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Giles' voice caught everyone's attention.

They looked at Giles oddly.

This scene felt familiar. Isn't this what Jim had told them previously?

Could it be that Giles is also from the Beast Blood Sect and is deliberately leading them to their deaths?

All their heads were in a muddle.

Even Ryder and Bob looked at Giles in surprise.

"Giles, did you make a mistake in what you were saying? Why would we go to the Beast Blood Sect to court our deaths?"

Giles smiled and explained, "Don't worry, I haven't lived long enough."

"The reason why I said that is because we aren't the only ones attacking the Beast Blood Sect this time."

Upon hearing this, everyone was surprised.

"Who? Who else is there?"

"Most of the contestants are here. Who else can it be?"

"That's right, even if there are others, it's useless even if they come."

…

However, the next moment, they found out the reason.

"Don't worry, the two of us will also attack the Beast Blood Sect's stronghold."

A voice seemed to ring out in everyone's hearts, stunning them.

Then, the elderly man and Gym Leader Camilla descended from the sky.

"It's Elder Gandalf and Gym Leader Camilla."

Gandalf was the elder's name and he was an elder in the Beast Tamer Association.

Not long ago, the Beast Blood Sect had massacred the Beast Tamers who participated in the tournament.

Gandalf and Camilla wanted to stop them, but they had not expected the Beast Blood Sect to send a Legend-rank Beast Tamer to get in their way.

It was until not long ago that the two of them had worked together to kill that Legend-rank Beast Tamer before rushing here.

After seeing Giles kill Jim, the two of them decided to directly attack the Beast Blood Sect.

"We will participate in this operation too. Don't worry."

Seeing the appearance of two Legend-rank Beast Tamers, everyone felt more confident.

Under Giles' leadership, they all rushed to the Beast Blood Sect's stronghold.

The two Legend-rank Beast Tamers hid their figures and waited for the opportunity to attack.

Soon, Giles and the others arrived outside a huge cave.

This was the stronghold of the Beast Blood Sect.

Before the Beast Blood Sect guards near the cave could utter a sound, Giles had used the Three-Headed Hellhound's Soul Poison to kill them.

Seeing this, Gandalf and Camilla, who were hiding in the dark, could not help but exclaim, "Even though I've seen this ferocious beast attack previously, I still find it terrifying."

"That's right. I feel like even I wouldn't be able to withstand the poison of that beast as well."

Before they could think further, Giles and the others had already run into the members of the Beast Blood Sect.

"Looks like you've killed that trash, Jim, but I didn't expect you to still dare to come here. You really don't know the meaning of death. I'll kill you today and accomplish the great undertaking of our Beast Blood Sect!" the leader of the Beast Blood Sect said sinisterly.

"I don't think so."

Giles smiled.

At the side, the Three-Headed Hellhound's Soul Poison had already spread to everyone.

"Dammit, what have you done?!"

"Help! I don't want to die!"

"Poison! He poisoned us!"

…

However, no matter how hard the people from the Beast Blood Sect struggled, they were corroded by the Soul Poison and could not escape the fate of death.

Soon, they were all annihilated.

Seeing this, those who had not seen Giles attack before gasped.

"Oh my god, is this Giles' strength? It's utterly frightening!"

"That's right. We could barely deal with one member of the Beast Blood Sect. I didn't expect him to deal with so many people directly."

"Is there still a need to compete in the upcoming Beast Tamer Friendly Match? With his strength, won't it be easy for him to win the championship?"

…

Everyone started discussing, but Giles didn't care.

At that moment, his expression was grave. Looking at his surroundings, his powerful spiritual power could clearly sense that there were other members of the Beast Blood Sect around.

As expected, the next moment, three Beast Blood Sect members, who were wearing blood-red robes, appeared before all of them.

The person in the middle clapped and said, "You killed many people from our Beast Blood Sect so quickly. Not bad."

"I think your ferocious beasts are not simple. It's not a bad idea to keep them to help Milord evolve." That person's long and narrow eyes swept across everyone as he said in a hoarse voice.

He didn't care about the dead members of the Beast Blood Sect at all.

This was because these cannon fodders would quickly be replaced.

On the other hand, Giles became extremely on guard when he saw the three of them.

He could sense that these three people were clearly Legend-rank Beast Tamers!

No matter how extraordinary his spirit beasts were, they would not be able to fight against such existences. At that moment, he could only get the two Legend-rank Beast Tamers from the Beast Tamer Association to attack.

Just as this thought popped into his mind, Gandalf and Camilla appeared.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of the three from the Beast Blood Sect narrowed.

"Gandalf, Camilla, I didn't expect it to be you two."

"I was thinking of finding trouble with you after Milord's plan succeeded. I didn't expect you to come knocking on my door now."

With that said, the three people from the Beast Blood Sect emitted a blood-red glow and three ferocious beasts that looked like dragons appeared on the spot.

"Netherworld Flood Dragon? I didn't expect you to have found its corpse!" Gandalf said in disbelief.

Camilla observed for a moment before shaking her head.

"They're not Netherworld Flood Dragons. It's just a dragon-type ferocious beast that possesses a trace of its bloodline."

"But even so, it's still terrifying."

When the three Flood Dragons heard this, they shot a baleful glance at Gandalf and Camilla.

"You're right, but it's still enough to deal with the two of you."

Camilla and Gandalf had grave expressions on their faces.

The other party was right.

Hundreds of years ago, a Netherworld Flood Dragon had been born in the Decker Mountain Range and had attacked Eugene City numerous times. Just as it advanced to the Mythic rank, it was severely injured by many Legend-rank Beast Tamers.

After that, this Flood Dragon escaped into the depths of the Decker Mountain Range and should have died due to its serious injuries.

However, the whereabouts of its corpse was a mystery and no one could find it.

The three Flood Dragons in front of them were probably the descendants of the Netherworld Flood Dragon. However, after so many years, the power in their bodies that came from their bloodline had weakened greatly. However, they were still extremely horrifying.

On the other hand, the three blood-colored Flood Dragons had already begun attacking.

After Gandalf and Camilla fused with the power of their ferocious beasts, they stepped forward to fight. Soon, the place was in chaos and the cave was on the verge of collapse. However, they still persevered.

Camilla broke through a wall, and the thick smell of blood filled the air.

Everyone subconsciously looked over and saw a huge blood pool. There was a black shadow in the blood that looked like a sleeping dragon.

"That is…!"

Camilla, who was fighting, was shocked when she saw this.

"You really found the corpse of the Netherworld Flood Dragon!"

The three blood-colored Flood Dragons smiled sinisterly.

"That's right. Just you wait. Milord's plan is about to succeed. When the time comes, all of you will die!"

With that, the few of them started fighting again.

However, right at that moment, the three blood-coloured Flood Dragons suddenly came to a halt. Then, a look of pain appeared on their sinister faces.

"How can this be?! What's with this sudden pain?"

Seeing this, Gandalf and Camilla looked at each other and seized the opportunity to attack.

Beside them, Giles stroked the head of the Three-headed Hellhound.

He had really underestimated this Soul Poison. He did not expect even those of Legend-rank to be affected.In the cave, due to the corrosion of the Soul Poison, the three blood-red Flood Dragons were forced to retreat under Gandalf and Camilla's attacks.

At that moment, one of the blood-colored Flood Dragons roared. It could feel its soul getting corroding incessantly. Even with its Legend-rank strength, it could not withstand it. It could only slow it down.

It looked at the other two Flood Dragons and knew that they were dead for sure. Then, it jumped into the blood pool.

The next moment, their bodies began to melt. They turned into blood and fused with the blood pool.

"Haha, when Milord wakes up, all of you shall be buried with us!"

They looked at all of them coldly before gradually fusing into the blood pool.

At the same time, the dragon-shaped black shadow in the depths of the blood pool began to move.

"Not enough, still not enough!"

A furious roar rang out from the blood pool. Then, endless blood gushed out from the pool and swept towards everyone's ferocious beasts.

One of the Beast Tamers' ferocious beasts did not manage to dodge and was instantly enveloped in blood. Then, not even its bones were left behind as it turned into a part of the blood.

If there was one, there would be another. Soon, many of the Beast Tamers' ferocious beasts were swept into the blood and became a part of the blood.

The dragon-shaped shadow in the blood pool also began to struggle.

Giles shuddered at the sight.

"D*mn it, the people from the Beast Blood Sect actually want to control the corpse of this Netherworld Flood Dragon. We must not let them succeed," Camilla said through clenched teeth.

The Netherworld Flood Dragon was a ferocious beast that was just short of advancing to the Mythic rank. If the people from the Beast Blood Sect succeeded, no one here would be able to escape.

When Giles heard this, he turned to look at the Three-headed Hellhound.

When he killed Jim previously, he had obtained the Beast Blood Sect's Blood Contract Technique. There were some other secret techniques on it, but they all required a human soul.

In that case, will the Three-Headed Hellhound's Soul Poison be of any use in this current situation?

However, under the current circumstances, Giles could only take a gamble.

"Three-Headed Hellhound, use your Soul Poison!"

Immediately, the black flames on the Three-Headed Hellhound burned furiously. Then, an invisible Soul Poison appeared and spread across the entire blood pool as per Giles' instructions.

