543 Mythical Beast? Part 2 (1/2)

Without hesitation, Saleen took out a scroll. The speed at which he took out the scroll was almost as fast as how mages released their magic. A huge hand appeared out of thin air and grabbed the palm-sized creature from the river.

”Ice seal!” Saleen did not stop and continued to release a grade-6 spell immediately. He would not be able to use the scroll this time. Saleen would have to control the accuracy of the magic directly. The weak-looking creature only opened its mouth and chomped a few times and it was able to bite through the Elemental Hand. Saleen's ice seal technique was a monomer magic with the smallest circumference, but with control that was ten times better than the ice attack.

A transparent crystal body of not more than one yard in diameter froze the little creature within. At this moment, the mages in the team finally reacted.

Saleen saw that the creature was not strong, but he did not dare to be complacent against any objects within the Goddess' dimension. He used his most powerful attack; a grade-6 spell. Even if his body type was special, this attack alone expended half of his magic chords.

Saleen approached the crystal and looked at the creature within.

This was a small creature that was shaped like a dragon but it was definitely not a dragon. On the back of this creature were wings. Its teeth did not bulge out of its mouth. Its four claws could extend and retract, which was a big difference compared to dragons that had non-retractable claws.

The body surface of this creature looked scaly but in fact, it was actually a body of hair. It was thick with individual fine hairs that formed beautiful patterns that looked like the scaly armor of a normal monster.

The tail of this adorable creature was not like the hard and sharp tails of dragons, but was slender and thin instead. Saleen could tell that the patterns on its tail were the same as those on its body, which were actually holy prose with a complicated structure.

A real mythical beast!

After the fall of Goddess of Myers, the mainland had not seen another mythical beast. In the mages' handbook of creatures, the strongest creature that could exist in the most different dimensions were the few varieties of mythical beasts that had completely disappeared.

This mythical beast was too small and could only be considered to a new born, much less an adolescent. While Saleen observed it, the water element crystal suddenly let out a ripping sound. The small creature's eyes filled with rage. It whipped its tail, which was barely the size of a toothpick, and managed to escape the hold of the ice seal.

As a mage looking at what could possibly be the last mythical beast of the Myers Mainland, there was no way Saleen was going to let it escape.

Although the Goddess of Myers was a god, a lot of element magic on the Myers Mainland was created by her. As a mythical beast that was raised by her, it would be difficult to control this little creature with element magic. Saleen did not know of any Divine spells that were of attacking type, and death magic still only remained as a theory, but his left hand could harness godly power.

The palm-sized creature struggled and escaped completely from the ice seal magic technique and fell directly onto Saleen's magic palm.

The little creature opened its mouth and wanted to bite, but Saleen's hand released a green glow and infused the light into its body. The light made it feel a sense of warmth, familiarity, and comfort. The creature was now confused.

Mythical beasts and demons were similar in the sense that they both inherited intelligence. Mythical beasts did not grow as fast as demons and besides, this mythical beast was forcefully created by Jessica. To possess true intelligence, it would need another few hundred years.

In the eyes of Jessica, the purgatory desert was a place of no return. The temple was hidden beneath the desert, so except for people who had inherited the Goddess, there was no way it would be discovered. According to her calculations, if humans wanted to recover their original power, they would need at least another few thousand years. She left after creating this mythical beast because of that. In her opinion, no humans would be able to enter the temple in the near future. After the mythical beast was fully grown, even if someone did manage to enter, they would not be able to succeed in taking away the seeds of the divine tree, unless this person completely converted to the Goddess.

Saleen released his palm gently and the green glow disappeared but the aura that the mythical beast had begun to grow fond of did not. Saleen saw that the creature was lying flat on his palm and was not struggling. He finally smiled happily.

”Oh mythical beast, young mythical beast. Even if it would not be able to help in battles, it would be a joy to care for it as a pet.” To mages, to be able to observe the nature of mythical beasts and to uncover the secrets of the holy prose on their body it was enough.

”Master…” Nailisi rushed over.

Saleen stared at her viciously, ”The mythical beast cannot be eaten by her.” Nailisi laughed mockingly and said, ”I just wanted to take a look. So cute!”

With that, Nailisi wanted to touch the mythical beast. The little creature was scared and retreated, while opening its mouth and revealing its teeth that were still not fully grown. It growled at Nailisi.

”Nailisi!” Sika shouted from the side. She loved the mythical beast the moment she saw it. No other special reasons. In the past, when Caucasus was a strong country, there were three nature priests that were gifted a mythical beast each by the Goddess. Ever since the three beasts had died from old age, Caucasus had become weaker and weaker.

”Sister Sika, don't worry I will stay away.” Nailisi took two steps back as she saw Sika's fierce gaze. She knew that her pretense would be seen through by her, so she might as well dismiss the thought of swallowing the mythical beast. Luoluokaluo need not swallow the strongest creature. The strongest part about her bloodline was that the power she obtained could still evolve on its own.

By sticking with Saleen, there would be plenty of opportunities to encounter high-level monsters. If she ate this mythical beast, she would have to fall into deep sleep for a thousand years. She might as well depend on the abilities of her bloodline and evolve gradually. That would be the safest plan in the long-term.