Chapter 88 – The Beginning of a Change (1/2)
Chapter 88 – The Beginning of a Change
“Your Highness, if I may be so bold as to ask, just who is he?”
The kneeling woman asked in a confused tone as she raised her head.
Although her face greatly resembled that of a human woman, it was clear from her light blue skin complexion, sea-green colored hair, and the gills on the side of her neck, that this woman was definitely not of the human race.
Seeing the hesitation on her King’s face, the woman continued.
“You had one of the Nobles monitor his every movement before he even entered the city. Your Highness, we are at war right now, and assigning this babysitting task to a Noble seems rather unfitting, especially given our present circumstances.”
The woman seriously conveyed with traces of anger hidden within her words.
His subordinate’s harsh tone did not seem to infuriate the silver-scaled figure, as his ice-blue eyes calmly gazed at the woman.
“I do not know, Laris… but there is something bizarre about that golden bird. I felt his soul near our city yesterday, which should be impossible unless he was in the Saint stage. However, he is not.”
The scaled humanoid figure whispered, as he rubbed his cheek with his metallic claws.
“Wier, we have more important matters to deal with than figuring out what this beast’s real cultivation is. We are fighting a losing war, and if we do not recruit more mercenaries, then I don’t think we’ll even have a slight chance of victory.”
Laris softly addressed the scaled figure, as she slowly stood up and walked up to his throne. With concern in her eyes, she lightly placed her hand on Weir’s shoulder.
“He also managed to effortlessly block my soul probing.”
A small gasp burst out from Laris’s mouth while her hand on Wier’s shoulder started to tremble.
Although Wier was only at the fifth rank of the Saint stage, due to his beast bloodline, his soul power was closer to that of a Beast King at the eighth rank. To be able to so easily block his soul attack, this Calron must be a hidden expert.
“Is he an enemy?”
Laris worriedly asked.
If a hidden expert that was capable of resisting their Beast King was now amongst them, then they would need to summon the entire ranks of the Nobles to eliminate the threat at once.
“No. For the fraction of a second that I was able to enter his mind, there was no hate or enmity within his thoughts, only a certain curiosity towards our city. I do not think he is here to infiltrate our defenses, and I would rather not anger a potential ally.”
Weir calmly stated as he sat back down on his throne with a loud clink.
“You don’t have to hide it from me, Wier. We grew up together, and I can tell when you are trying to hide something from me.”
Laris let out a slight smile, as she patiently waited for the silver-scaled beast to open up to her.
“Haha, nothing gets past you, Laris.”
Wier chuckled but immediately turned serious a second later.
“This Calron… when I probed him… he had the form of a human!”
Weir exclaimed as his gaze sharply pierced into the blue-skinned woman.
“A Beast Emperor!”
Laris blurted out while tightly clenching both of her fists.
“No, that is not the case. If he truly had the cultivation of the Heavenly stage, then the moment I probed him, my soul would have been instantly vaporized after coming into contact with his mind. However, it was the last thing which I saw that made me feel fear for the first time in countless years.”
Weir continued as his metallic claw shakingly grasped the armrest on the throne.
“It was an ancient bird… unlike anything I’ve ever seen before… I only saw a glimpse of its wings and they seemed to cover the entire sky… then I saw lightning… omnipotent and wrathful bolts of violet lightning… “
The Beast King muttered as his nails nervously tapped the side of the throne.
Hearing every single word of her King, Laris felt her heart pounding faster and faster as her breathing rapidly accelerated.
Within the entire Desolate Mountains, there was only a single Beast Emperor,and the power he wielded was enough to shatter the very sky above them!