The next moment, the blood nearly swept all the beasts into the blood pool. Even Gandalf and Camilla failed to stop it. Then, the endless blood returned to the blood pool.

Seeming to have absorbed enough energy, the Netherworld Flood Dragon in the blood pool finally stretched its body.

A ferocious, massive dragon head appeared on the surface of the blood pool, followed by a body that contained terrifying power.

Seeing this scene, everyone's breathing froze, and their hearts were filled with despair.

How are they supposed to fight a ferocious beast that was about to break through to the Mythic rank?

"My plan has finally succeeded. Just wait to die, you little worms!" The Netherworld Flood Dragon's cold gaze swept across everyone as it spoke in an icy tone.

Just as it was about to attack, its body shook violently, and its face was filled with pain.

"D*mn it, where is this pain coming from? Could it be that my plan was flawed and I didn't succeed completely?"

Gandalf and Camilla were dumbfounded at the sight. Then, they turned to Giles.

They had once again underestimated the terror of Giles' ferocious beast.

Even a ferocious beast that is about to break through to the Mythic rank is affected. This is in defiance of the natural order!

However, the two of them didn't have time to say anything. They composed themselves and charged towards the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

Take advantage of one's vulnerability to take their life!

This has been an unchanging principle since ancient times.

On the other hand, Giles had the Three-Headed Hellhound continuously release the Soul Poison.

Then, he summoned all the beasts in his body.

The Swan Beast activated its innate skill and transformed into a four-winged Swan Beast.

The King Kong Beast turned into a terrifying thirty-meter-tall beast.

The Little Beetle began to gather energy on its horn.

Sun Wukong held a long staff made from the bones of Legend-rank ferocious beasts. Its fighting spirit spread throughout its entire body.

Facing the terrifying Netherworld Flood Dragon, Giles used all his strength!

The Three-Headed Hellhound continued to release the Soul Poison, and the Netherworld Flood Dragon's condition plummeted.

The King Kong Beast went forward and grabbed the Netherworld Flood Dragon with its hands that were like huge fans, pulling it out of the blood pool.

The Four-Winged Swan Beast continued to unleash violent winds to interfere with the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

The Little Beetle condensed all the energy in its body and then activated the Super Atomic Ray. It landed on the body of the Netherworld Flood Dragon and left a huge wound.

Sun Wukong continuously teleported and waved the long staff in its hand. Every strike of the staff contained thousands of kilograms of force, causing the Netherworld Flood Dragon's blood to gush out everytime the staff landed on the body of the Flood Dragon.

Beside him, there were also Beast Tamers who had released their ferocious beasts to attack the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

However, because they were not strong enough, they were killed in a flash.

At the same time, Gandalf and Camilla, who had obtained the power of a Legend-rank beast after fusing with their beast's spirit, were also attacking the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

At that moment, the Netherworld Flood Dragon swung its tail and immediately swept the King Kong Beast into the blood pool.

Giles' heart constricted at the sight.

He had seen how terrifying the blood pool was previously. Legend-rank beasts turned into blood the moment they landed in it.

Now that the King Kong Beast has fallen in, won't it be in danger?

However, to Giles' surprise, not only was the King Kong Beast fine after falling in, the wounds on its body also gradually healed.

Giles' eyes lit up at the sight.

He could roughly guess the reason.

The previous blood pool might have been set up by the Beast Blood Sect, but now that they had succeeded, the blood pool that had fused with the corpses of numerous ferocious beasts had become a huge pool of blood medicine!

"King Kong Beast, stop the Netherworld Flood Dragon from entering the blood pool."

The King Kong Beast, which was still in a daze, immediately snapped out of it and charged towards the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

Being over thirty meters tall, it was like a Godfiend that had walked out from ancient times. Although it was no match for the Netherworld Flood Dragon, it still roared and charged forward, standing in between the Netherworld Flood Dragon and the blood pool.

Seeing this, the Netherworld Flood Dragon turned around and glared at Giles. However, it didn't have time to think further.

The reason being that the attack from behind had already arrived.

The Netherworld Flood Dragon's body was filled with wounds. It wanted to return to the blood pool to recover, but it was being obstructed by the King Kong Beast. No matter how furious it was, it had no choice but to continue fighting.

However, under the continuous corrosion of the Soul Poison, its condition continued to deteriorate, and more and more wounds appeared on its body.

During the battle, it had already discovered the reason for this.

The next moment, it actually endured a few attacks as it changed direction in a split second and charged towards the Three-Headed Hellhound.

This was out of everyone's expectations. Even Giles could not react in time.

At that moment, the Three-Headed Hellhound was standing next to Giles. Clearly, the Netherworld Flood Dragon also intended to get rid of Giles.

Seeing that the Netherworld Serpent was getting closer and closer, Giles did not panic. In a flash, he had already left that spot.

It was Sun Wukong's teleportation that saved him.

After saving Giles, Sun Wukong teleported immediately, planning to save the Three-headed Hellhound and other spirit beasts.

However, as soon as it teleported over, it saw the Little Beetle and Swan Beast, who were standing together with the Three-Headed Hellhound, getting attacked. They were swept aside by the Netherworld Flood Dragon's tail, and it was unknown if they were dead or alive.

Then, the Netherworld Flood Dragon turned around and began to attack Sun Wukong.

Before Sun Wukong could dodge, the Netherworld Flood Dragon sent it flying a short distance away with a slap. It spat out a mouthful of blood.

All of this had happened in an instant. Gandalf and Camilla also rushed over and surrounded the Flood Dragon before attacking.

However, at that moment, apart from the King Kong Beast, Giles' ferocious beasts all lost their ability to fight!"Oh my God, are Giles' spirit beasts all that sick?"

"That's right. They're actually able to fight a ferocious beast that's about to break through to the Mythic rank. This is unbelievable."

"D*mn it, this Netherworld Flood Dragon is too cunning. It actually went straight to deal with Giles' beasts. Without their support, it will be very difficult to win this battle."

"Where's the backup? Where's the backup? I don't believe that the Beast Tamer Association only has two Legend-rank Beast Tamers, Gandalf and Camilla."

…

Through the miniature cameras that Giles and the others were wearing on them, many people in Eugene City were witnessing the battle and feeling worried for them.

Needless to say, Giles was unaware of all this..

Sensing that his spirit beasts were merely injured, Giles immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

"King Kong Beast, quickly send Sun Wukong and the others into the blood pool," Giles instructed.

At that moment, the Netherworld Flood Dragon was held back by Gandalf and Camilla and could not get away.

After receiving the order, the King Kong Beast strode over and sent Sun Wukong and the other spirit beasts into the blood pool. Through his spiritual sensing, he could feel their aura increasing. Giles immediately felt relieved.

Then, Giles turned his gaze to the Netherworld Flood Dragon and his expression turned grave.

At that moment, the Netherworld Flood Dragon was covered in countless wounds, but this did not affect its strength.

It even had the upper hand against Gandalf and Camilla's attacks.

However, he kept wanting to get rid of the two of them and enter the blood pool, but couldn't succeed.

The King Kong Beast also joined the battle. Although its strength was inferior to the Netherworld Flood Dragon, its terrifying strength still made it difficult for the Flood Dragon to withstand.

However, wounds gradually appeared on the King Kong Beast's body. Fortunately, it could return to the blood pool to recuperate. Fifteen minutes later, it emerged from the blood pool with full health and continued to fight the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

The cave had already been destroyed by the battle, and the bright sunlight from the outside world shone in.

Just then, the Netherworld Flood Dragon, which had been entangled with them for a long time, roared furiously. Then, a dense blood-colored mist appeared on its body.

Seeing this, Gandalf and Camilla attacked even faster.

Attacks containing terrifying energy shot towards the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

They all knew that the Netherworld Flood Dragon was using the Blood Ignition Technique. They had to stop it.

Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to deal with.

"It's too late! Everyone here must die!" The Netherworld Flood Dragon roared furiously as its cold gaze swept across everyone present.

At that moment, the fury in his heart had already reached its peak.

It had thought that no one would be able to stop it after it took over the body of the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

Unexpectedly, it had first had his soul corroded by the strange beast's poison, and then he had been held back by these two people, unable to escape. He could only use the Blood Ignition Technique.

The next moment, an endless blood mist enveloped its entire body. Then, its aura gradually began to rise. It was just slightly short of reaching the Mythic rank.

However, that was enough for it.

With a swipe of its tail, it knocked the King Kong Beast to the side, flinging it into a rock. That was enough to reflect how terrifying the power contained in this strike was.

Gandalf and Camilla were greatly shocked, but they gritted their teeth and continued to attack.

However, the strengthened Netherworld Flood Dragon was extremely terrifying and quickly sent the two of them flying.

Just as it was about to kill the two of them, a pink light came attacking towards it. The Netherworld Flood Dragon instantly took a few steps back.

The next moment, the pink light disappeared and a beautiful woman appeared in the air.

Her beautiful eyes scanned the area, and she heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that Giles was fine.

"I'm not too late."

Giles was also surprised to see the beautiful woman.

At the same time, the little fox that he kept in his Beast-taming space suddenly became excited.

