Chapter 321

After a long pause, the female lizard began approaching again.

Of course, her eyes still held caution.

Seeing this, the two little ones trembled and emitted low, threatening growls.

"Little ones, don't be nervous—she's your true mother!"

Gervas quickly soothed them.

The next instant, the armored female lizard was right before them, her head less than a meter from him and the little lizards.

Fortunately, she did not attack—she merely sniffed the two little ones more carefully.

Gradually, the armored female lizard's gaze changed.

Though human and animal languages are incomprehensible to each other, most races can read many emotions in each other's eyes.

Seeing this, Gervas knew half the matter was already settled.

The little lizards, too, were sniffing the armored female lizard's scent.

They had spent considerable time beside their mother after birth.

But because so much time had passed, their memories were not as clear as hers.

Yet, with such close, detailed sniffing, the little lizards began to recall fragments.

Roar!

The mother lizard let out a low growl.

Roar roar!

Without hesitation, the two little lizards rushed forward several steps, pressing against their mother's underjaw, rubbing their heads against her chin.

As they rubbed, they emitted low growls.

Clearly, after being separated for over half a year, the little lizards and their mother had finally reunited and recognized each other.

To Gervas's ears, it sounded like a mutual greeting among mother and offspring.

At that moment, Knight Mi Gen and Lei Meng finally exhaled in relief and slowly stepped forward.

The female lizard immediately stopped her affectionate behavior and fixed Gervas and the others with a dangerous gaze.

It wasn't because Mi Gen and Lei Meng's appearance stirred her hostility.

Rather, with her intelligence, she clearly knew these two-legged beasts had stolen her offspring.

And she recalled the unfamiliar scents around her when her young vanished—scents very similar to these two-legged beasts.

Roar roar!

Fortunately, the two little ones sensed their mother's shifting emotions and immediately stepped forward, urgently growling something.

The mother lizard hesitated.

"Mi Gen, Lei Meng, withdraw from the forest—I need to speak with Yueyue and her!"

"My lord, be careful!" They knew their little lizards were helping to calm her, so they were no longer as tense.

Only after Lei Meng and Mi Gen had moved far away did Gervas turn back to the mother lizard.

"Two-legged beast, can you speak our language?"

"Yes!"

The mother lizard's eyes showed disbelief. "Two-legged beast, I don't know why you can communicate with me, but originally, you stole my children—I was going to kill you!"

"But now my two children plead for you—so leave. For their sake, I'll spare your lives!"

"No no no! Armored Lizard, you know I stayed behind alone not to say goodbye!"

"Then what do you truly want?" A dangerous aura returned.

"Don't be tense, Mother Lizard—I've never had any ill intent toward you, and you've seen your offspring are healthy and safe!"

"In fact, under my protection, they're safer than if they'd grown up in the wild. I've heard your armored fire lizards have a tradition!"

"That is, within one month of birth, you abandon the weaker offspring—correct?"

The armored fire lizard shuddered, acknowledging it.

It wasn't that they loved their young less—it was a desperate necessity in harsh conditions.

"Moreover, Mother Lizard, your offspring have already formed a master-binding contract with my two subordinates!"

"What? You evil two-legged beasts!"

"Don't rage, Fire Lizard—listen to me out…"

Roar roar!

The two little beasts rushed to block her, and the mother lizard paused again.

"Mother Lizard, I ask you—did your breakthrough come from the monster corpses I left you last time?"

Though she had an urge to tear apart the two-legged beast before her, the mother lizard could not lie.

"Yes, two-legged beast—but that does not justify enslaving my children!"

"No no no—not enslavement, but partnership! Though this contract is indeed harsh, you know that without it, they could never be partners, could never communicate!"

"Also, you can ask your offspring how my two subordinates treated them."

The mother lizard looked at her young; the two little ones understood Gervas's words and immediately nodded.

The mother lizard looked torn.

"And partnering with humans is truly best for them—I can provide them with far better resources!"

"Ask them—in my territory, they eat magic-infused meat every week! Can you do that in the wild?"

Gervas was exaggerating here—the so-called magic meat was merely silverfish from Silver Moon Lake.

Though rich in magic, it lacked the potency of true beast meat.

But the little ones didn't know—they nodded vigorously at their mother's questioning gaze.

"Mother Lizard, I heard that your Iron-Shell Fire Salamanders can reach up to the Eighth Tier, and if you are lucky, you might awaken a trace of the Dragon bloodline within your veins, directly transforming into a Dragon!"

"Although I cannot promise you too much here, if you follow us, once we capture more Magic Beasts in the future, they will have Magic Beast meat for every meal!"

"Then, perhaps they too can become Eighth-Tier existences, or even transform into Dragons!"

The Mother Lizard wavered.

Maternal love knows no race, no borders.

Moreover, in his past life, countless swindlers, in order to earn money from these mothers who hoped their children would become Dragons, would go to great lengths to paint them empty promises.

Although these swindlers were detestable, the tactic was truly effective; few mothers could resist it!

Gervas knew he had basically succeeded and immediately prepared to deliver the final blow.

"Furthermore, the reason I brought them here this time is that I could not bear to see you and your children separated, so I have decided that from now on, they will spend part of their time in the Black Pine Forest, following you to learn more combat techniques!"

"With your supervision, you can rest assured; you don't need to worry about us abusing them, right?!"

The Mother Lizard was thoroughly moved.

The contract could not be changed.

And it had heard these two-legged beasts' methods from other Magic Beasts.

They were indeed more formidable than all Magic Beasts, because they hunted Magic Beasts every moment, and they hunted all kinds of Magic Beasts.

"Two-legged beast! I know there is no free meat in this world; if you treat us so well, what is your purpose?"

"Mother Lizard, you are right; if I said it was just out of kindness, you certainly wouldn't believe me!"

"So, I do have something I need your help with: when danger strikes my territory, I need you to help protect it!"

"Of course, this is absolutely within your capabilities; if it exceeds your abilities, I will not force you!" Gervas spoke frankly.

The Mother Lizard stared tightly at Gervas for a moment. "Two-legged beast, if that is the request, I can agree to it!"

"That is wonderful, then it is settled!" Gervas smiled.

Thus, he paused briefly and continued: "Mother Lizard, I have something I need your help with right now..."

Mother Lizard: "..."

So, you were just waiting for me, weren't you?

"Ahem, ahem, rest assured, Mother Lizard! This matter carries no risk; I just need you to act..."

Even with such thick skin, being looked at by the Mother Lizard with such a strange gaze made Gervas feel somewhat embarrassed.