Sean has analyzed his chances of survival.
The Evil Tiger has shown three skills already.
First is its roar, second is its powerful strike and third was its tail strike.
Since its a Excellent Grade mystique creature, then, it still has some skills yet, the only thing he knows is that its attribute is metal.
Third tier King Kong Punch!
Wuk unleashes all his strength into this strike, his target, the two hanging peaches on nether region of the Evil Tiger.
BOOM! Sean and the Iron Plated Beast was thrown away.
The Evil Tiger turns its body, barely dodging the strike to its private parts but it still takes a strike in its back.
Sean shrinks, he looks at their opponent with solemn gaze, this is the reason why he doesn't want to prolonged the battle.
Majority of beast-type mystique creatures, wether in the wild or in the city learns berserk skills!
"We need to make a run for it!" He roars, he then looks at his group.
Knowing that they can't escape without someone stalling the Evil Tiger, he roars at them. "Bring back your fire-type partners! Return back to the outer core!"
Charm activate!
He runs deeper into the inner core, chasing behind him were the Evil Tiger and Wuk.
"Wait!" Steel Plate shouts but his earlier injury causes him to cough.
"What should we do?" Asks Chika, all of them instantly realized, Sean was drawing the enemy away to give them a chance.
"Return to the outer core! We can't let his sacrifice be wasted! Call for backup! Sean isn't that easy to kill!" Nima orders.
She clenches her fist tightly, her first adventure to the Outside was an utter failure.
Meanwhile, Sean was zigzagging, climbing trees, leaping from branches to branches.
The Evil Tiger was no longer charmed but with the disappearance of Wuk, Sean's the only prey left.
On its berserk state, it can no longer think rationally.
Sean was leading him to a certain location, he looks at the Evil Tiger and from time to time would use Charm to keep attract it's rage.
Cries can be heard, one by one, apes appears, all of them are alarmed by the aura of the Evil Tiger.
Sean smiles seeing their familiar faces, he speeds towards the apes, not caring if they attack him.
Devil Ape Nest!
He brought the Evil Tiger here, since the two forces are something he can't contend to, he can only let the two.
"Goodbye!" He laughs out loud before changing his direction, Wuk was left behind roaring at the tiger.
When it saw that familiar creature than attacked it earlier, the Evil Tiger's anger rises.
It leaps towards Wuk who was being attack in the by Devil Apes.
All of a sudden, Wuk disappears from its view and it lands on the group of Devil Apes.
The battle ensues, the Devil Apes are weaker than Sean's group so they were being slaughtered with ease.
The Evil Tiger feasts on their bodies, causing the other Devil Apes to call for backup.
Sean, who was watching everything gulps nervously, the inner core is actually extremely dangerous, he now understands why the federation was so generous.
Which power is capable of developing their territory in brutal place is a power not to be slighted with.
Since he's already here, he decided to continue traveling, the system's notification about Beast World's evolution is still stock on his mind.
'I should find a fire-type mystique creature to sign a contract with.' He thought, at first, he decided to pick a water-type but now knowing the majority of mystique creatures are metal types, he opted to nurture their weakness.
Earth and fire, together with electric types are considered counters to metal types.
Earth is one of the common types taught in school but majority of them has rock-like bodies, which is actually weak against sharp and hard metal types.
Electric types are considered one of the fastest types present, they also hold the greatest offensive power known by humanity but finding one is extremely difficult.
Their city doesn't even have a shop that sells them, those that managed to sign a contract with one only encountered them in the wild or bought in an auction for a high price.
That leaves Sean with one choice left, a direct counter to the metal types, a fire type, one that can serve as a mage since Wuk can serve as a tank, Jasmine as a support and he can interchange with the two.
'I know a couple of mystique creatures in the Evergreen Shop but all of them are beast-type mystique creatures.' He thought.
He was given the easiest job on the shop, so he never really encounter any difficult mystique creature to deal with.
"I wonder what would the reaction of others when they know that all of my mystique creatures are going to come from Evergreen Shop." He laughs out loud.
Without any danger chasing after him, he became at ease.
He still hasn't left since the upgrade is still ongoing.
Fortunately, he left a couple of letters in trees, whoever discovers them would know that he's still alive.
He decided not to continue his journey since his reliable trump card is still injured.
Meanwhile, back on Nima, their group was feeling quite sullen, they don't know what happened to Sean, what they only know is that they're practically useless in the inner core.
"I have recovered slightly, now that we're back to the outer core, there's not much danger so I will leave you guys here, please escort miss Nima back to the estate." Steel Plate suddenly spoke, breaking the gloomy silence.
"Boss Steel-" Fred was about to say something when Steel Plate raises his hand and shakes his head.
"Return, I won't stay at the inner core that long, I'm just going to check the boundaries."
When Steel Plate finally left, the group starts walking back to the city in silence.
Nima suddenly spoke. "Leo, you take two people and return to the estate to inform father about what happened, the rest of us will stay here as a lookout."
"No! Miss Gold, we are tasked to escort you back home and duty-bound to keep you safe." The others immediately disagrees.
