"Interesting!" That was what came out of Tang Shaoyang's mouth after he looked at the eagle beastmen's status screen.
—What do you mean interesting? You should run, this eagle beastmen is far stronger than the nine beastmen you fought and he looks smarter too.
Zowen's concerned voice rang in his head. Tang Shaoyang never encountered a beast or someone above level 200, she was quite worried for him.
—If it was before he got the second class, I would advise him to escape too, but this could be a good experience for him, to fight someone equal to him.
Zaneos's words were against Zowen's idea. Aside from the level, attributes, and skills, the battle experience was an important aspect for Tang Shaoyang's growth. All this time, he just overwhelmed his opponents with his high attributes and skill. If one day he met someone equal to him or even stronger, Tang Shaoyang would be easily killed by his opponent. That was Zaneos's train of thought.
—You, magus, are too calculating, that's why you lost to him. The number means something, but that's not everything.
Zaneos was talking about Zowen's battle when she was summoned. Zowen was at a big advantage with her power, but she still lost. That was because of the difference in combat experience between the two. Tang Shaoyang managed to exploit her weakness because she was inexperienced.
—Yeah, only a coward that cower in front of a strong opponent.
Karan joined the conversation, it was a rare moment where Zaneos against Zowen. The orc happily joined into the conversation.
"That's my thought too, Level 223. I can level up my main level for sure if I kill him," he chuckled as he scanned the Jade Eagle from the top to bottom.
"You human is truly irritating, your greed will lead you to your demise one day if you don't try to control it!" Just like a sage, the Jade Eagle tried to lecture Tang Shaoyang. The latter just grinned, "Without greed, I will not be here to fight you! Stop babbling, let's fight instead!"
"You are right, but you have to control your greed. I am not saying greed is bad, but uncontrollable greed is harmful," The Jade Eagle shook his head wisely.
"But this has nothing to do with greed, it's about a jungle law! The weak become the prey of the strong. You have to be strong so you will be the predator instead of prey, and those lizards are my prey!" Tang Shaoyang shrugged as the eagle tried to lecture him.
"I don't know why that old man chooses you, you are so stubborn, unwise, crude, you don't fit-" The Jade Eagle's words stopped halfway as he noticed Tang Shaoyang's figure flashed toward him.
[Lightning Flash]
Tang Shaoyang flashed forward. He did not have the patience to listen to the beastmen's nonsense. Meanwhile, the Jade Eagle waved his wing, creating a big hurricane, protecting him and the three Lizardmen.
"Hah..." the Jade Eagle let out a sigh. Deep inside, he was upset that he failed to protect the Lizardmen, but just like he said earlier, he came here not to fight, "Let's stop the fight, I come here to talk with you," the Jade Eagle told Tang Shaoyang his real purpose.
"Said someone who gets in my way repeatedly," Tang Shaoyang smirked. He did not believe the Jade Eagle's words, at all.
"I want to protect them because they are part of the forest. Keeping them alive will benefit you more than killing them," The Jade Eagle shook his head.
"But killing you actually will benefit me even more than keeping you alive, do you know that?" He maintained his grin as he replied to the eagle beastmen.
"It's so frustrating to talk with you," The Jade Eagle massaged his forehead. The beastmen's action was truly human-like, "I told you, I come here to talk, not to fight. Can you be more reasonable?"
Tang Shaoyang suddenly frowned, he cast [Lightning Flash]. He rushed toward Arina as fast as possible. The Jade Eagle thought the man was about to attack him, but then he realized Tang Shaoyang went in another direction.
"Huh!?" The Jade Eagle was puzzled by his action until he felt a new presence from another direction coming toward him. He looked toward the direction, he was alerted since the new guest's presence was overwhelmingly strong.
But as soon as the presence revealed himself, The Jade Eagle let out a relieved sigh. It was his friend, Kairu, the lion beastmen.
"Kairu! What are you doing here?" The eagle felt that something bad was about to happen with his friend.
Meanwhile, Tang Shaoyang cast [Basic Detection] on the lion beastmen.