Chapter 115: Perfect Being (Evil)

Bad news often comes in succession, but misfortune always has cause and effect.

"I don't think the Deer Princes of the Ten Thousand Beasts Realm would bother coming to save their father—these are likely newborn 'princes,' the seal is already shattered beyond repair, they must have emerged from the underground ruins."

After the brutal civil war between the beastmen and the beasts, not all beast groups that rejected humanity were killed.

Some were sealed alongside the beasts; others simply left this world entirely.

After all, in the multiverse, powerful beings opening a portal to flee isn't particularly difficult.

The Outer Realms hold many defeated races from ancient wars; some have grown accustomed to the Outer Realms, while others still sharpen their claws, waiting for the day they can return and slaughter their way back.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Realm, a place similar to the Mechanical Realm, only received this name after the war between beastmen and beasts.

Some defeated beast groups from the civil war migrated and settled in that realm; legends say there are still 'beasts' there capable of free movement. It is a unique realm even the gods avoid provoking.

Beast groups that rejected humanity dwell in the Ten Thousand Beasts Realm—a world of pure beastliness, still governed by ancient natural cycles, where naturally exist descendants of the 'Deer' and other beast clans.

The form of pure white fur with pitch-black, pupil-less eyes is the very physical trait of the Deer Elsena itself.

Only its direct bloodline has the right to possess such a physical form.

"Uh, that Xieshen Elsena is actually this beautiful?" In Li En's imagination, considering the form of the 'Holy Mother,' the deer should've been covered in bizarre tentacles, with extra eyes and heads.

"Is it about appearance? Beasts are children of nature, embodiments of natural beauty among all living things—how could any be ugly?"

Judging by appearance alone, if this thing could be kept as a pet, it would be quite prestigious.

But considering its origin, this beauty is terrifying.

"Are you certain they came from the seal?" This is undoubtedly a terrible possibility—the underground ruin's seal is already worthless, capable of spitting out something this troublesome.

"Do you think the beasts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Realm would come to save their ancestors? It's not impossible for oddities to appear, but four princes appearing at once? Absolutely impossible." Since the Ten Thousand Beasts Realm couldn't possibly send anyone, the seal must have generated them itself.

A beast's power comes from bloodline—the closer to the source, the stronger. The strength of a direct-blooded beast prince needs no explanation; they are prestigious beings even in the multiverse.

Such beings are noble and exceedingly rare; their lineage is strictly limited. For four to appear at once? Nearly impossible.

"First, the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Realm may not even have four Deer Princes. And if they were mature beast princes from there, they wouldn't hide in underground realms—they'd lead their beast hordes straight to Huicheng."

This form is clearly that of a newborn infant—likely a product born from the underground ruin's seal.

The bad news is they're certainly carrying Elsena's orders, acting to rescue their father.

The good news is beasts require time and resources to grow into beings of this level; it's unrealistic they've matured in just a few years.

"So, they have a high probability of creating Magical Girls."

Uh, Li En felt he might've missed a segment—how did they reach that conclusion from the above?

Violet Rose offered a brief explanation: a Magical Girl is fundamentally a link between one human and one beast, a shared coexistence of 'humanity' and 'beastliness.'

It's a highly mature, advanced technique for producing immediate combat power—even a juvenile beast prince can create Magical Girls through sharing.

Moreover, after the contract, the human's growth rate is rapidly accelerated.

"Beast offspring lack combat power, but Magical Girls never do. By consuming the human's humanity, the individual grows rapidly."

Theoretically, only very high-tier beast offspring can perform this ritual, but now the more mature method involves former Magical Girls evolved into witches as the contracting beasts, both evolving together.

"Uh? Aren't those beasts opposed to humanity?"

"Yes, so they'll be even crueler—they'll pour in more beastliness. The Magical Girls will transform faster! They'll treat them as disposable resources."

The same technique, yet a completely different outcome—Magical Girls outside the Seven Beasts Alliance rarely meet a good end.

But allowing beastliness to devour Magical Girls to cultivate 'monsters' is remarkably fast.

The only good news is they need a suitable 'Deer-girl,' and the underground world likely has none.

At least, not many—only a tiny number of qualified candidates possess even the possibility of a contract; finding them requires time and luck.

"Looks like we need to notify Dainya quickly. This is truly the worst development." He'd thought it was treasure; now it looked like a landmine. Li En felt disappointed.