This was because the beautiful woman was the Legend-rank ferocious beast they had encountered in the Solomon Mountain Range.

Giles suddenly thought of something. He summoned the little fox and carried it in his arms.

When the beautiful woman saw the little fox, she smiled at it dotingly.

Then, she raised her hand slightly and sent the severely injured and unconscious King Kong Beast into the blood pool to recuperate.

After doing all these, she looked at the Netherworld Flood Dragon with an icy expression.

"I was just worried about being unable to find people from the Beast Blood Sect to take revenge. I didn't expect to encounter an elder from the Beast Blood Sect. Just accept your death."

The battle began again.

The woman raised her hand slightly and the surroundings changed drastically.

Countless peach trees bloomed with pink peach blossoms. Their petals drifted along with the breeze and landed on the body of the Netherworld Flood Dragon, leaving behind horrifying wounds.

Seeing this scene, the Netherworld Flood Dragon's eyes were filled with shock and anger.

"You are also a ferocious beast that is just one step away from advancing to the Mythic rank. Why are you helping those humans?"

The woman said calmly, "I'm only doing this for revenge. Who asked you to have designs on my daughter?"

Upon hearing this, the Flood Dragon cursed its subordinates in its heart.

If not for the fact that they were all dead, he would have dragged them out and tortured them countless times.

What a terrifying enemy that they had provoked for him!

The Netherworld Flood Dragon could clearly sense that the woman in front of it was far stronger than it was. Even if it used the Blood Ignition Technique, it would not be able to fight against her.

Furthermore, it did not dare to use the Blood Ignition Technique for a long period of time. After all, it was burning its own blood essence. Other than that, it would also cause damage to his soul.

Therefore, the Netherworld Flood Dragon had the thought of fleeing.

The next moment, it suddenly twisted his body and transformed into an afterimage that bolted out of the peach forest. Then, it quickly fled.

Seeing this, the woman did not choose to chase after him.

At their rank, if they wanted to leave, it would be very difficult to hold them back.

"I will definitely pay you back for today's grudge in the future!"

Just as it was about to disappear, the Netherworld Flood Dragon said something fierce.

The woman snorted and shot a beam of light at the Netherworld Flood Dragon.

It didn't dare to stay any longer and disappeared into the horizon.

Seeing this, Giles heaved a sigh of relief. It's finally over.

The Beast Tamers by the side also heaved a sigh of relief. Some of them even sat on the ground to calm their hearts.

Gandalf and Camilla were not seriously injured. The two of them walked up to the woman to express their gratitude.

"Thank you for your help, Madam. May I know how to address you?"

"Just call me Janice," the woman said coldly.

Giles, who was beside them, felt embarrassed to hear this. He only found out the woman's name now.

"Mrs Janice, thank you for your help," Giles expressed his gratitude as well.

The little fox in his arms was also waving its furry paw as if it was greeting its mother.

Janice smiled at the sight, before signalling to Giles.

The two of them followed her to the blood pool.

Giles' beasts were immersed in the blood pool. Their wounds had healed, but they still did not wake up.

Upon seeing this, Giles' brows knitted together.

"This blood pool contains the blood of many ferocious beasts. It's extremely beneficial to them. They are all in the midst of a transformation. This will take a very long time."

Janice could tell that Giles was worried, so she offered an explanation.

"How long will it take?"

Giles was relieved to learn that they were fine.

"Hmm, that's hard to say. It could be three months, or half a year, or even years."

Janice frowned. Clearly, she couldn't be sure.

Upon hearing this, Giles' brows knitted together.

He hadn't expected it to take so long. If it really took a year or two, Giles really couldn't afford to wait but he also wasn't comfortable with just leaving them here.

Janice saw his worry and said, "If you can't stay here for long, I can help you look after them."

"Won't that be troubling you, Madam?"

Giles asked.

"It's alright. The environment here is not bad. I'll just take it as I'm moving house," Janice said.

Giles nodded.

"In that case, thank you, Madam."

Without having to worry anymore, Giles felt reassured. He thanked Janice and took a last look at the blood pool.

Then, he followed Gandalf, Camilla, and the others back to Eugene City.

Just like that, the curtain fell on the events at the Decker Mountain Range.Eugene City, Beast Tamer Association.

The Beast Tamers who had returned alive stood in the hall with their minds in complete chaos.

Many people's contracted spirit beasts had been killed. It could be said that their losses were immense.

There was no need to continue the competition.

With most people's spirit beasts gone, how could they compete?

Some people questioned the Beast Tamer Association's inappropriate planning which resulted in this outcome.

The Beast Tamer Association did not agree with them about this. After all, they had told everyone in advance.

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At the same time, they promised to give everyone a compensation of considerable value.

Other than that, the Beast Tamer Association announced that the friendly match was canceled and that it would be held again sometime later.

The Dragon Blood Grass that Giles obtained from the Decker Mountain Range was also handed over to the Beast Tamer Association and he obtained a resource of equivalent value.

Of course, the Dragon Blood Grass was also sent to Alina in the end.

With the help of the Beast Tamer Association, Alina successfully consumed it and resolved her body's problem.

"Giles, thank you very much."

Alina's eyes sparkled as she looked at Giles with watery eyes.

Then, before Giles could say anything, she hugged him tightly.

The unique fragrance that was unique to girls filled the air. Feeling the girl's weak body in his arms, Giles hugged her back.

Time seemed to have stopped at that moment.

"Ahem, it's time to go."

Gandalf broke the silence.

Giles wasn't planning to stay here. He couldn't wait that long.

With Janice here to look after them, he felt assured and prepared to return to Yin City with Alina.

However, as Giles' spirit beasts were all in a deep slumber here and Alina was only at the Gold rank, Gandalf had to personally send the two of them back to Yin City.

After all, one was Giles, who had helped them a lot, and the other was the daughter of the Spirit Beast Chamber of Commerce. The Beast Tamer Association was also willing to do them a favor.

Together with Alina, they stepped onto Gandalf's flying beast and headed back to Yin City.

It had to be said that the speed of a Legend-rank beast was indeed fast. In just two days, the two of them returned to Yin City.

When they landed in Yin City, Giles felt like it was very surreal.

It was as if he had experienced a lot during this trip. Most importantly, the few spirit beasts in his hands had been left in Eugene City. However, there would definitely be a day when they woke up. When that time came, their transformation would definitely be astonishing.

"Alright, I've successfully sent you two to your destination. My mission is complete."

"I haven't been to Yin City in a long time. I'll go to the Beast Tamer Association to look for a few old friends. You guys can head home first."

After saying that, Gandalf rushed towards the Beast Tamer Association in the city.

Alina and Giles looked at each other.

Alina blushed and said, "I've been gone for a long time. I need to go home first."

Giles nodded.

"Okay, I want to go and take a look at the gym too."

After the two of them bade each other farewell, Giles returned to Starlux Gym.

Although it had been a long time since he left, this place was still very clean.

It was clear that someone from the Spirit Beast Chamber of Commerce had cleaned it.

Giles walked to the spirit-beast section and let out all the spirit beast cubs that he had brought along with him previously. There were about a dozen of them.

As Giles had been worried about leaving them in the gym and also because they were pestering him, he had no choice but to bring them along previously.

However, along the way, apart from feeding them, he did not tell them any stories.

At that moment, they looked at Giles in grievance.

Upon seeing this scene, Giles smiled wryly.

"It's already too late today. I'll tell you a story tomorrow, alright?"

When they heard this, the eyes of the ten or so spirit beast cubs lit up.

Not bothering with them any further, Giles walked into his room and began to rest. He hadn't had a good rest in days.

The night passed uneventfully.

The next day, Giles woke up feeling refreshed.

After washing up and eating casually, Giles enjoyed his leisure time.

However, it was obvious that there were spirit beasts that did not want him to be so relaxed.

The ten or so spirit beast cubs ran over from the spirit-beast section and gathered beside Giles, staring at him with large watery eyes.

The little fox that he had brought back from the Solomon Mountains didn't know what was happening and jumped into Giles' arms.

Feeling the furry touch in his arms, Giles instinctively stroked it.

Then, his gaze was attracted by a small golden eagle standing on the tree.

It was the descendant of Alice's Epic-rank beast.

Looking at it, Giles thought of the story he wanted to tell.

He smiled and swept his gaze across the cubs in front of him.

"Next, I'll tell you a story."

Upon hearing this, the spirit beast cubs immediately sat in a line and waited for Giles' story.

"This is a story about revenge and protection."

"In ancient times, the Gods emerged in an unending floor. Endless wars of the Gods spread across the entire continent, and every race joined in this terrifying battle."

"After a long period of war, many creatures lost their lives. The Snake God, Naga, led its race through countless battles and became the ruler of many tribes. They roamed the continent in a vain attempt to conquer the world. Even when the Gods attacked them, they would be directly killed by them and the flames of war continued."

"It eventually burned to a race called Garuda. This race has an eagle head and a human body, with a pair of golden wings on their back that allowed them to soar through the nine heavens. When every member of the tribe matures, they are all natural warriors with terrifying strength that can rip metal apart with their bare hands. However, they love peace and have been avoiding the chaos of war. However, in this era where the Gods are fighting for supremacy, which race can avoid it?"

