136 The Ten Story Magic Tower Part 1 (1/2)

Every piece of magic nuclei was the size of a pumpkin, and they were several times bigger than the magic nucleus of a dragon. This was an anomaly, because even though the magic resistance and defenses of the beast had been high, they still would not have been as high as those of a dragon.

Lex and Saleen finally understood that the powerful defenses the beast had were a result of the magic array that had been formed by the six magic nuclei. Otherwise, the Grade 6 Fire Serpent spell would have burnt more than just its scales, and the javelins of the puppets would have definitely hurt its flesh and not just pierced through its scales.

Every inch of the beast’s body had possessed the same defensive abilities, and any external attacks had been mitigated by the magic array.

Saleen was well aware that if the beast had been protected solely by tough scales, Nailisi would not have been able to kill it using such a simple method. Saleen and Lex looked at each other. If this beast had been created by humans, then there had to be some abnormality in its skull. With that said, even if he and Lex cast the Potency spell on themselves, Nailisi and Sika would still be stronger.

”Turn over the skull. I want to take a look,” Saleen said to Sika and Nailisi.

Nailisi stretched out her hand and placed the floating magic nuclei into her bracelet. Then, she cut through the scales that were connecting the neck to the flesh, and the beast’s skull rolled onto the ground. Sika went up and flipped the skull over.

Lex cast a Cleaning spell and thoroughly washed the insides of the skull. Saleen got down onto his stomach next to the edge of the skull and looked inside. There was a pale green magic pattern on the inside walls of the skull.

Saleen and Lex looked at each other again, noticing that a magic array was hidden within the magic pattern. Something like that would have never grown inside of a magic beast. But the magic array was clearly part of its body, and it had not been drawn at a later time nor carved using alchemy.

This magic array had grown inside of the skull, and then it had connected with the six magic nuclei to form a complex magic array. That had resulted in the behemoth possessing such astonishing defensive abilities.

”Lex, put it away for now.” Saleen knew that it would be no easy feat for the two of them to figure out the principles behind this magic array in such a short time. However, their current surroundings were not safe for studying it.

”Saleen, my boomerang…”

Sika looked at Saleen. Her weapon had been the first one to be swallowed by that behemoth, and Faerun had helped her transform that weapon in the past.

”Nailisi,” Saleen called out. Nailisi helplessly returned to the corpse of the behemoth and began to think about how she would dissect that beast. The materials on the behemoth’s body were of top quality, and even though those scales were not the toughest in the world, they were already much thicker than a dragon’s scales. Furthermore, the defensive abilities of the scales had been reinforced by the magic array. If these scales were torn off and sold, each piece would be able to fetch a good price.

Lex put away the skull of the beast into her god’s ring and said, ”There shouldn’t be any more powerful magic beasts around here. Let’s continue moving after we get enough rest.”

Nailisi began dissecting the body bit by bit. She started from the toughest scales which were on its back and tore the scales off piece by piece. After the behemoth had died, it had lost the support of the magic array, so the scales could be removed much more easily now.

A single scale was twice the size of a wheel and its thickness was close to one meter. In regards to the rules of proportionality, some scales might have been a little deformed. Nailisi helped herself to those scales and stored them inside of her bracelet. Fortunately, the bracelet that she had taken from Aini had enough space. If she had relied on Saleen’s Ring of Gifts or his demonic ring, she would have only been able to store very few of the scales.

The behemoth was over twenty meters long. Nailisi went down its body, tearing off the scales. When she had finished removing all of the scales, she began skinning it. The skin on its back was of the best quality. If the skin was used to produce scrolls, the scrolls would be able to contain magic that was Grade 7 or above.

Nailisi cut out a rectangle from the behemoth’s skin. Then, she started tearing pieces from its neck, and then bundled the skin up before storing it into her bracelet. Only Nailisi possessed the immense strength to be able to complete a task like this, and even Sika might not have been able to do it.

Sika asked for a short knife, then jumped onto the behemoth’s back and cut out more than ten pieces of flesh. She then slung all of that meat over her shoulder.

”Sika, what are you doing?” Saleen was bewildered. Had Sika learned from Nailisi and started eating raw meat?

”I am going to feed the dogs,” Sika said, walking towards the back.

”Be careful!” Saleen had wanted to stop her, but Sika simply waved him off and walked past the eleven war puppets towards the magic beasts that were following them. 　　　These beasts had originally been lying on the ground, but when they saw Sika approaching them, they stood up and arched their backs, slowly backing away.

As Sika tossed the meat over, those beasts retreated even more rapidly. Sika laughed, knowing that her guess had been right. These magic beasts were trying to scavenge, not attack her. This was a common sight in Caucasus, especially with the magic mountain wolves who loved to follow Caucasus hunters.

Many hunters who had killed behemoths could not bring them back and were only able to take the most valuable parts, and the mountain magic wolves would devour the rest of the remains. Some wolves were so intelligent that they would even help pursue and frighten the hunter’s targets.

The leader of the beasts had been killed, and without their advantage in numbers, the rest of the beasts had naturally chosen the safer way to hunt for food. Following Lex’s team had also been a good choice.