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As she waited for King to come back, Aliyah began wondering what she was going to be doing now. With the arrival of her sub-class, it stood to reason that she should be looking to raise her stats and unlock the rest of her abilities. Her magic and willpower were powerful, but she didn't have many means of inflicting damage outside her ice beak. This meant she needed to play defensively in a battle to avoid getting hurt.[break][break]

"Speed is the next stat I'll be adding to. I'll have to wait to upgrade my ability to get it to at least C rank." she pondered. She also considered raising her speed enough that, with her passive boost, she would let it jump up to B rank, but that was a secondary goal at the moment. "Of course, I could also choose to get some equipment as well...there's just too much to think about." she thought, letting out a weary sigh.[break][break]

"What is it, my Queen?" came Orion's voice to her right. He had taken to calling her that lately with his increase in level, and she still wasn't sure what to think about it. He seemed to have decided to take on the role of her knight and protector, and while that wasn't something she minded, it still felt weird for him to call her that.[break][break]

"It's nothing, Orion. Just thinking about my next course of action now that I have my subclass." she said, turning to face the raven, displaying the symbol for Illusion in her left eye.[break][break]

"Might I suggest recruiting another member to the team? We could do with another powerful companion to cover our weaknesses. Quoth, I." the raven stated, finishing with his verbal tick. Aliyah considered his words, finding merit in them though where she'd find another unique bird was up in the air.

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The male lion lazily turned his head, gazing across his kingdom. He had originally been confined to that small place where those strange creatures feed him. He figured that they were offering him some form of tribute and so decided against maiming any of them since they knew their place.[break][break]

However, that soon changed one day when he awoke to find that the hairless monkeys had disappeared and his luxurious mane had caught on fire. His lionesses had also gained increased strength and size though naturally, he was the most powerful. At first, he had remained in his home alongside his 4 lionesses but soon it became apparent that they would have to go hunting on their own if they wanted to catch their own food.[break][break]

It took little effort on his part to break them out and soon he stumbled upon a group of those hairless monkeys and roared at them, demanding his tribute. He snorted as he remembered how those foolish creatures had dared to attack him and his. They soon learned their lesson as he tore them apart. After that, he decided it was time to form a new kingdom and teach these foolish beasts who were the real king of the jungle.[break][break]

The king was soon pulled from his thoughts as the skies began to grow dark; powerful winds and lightning sounding around them. The wind seemed powerful enough to pull the dust from the ground, forming a cloud as far as he could see. This seemed to be unnatural to the king but he didn't get time to think of it as soon he and his lionesses were letting out howls of pain as lighting wracked his body, locking his muscles in place.

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"Wow, I wasn't expecting them to go down so easy." Aliyah muttered from her hiding spot. Most of the lionesses were on their last leg and would fall from one more attack with one of them even being dead. The leader had taken a substantial hit from the attacks but seemed to be going strong if the angry roars she could hear were anything to go by.[break][break]

Granted it had taken a majority of her summons' abilities to get them down to this point but King still had another aoe attack that he could use. She'd be keeping that one on hold, just in case, but she doubted that she would need it. "King, Aquila finish up with those lionesses. Orion, time to put that cat out." Aliyah said, all 3 birds cawing their approval.[break][break]

Orion flew down, the sound of his wings sounding in the dying storm though he had to dodge a flamethrower from the male lion; having managed to pick up on the raven's location. Aquila had better luck, killing another lioness before his lightning ran out. The 3 remaining lionesses had managed to group up and were taking swipes at King to keep him at bay.[break][break]

Seeing that the leader was distracted with aiming at Orion, Aliyah took this moment to launch her ice beak attack at him, surprising the lion and piercing his shoulder though it did alert him to another enemy in his midst.

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Aliyah was surprised when the lion leader managed to inflict some damage on Orion and from what she could hear, was making its way up to her. "Wasn't expecting that but I can work with this." the witch muttered before she positioned herself near the edge of the roof, facing the stairs.[break][break]

She sent a message to her 3 summons, changing a few orders as the sound of rushing footsteps drew closer to her. All 3 of them acknowledged her orders; King began to rise into the air as Orion took his place in harassing the lionesses. With his defense increase, he had much more luck in getting in close; taking his self-proclaimed role as a knight. The lionesses were surprised at this, leaving themselves open to being batted about by Orion, lining them up perfectly for the grand finale.[break][break]

By this point, the sound of the leader had finally reached the top of the staircase, and with a bang, joined her on the rooftop. It released a fierce roar, no doubt trying to intimidate her but with her high willpower proved ineffective. "Come on already, I want to go home." she taunted, sounding nonchalant.[break][break]

The leader lion grew enraged at this, leaping toward her which was just what Aliyah wanted. With a flap of her wings, she activated her raven cloak, falling backward as she activated her third skill, activating all 3 of her subclass abilities. The surrounding 51 meters transformed into her labyrinth as she and her birds disappeared from the sight of the big cats.[break][break]

The leader didn't get a chance to think much about this change as his mind was assaulted with sharp pain, distracting him and causing the cat to fall from the top of the building; landing harshly 5 meters on the ground. This fall was quickly followed up by an avalanche of falling debris as King used his Crashing Descent.

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"You know, I had been a bit hesitant about taking on D-rank missions due to the fact most monsters stats can reach B rank but I think we can handle it." Aliyah said, her form slowly forming back into reality. Next to her Orion appeared, glancing down at the Lion leader's dead body.[break][break]

Aquila was taking the opportunity to begin feasting on the bodies of the lionesses while King began to clean his feathers. If this battle had been a close-range fight, she was sure that things would have gone differently but now that she had a surefire combo that she could pull off, she was much more confident.[break][break]

"I think once I get to level 30, I'd like to try potentially taking on a C-rank mission. At least against a single opponent. Would probably be good to get some gear for that as well and perhaps another summon." the girl muttered as she walked back over before sitting on the same piece of rubble the leader had before they attack, waiting for her summons to finish eating their fill.[break][break]

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