So, when facing Kite's Silent Waltz before, Leol wisely chose to follow his heart.
But now, after escaping from the Chimera Ant nest, he seems to have encountered it again.
He once again faced a life crisis with a strong sense of danger!!
Bang!!
Another gunshot rang out, and then there was silence. There was no more sound of the trigger being pulled.
Leol knew that the previous shot should be the last shot.
Boom!!
However, one of his most loyal subordinates, Flutter, also fell straight in front of him at this moment.
A huge hole was shot in the other party's head.
Dark green blood continued to flow out, directly soaking Leol's feet.
Moreover, Flutter's big eyes trembled, full of pain and fear, while looking straight at Leol.
Such a creepy scene made Leol's throat tighten.
He seemed to see his own fate and future in the miserable state of Flutter now.
"H-haha..."
Flutter's mouth opened wide, and blood gushed out, but he still wanted to continue to say something.
Leol also subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to grab his most loyal subordinate.
But, at this time…
"Your head is shot through; how can you still be alive?"
A slightly casual voice suddenly sounded in the venue, causing Leol's body movements to pause instantly.
Leol growled, his entire body bristling with tension as he locked eyes on the man casually twirling a firearm in his hand.
"Human?!"
"Should I say, as expected of a dragonfly chimera ant?"
The visitor ignored Leol and just looked at Flutter on the ground with curiosity: "I thought one shot could be used to execute him directly. It seems that the fusion of different insect genes grants remarkable vitality."
The two insect genes combined together have much stronger vitality than ordinary Chimera Ants.
The human marveled at this yet still paid no attention to Leol.
Even though Leol had already exuded his aura to its maximum while assuming a defensive stance, the human treated him as if he didn't exist.
The blatant disregard made Leol seethe with anger, but at the same time, he felt a creeping chill spread across his body.
The man before him, Leol, couldn't see through his aura at all.
Either this human was concealing his aura, or he wasn't a Nen user at all, just an ordinary person…
Leol immediately ruled out the latter.
For someone to appear silently before him, without him noticing, and effortlessly blow Flutter's head off…
This was not an ordinary human.
Even if the man was suppressing his aura, the sheer intensity of the danger Leol felt was overwhelming.
It was even greater than when he had encountered that scythe-wielding grim reaper in the forest.
And because of that, Leol didn't even consider running.
A deep, instinctual feeling told him that if he so much as lifted a foot, the man in front of him would kill him instantly.
"Actually..."
As Leol's mind spiraled in panic, the man lifted his head and smiled at him.
"Even if you don't move, I'm still going to kill you."
huh? Huh?!!!
Leol froze in shock.
How had this man known what he was thinking?
But before he could even process the thought, his body shuddered violently.
Just now… Had he heard something incredibly dangerous?!
A massive wave of fear crashed over Leol, contorting his face.
And then, he saw the man raise his hand... and pointed the gun directly at him.
At that moment, Leol desperately wanted to move, to run, or even let out a roar, one that would ignite his pride as the king of beasts and challenge the man in front of him into a fight to the death.
But for some reason…
His body wouldn't move.
Not only that but suddenly, like a flickering film reel, his past life's memories began flashing through his mind.
Scenes of his former human life resurfaced one after another…
"Don't hurt Leol-sama!!"
A trembling voice suddenly broke through the tension.
The small, frightened Hina, who had been cowering behind Leol, suddenly found her courage.
She jumped out very bravely, stretched out her arms, and protected Leol behind her.
She bared her tiny fangs and, despite her trembling, forced out words of protection with no real confidence behind them.
However…
Bang!
Just as she finished speaking, another gunshot rang out.
Splat!
A warm splash of blood splattered across Hina's face.
"Hina... one of the rare Nen exorcists..."
Lan casually spun the gun in his hand and looked at Hina, who stood there blankly with a distracted look.
He glanced at the stunned, vacant-eyed Hina and casually decided her fate: "Having special abilities means having your own value; you can live."
"As for the boss whom you wanted to protect…"
Thud.
The so-called king of beasts, the mighty lion, collapsed straight to the ground.
There was a hole between his eyebrows, and his eyes stared straight at the sky in a trance.
The white pupils were still shaking, and it was unknown whether he was reminiscing about the past or remembering his past.
Finally, the shaking of his pupils stopped, and his eyes completely lost their luster.
A future warlord, once destined to lead his subordinates and establish his own kingdom, even to the point of boasting during a television interview and eating the host, then being hunted down, fleeing for his life, forced to return to the Ant King's ranks in disgrace…
At this moment, his story came to an early end.
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