Supreme BeastTamer: I Can Copy and Upgrade Skills 10x!

Erin's smirk deepened as she crossed her arms over her armored chest, her piercing emerald eyes gleaming with triumph. Her voice rang with authority: "Princess, thank you for luring him here. You've done well."

Akira froze, her eyes widening in shock as the words registered in her head. "Lured him here?" she repeated in disbelief. "What are you talking about, Erin? I didn't lure him here!"

She had only come here because she wanted to face the Guidian beast and see what the reward room was like after hearing about it. All she wanted was to satiate her curiosity—nothing else!

Instinctively, Akira looked at Nox from the corner of her eyes, noticing his nonchalant expression.

Meanwhile, Erin raised a brow, her smirk still very much present as she said in a tone dripping with mockery, "Oh? Is that so?"

Erin gestured toward the cave in front of them with a lazy flick of her armored hand. "Then why else would you bring him to the entrance of a dimensional boss's lair? Convenient, isn't it?"

Akira turned to Nox, her face growing paler with each passing second. Her lips pressed into a thin line. Akira felt her heart squeeze.

"Nox, you have to believe me," she said quickly, her voice trembling slightly. "I didn't know she'd be here. I swear, this wasn't my intention. I just thought—"

"I believe you," Nox interrupted calmly, his dark eyes locked onto Erin. His voice was steady, but there was a subtle edge to it which went unnoticed. The reason he didn't think Akira had lured him here was because her eyes didn't seem like those of someone who was lying.

And why would she try to deny it now? It just didn't make sense. Now that Erin and her squad had arrived, wasn't it only natural for her to join them and attack him?

But there was something else.

"Eh?" Akira blinked, her eyes widened in surprise before a smile spread on her face as relief flooded her. "Thank you. Thank you for believing me."

At that moment, Erin let out a sharp laugh as she said, stepping forward, "Touching, really. But it changes nothing."

The moonlight glinted off Akira's silver armor, casting her in an almost ethereal glow. Her braid swayed behind her as she advanced forward, each of her steps deliberate and filled with purpose and confidence.

Nox tilted his head, his expression unreadable. "So this was a setup," he said in a voice that lacked surprise.

This was the something else. He had purposely said he believed Akira to gauge Erin's reaction, and as expected, she didn't disappoint.

Erin stopped a few paces away, her emerald eyes narrowing. "It was supposed to be. I thought separating the two of you would make things easier. But the princess here," she cast a pointed look at Akira, "turned out to be more stubborn and uncooperative than I expected."

Akira's fist clenched at her sides, the other gripping her radiant sword. "I don't know what you're trying to pull, Erin, but I won't let you harm him," she said, her voice firm now, a vicious glint shining in her eyes.

Erin was slightly taken aback by her resolve. She had never seen such an expression on the timid princess before. She clenched her arms and thought with a dark expression, This is the reason why the males are kept very far away. They'll distract our young ones and make them forget their purposes and our ultimate goal, which was passed down from generation to generation.

Though she didn't like the intimacy Akira was showing Nox, she didn't let it show on her face. Erin raised a hand to her mouth, feigning a yawn. "Harm him?" she said, her expression growing darker. "Oh, princess, you misunderstand. I'm not here to harm him. I'm here to eliminate him."

Erin summoned her sword, the blade catching the faint light and gleaming like molten silver. The air around her seemed to hum with energy as her aura flared, and an oppressive force began to emit from her body.

Nox's eyes narrowed as he studied her, his sharp gaze taking in every detail. The way her stance shifted, the subtle confidence in her movements—it all pointed to someone who was very experienced and had witnessed several wars.

But what was perhaps most important…

"Level 100," he murmured under his breath. This will be my toughest fight yet.

A few years back, Nox had encountered a Level 100 Awakened in the Demonic Dimension. At that time, he hadn't even known when he had lost one of his arms.

Level 100 Awakened were in a different league entirely! They were like walking nukes capable of disarming an army of Awakened below Level 50—or even higher—unscathed.

In Eos, as long as one stepped into Level 100, they were classified as 'Expert,' and these experts were highly valuable and well-respected. Each of them possessed power so immense that their very presence could inspire armies or decimate them.

"A Level 100 Awakened, huh," Nox said louder this time, in a calm voice.

Erin's smirk widened, and she pointed her sword directly at Nox, her eyes flashing with a strange glint. "Such confidence. If only you were strong and masculine like the giants, I'd have taken you in as my boy toy. So unfortunate that you'll die here today."

"You're wasting your time," Nox said in a low voice.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Erin tilted her head, her expression curious. "Oh? And why's that?"

"Because you're underestimating me," Nox replied flatly.

For a moment, Erin's emerald eyes searched his, her smirk faltering just slightly. Then she laughed, a rich, mocking sound that sent a chill down Akira's spine.

"You think so, do you?" she said condescendingly as she raised her sword higher. The blade glowed faintly, and the oppressive aura around her intensified. "Let's see how long that confidence lasts."

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