Chapter 1284 - Partners (2) (1/2)

After spending a few hours with his Master and Granny Celest, Dyon turned to leave. But, before he could, he was stopped by some unexpected visitors.

Beforehand, Dyon had been within the territory of the Celestial Deer. Their homes in the Mystical World were simple, but elegant. Due to the late arrival of the Celestial Turtle and Ape clans, some rearrangement of the 18th tier was necessary, but each clan still had thousands of acres to themselves and never encroached on each other's lands.

So, as expected, Dyon was never bothered when he set foot into the Celestial Deer Clan and often teleported directly in and out of it without bothering to explore other areas. However, today he had planned on plucking some spiritual fruits for the road and maybe taking some celestial meat along with him, only for him to walk out to find nine kneeling figures.

Dyon blinked before looking to Granny Celest and his master who were seeing him out. ”How long have they been here?...”

Esmeralda turned her nose up, clearly discontent with how these nine had treated her disciple. ”Almost five months now. Even before you entered the gate.”

'Five months?' Dyon was inwardly surprised. It wasn't that he ignored them, he legitimately had no idea that they were here.

Although that length of time was nothing to martial warriors of their caliber, it still showed a level of sincerity that impressed Dyon at least to some extent. After all, they had no idea when Dyon would allow them to stand.

However, Dyon had already that even if they did exactly what they were doing now, they'd never have a place in his kingdom.

There was a reason he waited until the last moment to reveal the twins. With his intelligence, how could he not know how the Celestial Beasts would react to the reappearance of the supposedly extinct celestial hamsters? It would have ended this conflict before it even began.

That said, would that have truly changed their temperaments? Even if they bowed their heads to Dyon, what about when Dyon was gone? Would they rebel against the next human head just because of their own innate biases?

He didn't want people like this following him. Dyon wasn't naïve enough to believe that everyone he accepted would be good natured, but he sure as hell wouldn't knowingly accept anyone with a black heart.

The worst thing you could do in life was abandon an ally. There were plenty of terrible things in the world, but little could match betrayal of loyalty. Yet, this was exactly what these beasts were responsible for.

People had died. Wives lost their husbands. Daughters lost their fathers. Dreams and aspirations were torn apart. And yet these three family heads had only been worried about their own petty survival.

Could this even count as survival anyway? Hiding away in this beautiful Mystical World may seem great, but it was nothing but a prison.

Dyon looked up from the kneeling celestial beasts to find many watching this scene from afar.