Kyle was marked as it's prey and no one else came close to him.
The giant rabbit's muscles tensed as it locked eyes with Kyle.
Then— it lunged.
Kyle's first instinct was to counter immediately—to drive his blade into the beast's skull and end its life in a single, clean stroke.
But something caught his senses.
A faint glow, barely visible beneath layers of thick fur and muscle.
A core.
Kyle's eyes narrowed.
That was rare.
A core forming inside a creature of this level meant it was in the process of evolving, mutating into something far beyond a mere oversized rabbit.
If Kyle killed it now, the core would be useless to him.
But if Queen absorbed it instead…
His familiar would grow stronger.
'Perfect. Looks like my luck is as great as ever. I will need to be a little delicate this time.'
Kyle sidestepped the rabbit's attack, his movements as smooth as flowing water. The beast's claws ripped through the air, missing him by mere inches.