"The Nagas were afraid of their power. In order to prevent this tribe from standing in the way of their ambition to rule the world, they deployed many forces to completely exterminate this race."

"They succeeded, but they also failed."

"The Garuda race was wiped out, and corpses were strewn all over the place. The Naga race had taken another small step forward in dominating the world."

"However, what they did not expect was…"

"Amongst the corpses of countless Garudas, a young Garuda crawled out."Inside Starlux Gym.

Giles' teeth clattered against each other lightly as his gentle voice traveled into the ears of the dozen or so spirit beast cubs.

The little fox in his arms had never heard him tell a story before and couldn't help but become infatuated.

The story continued.

"The Nagas left, but what they did not expect was…"

"A young Garuda survived. His eyes were glazed as he looked at the corpses of his people.

"He could not believe that the Garuda Clan was destroyed just like that."

"He cried bitterly. The Garuda Clan loved peace. Why would they suffer such a calamity?"

"He hated himself for being too weak and unable to fight alongside his tribesmen. He could only live an ignoble life."

"He looked at the ground full of corpses. There were Garudas and Nagas."

"His resolve strengthened."

"He wants revenge!"

"He wants to slaughter the entire Naga Clan!"

"From then on, his name shall be Garuda!"

"His mission is to take revenge!"

"But revenge requires strength. His weak self was no match for the Naga race."

"At that moment, he thought of the Garuda Clan's secret skill, the Devour Technique."

"One can obtain power by devouring everything."

"Looking at the corpses all over the ground, he struggled for a moment before beginning to devour the corpses of his own kind.

"He endured the hatred in his heart and swallowed the corpses that were all over the ground. There were some from the Garuda race and some from the Naga race."

"To obtain power for revenge, he could only do this!"

"Gradually, the golden wings behind Garuda turned into dense black wings that were covered in sharp and black sword feathers. Endless power surged throughout his body."

"This was the Wings of Hatred forged from the blood of the Garuda race!"

"He spread his black wings open and flew into the sky."

"At this moment, Garuda was no longer an emissary of peace, but a Death God from hell."

"The hatred of the Garuda Clan can only be repaid with the blood of Nagas!"

"Garuda flew above the continent and saw the Nagas still fighting in all directions, causing countless lives to die."

"His eyes widened. Flapping his black wings, he began to kill and devour the members of the Naga race. Wherever the Naga race appeared, he would appear.

"Gradually, people learned that wherever the black wings appear, it means that the Death God of the Naga Race had arrived."

"Finally, Garuda, who had devoured countless Nagas, encountered the Snake God, Naga."

"This was a predestined battle."

"Garuda flapped his black wings and boundless black sword feathers shot towards the Snake God Naga. At the same time, his powerful body approached and grabbed the body of the Snake God Naga."

"With a horrifying wave of power, he ripped the Snake God Naga into two by him and the Snake God became his food. He devoured it to strengthen his body."

"With the death of Snake God Naga, the flames of war weakened greatly, but they didn't disappear."

"That's because there were still other races that were engaged in intense battles."

"Garuda wants to stop this war, but he knew that only an extremely powerful force could stop all of it."

"He began to devour the corpses of the dead creatures on the continent and other things that contained energy just to strengthen himself."

"Some people thought that he was a bad omen that specially appeared on battlefields filled with corpses."

"He didn't care. He just wanted to make himself stronger."

"Finally, after God knows how long…"

"With a loud eagle cry, Garuda stood in the sky above the continent with its black wings."

"At that moment, all the races that were fighting stopped their battle."

"It was because they sensed an extremely terrifying power coming from Garuda. That power was unstoppable and even deities had to yield to him."

"With Garuda's forceful intervention, the flames of war on the continent stopped. Numerous creatures cheered and praised Garuda's name."

"At that moment, Garuda was no longer a bad omen of disaster, but the emissary of peace."

The story ended there.

From revenge to protection, Garuda's story came to an end.

The courtyard was silent.

Giles looked at the Little Golden Eagle standing on the tree, expectant.

I wonder how he will evolve.

On the other hand, the Little Golden Eagle that Giles was staring at had its eyes closed.

It was immersed in Garuda's world.

It saw the life of Garuda.

It grieved over the destruction of the Garuda Clan.

It was happy that Garuda had taken revenge.

It was even angrier that Garuda had been mistaken as a bad omen.

However, he was also impressed by Garuda for protecting the peace and stopping the flames of war.

In the end, it became the Garuda in the story and experienced its life personally.

From the beginning of its revenge to the end, it felt like it was Garuda.

However, it knew that it was just a Bronze-rank spirit beast that was far from being comparable to Senior Garuda.

That's right, it had already regarded Garuda as its goal and decided to use its life to achieve that goal.

It began to observe Garuda's battle.

It saw Garuda devouring everything to obtain power.

It saw Garuda tearing apart the Snake God, Naga.

This scene made its soul tremble with excitement.

In the end, it felt some strange memories appearing in its mind. It was Garuda's Technique of Devouring Everything!

As long as it continued to devour everything, it would obtain the power of Senior Garuda!

At that moment, the Little Golden Eagle shuddered and suddenly opened its eyes which were filled with excitement.

Then, it rushed into Giles' room and opened a box.

Inside the box were the cores of some ferocious beasts that Giles had collected previously.

The Little Golden Eagle picked up two Gold-rank beast cores and swallowed them.

Upon seeing this, Giles nearly jumped up in fright.

This was because the Little Gold Eagle had yet to evolve. It was just a Bronze-rank spirit beast and was unable to withstand the terrifying energy contained in the core of a Gold-rank ferocious beast. If one was careless, their body would explode and they would die.

However, the situation that Giles was worried about did not happen.

After the Little Golden Eagle swallowed the two cores, it actually felt that it was not enough and ate another two pieces.

Giles scratched his head at the sight.

It seems fine?

The next moment, the Little Golden Eagle that had swallowed a few beast cores slowly closed its eyes. A mysterious power wrapped around its entire body and it actually began to evolve.It was clearly different from the previous spirit beasts. That Little Golden Eagle's evolution took a slightly longer time.

Giles was also very patient. He merely hugged the Little Fox in his arms and silently watched the Little Golden Eagle evolve bit by bit.

Giles was already imagining the Little Golden Eagle's majestic appearance after its evolution.

After all, the Swan Beast, his flying beast that could fly him around, had been injured during the battle in the Decker Mountain Range. Now, it was soaking in the blood pool and unable to move.

Right now, Giles needed another powerful flying beast to replace the Swan Beast.

That was why Giles had specially chosen Garuda's story, hoping for the Little Golden Eagle in front of him to complete its evolution and replace the Swan Beast.

However, Giles was so focused on imagining the scene of him riding the evolved Little Golden Eagle that he did not notice the reactions of the other spirit beasts.

Other than the Little Fox in his arms, all the spirit beasts were lying on the ground and trembling.

This was because they had sensed a familiar aura.

That aura came from a woman and an Epic-rank spirit beast.

At that moment, Alice, the Gym Leader of Starlux Gym, was outside the gym and curiously observing everything that was happening inside.

It was her appearance that caused the spirit beasts in Starlux Gym to panic.

As spirit beasts were far more perceptive than humans, they could sense Alice before Giles, a human, did.

However, Alice was confused by Giles' strange actions.

Telling stories to the spirit beasts and letting the spirit beasts devour high-grade cores?

She let Giles be in charge of Starlux Gym but he nearly demolished it!

Starlux Gym is the hard work of the previous gym leader.

This won't do, she had to stop him.

Just as Alice was about to rush into the gym, the Giant Golden Eagle beside her communicated with Alice telepathically and begged her, "Master, wait a while more."

Sensing the Giant Golden Eagle's voice in her mind, Alice turned around and replied, "Why? Your daughter accidentally ate the cores of two Gold-rank ferocious beasts. It is about to explode and die, yet you are actually telling me to wait a while longer?"

The Giant Golden Eagle flapped its wings and explained respectfully, "No, Master, my daughter is evolving. That's why I advised you not to interrupt her now."

Alice was even more puzzled by the Giant Golden Eagle's explanation.

"Just two ferocious beast cores can help your daughter evolve? In that case, I've fed you so many beast cores, but why haven't you evolved into a Mythic-rank spirit beast?"

Hearing Alice's mocking words, the Giant Golden Eagle lowered its head even more.

"Master, I think Giles' story made my daughter realize something. That's why she evolved."

"Not only her, but I also benefited greatly. Just now, under the influence of that story, my mental state entered a magical world. It was as if I had transformed into the brave King Garuda."

With that, the Giant Golden Eagle raised its head and puffed out its chest.

Its sharp eagle eyes looked confidently at Alice.

Then, Alice was surprised to discover that her Giant Golden Eagle's aura had changed drastically.

It was valiant and steadfast.

The current Giant Golden Eagle was like an invincible king in the sky.

Not only that, but the spirit energy on its body had also increased greatly. It even vaguely seemed like it was going to break through from the Epic rank to the Legend rank.

Alice was shocked.

A story can help a spirit beast evolve!

At once, this made Alice realize Giles' potential value.

As long as Giles was around, the evolution of the spirit beasts in the gym would be much easier.

