Kulenna summoned his staff and stared at the Exploding Flame Lion.
The Exploding Flame Lion seemed to have sensed the threat as well. It ignored Bernal and instead turned its head to look at Kulenna, who seemed the most threatening.
The elf and the lion looked at each other in a deadlock.
During this confrontation, Kulenna did not forget his actual duty. He began to explain the related knowledge about the Explosive Flame Lion to Bernal.
“The Explosive Flame Lion is quite a common monster. Usually, adventurers in the wild would avoid them as much as they can.”
Kulenna did not forget to test the lion during his explanation.
He intended to sell a few flaws to the other party, but the Explosive Flame Lion did not rashly act as it became even more cautious.
As they faced each other, Kulenna tapped the ground with his staff.
Without any chanting, roots grew out of the tree-shaped staff and were planted into the ground.
“It’s very experienced and disciplined. There are no other Explosive Flame Lions around either…”
After a round of testing, Kulenna obtained the information he needed.
He turned his head and explained to the curious Bernal, “Normally, we would encounter the entire group of Explosive Flame Lions. A lone Explosive Flame Lion like this is quite rare.”
Bernal looked at the careful Explosive Fire Lion and listened attentively to Kulenna’s explanation.
At this moment, he was like a good student who listened attentively, his eyes filled with curiosity.
“Why do you say so? From the looks of it, it should be an alpha lion who got chased out after losing out to another alpha lion?”
“You’re only partially right. This is indeed an alpha lion losing out.”
Kulenna nodded, confirming Bernal’s guess before he continued, “However, the Explosive Flame Lion has this behavior, whereby when a failed lion leaves, it will have one or two lionesses by its side.”
He waved the staff in his hand in front of him and attempted to feint his attacks to see the monster’s reaction.
As expected, the former alpha lion seemed extremely vigilant against Kulenna’s probing.
During this process, Kulenna did not stop his explanation.
“The Explosive Flame Lion is a common and widely distributed demonic beast. At the same time, it’s also a powerful one. It’s the best research subject for researchers in demonic creatures.
“I once specifically observed and studied this type of monster when I was studying demonic creatures.”
Waves of green light were released from the staff as they spread toward the Explosive Flame Lion’s body.
The Explosive Flame Lion retreated vigilantly in an attempt to dodge, but it discovered that the speed of the light wave was faster than it had imagined. It simply could not avoid it.
“After countless scholars had researched on it, they discovered that the reason why the Explosive Flame Lion is so large and widely distributed that they can be seen practically everywhere in the Nyer Continent is because of this characteristic.”
Upon hearing this, Bernal looked at the Exploding Flame Lion, which was still in the probing stage.
Thinking of what Kulenna had said previously, he had an answer.
“The losing alpha lion never leaves alone. It’ll create a new branch and find a new place to build a new home.”
“That’s right, that’s how it is.” Kulenna was not surprised that Bernal could understand it so quickly.
The staff in his hand sparkled, then a light blade shot out.
The Explosive Flame Lion, which had planned to counterattack, immediately opened its mouth and released scorching flames.
The flames and the light blade collided, canceling each other in the air.