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However, recently he came to know that his talent was completely different from what he expected. And why didn't he have much development even though he never missed to train himself?

It was rather simple! He was just taking the wrong approach towards his own power. Instead of the object itself, he would need to focus on the force itself. But now that he knew the reason, he could very well practice in the right way.

However, he didn't have much time to utilize the newly gained comprehension in reality. He took out three needles from a secret pocket from his bag and was about to set up his equipment when he heard a loud scream!

Peering over Kiel was actually shocked! The battle took a sudden turn. He just noticed that two of the three maids had just actually fallen down. They even had blood all over them, while some dark and grey fog was surrounding them.

Kiel just turned his head around for a moment, and BAM they fell already. The water attributed maid was also not faring well! A gaping wound was in her shoulder, while she even was struggling to even open her eyes. Everything had already transpired in a flash!

The Black leopard however now was facing the little kitten. Kiel could even see that as the kitten meowing loudly, while the beast shivered a little.

"Looks like the little kitten has a high-level bloodline, however, the beast seems to have lost its sanity!" Pity, it's cohesion won't work on it. Kiel was annoyed really this time.

His notion was not baseless as he noticed that the beast's eyes had already become totally black matching like its fur.

 Maybe it was due to the kitten having a higher level of bloodline than that of the Leopard which terrified it a little as it retained its sanity, but whatever it was, it was just empty bravery now, as the beast now had lost itself.

Kiel could feel that the beast was losing its mind by the minute actually! He even saw the little kitten meowing as loudly as possible by minute like warning the beast to not come close.

Even the little princess stood there stunned with a pale face, while tiny drops of blood came out from her lips. He could even see her lips swollen. Probably she had bitten them too hard, even her legs were trembling. 

At that moment, Kiel felt like the little girl was way too pitiful! It was undoubtedly that she didn't expect this particular scenario, and it was her age to play now, but here she was reeking of blood all over.

"Mi… Lady run!!" The maid consumed all her energy to just utter these words.

*Thud* As the girl's body fell down, Tia's eyes blanked out too.

"Why? Why did it become like this? Ruyi is gone, Shina has fallen and even Lia can't stand up anymore. Although Meow has a very high-level innate bloodline, it's still in its infancy stage, it cannot do anything to the Variant Black Leopard"

Tia couldn't adapt to the sudden transition that took place on the battlefield. Everything was going her way, but those black things changed everything!

Seeing the blood remains all around her in the dim night, her lips shuddered, and her eyes shimmered as she tried to hold her tears at bay. 

Her legs were trembling as she witnessed the horrifying scenes of her only friends' disfigured figures, those who had accompanied her throughout her life. 

They had been with her from the moment she could try to remember. But now she could only try to hold her tears back and sob silently and stare at the beast with all her might, trying to scare it away.

She was covered in dirt and mud all over. But that was never in her mind. What was she thinking was actually what she could do to distract the beast to save her friends.

All her courage and all her naivety vanished the moment she was presented with the cold cruel reality of the world. Although her companions were not dead yet, they were not far from it. And all she could do was stare at them helplessly. She couldn't even muster the courage to move.

"Why did this all happen?"

Tia could never forget how it all happened suddenly when they thought that everything was under their control. She thought that she was just near her dreams. Just a few minutes and no one in her family would belittle her anymore. However, contrary to her expectations, everything changed in those few minutes.

The beast's eyes suddenly went black and the next moment, she heard her companions' scream. Although she panicked, she didn't show it. 

She quietly mustered her last bit of courage and took an arrow from her quiver but before she could even knock another arrow on her now, she saw the beast disappear in the shadows and then in the next moment appear before her.

"Princess look out!" And before she could recognise anything that was the words of Lia who was beside her. 

She saw with her own eyes, the beast wrapping the shadow element around it claws which passed through the acid shield without any effort and swiped at her. However, her best friend Lia came in between her and the beast to save her, only to become the victim of the paw.

"No…" Everything changed in just a moment. She knew the beast was not that powerful, but how did it gain so much power in just a little time!

She could not figure out the mystery which cost her the life of her friend. And now it was her turn. 

"Meowwwwww! Meow!"

But her Meow suddenly leapt out to confront the beast to protect its master. Although Meow had a higher level of bloodline and could cause suppression on lower level beast only by its aura, however, it was still in her infancy. So it could so nothing to it. And the beast seemingly had lost its mind. So it could do nothing.

"No!! Not you too. Run Meow! At least save yourself!" She could only utter those words from her pale face, which was filled with tears all over. All this blood around was making her nauseous.

And just like her expectations, she saw the ferocious leopard dive at her little meow! Taking a deep bite on it. Although the small creature tried to show its superiority, it could do nothing against the brute force. It had only one thought in its mind 'Only if it had strength, it could protect its master'. It could only wish that her master would run away at its sacrifice!

Although Tia could run away, seeing the horrifying scenes of her friends dying, again and again, her legs gave way. She could not take in the fact that everything changed so suddenly. Seeing her little kid being devoured, she fell down on her knees.

All of her courage vanished. What now remained was despair.

*Thud*

But as if it the beast sensed something, it left the small cat where it was and pounced up at itself. She could even see the contempt that a hunter had for its prey in its eyes.

"Everything is over!" Memories of past flashed by her eyes as similar scenes filled her vision.