Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

Skybaud remembered that day very clearly like it was a fever dream. One moment he was a free roam mighty eagle, the next thing he knew he was discussing the structure of a new caste with the king.

Skybaud had been reluctant to cooperate at first, planning on escaping if the chance came. But as he conversed more with Kael, he found himself smitten by the king's charisma and vision.

There was just something about Kael's goals that made it look like they would be achievable no matter what, all that was needed was the execution of the plans.

Kael talked with him a lot about the future, he talked about order, bringing the wilderness under one command.

And for that to happen, Kael needed trusted subordinates who could assist him and lead different divisions of his kingdom.

Skybaud was entranced by the unseen future, especially one where he held the position Kael had offered him.

Kael had offered for him to be the new leader of a caste that focused on intel collection, almost like a private investigation agency filled with dedicated detectives.

Kael had also mentioned that his position came with a temporary IF. That is, if Kael ever found Skybaud lacking and unable to perform his duties well, he would be immediately removed and replaced with someone else.

Seeing that there were a lot of benefits and not much risk, Skybaud ended up accepting, adding his identity mark to Kael's Vassal Record and concluding the end of Kael's trap.

From that day, Skybaud established the Intel Avian Intel caste, a caste dedicated to scouting, investigations, and accumulation of information on everything and everyone.

Things pretty much became easier for Skybaud after that. He had the authority to recruit other birds and perform investigations on different things which he did.

He had even gotten the opportunity to hunt and eat many high-level creatures, this inevitably gave him the final push needed to advance to a power level similar to tier 3 lions.

"Report," Kael's voice broke Skybauds trip down memory lane.

"Oh," Skybaud bowed again, he arranged his thoughts, getting ready to tell his king today's report.

"Your Majesty, our crow scouts that have made contact with the forest edge elephants have had no success in contacting them.

The elephants lack interest in joining us sir, they seem to believe their strength is sufficient," Skybaud said.

Kael nodded when he heard this, "That is to be expected, we can't expect such creatures to willingly come under our banner, especially with the confidence they have in their strength. They are quite strong, I won't lie."

Priya also nodded, "Indeed, so what will you do now? You might need to talk more expressively…"

"The time for talking has ended," Kael cut Priya off, "Leave the elephants alone for now. Once we are ready, we'll beat them to submission.

For now, have the crow scouts on standby to observe and collect useful information on the elephants."

Priya went silent, for someone as powerful as she was, she was a bit reluctant to commit to violence.

She was similar to Nalii when it came to passiveness, except that Nalii was just not interested in violence when it wasn't necessary. Priya just preferred a more mind-based form of combat, rather than the physical that usually came with injuries.

Still, just like Nalii, she was aware of the necessity of violence. If not for violence, a lot of things wouldn't work for them, they wouldn't be able to eat or command so many creatures at once.

"Alright, Your Majesty," Skybaud said. "Oh, Your Majesty, there seems to be some resistance from the spiders.

Our Hawks have reported spiders approaching kingdom citizens and bribing them to give out information or perform certain forms of vandalism.

If not that those foxes and wolves knew that they were being watched, they might have agreed and accepted the bribes from those foreigners

Sir, from what I understand, Natalia is very smart. She may be worried but never this desperate."

Kael shrugged his shoulders, as though he had expected Skybaud to talk about this. He continued his walk with Priya following behind.

"Natalia is not the only Web Handler in the whole spider network, Skybaud. Our rise was bound to attract the attention of powerful forces that had hidden in the dark for a long time.

They will try to infiltrate, cause trouble, and extract information out of our weak links. That is why you are here Skybaud.

Since we grow, we should expect this to be a regular occurrence. You can say that we are suffering from success."

Skybaud blinked, sometimes he wondered just how his king's mind worked. It was absurd, it was unnatural, it was otherworldly.

Kael knew better than all the creatures of the forest the cycle of success and attention. It was a natural thing he had observed a lot of times.

During his previous life on earth, the company he worked for saw many individuals rise from entry-level jobs to supervisors, managers, and department supervisors.

Anytime someone was predicted to be on a trajectory of promotion, it usually gained the attention of everyone. Most times, especially at the early stages, the attention was the bad kind.

An ordinary office staff who worked hard and had good connections would get the attention of bosses and colleagues. Like bloodhounds, they could sniff out how long it would take before he or she got a promotion.

It was usually these times that the employees found out the hard way that there was no such thing as friendship in the corporate world. Former friendlies would become so strained that it would feel like they had never had coffee together during lunch breaks.

Those who pushed through despite the obstacles would gain experience and use it to pursue future promotions.

As for those who were crushed under the pressure of hostiles, they would be forgotten, just like Kael had been.

The only difference between Kael and those losers was that those 'losers' tried, they applied effort. Kael just did the bare minimum.

Kael sighed, this wasn't a memory that he appreciated coming up at any moment, a reminder of his flawed self.

Priya, ever so sensitive, sensed the subtle change in Kael's mind. Although she couldn't read his mind, she could still brush the surface just enough to sense emotions he didn't consciously try to hide.

"Kael, let's go and meet Katari. Skybaud, you can continue your work, thank you for the report." She said as she followed after Kael.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Skybaud said, oblivious to the slight change in Kael's mood.

He spread his large wings, revealing his six-meter wingspan. The movement of his wings caused the wind to pick up around him and his feathers to flutter.

With a single flap, Skybaud shot into the sky with a burst of air, leaving behind a boom. Perhaps, if he evolved again, he could reach the speed of sound.

Kael and Priya continued walking with Priya bringing up conversations to distract Kael from whatever was on his mind.

If Kael wanted, he could just teleport him and Priya to whatever destination he wanted to go. But this moment was nice, yes, walking down the mountain while naked was a very nice thing to do.

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A couple of minutes passed and the duo made it to the bottom of the mountain. As soon as they arrived, four wolves that had been on standby quickly came over and stood beside them.

The wolves acted as guards, merely for formality. They weren't even tier 2 wolves, even then, having a tier 2 wolf to act as guards for Kael was a waste of power. It wasn't like they would be able to protect him from anything that could kill him.

Kael ignored them, he continued his conversation with Priya on their private telepathic channel while they walked.

The bottom of the mountain was a busy place. Wolf groups were coming back from escorts, patrols, or hunting missions. Some were just preparing to go.

Some foxes were squabbling over which products to buy and which foreigner they should sell it to. Each of them pursued wealth like their life depended on it, just how Kael wanted it.

Log Carriers could be seen hovering about, carrying different items within them.

N'bayé's most helpful invention yet.

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Kael wasn't too sure of that. Maybe for the ordinary creatures, log Carriers were impressive, but to Kael who had the memories of previous Primordial Lions, this invention was inevitable.

He had seen way more impressive things.

This didn't mean he wouldn't appreciate N'bayé for her effort and innovation. Fortunately, she didn't dwell on this small success and was already working on other things.

"Katari and those guys are in the pool cave, I wonder what they're talking about," Priya said, having already scanned the area and quickly located Katari.

Unbeknownst to everyone who was going about their lives, a deadly force was moving toward the mountain with extraordinary speed and surging killing intent.

Far away, under the cover of the night, two lions, one winged lioness, one crane, and twenty-five dog-sized rats moved swiftly.

Their target was not just the mountain, it was the mysterious golden lion known as Kael.