Chapter 98 – Rebran (1/2)

Chapter 98 – Rebran

“A human who can transform into a beast… don’t tell me, is he actually a Beast Emperor!?”

Laris suddenly exclaimed out loud, as she tightly gripped onto the bark of the tree next to her.

But that’s impossible! If there was another Beast Emperor within the Desolate Mountains, then the current Emperor have already detected him. Ev-

Before Laris could finish her train of thought, she was interrupted by another familiar voice.

Girl, it is not good to try to spy on others. Leave now, before the little birdy notices your presence.

A calm and gentle voice echoed within Laris’s mind. The voice contained a profound level of wisdom and soothed the heart of any that listened to it.

This was the real voice of her master and teacher, the second Elder of the city, Tarnila.

“Teacher, who is he really? Weir wants to talk to him…”

Laris started, but was once again stopped by Tarnila.

Weir will be fine on his own. If that brat would ever stop rejecting his own draconic heritage, then the city would not even be in this mess. This human boy is interesting, but even more interesting is the little wolf pup that he carries with him. Tell Weir that I will keep my promise and bring the golden bird to him once he is ready.

Tarnila firmly stated and broke off the mental connection with her pupil.

Although many thought Tarnila was crazy and acted irrationally, Laris knew that her master was actually one of the most powerful beings throughout the entirety of the Desolate Mountains except for the Emperor himself. Even the first Elder would not be able to defeat her once she brought out the full powers of her fearsome lightning.

During the beginning of her training with Tarnila, Laris had once asked her why she behaved like a “crazy lady”, and her master had simply laughed while petting her hair.

“Why? Because it’s fun!”

Thinking back to her fond memories, Laris unknowingly had a wide smile plastered on her face. Tarnila was always a fun teacher, and was more of an ‘aunt’ figure for her than an actual master.

“Sigh… you say that, master, but you know that Weir would never bring out the power that was left to him by his father…”

Laris sadly exhaled, and slowly turned around to depart from her master’s home.

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Meanwhile, Avi had her tongue sticking out as she barked in delight when the air rushed into her open mouth.

With the warm and furry raccoon seated behind her, Avi felt a lot more comfortable flying on Calron’s back and started to enjoy the feeling of being in the sky.

“Gahaha, you are really enjoying this aren’t you?”

Tarnila chuckled while securely clutching the energetic little beast, and ruffling the fur under her soft neck.

Avi’s throat thrummed in pleasure as she leaned back against the raccoon.

*SCREEEEE*

When Calron had previously glanced back to make sure that Avi was alright, he had unexpectedly found the wolf pup cheerfully playing with the annoying raccoon. It appeared that Avi was simply afraid of being alone on his back.

Hmm, I need to figure out a way for Avi to be more comfortable while I’m flying. Teacher, any suggestions?

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Teacher?

Calron called out again.

Careful kid, someone is coming!

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“King Xardoth, the troops are ready.”

A humanoid figure with a black lion’s head solemnly conveyed, as he knelt down on one knee.

A colossal beast slowly stood up on its two powerful front claws along with the two muscular feline legs on the back of its body. With his two wings raising a torrent of gust around the series of tents, Xardoth let out a mighty roar that elicited an equally loud cheer from the thousands of beasts camping in the area.

With the lower half of the body of a giant lion and the upper body of a towering eagle, Xardoth belonged to the extremely rare species of the Griffin beastline. Although, his cultivation was slightly lower than that of Weir, with just the special abilities of his beast heritage alone, Xardoth was more than a match for the Dragon King.