Starlux Gym could become the best gym on the Blue Planet in an extremely short period of time.

In this world where Beast Tamers were respected, a Beast Tamer who could allow spirit beasts to evolve easily had immense value and enticement.

If word of this got out, not to mention this small Yin City, even other Beast Tamers and various forces on the entire Blue Planet would flock to Giles like ducks.

This was because the evolution requirements for the spirit beasts of other Beast Tamers were very harsh.

If they wanted to evolve, they had to devour the cores of spirit beasts that were at least one rank higher.

For example, a Bronze-rank spirit beast would have to devour the core of a Silver-rank spirit beast.

If a Silver-rank spirit beast wanted to evolve, it would have to devour the core of a Gold-rank spirit beast.

Based on this, after reaching the Legend rank, if a spirit beast wanted to evolve, it would have to devour the core of a Mythic-rank spirit beast!

That was almost impossible.

Mythic-rank spirit beasts were creatures that lived in rumors.

They had never even seen a Mythic-rank spirit beast, let alone obtain its core.

Therefore, although there were Legend-rank Beast Tamers on the Blue Planet, there were no Mythic-rank Beast Tamers.

The requirement that restricted the evolution of spirit beasts was not only that they had to devour the cores of higher-ranking spirit beasts.

The bloodline power of every spirit beast was also an important factor.

Spirit beasts possessed strength that far exceeded ordinary humans, but they had also paid a price.

The rank of a spirit beast was basically destined the moment it was born.

The power and abilities of a spirit beast were all from their bloodline.

Basically, no Beast Tamer could interfere with the bloodline power of a spirit beast.

For example, a spirit beast like the Giant Golden Eagle could at most evolve to the Epic rank. It was almost impossible for it to evolve further.

Therefore, the Giant Golden Eagle was often used as a spirit beast mount and was not very useful.

That was exactly what Alice did.

However, the Epic-rank Giant Golden Eagle in front of her was about to advance to the Legend rank!

The reason for that was simply because Giles had made up a story!

Alice found it hard to believe what she was seeing.

This fact shocked and delighted Alice and the Giant Golden Eagle.

However, Alice was the ninth-generation Gym Leader of Starlux Gym after all. She was very adaptive.

She forcefully suppressed the shock and happiness in her heart and quickly took out a few Legend-rank spirit beast cores from the spatial wristband she wore and fed them to the Giant Golden Eagle.

Then, a mysterious energy enshrouded the Giant Golden Eagle's body.

The gradually increasing aura on the Giant Golden Eagle's body also made the spirit beast cubs in the gym tremble uncontrollably.

The Giant Golden Eagle outside the gym and the Little Golden Eagle inside the gym had yet to break through.

Alice didn't rush in, because the Giant Golden Eagle told her that the story of Garuda might not have finished yet.

At that moment, Alice also wanted to see what secrets Giles had on him.

Thus, she waited outside Starlux Gym with her eagle.

Inside Starlux Gym.

After a long while, Giles still did not see the Little Golden Eagle evolving. He also grew impatient.

Ever since he took charge of Starlux Gym and told stories to the spirit beasts in the gym, nothing like this had ever happened before.

Hence, Giles pondered over the reason as he looked around the gym.

Only then did Giles discover the changes in the bodies of the Bronze-rank spirit beast cubs that had yet to evolve.

Those spirit beast cubs seemed to be afraid of something.

"Don't be afraid. Even if Little Eagle evolves, it won't hurt you. I usually remind it that spirit beasts have to get along harmoniously."

With that said, Giles consoled them, "It's alright.. All of you will have a chance of evolving."Seeing that Giles, who was bleeding profusely from his left arm, had suddenly collapsed, the Little Golden Eagle hurriedly flapped its wings and flew towards Giles.

However, it was unknown whether it was because its body had become larger after its evolution or because it had two additional eagle claws after its evolution,

or perhaps it was because of both reasons, but the Little Golden Eagle actually couldn't quite maintain its balance as it flew.

Fortunately, it was less than ten meters away from Giles.

The flying Little Golden Eagle wobbled as it glided over to Giles.

When it landed, the eagle claw tattoo on the back of Giles' hand suddenly glowed weakly.

The Little Golden Eagle also sensed the spiritual connection with Giles.

"Sorry…"

After this word rang out in the Little Golden Eagle's mind, it realized that Giles had completely lost consciousness.

The Little Golden Eagle flapped its wings on the spot and shook its head frantically as it looked around.

It was its first time encountering such a situation and it did not know what to do.

"Little Golden Eagle! What are you planning to do?"

"Giles is our Beast Tamer! You can't eat him!"

"Everyone, come over quickly! The Little Golden Eagle has become Garuda!"

"…"

After several terrified cries rang out, a few spirit beast cubs surrounded Giles and stopped in front of the Little Golden Eagle.

As they had all fainted earlier, they did not know what had happened between Giles and the Little Golden Eagle.

However, they saw that after Giles fell, the eagle claw tattoo of the Little Golden Eagle was still lit up on the back of his hand.

Coupled with the the Little Golden Eagle's current appearance, they could not help but think of the story, "Garuda, who wanders the battlefield and continuously devours corpses to strengthen himself".

They all subconsciously thought that the reason for Giles' injury and fall was linked to the evolved Little Golden Eagle.

Perhaps the Little Golden Eagle had already forcefully broken its contract with Giles!

Furthermore, the Golden Eagle's abnormal behavior must be because it had learned Garuda's 'Devour' skill and was planning to eat Giles!

These spirit beast cubs had all contracted with Giles.

If Giles was really eaten by the Little Golden Eagle, they would also be severely injured.

At that time, the Little Golden Eagle might eat all of them!

As the few spirit beast cubs that were the first to react surrounded Giles and started shouting, the other spirit beast cubs who heard this, all suppressed the fear they had for the Garuda in the story and went over to Giles.

"That's not it, I…"

The Little Golden Eagle was already panicking because Giles had suddenly fainted.

After hearing the opinions of this group of spirit beast cubs, it couldn't even speak coherently.

In the eyes of the spirit beast cubs, the Little Golden Eagle's reaction was as if it had been caught red-handed.

Does the Little Golden Eagle really want to eat our Beast Tamer?

The spirit beast cubs simultaneously thought of this and looked at each other in dismay, feeling as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

This group of spirit beast cubs also knew that they were only at the lowest Bronze rank.

There was an insurmountable gap between their strength and that of the Gold-rank Little Golden Eagle.

However, they also knew that if they chose to escape now, there would only be death awaiting them.

It was better to take advantage of the fact that they still had the advantage in numbers and fight to the death to seize that chance of survival!

Although the spirit beast cubs were trembling beside Giles, they all bared their teeth at the Little Golden Eagle, not allowing it to get close to Giles.

As for the little golden eagle, because its thoughts were in a mess, it didn't know how to explain itself to the spirit beast cubs.

"Enough, enough. Everyone, relax. Don't be so nervous."

The Little Fox looked at the Little Golden Eagle and the group of spirit beast cubs resignedly.

Compared to them, the knowledgeable Little Fox was very calm.

She walked over to Giles and her narrowed eyes slowly opened.

The spirit beast cubs saw a faint peach blossom in her eyes.

The peach blossom pattern on the back of Giles' right hand lit up.

His entire left arm was then enveloped in a ball of pale pink spiritual energy. The blood that was flowing out of the wound was stopped in the blink of an eye.

After confirming that Giles had only fainted temporarily, the Little Fox began to explain the situation to the spirit beast cubs.

"The situation isn't as outrageous as you imagined. Giles fainted because he was helping the Little Golden Eagle."

It turned out that although the Little Fox had also fallen into a temporary coma because the Little Golden Eagle had absorbed its spiritual energy, she had regained consciousness very quickly.

As the spirit beast cub that was the nearest to Giles, she had personally witnessed the entire process.

After hearing Giles' command to the Little Golden Eagle, the Little Fox couldn't help but admire Giles from the bottom of her heart when she saw how Giles was willing to suffer so much pain to save the Little Golden Eagle from the 'spiritual energy storm' caused by the Little Golden Eagle's evolution getting out of control.

When she was living with her mother, Janice, in the Solomon Mountain Range, she had seen many Beast Tamers who abandoned their spirit beasts and escaped because of the disparity in their strength. Giles was the only Beast Tamer she had seen so far who had taken the initiative to sacrifice for his spirit beast.

Therefore, the Little Fox thanked her mother in her heart, for allowing her to establish a contract with Giles, this responsible Beast Tamer.

After the Little Fox stepped forth and took the initiative to explain for the Little Golden Eagle, the spirit beast cubs roughly understood what had happened after they fainted.

"I didn't expect that this would be the case in actuality…!"

"I'm sorry, Little Golden Eagle…"

"Yeah, I think we all misunderstood you."

"…"

After a few spirit beast cubs realized that this was a misunderstanding, they hurriedly apologized to the Little Golden Eagle.

However, there were still a few spirit beast cubs that were clearly still wary of the Little Golden Eagle.

The baring of their teeth was their most direct reaction.

After a few spirit beast cubs apologized, the Little Golden Eagle bowed its head to thank the Little Fox who had helped it to explain.

"Thank you…"

However, before it could finish speaking, it was interrupted by the Little Fox.

