"Damn it, there really was an ambush!" The Blue Lion Family mage blurted out the moment he heard it. "That tiger and those elves were waiting for us to come over!"
Benniz was nearly brought to tears by his own teammate's stupidity. Landen was a duke, after all—would he really use such a stupid tiger as an ambusher?
"Gleia, what exactly do you mean by this?!" Unwilling to accept defeat, Benniz decided to make one last stand. Pointing at the Magic Pattern Tiger, he said, "How dare you let such a ferocious beast run rampant within the Royal Capital!"
"A ferocious beast?" The tiger immediately took offense, the magic patterns on her head glowing red. "Even the Imperial Capital's royal family calls me an auspicious beast. Who do you think you are, daring to call me a ferocious beast?!"
It was not just the intimidating magic pattern on her head. The black-and-white patterns across her tiger pelt began to "burn" as well, causing the volcano that had seemed extinguished to erupt completely. Flames and smoke shot up higher than even the Spinosaurus's head.
"Roar~" The tiger's roar made the ground tremble.
"Ah! Gleia, just you wait!" Benniz was truly frightened. He had never imagined that he would encounter a tiger in the Royal Capital that might actually eat him. "I'll report this matter to National Pillar Benite..."
Not only Benniz—members of both the Wyvern Family and the Blue Lion Family dispersed on their own. No one wanted to find out whether Gleia truly had a group of ambushers behind her.
"Hehe, that little courage..." The tiger's magic patterns returned to normal almost instantly. As the patterns shifted, her body gradually shrank as well. "And they still wanted to make a push for the council?"
"This time, it was all thanks