Chapter 20 (2/2)

“You have to say ‘Yala Suo’ and he would stop. If you do not say this, he will continue to play tricks on you.” Liu Zhenhan said like a proud father.

(TL Note: Ya = Asian; La = to play; suo = to move back and forth)

Hailun clapped her hands, leaned forward slightly to give respect to Fruit and skeptically said: “Yala ~ ~ ~ ~ Suo ~”

“O~~ come here, bud!” Liu Zhenhan’s voice rang like a copper bell.

Hailun turned towards Liu Zhenhan with a surprised look in her eyes. She knew by now that she had been fooled by this father and son duo. Then she looked at Fruit who immediately stopped dancing, rushed towards Liu Zhenhan and jumped into his arms.

Liu Zhenhan casually put on the feather robe and pinched Fruit’s small face.

“Li Cha, what is that thing on your body?” Hailun touched the clearly visible image of a scarlet colored terrifying monster painted on his chest and across his neck.

“It is a tattoo.” Liu Zhenhan also felt strange why his tattoo was not becoming invisible as it was supposed to.

“There’s one thing I forgot to tell you.” Hailun said: “In the Beamon Kingdom, tattoos and coat of arms are considered sacred. Only medals fighters are qualified to have tattoos, and since us sacred sacrifices are considered the war-G.o.d’s servants, a random tattoo would stir up rumors about you. The Beamon military may start to judge you, Li Cha. It is better to keep this tattoo hidden from everyone. ”

“Rest a.s.sured.” Liu Zhenhan shamelessly said: “I don’t plan to walk around stark naked, you know.”

The atmosphere suddenly turned a little awkward.

“Why did you suddenly tear your clothes?” Hailun stayed silent for a whole then asked. She wanted to talk to him about what happened earlier and finally got a chance to inquire.

“I don’t know.” Liu Zhenhan seemed perplexed.

“After eating the turtle egg, I don’t know how and when I felt a painful burning sensation in my body. It felt as if I was being boiled in a pot of boiling water. I was almost on the verge of going insane.” Liu Zhenhan said in an annoyed tone.

“I also suspect that Yalong egg has something to do with what happened earlier.” Hailun lowered her head as if submerged in deep thoughts then said: “Logically speaking, there should be no poison in a Yalong’s egg, but then I’m not sure about the origins of this turtle model.”

“There’s no way to say for sure but there’s a strong possibility.” Liu Zhenhan said.

“Li Cha, your symptoms appeared much like our Beamon soldiers whenever they enter berserk mode.” Hailun thought for a while then said, “Although I am not a witch doctor, I can confirm this much for sure.”

“What is this berserk thing?” Liu Zhenhan asked.

“Berserk mode.” Hailun felt as if her explanation was going to be a bit ridiculous. With a smile of self-mockery on her face, she tried to explain: “Our witch doctors can extract dragon’s blood to create ‘berserk medicine’. Since this turtle model was an ancient Yalong beast with a strong connection with dragons, perhaps its egg contained some degree of incomplete berserk component in it.”

“Berserk? I seem to have heard you mentioning it before, that special battle song which is used on Beamon soldiers to produce mutation, right?” Liu Zhenhan asked.

“Yes.” Hailun said: “After an ordinary sacred sacrifice is promoted to become a war sacrifice, they learn a variety of different types of battle songs from their mentor. One of the most complex battle songs is ‘Berserk battle song’ that can allow Beamon soldier to temporarily attain much greater strength than naturally permitted by their bodies. The enhanced strength has a certain resistance function against magic attacks. The berserk mode basically turns Beamon soldiers into slaughtering machines as they continue to fight non-stop without getting tired! This is considered one of the most important battle songs in Beamon army.”

“Continue.”

“But ‘berserk battle song’ also has obvious grave consequences on the ones it is used upon. Only a few Beamon soldiers are found compatible with it and are able to sustain its effects for a long time. However, once the berserk mode disappears from a Beamon soldier’s body, he slips into an overstrained state, and in extreme cases, this causes death as well. This is the reason why our temple wors.h.i.+p codex has strictly prohibited the use of berserk battle song unless extremely necessary, such as in a war against humanity. Since the number of human troops and forces are too large and human magicians are too powerful, the temple group just cannot put a ban on the use of berserk battle song in war.”

Well, when we begin to study enemy’s moves and tricks, the Central Military Commission and the General Staff Headquarters also consider such changes in rules to craft better tactics and strategies. Liu Zhenhan thought as he seemed particularly interested in this talk.

Author’s note below:-

Context: Beamon Witch Doctors

There are two kinds of witch doctors in the world of Beastman. The first kind consists of witch doctors that are like wizards, they are versed in foresight and predicting strategic decisions. For example, a witch doctor had told Hailun that she would meet a man named Li Cha someday and marry him. However, the prophecy skills are mostly ineffective and do not work most of the times.

The second kind consists of witch doctors that can treat simple illnesses. Since Beamon Kingdom does not have a human priest for healing people, the existence of witch doctors is very important and necessary.

Witch doctors also specialize in refining ‘toxic’ drugs and some strange inventions. An ancient Beamon proverb says: a witch doctor’s curiosity can kill a Garfield.

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