"As you can see, I can heal the wound on Giles' arm. If you want to help, go and find some gauze for me."

The Little Fox, who was the neutral party, could tell that there were still a few spirit beast cubs that were wary of the Little Golden Eagle.

In the face of this situation, she did not continue to help the Little Golden Eagle explain. Instead, she reminded the Little Golden Eagle to use its actions to prove that it was not hostile.

When the Little Golden Eagle heard that the Little Fox needed gauze to treat the wound on Giles' arm, it calmed down and began to think.

Recalling that Giles's room had the gauze that he used to bandage their wounds, the Little Golden Eagle flapped its wings and flew towards Giles' room.

However, before the Little Golden Eagle could even fly a few meters, it, who had yet to grasp its balance, swayed and fell from the sky like before.

Seeming to think that it was too slow to fly like this, the Little Golden Eagle simply retracted its wings, and started running with its claws while staggering.

Looking at the clumsy and comical running posture of the Little Golden Eagle, the Little Fox sighed helplessly and rubbed its forehead with its tiny paws.

Then, she pointed at the swaying Little Golden Eagle and looked at the group of spirit beast cubs in confusion as she said, "Do you guys really think it poses any danger now in its current state?"

After hearing the Little Fox's question, the spirit beast cubs that were baring their teeth previously lowered their heads in shame and didn't dare to look straight into the Little Fox's narrowed eyes.

After the Little Golden Eagle left, the fear and panic in their hearts gradually dissipated. After calming down, they looked at the Little Golden Eagle's clumsy and comical running posture, but they could not laugh at all.

This was because they all realized that they had indeed misunderstood the Little Golden Eagle.

The Little Golden Eagle had learned the 'Devour' skill after listening to Garuda's story, but its gentle nature had not changed because of this.

It was still the Little Golden Eagle that played with everyone every day.

Furthermore, when the Little Golden Eagle was faced with everyone's confusion and doubts, it did not get angry.

Even though it had strength that was nearly at the Gold rank, it did not unleash its might or launch an attack to intimidate them.

Seeing these ashamed spirit beast cubs lower their heads, the Little Fox, who was narrowing its eyes at them, retracted its gaze from them and turned around to look in the direction of the Little Golden Eagle.

Based on what she knew, this group of spirit beast cubs had all lived in this courtyard in the spirit beast section, before they contracted with Giles.

Recently, in order to be able to rush to the courtyard as soon as possible to take care of the spirit beasts, Giles simply moved his living quarters to the spirit-beast section of the gym.

Although it was a room for staying in, it was in actuality more of a small wooden hut that had been casually built with wood.

Apart from a bed and a table, there was nothing else in the wooden hut. Thus, it did not take long to find the gauze.

Therefore, within a few minutes, the Little Fox, who was looking into the distance, saw the Little Golden Eagle staggering back.

The Little Golden Eagle had its arms crossed against its chest as it hugged a few rolls of gauze.

Furthermore, as if it was worried that the few rolls of gauze it was carrying would not be enough, its slightly opened eagle beak also had a roll of gauze in it.

For some reason, a long section of the gauze hanging from the eagle's beak had been unfurled. It drifted along with the Little Golden Eagle footsteps, making it look very comical.

However, for some reason, the Little Golden Eagle running speed slowed down.

When it finally stopped, it was still a distance away from the Little Fox and the others.

While the group of spirit beast cubs was puzzled by its actions, only the Little Fox understood the Little Golden Eagle's concerns.

Turning around, she shot a meaningful look at the spirit beast cubs that were baring their teeth at the Little Golden Eagle.

The spirit beast cubs immediately understood the Little Golden Eagle's meaning and took the initiative to walk towards the Little Golden Eagle.

When the hesitant Little Golden Eagle saw them, it subconsciously took a step back.

However, to the Little Golden Eagle's surprise, they were here to apologize.

"Little Golden Eagle, we're sorry."

Facing these spirit beast cubs that had suddenly come to apologize, the Little Golden Eagle was stunned.

Then, it reacted and subconsciously waved its hands.

"You guys don't have to do this… Ah!"

Forgetting that there were still rolls of gauze in its beak and arms, the flustered Golden Eagle had waved its hands and opened its mouth, causing all the bandages to fall out.

However, the gauze did not fall to the ground. Instead, it was wrapped up by a soft tail. Then, the Little Fox's voice could be heard, "Since the misunderstanding between all of you has been resolved, there's no need to be so nervous."

The Little Golden Eagle's attention had been focused on the few spirit beast cubs.

It was only when the Little Fox spoke that it realized that the Little Fox had come over as well.

The Little Fox didn't bother with the Little Golden Eagle's shocked expression.

She waved her tail that had caught the rolls of gauze, signalling for the Little Golden Eagle and the others to follow her.

The Little Golden Eagle, who had snapped out of its daze, had just taken a few steps when it suddenly realized that the few spirit beast cubs had gathered around it.

They knew that the Little Golden Eagle could not walk steadily, so they helped it to Giles' side.

"Hmm? Why is a section of this roll of gauze cut off?"

Puzzled, the Little Fox picked up the roll of gauze that the Little Golden Eagle had placed in its beak.

"Uh, it's my fault for not paying attention back then…"

The Little Golden Eagle awkwardly stretched out its newly grown hands. The claws on them shone with a sharp icy glow.

The reason was obvious. When the Golden Eagle tried to pick up the gauze, its sharp claws had cut the gauze.

"It's okay. You've brought enough gauze and your sharp claws will come in handy."

After consoling the embarrassed Little Golden Eagle, the Little Fox opened its narrowed eyes again.

As the peach blossom in her eyes glowed slightly, Giles' entire left arm was enveloped in the pale pink spiritual energy again.

At the same time, the Little Fox stretched out her two tiny paws and skillfully bandaged Giles' left arm with the gauze.

"Isn't that Giles' usual bandaging method? When did she learn it?"

"Not only does she know how to bandage wounds like this, but she's also very familiar with it!"

"Did she not learn it from Giles? In that case, who did she learn it from?"

"…"

The spirit beast cubs that were surrounding Giles were extremely shocked that the Little Fox knew how to bandage a wound with gauze.

However, in order to not disturb the Little Fox while she treated Giles, they didn't speak aloud and communicated with each other using spiritual power instead.

The method of 'spiritual communication' was not only used in the communication between Beast Tamers and spirit beasts, but it could also be used for spirit beasts to communicate with each other.

Otherwise, how could they understand so many different spirit beast languages simultaneously at such a young age?

The spirit beast section in the courtyard fell into a temporary silence after the Little Fox started the treatment.

Time ticked by, and the breeze blew slowly across the dry and yellow grassland.

The Little Fox's tail suddenly shook. The spirit beast cubs surrounding it were instantly shocked and looked at the Little Fox nervously.

"Don't worry, everyone. I'm already done with the bandaging. All that's left is for you to cut the gauze."

The Little Fox held up a piece of the gauze and signalled for the Little Golden Eagle to use its sharp claws to cut the gauze.

"Oh, alright!"

The Little Golden Eagle was still in a daze when it saw the gauze that the little fox handed to it. When it came to its senses, it reached out with trembling claws to cut the bandage.

"He mainly fainted because he lost too much blood within a short period of time."

After the treatment ended, the little fox turned around and related Giles' current condition to the spirit beast cubs.

With the Little Fox's skillful bandaging, the wounds on Giles' left arm were wrapped in gauze.

Furthermore, his chest was no longer heaving up and down violently like it was playing an accordion.

"My treatment can only help him to stop his bleeding from the inside and let him heal slowly, but the external wounds won't close up that quickly, that's why I need gauze."

Hearing what the Little Fox said, the Little Golden Eagle and the spirit beast cubs finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Giles, who was lying on the ground, frowned slightly.After Giles fell unconscious, he felt like his body was floating.

The events that he had experienced recently kept flashing past his eyes.

He was surprised when he heard Alice, the Gym Leader of Starlux Gym, instructing him to manage the gym on her behalf.

When he returned to the spirit beast section and saw the spirit beast cubs making a din, he made the first attempt to tell them a story.

He was extremely shocked when he contracted a spirit beast who had attained the Gold rank after listening to the story.

*He was excited when he realized that the story he told could allow the spirit beast cubs to grow faster and learn skills.

After defeating the Beast Tamer who came to the gym to challenge him, he was thrilled when he realized that he was no ordinary person.

In the cave in Grant Forest, he was furious at the deranged Beast Blood Sect.

He was exhilarated when he won the championship of the Gym Tournament despite not being thought highly of by everyone.

As well as…

Not long ago in the battle at the blood pool, he was powerless against the Mythic-rank Netherworld Flood Dragon.

When he saw his spirit beasts being severely injured by the Netherworld Flood Dragon to save him, Giles could not help but clench his fists.

At the end of the day, it was because he was too weak. Unlike the Legend-rank Beast Tamer, Gym Leader Camilla, he did not have the strength to fight against the Netherworld Flood Dragon head on.

Beast Tamers and spirit beasts should be helping each other and working together. I was too reliant on spirit beasts previously.

After seeing the scenes that kept flashing across his eyes, Giles, who had come to a realization, came to this conclusion.

