Chapter 126: Unexpected Visitors (1/2)

The worker stopped midway upon hearing the voice and looked at the person who had just called out. He saw a young handsome man who was dressed in high-quality clothes like those that the nobles would wear.

”My lord,” The worker greeted in deference.

While the worker did not exactly know who Lucius was, they had seen John accompanying him while being respectful. Plus with his noble appearance, it was obvious that he had a high status.

While they did not know his exact rank, just calling a noble Lord was usually fine and thus that is what the man did.

”My Lord,” The other workers greeted as well.

”Lieutenant John.” The repeated for John who had come towards them as well.

~Skree~

Because the workers stopped the Bore Shrew got the chance to break free from the circle and escape. But just as it was about to go a meter away, it froze in place. The workers were alerted by its screech and looked towards it, only to see that the beast had collapsed on the ground.

”Huh? Did it die?” Someone said.

The worker who was the closest to the Bore Shrew touched it with a pickax.

~SKREEE~

The Bore shrew woke up in the next second and started to run away again.

~thud~

But in the next moment, a boot fell over its tail, nailing it to the place.

”Not so fast…” Lucius said before bending down and picking it up with its tail.

The Bore Shrew had a long thick tail simian to that of a rat, and now that Lucius looked at it, they did not look like shrews at all.

'Did they perhaps make a mistake in naming the beast?' Lucius wondered.

To him, the beast was more of a rodent than a shrew. Plus, from what he knew of shrews in his past life, they did not dig as much and used the tunnels and burrows of other burrowing animals like rats and moles.

But the rune beast was able to create long tunnels that could potentially make a castle collapse.

”Perhaps there may be a need for name change in the future…” Lucius muttered to himself.

~SKREEE~

The Bore Shrew struggled in Lucius's hands and tried to get free, but Lucius had a firm grip on its tail. The beast's tail was rather pliable, but the beast could not pull his body far enough to bite Lucius or scratch.

John who had been watching the entire thing, wondered why Lucius was doing this.

”What do you want to do, young Lord?” John asked.

”I just wanna do a few tests and this would be the perfect subject,” Lucius replied.

”I see…” John responded.

”You- come here,” Lucius said, pointing to one of the guards who had accompanied him here.

”Yes, my lord.” The Guard responded with his head lowered as was the etiquette.