Chapter 331: Everyone Has Their Stories (1/2)

Li Na was standing next to Tang Shaoyang who had been sitting cross-legged for half an hour. Moon was with her, not she complained that she had nothing to do for half an hour, but she was wondering what he was doing now.

'Does he use [Mana Perception] now? But why?' The man was truly hard to read. She really could not tell what he was thinking. The girl stopped thinking and rested on Moon's smooth fur instead. She was waiting for him.

Of course, Tang Shaoyang was not activating [Mana Perception]. He was mulling over a name for the Chimera. Not only that, he was in a dilemma about that name too. Three heads, three minds, and three voices, should I name them one by one?

—No! Even though we have three heads and look abnormal from the other beasts, we are one and we are part of the Beast too. Just one name for us is sufficient, Master.

'You are a beast!?' Tang Shaoyang asked in a surprised tone. He thought Chimera would be one of the Monster Races.

—Yes, we are. Unfortunately, the beast does not take us as one of them but one, the Dragon. Only the Dragon acknowledges us as a beast race.

The Chimera replied in a rather saddened tone. He could tell that by hearing they talked.

'How so? No! How do you know this?' Did the Chimera meet a dragon before he died? He was now curious about Chimera's past life.

—Our parents told us so. The other races said we are a cursed creature, but we are not. We are an Ancient Beast that almost goes extinct but survived. The Dragon knew our existence since the olden time so they know we are not a cursed creature. Alas, no one believed us, and because of our weird shape and destructive power, the intelligent races started to call us a cursed creature instead.

Tang Shaoyang could feel how wronged the Chimera was from how they said that out.

—For some reason, they start to hunt us, the Chimeras non-stop. My father died protecting me and my mother after an army of humans and elves worked together to hunt us. I have been hiding with my mother since that day.

—Just like my parents said, the Beast did not acknowledge us. No beasts allowed us to hide within their territory. Most of the time, Mother will tolerate and leave because we are afraid of being hunted. But sometimes Mother killed the lord of the territory so we could hide for a few days.

—Human, Demon, Elf, Dwarf, and everyone hunts us at sight. We can't have a peaceful day and we can't stay at one place for too long or they will come for us. We can't have our territory because of this.

The Chimera continued with their story, how they had been living as the Chimera.

'You should not kill the human or the other races? Maybe you and your family will be safe.' Tang Shaoyang commented. If the Chimera was this smart, they should know how to stop the people hunting them too.

—We are never hunting humans or elf, they come to our territory by themselves and take something that doesn't belong to them. Moreover, they are food to us, we need to eat too.

The problem with the Chimera was their shape. The beasts did not acknowledge them, but at least the beast did not try to kill them. The Chimeras were different so the beasts would not make any contact with them.

The intelligent races such as humans and elven took the Chimeras as a cursed creature because of their shape. So when they found the Chimeras' location, they would hunt them down.

—But maybe we are cursed…

'Huh, that's what they want, they want you to think you are cursed while you are, in fact, just an ancient strong beast. They hunt you down because they fear you, not because you are cursed,' Tang Shaoyang could not help but console the Chimera.

The young male voice and how sad they were while telling their past was quite touching.

—No, you haven't heard it yet. Once, my mother and I met a Dragon. Her name is Feera, she is a Green Dragon, not the strongest dragon species but strong enough to push back our pursuer.

—Dragon is one of the ancient beasts, so she knew that we are in fact not cursed. After hearing our circumstances, she let us live in her territory…

When the Chimera was talking about Feera, they were excited and happy. But when they reached the last part, their mood turned a hundred and eighty degrees.

—We thought we had found life, not under constant threat and danger. Alas, it did not last long. A big human empire and an elven kingdom came to Feera. They demanded us from her.