Chapter 423: Chapter 171: Beast Tide

Carter Mountain was located in the northern part of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, a corner that jutted out from the north of Julian Province.

A river flowed down from the Demon Beast Mountain Range, which was why the Mountain Rock Bear Race had settled here.

On Carter Mountain, dozens of long, wooden huts of various sizes were encircled by a stone wall.

Countless wild beasts charged toward the stone wall.

There were magical beasts among them, but most were just ordinary animals.

Atop the stone wall stood the aged Warriors of the Mountain Rock Bear Race.

"Vidakons..."

Amidst a group of Mountain Rock Bear Race Warriors, an elderly member of their race dressed in a tattered Magic Robe was muttering an incantation.

After he finished chanting, an aura of life suddenly filled the air.

The Bear Race Warriors protecting the elder finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Outside the stone wall, the animals that had been frantically attacking the Mountain Rock Bear Race’s territory suddenly grew calm. They looked at one another, seeming to wonder what had just happened.

Before long, the wild beasts dispersed, and seeing this, the attacking magical beasts also gradually retreated.

"Elder Eggon, when is the Chieftain coming back?

Didn’t they say there would be reinforcements?"

Although the beasts had retreated, the mood of the Bear Race present didn’t improve much.

They all knew it wouldn’t be long before those things returned, and Eggon was running low on Mana.

"It doesn’t matter when the Chieftain and the others return. We just need to defend our territory."

"Hah! ’Defend our territory.’ Easy for you to say. What are we supposed to defend it with?"

Soon, a few Bear Race Warriors began to argue.

Elder Eggon felt a sharp pain wrack his body. He could only cough, unable to stop them.

Just as the conflict was escalating, a mountain bird flew down from the sky, landed on Elder Eggon’s shoulder, and whispered a few words into his ear.

"Stop arguing! Stop arguing!"

"It’s the Chieftain’s mountain bird!"

A member of the Bear Race stepped forward and said.

Everyone turned to look at Elder Eggon’s shoulder.

"Elder, what is it? What did the Chieftain say?"

A look of joy appeared on Elder Eggon’s previously sickly face.

"Good! Excellent!"

"They’re coming back soon! They’re bringing reinforcements!"

"The Chieftain is coming back!"

The news was like water hitting hot oil, instantly electrifying the crowd.

"When will the Chieftain and the others arrive? I don’t think we can survive the next attack!"

"Tonight. They’ll be back... COUGH COUGH... back tonight!"

"Quick! Have the Warriors prepare our defenses! As long as we can hold out until tonight, this crisis will be over!"

...

Watching his attack be thwarted once again by that detestable bunch of Bear Barbarians, Earl wasn’t particularly angry.

He knew this was their last stand. One more wave of attacks, and this damned Bear Race would be wiped from his sight for good.

Earl’s grudge against the Mountain Rock Bear Race was a long and complicated story that would take three days and three nights to tell.

To get his revenge on this Bear Race, he was even willing to violate the pact between Legendary-Tier Magical Beasts and intelligent life, risking being hunted down and killed by the Legendary-Tier powerhouses of the intelligent races.

"Elder! This is bad! Elder!"

Just as Earl was reveling in his thoughts, an eagle flew down from the sky, speaking in a human tongue.

Elder was what the magical beasts called Earl.

"What is it? Why the panic?" Earl scowled.

"Elder! Those Bear Barbarians are back! It’s terrible news!"

’They’re back?’

Earl’s heart skipped a beat.

’Is such a perfect opportunity about to slip through my fingers?’

"Damn it! Organize another attack! I refuse to believe those barbarians can actually hold this place!"

"Elder, it’s not just the Bear Barbarians. There are humans! Humans all over the mountains! We have to leave, now!" the eagle urged again.

"Humans!"

This time, Earl’s expression truly changed drastically.

"Don’t those things have a grudge against humans? How could they be mixed up with them?"

"Are you sure you saw correctly?"

"I saw them perfectly! Crystal clear! There’s even a human Extraordinary Corps!"

’This is bad!’

Now, Earl was genuinely panicked.

Humans were nothing like a minor race such as the Mountain Rock Bear Race. They were the hegemons of the Southern Continent!

When facing humans, Earl didn’t dare use his Extraordinary abilities. If some human lord were to record him with a Memory Stone and it got back to the Human World, countless human experts would come to hunt him down.

He, Earl, would be the one who broke the treaty first. Even if he was pursued deep into the Demon Beast Mountain Range, no High-Tier Magical Beast would be foolish enough to step up and help him.

"Damn it all!"

Earl was deeply shaken. ’Has the cooked duck really just flown away?’

"Elder! What do we do now?"

Upon hearing this news, Earl’s lackeys grew restless.

As the continent’s hegemons, humans were, in their minds, a power that could not be provoked.

Of course, that was true for High-Tier Magical Beasts.

’What to do?’

Earl looked around and opened his mouth.

"Elder! Don’t!"

"AHHH!"

Those familiar with Earl knew what he was about to do the moment they saw this action.

Earl’s true form was that of an Illusory Spirit Bird, and bewitchment was his innate talent.

With this spell, Earl could be said to have completely overdrawn his spirit. The several hundred magical beasts around him all submitted to his Demon Sound.

’It can’t be helped. Those humans must have learned of my existence from the Bear Race.’

’If I’m really recorded, I’ll definitely end up as a research subject for humans for the rest of my life.’

The thought of the stories he had heard since he was young made Earl tremble uncontrollably.

"You will all attack those humans immediately. You are not to speak of me, even if you die. Understand?" Earl commanded.

A few of the more intelligent magical beasts nodded their heads dumbly, like fools.

Seeing this, Earl flew away, relieved.

As Earl flew away, the eagle that had delivered the message moments ago suddenly regained its senses in the blink of an eye.

’Elder, my ass! Old monster! I knew it would come to this. Good thing I had a trick up my sleeve.’

The eagle muttered, looking around warily. It glanced at a few of the intelligent Golden-Tier magical beasts, and only after seeing the horde begin to charge toward the humans did it relax and slowly fly away.

After the eagle had flown off, a giant ape that had been charging at the very front of the magical beast pack suddenly stopped. It pulled a memory sphere from its ear, which had recorded the very scene of the eagle cursing Earl just moments before.

This was a precious treasure he had gone to great trouble to acquire from a human merchant caravan. It had finally proven useful today.

"Heh, with this, I’m sure Lord Earl won’t blame me too much."

With that, the ape also broke away from the group. Before long, the Golden-Tier beasts that had seemed to fall under the spell all began to slowly come to their senses.

They were all Earl’s old subordinates. Naturally, they were familiar with his methods. How could they not have been prepared for this?

Although Earl was a Legendary-Tier, the laws he had comprehended were elemental in nature. His Illusion Technique was only at the level of Gold Nine. As long as they were prepared beforehand, it was difficult for a Golden-Tier beast to be caught in the spell, to say nothing of the fact that Earl had tried to control several hundred magical beasts at once.

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