For the past twenty odd years, he had always thought that he might remain at the Bronze-rank and just be mediocre in his whole life. Therefore, ever since he won the championship in the Gym Tournament and obtained the recognition of the Beast Tamer Association to become an Epic-rank Beast Tamer, he had begun to be arrogant and conceited.

However, he had overlooked an extremely important point. That was, the reason why he could exceed everyone's expectations and win the championship of the Gym Tournament was entirely because the spirit beasts that he used to participate in the tournament were powerful and had special skills.

Therefore, in the previous battles, even if he had never stategised any battle tactics for the spirit beasts in advance, nor had he taught the spirit beasts any combat techniques, he could still rely on his random commands and the spirit beasts' powerful abilities to win by taking his opponents by surprise.

However, this was something that no qualified Beast Tamer dared to imagine.

Regardless of whether it was in daily life or during competitive battles, if Beast Tamers were to let their spirit beast develop on their own without providing suitable advice and helping in the training of their spirit beasts, how could they still be considered Beast Tamers? They would just be the breeder of spirit beasts!

My powerful spiritual power is indeed different from that of ordinary people. It's so strong that it can even allow me to speed up the growth and assimilation of skills of spirit beast cubs by telling them stories. But I'm determined to become the world's number one Beast Tamer! Not the world's number one Storyteller! And definitely not the world's number one Breeder!"

After Giles made this decision in his heart, he recalled the battle in the blood pool not long ago.

That battle made him realize the huge gap between him, who was an acting Gym Leader, and the genuine gym leader, Camilla.

Under normal circumstances, after a Beast Tamer and the spirit beast he contracted advanced from Bronze-rank to Gold-rank, not only would his spiritual power continuously increase, but his physique would also strengthen accordingly.

When he advanced from the Gold rank to the Epic rank with the spirit beast he contracted, his physique would also be strong enough to support him in using his spiritual power to mobilize his spiritual energy and he would not be harmed by the spiritual energy during the process.

Therefore, whether or not a Beast Tamer could mobilize spiritual energy was also the standard to determine if they had entered the Epic rank.

However, because Giles' own spiritual power was too powerful, he had skipped the process of the Beast Tamer's "spiritual power and physical fitness increasing together" right from the start.

In addition, he had never participated in a battle before, so he was not the only one who did not realise this. Everyone who thought that he was an Epic-rank Beast Tamer did not notice this as well.

The Epic-rank Beast Tamer badge that was certified by the Beast Tamer Association was in fact more like a test of the abilities of his spirit beasts.

However, if he only treated spirit beasts as tools to obtain his badges for the tournament, then how was he different from the members of the Beast Blood Sect?

I'm still too weak! I have to think of a way to improve my physique!

Only by learning how to mobilize spiritual energy and becoming an Epic-rank Beast Tamer can I strive towards my goal.

Moreover, in the future, I want to use all the beast-taming techniques that I've learned in Starlux Gym on my spirit beasts.

I can't just rely on telling stories to speed up the growth of spirit beasts and their assimilation of skills! Telling stories? Little Golden Eagle!

Recalling that the Little Golden Eagle had lost control of its evolution and had attracted a terrifying 'spiritual storm' after he had finished telling it the story, Giles, who was lying on the ground with his brows furrowed, suddenly woke up.

Looking at the sun penetrating through the dome of the greenhouse in the spirit-beast section, Giles stretched out his right hand to block out the dazzling sunlight as he held his aching forehead.

"Sss! Was it a dream?"

Feeling the waves of pain coming from his left arm, Giles realized that the scenes he had just recalled were just illusions or dreams that he had developed after suffering the intense pain.

"Eh? Who found the gauze and bandaged my left arm?"

Giles put down his right hand and propped himself up. He looked at his bandaged left arm in confusion.

All of a sudden, he realized that his group of spirit beast cubs had formed a circle around him.

"Don't worry, everyone. I'm fine."

Seeing the spirit beast cubs looking at him worriedly, Giles waved his hand at them, suggesting that they didn't have to worry.

Then, Giles realized that among these spirit beast cubs, there was a bird-type spirit beast that was much larger than the other cubs, which appeared especially prominent.

Standing on its two feet, its golden feathers reflected a dazzling light under the sunlight. Furthermore, its four eagle claws were glimmering with a sharp and cold glow.

Although the Little Golden Eagle's appearance had changed drastically from before, Giles had still exchanged glances with the Little Golden Eagle before he lost consciousness and fainted.

Furthermore, through the spiritual connection from the contract between them, Giles verified that the bird-type spirit beast in front of him, which looked like a human, was the Little Golden Eagle.

"Little Golden Eagle, you've successfully evolved?" Looking at the Little Golden Eagle's current state, Giles subconsciously raised this question.

However, Giles' question caused the spirit beast cubs to worry once again.

This was because they had discovered a situation a while back.

Not only did the evolved Little Golden Eagle not emit as much power as the Gold-rank spirit beasts they had seen before, but it also seemed to be unable to maintain its balance when it was flying or running.

The Little Golden Eagle was originally happy to see Giles wake up, but after hearing Giles' question, its eyes darkened and it shook its head dejectedly.

"No, I've failed in my evolution!""You failed in your evolution?" Giles repeated the words of the Little Golden Eagle.

Then, he used his right hand to prop himself up and walked towards the Little Golden Eagle.

When he reached the Little Golden Eagle, Giles stretched out his right hand.

The Little Golden Eagle watched as Giles walked over to it with a serious expression.

He thought that Giles had been angered because it had swallowed the beast core without permission, thereby losing control of its spiritual energy to lose control and ultimately failing in its evolution.

Master, are you going to punish me?

As it faced Giles, who was standing in front of it, the Little Golden Eagle closed its eyes in fear.

One has to be punished for making a mistake.

This was the conclusion that the spirit beast cubs had reached after Gym Leader Alice taught them a lesson when they had been mischievous previously.

Therefore, even though it had the strength of a spirit beast that was close to the Gold rank, the Little Golden Eagle did not intend to fight back after realizing its mistake.

However, to its surprise, it was not Giles' punishment that landed on its body.

The Little Golden Eagle, who had its eyes closed, felt a hand gently stroking its head.

The Little Golden Eagle tried to open its eyes slightly, but realized that Giles had squatted down at some point and was observing it attentively.

"Oh? Are you uncomfortable with my touch?"

Seeing the Little Golden Eagle suddenly open its eyes, Giles, who had snapped out of it, retracted his right hand and looked at the Little Golden Eagle in confusion.

"No, no! It's very comfortable!" The Little Golden Eagle hurriedly shook its head when it heard this.

Moreover, as if trying to prove that it was comfortable being touched, the Little Golden Eagle even lowered its head and rubbed it against Giles' right hand, suggesting for him to continue petting its head.

"That's good then. I remember that you like having your feathers stroked."

Giles stroked the Little Golden Eagle's head as he continued to observe its feathers.

"From the luster and sensation of your feathers, I can tell that although your evolution has failed, your body is still very healthy."

After confirming that the Little Golden Eagle was fine, Giles heaved a sigh of relief.

The intelligence of the Little Golden Eagle and the other spirit beast cubs was actually similar to that of human children.

Therefore, in Giles' view, it was understandable for them to make some mistakes from time to time.

However, if he did not discipline them properly, as a Beast Tamer, he would regret it if such a thing happened again.

"I'm glad you're okay. Everything that happened today was because of me."

Giles gently patted the Little Golden Eagle on the head, letting it know not to be afraid because of this.

"Don't worry, leave the rest to me. There will definitely be a solution."

When the Little Golden Eagle heard Giles say this, it was so touched that it rubbed its head against Giles' right hand.

"Thank you, Master."

However, when Giles heard the Little Golden Eagle call out to him, his expression turned serious.

Giles said solemnly to the Little Golden Eagle and the spirit beast cubs, "Everyone, you don't have to call me Master in the future. We aren't master and servant. In my opinion, we are friends who help each other."

Giles' words caused an uproar among the group of spirit beast cubs.

This was because to their knowledge, the growth of a spirit beast was largely determined by its Beast Tamer.

Just the fact that Beast Tamers could provide a comfortable and safe environment for spirit beasts to grow was enough for spirit beasts to regard Beast Tamers as their Masters.

Although most Beast Tamers did not treat their spirit beasts as their slaves, it was very rare for them to speak of such a serious matter like Giles.

On the other hand, the Little Fox had a carefree attitude towards Giles' words and it wasn't as flustered as the other spirit beast cubs.

After personally witnessing Giles risk his life to rescue the Little Golden Eagle from the 'spiritual energy storm', the Little Fox realized that Giles was different from ordinary Beast Tamers.

Hence, it was within the Little Fox's expectations that he would say something like this.

However, she was still a little angry at Giles for getting up to move around.

"Regardless of whether it's Master or friend, if you cause your wound to bleed again next time, I won't help you heal it."

With the Little Fox's reminder, the Little Golden Eagle and the spirit beast cubs snapped out of their daze. Only then did they realize that after Giles got up and moved around, there was a trace of blood on the bandage on his left arm.

Although the Little Fox's words were filled with accusation, she still waved her soft tail and signaled for Giles to sit down.

