King of Beasts

The King of Beasts is a Main Protagonist in the Atraxius universe and a core member of the 9 Circles of Hell. **Antares** (안타레스) was the King of Dragons and the Monarch of Destruction. He was also the strongest Monarch and the final antagonist of Solo Leveling.

## Overview

"Gods and Angels are the Kings and Queens of the Heavens; Demons are similar as they rule over Hell. Us Dragons were given the mission of enabling those who live in this world not to be governed by either Heaven or Hell."

## Appearance

Antares was a handsome middle-aged man with long red hair, a neatly trimmed red beard and glowing red eyes. He also wore silver-red armor with a high collar and a reddish-brown tailcoat.

The Beast Monarch was a huge and muscular man with tan skin, glowing yellow eyes, sharp teeth, and wild black hair. When using his powers, his eyes glowed bright red. He also wore silver fur pelts, a ragged skirt with a thick silver fur waistline, and gold-trimmed white armor on his right shoulder and over his groin area.

Thomas is a huge, muscular man with long blonde hair, red eyes, a toothy smile, an overgrown blonde goatee, and black tattoos. When using his powers or agitated, his eyes glow bright yellow and golden vein-like patterns appear across his body. He is almost always dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, sunglasses, beach shorts, and sandals.

## Personality

The Beast Monarch was an aggressive and arrogant individual with an intense bloodlust towards those he regarded as his enemies. He also displayed a very scornful attitude towards humans and viciously devoured one who had the bad luck to bump into him.

Despite his ferocity, however, the Beast Monarch was selfish and extremely cowardly in the face of power superior to his own. He was also a hypocrite, as he called Yogumunt and the Iron Body Monarch cowards for their refusal to help kill Ashborn's vessel even though he was more cowardly than they were.

Thomas is a proud and aggressive individual with a strong sense of camaraderie. As a result, he still gave Hwang Dongsoo a proper funeral even though the man was a heartless murderer and even fought Jinwoo to the death in order to save his life. Thomas also has little tolerance for insubordination and disrespect, as displayed when he threatened Dongsoo for attempting to argue with him and became angry when Jinwoo refused to spare Dongsoo for torturing Jinho.

However, despite his pride, Thomas is very gracious in defeat, as he showed no ill will towards Jinwoo after the latter nearly killed him during their battle in the States. He also hates owning people favors and will go out of his way to make sure that they're even, as displayed when he traveled to Korea just to treat Jinwoo to a meal and give him Kamish's Wrath as repayment for sparing the lives of his guildmates.

## Abilities and Powers

As the strongest Monarch, Antares was one of the most powerful individuals in existence, with only Ashborn holding a candle to him in strength, and even then he was still superior to the Shadow Monarch in raw power.

* **Immense Strength:** Antares possessed incomparably immense levels of superhuman strength. As a testament to this, he was able to easily hold his own against Jinwoo in their battle and eventually overpower him.
* **Immense Durability:** The Beast Monarch possessed immense toughness and was able to withstand an extreme amount of damage in battle without suffering any injuries. He was completely unharmed after Thomas punched him through several buildings and broke his neck, and was also able to tank an axe kick to the head from Jinwoo and come out completely unfazed.
* **Regenerative Healing Factor:** The Beast Monarch was able to heal his injuries almost instantaneously, as displayed when his left arm grew back in seconds after Jinwoo sliced it off. However, his healing factor was ultimately proven to have its limits, as it did not save his life when Jinwoo landed a fatal blow on him during their fight in the forest.
* **Immense Speed:** The Beast Monarch possessed immense superhuman speed. He was able to charge at Thomas with such speed that the latter wasn't able to dodge in time and keep up with Jinwoo during their battle without much effort.
* **Nigh-Invulnerability:** Antares possessed almost unparalleled durability and was virtually invulnerable to physical trauma. As a testament to this, he was completed unfazed by most of Jinwoo's attacks and was able to continue fighting back as if nothing had happened even after Jinwoo nearly bifurcated him.
* **Dragon's Fear:** Antares was able to release a mana-infused shout from his soul that would drive those weaker than him into a state of intense despair and panic.
* **Breath of Destruction:** Antares was able to spit devastating torrents of fire from his mouth. The power behind this attack was so great that it was able to instantly reduce S-Rank Hunters to ash, easily negate most of Jinwoo's attacks, and even erase shadow soldiers from existence.
* **Spiritual Body Manifestation:** Antares was able to transform into an enormous red dragon.
* **Telepathy:** Antares was able to communicate telepathically with his fellow Monarchs.