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"Hurry up just leave him we can't afford another child!"

"No, he won't survive put here! We can't just leave him Rashagal Forest!"

"We can and we will! Dammit! You know we can't afford a child. We can barely afford food and shelter for ourselves if we add a child to the mix, we would die of starvation or the weather!"

"B-But c-c-can we j-just tr-try"

"Darling listen, we really can't I cant afford to have another person on my mind other than you and I want to keep this child to but believe me if we do we will just make him suffer more."

Somewhere in the legendary Rashagal forest there was a couple arguing, the women wanted to keep the child but the man knew they couldn't otherwise they would be doomed. As time went on he eventually made the women see his point and agree.

"O-Okay but I want to put him near a cave so he doesn't have to die from weather."

"N...Fine, we can put him near a cave but we must hurry back otherwise we will be severely punished for not telling the village elder we left."

At this the women looked for a cave and when she found one she sat down for a bit and fed the baby one last time.

"I am sorry I don't want to give you up but i have too, I am a terrible mother and I am sorry. Your always going to be in my heart. okay?"

When she said this the baby looked up with his golden colored eyes and gave he a look as if saying 'It's okay I understand now go before we get too attached to each other.' She leaned down one last time when the baby was finished and kissed him.

After that she set him on the ground and turned around running back, with a clear path of shimmering tears falling to the ground under the moonlight.

The baby didn't know its mother had left forever but he just moved his stubby arms around for a little bit and fell asleep. He looked unconcerned about anything, the bliss called innocence written all over his face.

After some time a majestic looking white tigress came out following the scent of the humans because she was saddened. She just failed to give birth to the next in line and was disheartened that she would never see her beautiful cubs.

As she was walking she could smell the scent of a human and slowly snuck to where she smelled it, but when she got there she saw a miniature human wrapped in leaves.

She was a spirit level beast, and as such she was given the ability to talk and learn. She knew this miniature human was called a baby and she knew babies where like cubs in their own way but just a different type of race.

When she saw this, she couldn't help but think about here poor cubs that should have been born. When she thought about this she knew what she had to do, she went to the baby and transformed into a human temporarily.

This was one of the things sky level beasts can do for a short time of around two hours, she didn't want to risk biting the child on accident. While trying to carry it.

When she picked up the child and looked at it she was stunned, she imagine this is what her cub looked like if they where to be in baby human form when they were born.

This just made her want to keep this baby human more than ever, so she started to walk towards the cave that was in her and her husband's territory.

She was the empress of one of the beast continents, they ruled the areas of a certain continent and that was their jurisdiction and their area, if another wanted to invade their area they had the rights to attack.

The same thing worked if you want to expand, you could kill the emperor and empress of another area and take their area, to expand your rule and as well as their forces.

As she was walking she had an idea and went to a nearby tree and took a vine that looked thick and strong, she wrapped the baby around with the vine and made sure it was stable.

She then transformed into a giant white tigress at least 190 cm ground to back, standing up. And she was about 245 cm long with toned muscles and piercing eyes that looked like they could kill.

At first she was walking to test the strength of the vines as she felt they were very stable she started to sprint at full speed towards her cave.

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After 45 minutes of running she finally reached the cave where she found her equally aggrieved husband. He wasn't handling losing the cubs well either, because he wanted to make them the next beast emperor that was going to rule the land.

The reality was incredibly cruel and he ended up losing the cub, but when he turned and saw his wife enter with something around her stomach he was surprised then thought she found something to eat.

Though to his surprise he heard a soft cry from the bundle he was very confused, it then hit him. This was a human, he instantly bared him fanged and when his wife saw, this she talked to him in ancient beast language.

"I found a abandoned human baby, I'm going to raise him. He will become one of us but he will not know he is adopted till later, we will tell him he is a phenomenon that was born in human form and he will get his spirit transformation later in life."

When the emperor heard this he was very shocked, his usually cold, aloof and smart wife took a liking to something that he didn't have to force her to try. He then understood the reason, although it was a little unreasonable he will allow it, because he can't handle the one that he loves and treasures more than his life to be sad.

"Fine, but on one condition."

When she heard this she was happy but she knew not to expect too much till you heard the full deal otherwise you will be severely disappointed.

"What is it?"

He was shocked again, his wife, the empress known to be crafty, smart, beautiful and vicious on the battlefield was actually willing to take a HUMAN child in, and agree to a condition without hesitation. Although she said "what is it?" it meant she was most likely going to accept.

"He is going to learn from the other tribes to have skills to survive and kill."

When she heard this she was over the moon, she just lost her cubs and if she lost this little one that would look like her cubs she didn't know what she would do.

"Okay, I also want him to learn what to do when faced with dangerous situations."

Then the emperor turned into a human and went to his wife that also turned into a human, they looked down into her arms and saw a little golden eyed baby that had the chunkiest of cheeks looking at them with curiosity and amazement.

Then the baby smiled and pushed his hands forward and touched both his new mom and dad. When they felt this they were very happy with the choice they made, although still hurt from losing their original children. They felt like if they could they would have the both the it would have been a blessing.

"So who are going to be his teachers?"

"We will teach him our skills, then I will also have the king stealth snake teach him stalking, then the god steel ape teach him offense and defense, we will also have the zingray monkey king to teach him agility, and then the light panther for speed."

When she heard this she was very happy because all them were the apex in their fields, if he could gain their training with the others he will be able to take down just about any opponent.

"Oh and the steel tortoise clan for body hardening skills."

She was even more pleased, she really wanted the best for this child but for the best you had to be the strongest and this she knew very well and would never forget.

"When will he start training?"

The emperor thought for a bit then said.

"5 years old is when he will start, he looks very young maybe a 3 months, from 5 years old he will start at that point, he should be able to comprehend things."

After talking for a little bit they went and laid down, but then he started crying. The empress turned into a human and breast fed him but then realized something.

"Can he drink my milk?! What happens if it is too potent with spirit energy!?"

When the emperor heard this he laughed and said it was okay it might even shape him earlier than they expected and make him stronger than his peers.

When she heard this she was calmed down a little bit but still worried, she decided to keep a close eye on him to make sure that nothing bad happened.

What she didn't know was that he had a change, it started with his eyes, near the iris you could see a little red and gold like that of a predator start to happen. Then it was his little body, he started to reach the first stage cultivation and the milk also made him open his meridian that where still growing, he was very young so they were easier to open. Also his muscles were starting to harden and grow.

The next thing was his k-nines they got sharper and a little longer, but other than that nothing else was visible. This all happened within the first week they had taken him in. If this continued he will become the strongest of the strong and the sharpest of the sharp.