Then, she opened her slightly narrowed eyes while facing Giles' left arm, and the peach blossom in her eyes glowed.

However, this time, the pale pink spiritual energy on Giles' left arm was much weaker.

Sitting cross-legged, Giles closed his eyes and quietly felt the numbness coming from the wound on his left arm.

Through his spiritual power, he discovered that the restless spiritual energy that had surged into his body, under the guidance of the little fox's pale pink spirit energy, no longer damaged his blood vessels, bones, and muscles.

Furthermore, his spiritual power seemed to have established a special connection with that spiritual energy. That spiritual energy actually began to heal his wounds together with the Little Fox's spiritual energy.

However, Giles vaguely realized that this spiritual energy was very different from the Little Fox's spiritual energy.

Instead of healing his wounds, it was actually strengthening his body.

"Could this be the method Beast Tamers, after increasing their spiritual power, use to absorb spiritual energy to strengthen their bodies ?"

After realising that there was some kind of special change within his body, Giles suddenly thought of how Beast Tamers could absorb spiritual energy to strengthen their physique at the Bronze-rank and Gold-rank stages.

Giles slowly opened his eyes and was about to prop his body up with his right hand to open the computer in the gym to look up the relevant information on 'failure of a spirit beast's evolution' and the 'strengthening of Beast Tamers' body'.

However, he didn't expect the Little Fox to jump into his lap when it saw that he was about to get up.

Giles's legs felt heavy. Then, he looked down and saw that the Little Fox was healing him. He thanked her subconsciously.

"Thank you…"

"Shh!"

Before Giles could finish, the Little Fox, who was lying on Giles' lap, raised one of its front paws to cover Giles' mouth, signalling for him to remain silent.

"I'm exhausted today. Don't disturb my rest."

After saying that, the Little Fox shifted into a more comfortable position on Giles' lap and narrowed its eyes.

Seeing this, Giles understood what the Little Fox meant.

The reason why the wound on his left arm could stop bleeding and heal so quickly was thanks to the Little Fox's help.

Furthermore, she did not want him to get up and move around like before right after his wound had just healed.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the wound split open again.

Hah… In that case, I'll sit here for a while…

Giles sighed in his heart. Reaching out his right hand to touch the Little Fox on his lap, he closed his eyes and hummed a lullaby.

When she felt Giles' touch, the Little Fox that was still sleeping trembled slightly.

However, after hearing Giles hum the lullaby, her body quickly relaxed.

A gentle breeze slowly blew across the courtyard. As the spirit beast cubs listened to Giles hum a tune they had never heard before, they felt an unprecedented fatigue.

After experiencing several intense and exciting situations that day, they quickly fell asleep after relaxing.

"Hmm? Aren't you going to rest for a while?"

After Giles finished humming the lullaby, he slowly opened his eyes and realized that the Little Golden Eagle standing by the side didn't seem to want to rest.

"Mast… Giles, I seem to have a lot of spiritual energy from the four beast cores left in my body."

Hearing the Little Golden Eagle stammer about the situation inside its body, Giles' expression turned serious.

"Tell me in more detail."Under Giles' questioning and guidance, the little golden eagle roughly described the scene it saw after listening to the story.

"…In the end, I even felt that I had become the Senior Garuda in the story, and a memory suddenly appeared in my mind. It was through that memory that I assimilated Senior Garuda's 'Devour' Skill."

After hearing the Little Golden Eagle's description, Giles fell into deep thought.

Through the content described by the Little Golden Eagle coupled with the situations during the evolution of the few spirit beasts after they had heard a story, Giles felt that the Little Golden Eagle's sudden swallowing of the beast core was a complete accident. That might not even have been its own idea.

This was because after the few spirit beasts heard the story, they felt that they had completely integrated into the world in the story.

Furthermore, without any exception, they had all subconsciously used the skills they had learned in the story.

Clearly, the Little Golden Eagle, who had learned its innate skill, 'Devour', had also encountered this situation.

Therefore, it suddenly swallowed the beast cores and began to absorb spiritual energy. In the end, its body could not withstand such a large amount of spiritual energy, resulting in its evolution getting out of control.

Furthermore, because Giles had interfered in the evolution process midway by forcefully helping the Little Golden Eagle, which had lost control of its evolution, to stop absorbing spiritual energy.

As a result, the Little Golden Eagle did not completely absorb the four beast cores in its body. This was why the Little Golden Eagle's evolution had failed.

"Giles, although I didn't break through to the Gold rank, for me to grow to my current size and even have these two sharp claws, it shouldn't be considered a complete evolution failure."

Seeing Giles remain silent, the Little Golden Eagle did not want Giles to worry about it.

As if trying to prove its point, it stretched out its two additional sharp claws that were on both sides of its chest.

However, its two sharp yet weak claws did not seem convincing.

However, the Little Golden Eagle's words reminded Giles.

Based on the conclusions he had derived from reading up on information and observing the spirit beasts in the past, under normal circumstances, the bodies of spirit beasts would not undergo any changes after their evolution failed. Furthermore, they might even be injured because of the failed evolution.

This was also the reason why Giles had checked on the Little Golden Eagle's body condition immediately after hearing that its evolution had failed.

However, to his surprise, not only had the Little Golden Eagle's body undergone an obvious change, but it also did not suffer any injuries from this incident.

Giles kept trying to recall if there was a situation similar to that of the Little Golden Eagle, before finally coming to a conclusion.

"Your line of thought is correct. Your current situation is more like an incomplete evolution than a failure. The reason is probably because you haven't completely absorbed the spiritual energy of the four beast cores in your body."

After hearing Giles' conclusion, the Little Golden Eagle looked troubled.

After absorbing the spiritual energy that caused its evolution to go out of control, it did not even dare to mobilize the spiritual energy in its body now.

However, according to Giles' conclusion, if it did not absorb the spiritual energy in the four beast cores, it would not be able to completely evolve to the Gold rank.

Must I remain at Silver rank forever?

Giles, who was sitting at the side, could tell that the Little Golden Eagle was worried. He reached out his right hand and stroked its head.

"Don't worry. As far as I remember, your situation shouldn't be the first case."

"I'll look through the information later and I'll be able to find a solution soon."

Feeling Giles' touch, the Little Golden Eagle gradually calmed down.

After experiencing the moment of life and death just now, the Little Golden Eagle was filled with confidence in Giles.

Since Giles said that he could find a way to solve this problem, there will definitely be a way!

Seeing that the Little Golden Eagle had finally relaxed and closed its eyes to rest, Giles heaved a sigh of relief.

However, based on the Little Golden Eagle's description of its situation after listening to the story, Giles could not help but reevaluate the effects of the stories he had told to the spirit beasts.

Based on his speculation that was derived from consolidating the previous evolutions of the other spirit beasts, his powerful innate spiritual power was the main reason why spirit beasts could grow faster and assimilate the skills in the story.

The facts had proven that it was indeed the case. However, this was only a change that occurred after the spirit beast finished listening to the story, and not a feeling that arose from listening to the story.

Based on the Little Golden Eagle's description, when it was listening to the story, the scenes in the story seemed to form in its mind.

In the end, it even felt like it had become the Garuda in the story.

A memory suddenly appeared in its mind, allowing it to assimilate Garuda's innate skill, 'Devour'.

Looks like under the influence of my spiritual power, the entire story-telling process is like a movie to the spirit beasts.

Furthermore, their souls can even be completely immersed in the world of stories. By acting as the main character of the story, they can accelerate their growth and assimilation of skills.

After realizing this, Giles suddenly thought of Little Fox's mother, Madam Janice.

After the Blood Pool Battle ended, Madam Janice had reminded him to pay attention to the influence of 'spiritual energy' and 'spirituality' on the spirit beasts.

Spiritual energy was a special energy that provided the creatures of this world with growth and survival.

Hundreds of years after this world experienced the resurgence of spiritual energy, all the known species of humans had completely adapted to the existence of spiritual energy.

Over the years, even humans, who seemed unaffected by the spiritual energy at the beginning, had subtly changed after contracting with their spirit beasts.

Although they did not look much different compared to the human beings in the past, their body had already developed a reliance on spiritual energy.

In other words, spiritual energy was like oxygen in another form to humans.

If a person stayed in a place with weak spiritual energy for too long, the various functions of their body would begin to decline, and their mental state would become listless.

Those who lived in areas with abundant spiritual energy for a long time were full of energy and great fitness every day.

After so many years, the influence of spiritual energy on humans had become extremely outrageous.

The ferocious beasts and spirit beasts that had been evolving since the awakening of their spiritual energy had a higher demand for spiritual energy than humans.

By absorbing spiritual energy, it could shorten the growth period of ferocious beasts and spirit beasts. At the same time, it could strengthen their bodies and extend their lifespans. They could even learn to control and use this special spiritual energy.

Just like the Little Golden Eagle's situation, it accelerated its growth by absorbing the spiritual energy inside the beast cores.

However, because the 'Devour' skill it activated had absorbed a tremendous amount of spiritual energy that its body could not withstand, it resulted in the evolution getting out of hand.

As for why the Little Golden Eagle could assimilate Garuda's innate skill, 'Devour', that was related to the 'spirituality' that Madam Janice mentioned.