one is dying here"

"Leah please make sure no one does anything stupid, I'll be back in a few minutes" Declan said to a young beautiful girl who was standing a few meters away from him.

"Declan, I don't think this is safe thing to do. We should just stay here and wait for the guardians to take care of the monster" the beautiful girl said and the other kids all nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to me. I'll go using the tree branches" He assured them before jumping out the grove.

All the children had worried looks on their faces including those who were crying earlier. All of them admired Declan so much because he was a kind, generous and gentle person.

They also saw him as a prince-like person because he was the grandson of the Town Lord.

Declan climbed the first tree at the entrance of the underground grove before making his way to the battle field while jumping from one tree to another, using the branches as a means of movement.

The Western Continent was a plant populated land so tress were abundant.

A few minutes later the boy arrived at scene and gasped at the sight of the battle unfolding in front of him.

Spells and attacks were flying in different directions.

The volcanic tiger didn't seem to be giving up and the guardians were also reaching their limit.

The volcanic tiger seemed have gained the upper hand by a small margin and began to push the guardians back.

After witnessing the battle for a few minutes, he concluded that the guardians needed a little help to tilt the battle in their favor.

'If I remember correctly, grandpa said volcanic tigers are strengthened by solar energy' Declan thought.

'And this tiger looks too young to be still fighting at this rate, which means only one thing' Declan smirked as an idea popped up in his head.

Sophia's illusion spell had reached its limit so it was now the three of them up against the monster who was fighting fearless, not seeming to be backing down.

The tigers movement was fast, denying any of them from landing a serious blow on it.

Due to its quick pace, it was playing a hit and run game.

It jumps and release a heated air and counterattack with its paws before distancing itself from the enemy.

"This volcanic tiger looks young and yet able to release this amount of heat" the black haired man said clicking his tongue in annoyance.

"We can't hold back anymore”

"Change of plans! No holding back! No hit and run! Attack with everything you have" the man said as his hammer began to turn purple and the green in his eyes deepened.

Sensing it's life was now being threatened, it decided to flee and fight another day.

Just as the tiger was about to make a U-turn and run, a silver spear embedded itself on the ground just beside its head.