"No need, I came here with your group to earn experience, how can I say I truly survived in this place when I didn't even managed to stay for at least one day?" She determinedly said.
Chika speaks. "Don't worry, we'll protect her, I might not be a good fighter but my cuties are known for their toughness!"
Everyone was speechless, they thought that every single one of them are onboard of forcing Nima to return home, they never expected that the most cautious amongst them to support Nima's decision.
"Okay, hang in here, I'll ask for reinforcement." Leo can only return with two members of the group.
Back to Sean, he and Wuk are currently recording their surroundings.
Their current location is near the Devil Ape Nest, making it easy for them to escape to the outer core if they encounter any danger.
'Kyu!' Jasmine let out a cry inside Beast World, it seems that she had recovered.
Summoning her immediately, it seems that the system has overdrawn her spiritual energy to help him breakthrough.
After some rest inside Beast World, she had recovered naturally.
"Rest for now, unlike the two of us, you can only cultivate at night." Rubbing her head, he speaks gently.
After a while, Wuk returns, in his original form, he was in tune with their current environment.
"So there are two more groups other than the Devil Apes?" Sean was surprised.
"Let's go!" The two of them left the giant tree and went to the nearest nest.
"Black Apes!" Sean exclaim but he quickly detours in order to not let himself be discovered.
Black Apes and Devil Apes are considered rival mystique creatures, both can devour one another to increase their strength.
'If these two are present, then, I think I already know what is the third mystique creature group.' He thought.
Just as he expected, when the two of them arrives at the next location, multiple spotted jaguars are roaming about.
Four Eyed Jaguars, known to prey on Devil Apes and Black Apes, the three of them are always in tandem.
Individually, the weakest is the Devil Apes, they're fighting style is to overwhelm their target with numbers.
Black Apes are also known to build their nests, their numbers aren't that many but not small either, unfortunately, their children grows too slow compared to the two, adult Black Apes are all comparable to elite Devil Apes.
Four Eyed Jaguars, they are quite fast, they can easily outmaneuver Black Apes but their defense isn't that tough.
Still, they are considered the bane of both Devil Apes and Black Apes because of their tendency to hunt at night and targeting only the weak and young.
'So even at night, the situation isn't looking good, besides, that Evil Tiger is still present in the area.' He thought.
He can only hide in large trees, hiding in the thicket of their leaves.
Fortunately, they have Jasmine to help them.
"Kyui!" Suddenly, he hears a loud cry and sees a young Four Eyed Jaguar attacking a group of Fighting Bunnies.
'Fighting Bunnies? To think that I would find such a rare mystique creature in this part of the forest.'
Fighting Bunnies, a mystique creature that has multiple evolution path but all of them are combat oriented.
At their juvenile stage, they are quite weak and often hunted by predators since their parents doesn't really stay with them.
Adult Fighting Bunnies are also a rare sight since not many of them survive till that stage.
'A variant!' Seeing two juvenile Fighting Bunnies actually working together, he's surprised, especially the white one.
Fighting Bunnies are commonly brown, they don't have elemental attributes but their speed and strength can be considered decent as most of them becomes an Uncommon Grade mystique creature once they reach adulthood.
BOOM! The white Fighting Bunny saw the Four Eyed Jaguar pup biting its comrade and fires a fireball towards it.
Sean's eyes immediately narrows towards the two bunnies, one was brave enough to use its body as bait while the other can use fire element.
'Take them back!' Without hesitation, he dashes towards the bunnies.
Meanwhile, after being hit by the fireball, the pup cries to its parents, causing its parents to growl at the two bunnies.
In an instant, the two freezes but the brown one kicks its comrade, then charges towards the two Four Eyed Jaguars.
"Hahaha! I like you more, little bunny!" A laugh was heard in such a tense atmosphere.
Sean appears at the scene, grabbing the pup, he throws it towards Wuk before grabbing the two bunnies and making a run for it at a different direction.
The two adult jaguars growls at Wuk and chases after it.
Sean smirks as Wuk throws the pup as far as he can before turning into a beam of light, flying towards the same direction as Sean.
"The two of you are coming with me." Looking at the two bunnies in his hands, his eyes were shining with a glint.
He takes a liking to these two, one was because of its personality while the other because of its attribute.
"Another fighter, I think you're best suited as a damage dealer or assassin type." He mutters at the cute bunny which was fiercely glaring at him because he was holding its comrade.
"You, I think that you can be a versatile mage because of your lineage."
He then sign a contract with the two, since they're juvenile, they were incapable of resisting his powerful spiritual sense.
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[Name: None
Race: Fighting Bunny
Grade: Common
Rank: Vital Realm (Iron Tier)
Innate Trait: Combat Awareness
Skills: Kick
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[Name: None
Race: Fighting Bunny (Variant)
Grade: Uncommon
Rank: Vital Realm (Iron Tier)
Innate Trait: Fire Element Manipulation, Combat Awareness
Skills: Fireball, Kick
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As expected of a variant, it contains two traits from its variant transformation and its race original trait.