Chapter 1266 - The Beast Tide (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lily was happy about the safe return of the lizard scouts as it proved that the fur on the amulets still possessed a robust protective effect away from her. She had not been able to figure out why there was a glow in her body, but she knew the light made her awesome. She would have jumped head over heels in joy if people were not around.

At that moment, she had to maintain her majesty as an alpha.

The lizard shaman and its chief warrior bowed respectfully in front of the Alpha, who was sitting on her throne. This throne was a flat boulder in the forest, covered with a thick layer of fur. But no one dared to belittle this throne. The skin on the stone used to belong to a thicket dreadfang; a horrible behemoth once dominated the largest territory of the Black Forest for half a century. It has endless strength, able to smash a rock in half; there had been an uncountable number of beasts and humans died under its fangs and claws. Even the southern knights of the Kingdom of Taros regarded it as a considerable threat and listed the thicket dreadfang’s territories as restricted areas.

But during a fight, the Alpha defeated the thicket dreadfang, smashed the neck of the horrible behemoth, and tore its head from the body.

The former forest overlord became the gourmet meal for the alpha and her cronies, and the fur the mat on the throne. The powerful leader from the floating island in the south was now the ruler of the Black Forest, the lizard shaman so thought.

The alpha, draped in wolf skin, sat on her throne, debriefing the lizards while fiddling with a strand of hair in front of her forehead. She wore many spoils on her body: a necklace made of sharp teeth, the beast skulls hung around the waist, and ornaments made of skins and bone fragments. All these things made the alpha looked fearsome. These loots were initially of the primitive tribes that were once fearsome and powerful in the Black Forest. But now these tribes had either become a member of the Beast Tide, or food for the beasts.

“Just as the uncle monk said, this storm of Chaos is mighty. Even the human defense has not been able to stop it.” Lily yawned. She had not been able to sleep since her body started to glow. Fortunately, she began to adapt to the light. “How far are those towns that billow smoke from here?”

“A day’s journey,” the lizard shaman replied reverently. “If we maintain the speed of the past few days.”

“That is pretty near.” Lily blinked. “Are there any monsters along the way?”

“There is a shadow on the edge of the fog,” the lizardman said, “but not much.”

Lily looked to the side. The high-ranking monk, Calaxus, was standing on the edge of the throne as her ‘advisor’. The man from the sanctum seemed not to have a complaint about his position. His men were grumbling that they had to come down to dance with the beasts. But the intelligent monk was thinking otherwise; at least he could continue to fight the Chaos. Noticing the stare of the alpha, the monk nodded and said, “According to the lizards, the storm of Chaos has just passed the first line of defense in the south. Even if the Chaos has endless energy, in the face of human resistance, it would have worn out somewhat and take some time to recover. So there will not be too many monsters of Chaos at the border. But this window would only open for three days at most, after which the Chaos would come back stronger. By then, the second line of defense in the south of Taros will probably be in jeopardy.”

“The human kingdom is such weakling.” Lily shook her head. “What would happen to Mr. Landlord?”

Lily glanced at her men around her.

The demonic wolf, as the undisputed chief confidant of the alpha, though not the brightest bulbs in wisdom and strength, still had a place closest to the throne. Next up was the leader of the demonic forest ape, and the investigation team of the sanctum. Further out were imps, goblins, lizards, bear monsters, gnolls, etc. These leaders and representatives of all species gathered here to form a ring around the alpha.

Lily called it Ring of the Beasts while she was the commander of her army.

Those who were present were only a small part of the beasts, the representative of each species. Only those who were more powerful were qualified to send representatives. Farther away from this open ground, there were countless third and fourth tiers species, which were not even eligible to have an audience with the alpha. Only at the special meeting that Lily held, those weaker leaders got a chance to speak to the alpha.

Calaxus raised his head and looked in the direction of Lily’s gaze.

Though Calaxus could not see it, he could feel a massive sense of presence in the dense forest.

It was not the strength of the individual, but the sheer size of the group.