Suddenly, he noticed Kuku and Violet Rose staring at him with unmistakable surprise—as if he'd said something wrong.

"Are high-tier dragon offspring or divine-blooded ones valuable?" Violet Rose asked a strangely odd question.

"Oh, I get it now." Li En instantly understood—he still had a juvenile dragon's remains in his space bag.

And normally, hunting juvenile dragons invites swift retribution from dragon mothers.

"High-tier dragon hatchlings and divine-blooded individuals are rare in the main realm. But perfect beast-blooded inheritors—do you know how rare they are? They're literally treasures from head to toe!"

Now, Li En understood completely.

"I remember one fell before—its antlers were forged into a divine dagger."

Kuku stared at the wanted poster, drool nearly dripping from his mouth.

Four juvenile beast princes—their very bodies alone were worth astronomical wealth!

Such rare beings are normally guarded by countless powerful figures, even divine beasts. Now, they're confirmed to be in this underground realm, with no strong protectors nearby—no wonder the mind flayers have all moved.

Immediately, Li En grew excited—he couldn't wait to strike down evil.

"And since they escaped from the seal, they surely didn't bring everything—they might even be hiding 'beast' treasures," Violet Rose's words were persuasive.

"Elsena's beast offspring possess authority over gravity and separation. Their antlers, when stripped, can be forged into top-tier equipment imbued with the laws of 'overturning,' 'inversion,' and 'gravity.' Legends say several divine weapons used them as material—like the famous 'Oath-Breaking Dagger.'"

When it came to beasts, Violet Rose was a true expert.

Now, with divine material at stake, the once-hesitant rookie squad instantly erupted in excitement.

If this was a trick to inflate morale, please, more of it.

Unfortunately, the underground gnomes knew little—only that such a thing had been sighted nearby, which is why this mind flayer was sent to search.

But they did bring Li En one piece of good news.

"The main brain's underground base isn't far from here." The temporary squad deliberated, then abandoned the idea of direct assault.

After all, the main brain isn't comparable to ordinary mind flayers—especially in its own territory, where its psychic field is infinitely amplified, particularly with countless mind flayers and brain devourers beneath it operating as a near-collective consciousness.

If the nest is fully occupied, it might contain twenty or thirty mind flayers and at least ten times as many armed slaves—clearly not an easy opponent.

"Let's rescue the machine race first."

After all, human lives cannot wait.

As the squad pressed forward, in a certain underground cavern, metallic walls resembling a starship trembled slightly.

The mind flayer tribe's "Nautiloids" are genuinely capable of interdimensional travel.

This was their base and nest, adapted to the local environment—but once activated, it becomes a ship capable of carrying them to other realms.

At this moment, the main brain had no time to care about the outsiders who killed its kin—ninety percent of the community's mind flayers were aiding their master, executing the current difficult task.

In the deepest core control zone of the base, within a vast super-salty pool, the main brain was formed from countless mind flayer brains.

It was ugly and twisted, yet powerful and rational—countless lives were sacrificed before it, becoming offerings for the current mission.

It was the true master of the entire mind flayer tribe—or rather, the entire tribe was its branch.

In the past, its pool was absolutely off-limits to outsiders. But now, an "outsider" had been placed inside it.

From the countless tendrils extending from the main brain, a small white deer was wailing.

Above the deer's shattered skull, the main brain was linking with it—those twisted tendrils twitched violently, pouring in vast amounts of brain tissue.

Around them, countless mind flayers maintained psychic stances, helping their master crush the beast prince's inner defenses—its mental fortitude was crumbling under the crushing weight of the entire mind flayer tribe.

A powerful will was attempting to seize this sacred vessel.

Beasts are the pinnacle of physical combat.

The main brain is the pinnacle of psychic power.

If the two truly merged…

"A being never before born—a mighty entity, perhaps the strongest mind flayer king across all realms—is being born in our hands." Feeling the beast prince's resistance weakening, the excited mind flayers twitched their facial tentacles.

"Crack!" In that instant of slackness, it exploded—brain matter shattered.

Psychic warfare is always this cruel.

At this moment, the mental tug-of-war between the main brain and the beast prince continued—just one moment of lapse, and a "server" was instantly shattered by the beast prince's will.

The "fawn's" pupils glowed with pitch-black light—it had not yet surrendered.

Judging by the situation, this unprecedented monster, the perfect embodiment of ultimate evil, still requires a little more time to be born.

(End of Chapter)