Humans
While Mark was unconscious, the Red Dagger mercenary team escorted Mark and the old Lion-man back to Roar castle. The moment the servant of the castle saw injured Mark, they were in shock. The young master of a royal house was injured to such an extent, it was something unheard of.
Soon the news about the young master of Lion house being heavily injured spread throughout the Beast-Man Empire.
"Have you heard, the young master was ambushed by humans on his way back from Tiger House." A middle-aged Lion-man said to a senior member of his house.
"What! How can something like this happen to our young master, forget it doesn't matter." Saying so, the old senior went to the storage room which hasn't been opened for ages and started taking out his armor and sword.
"Pa, what are you doing?" The middle-aged Lion-man asked when he saw his father taking out the old equipment he hasn't used for ages.
"What do you mean, 'What am I doing.' This is war, how dare those filthy humans to lay their hands on our young master." Saying so the old lion walked out of the house.
The same thing happened all over the Best-Man Empire. Even the old lions, who haven't appeared in the world for hundreds of years, all started making moves in the shadows.
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"How dare they!!" The current Chief of Tiger house smashed the table in front of him as he read the report handed to him.
"Summon all Gold Rank warriors, we are going on a War!!" The young master of the Lin house was ambushed on his way back from Tiger house, if they aren't the first ones to stand up for the lion house, then their long-lasting relationship would be affected.
"Dad what is going on, I just heard we are going on a war." The young master of Tiger house rushed into the Grand hall when he heard they were going on a war.
"Mist, Leo was ambushed by humans on his way back home." Saying so, the Chief handed the report to his son.
"How dare they!" Cursed Mist while sweeping through the report, "Dad, please let me lead this expedition; I want to show the humans that we Beast-Man aren't like those Orcs and Demons, whom they can mess around with."
"No, Mist you can't understand the depth of humans and this isn't a child's play, we are going on a real war." Saying so, Roy walked out of the Grand Hall.
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Many royal houses of the Empire also start preparing for War. Some had a good relationship with the Lion house, while others just hated humans, and some wanted revenge for their children and women who were kidnapped by human merchants and slave traders.
All in all the whole Beast-Man Empire was getting ready for an all-out war. Even the world of old monsters was shaken due to his event.
Meanwhile in the Human Empire!
The Human Empire consists of 17 different small and big kingdoms, and 3 Holy Lands. The 17 kingdoms of the Human Empire aren't too powerful, at most each Kingdom has a few Holy Knights for an Arch-Mage. But Holy Lands of Humans are completely different, each Holy Land has Hundreds of Holy Knights and Arch-Mages, and most importantly all of the humanity Divine Knights and Mages belong to these 3 Holy Lands.
From this one can figure out how much power these Holy Lands have in the Human Empire.
Right now the representatives of the three Holy Lands, (Radiant Knights, Chaos Mages, and Dragon Might) we're discussing the incident that has transpired in the Beast-Man Empire.
"Evan, care to explain why the next successor of Lion House, was attacked, on his way back home from Tiger House." The representative of the Dragon Might Holy Land asked Evan the representative of the Radiant Knights Holy Land.
"Olsen, you can't point fingers like that, do you even have any evidence." Evan denied Olsen's claim with a straight face.
"Evan, do you even need to act? We all here know about the incomplete Lion Battle Aura inheritance of your Holy Land. Who else besides your Holy Land would want to abduct the next successor of Lion house, to get the complete copy of the Sacred Lion Battle Aura Manual." Holt, the representative of Chaos Mages Holy Land, spoke when Evan denied his involvement in the abduction attempt on the young master of Lion house.
"Okay, fine I admit. It's our fault, but you have to understand many people in our Holy Land are cultivating Lion Battles Aura. And more than 3 members of our Holy Land are stuck at the peak of Holy Rank because of the incomplete Sacred Lion Battle Aura Manual. If we can get the forbidden chapters of the Manual, I can assure you that in less than a year, we will witness the birth of 3 Divine Knights," Explained Evan.
"What!! Are you sure?" Both Elsen and Holt were shocked when they heard that the Radiant Holy Land can produce 3 Divine Knights in less than a year if they can get their hands on the Sacred Lion Battle Aura.
Each Divine Knight and Divine Mage was the backbone of the Human Empire. The numbers Divine Rank powerhouses in the Empire can be counted on both hands.
Dragon Might Holy Land has 4, Chaos Mages Holy Land has 3, and the Radiant Knights has 2, a total of 9 Divine Rank Powerhouses.
If they can get 3 more Divine Rank powerhouses then their numbers will shoot up to 12. Which would be the same number of powerhouses as both Demons and Orcs combine. The demons have 7 Demon Gods and Orcs have 5 Warlords, a total of 12 powerhouses at the level of Divine Rank.
"Are you 100% confident that the Sacred Lion Battle Aura Manual can help the three of your Knights reach Divine Rank," Elsen asked in a solemn voice. Because this was a huge matter, with the addition of 3 more Divine Rank Powerhouses they would have a much easier time in the war against Demons and Orcs.
"About that, I am not 100% sure. It's not like you guys don't know about the forbidden chapters of the Beast-Men and Spirit race. Most of them aren't meant for us humans." Said Evan, as he didn't have much confidence in Sacred Lion Battle Aura Manuals forbidden chapters.
If he was 100% sure that Sacred Lion Battle Aura Manuals forbidden chapters can help the 3 Holy Rank Knights in his Holy Land reach Divine Rank, then he wouldn't be sitting here; instead, he would have personally attacked the Lion House.