CH 82.3

[Count Aer is neither a human nor a beast. For selfish reasons, he destroyed the future and happiness of the entire race. Fuck, I’m furious. I understand that this is a subplot of the copy, but I’m still enraged. There are so many cubs who are now homeless.]

[Isn’t that why he was chosen by the human magician? He must have enjoyed his torment. What makes him different from a traitor? ]

[If Count Aer despised the Beast King so much, why not kill him and replace him?]

[ How can he be satisfied with just killing him? You’ve seen the Beast King before.Count Aer tortured him whenever he pleased; isn’t that more fun than killing him?]

[ The Beast King is too pitiful. He is so handsome and looks so gentle but there wasn’t a single undamaged place in his body. Count Aer suffers pain in only one leg yet the Beast King is in pain all over.]

[It takes pain to test courage. The Lion King is also quite a character for enduring until now.]

[Nonsense, not any loser can become a king.]

[Begging God Xin to kill Count Aer.]

[ I think the Beast King would want to carry out this revenge himself. Killing him is cheap.]

[……or we could watch some of God Xin’s love story to sooth us. So, when will they show us a kiss?]

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“Do you guys want to go find the human magician?”

The Beast king asked Bai Lixin after Dijia had teleported everyone out of the labyrinth.

Bai Lixin had no intention of staying for long. He had discovered the beast race’s hidden treasure as well as clues pointing to the human race.

He had intended to deal with Count Aer but changed his mind when he saw the Beast King’s expression.

The Beast King appeared gentle and courteous, but if he could endure twenty years of torture in the dark prison, he was no ordinary beastman.

Giving such a person assistance would be a disservice.

He didn’t need anyone else’s help to deal with Count Aer.

Bai Lixin replied to the Beast king’s question: “That is the plan.”

The Beast King: “Some individuals came here some time ago. They probably thought that I was already set to die so they didn’t avoid talking within my presence.”

“I heard one say that Aer would give him the beast skin and he’d take it to the human’s imperial city. So I think that human magician resides in the human’s imperial city.”

“I have to clean up my territory, so when I’m done, I’ll rush over to help you guys.”

“It is also to help ourselves; the human magician has done so much for the beast race, I will not let him off so easily,” he said after a brief pause.

The Beast King had a fierce gaze and Bai Lixin asked: “What are you going to do now?”

Beast King: “I’m going to take back everything that originally belonged to me! You are welcome to stay as guests.”

Bai Lixin and Dijia looked at each other, and Dijia nodded gently.

Bai Lixin: “Okay.”

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Count Aer frowned in his sleep.

He seemed to be in the middle of a sea of fire, with ferocious fire tongues licking his body.

The surroundings were scorching, and there was volcanic lava all around.

The dark magic on his leg caused him excruciating pain. He lied to the human magician earlier; this wound was caused by a dark magic curse, not a duel.

Every day, he had to endure excruciating pain before falling asleep. But he had never suffered as much as he is suffering now.

Suddenly, a flaming arrow attacked him.

Aer wanted to escape but his body was as stiff as a stone. He could only watch the arrow being shot from the flaming bow and shoot straight at his chest.

In a trance, he saw the owner of the bow and arrow. It was someone with a pair of golden eyes.

“Ah!” Count Aer suddenly woke up. He then realized that his whole body was soaked with cold sweat.

The room was unusually stuffy, and there was a constant clamor outside.

“Someone!” Count Aer yelled at the outside angrily: “Didn’t I tell you it’s bedtime? Keep your mouths shut!”

“And why is the room so hot?”

The attendants, who should have entered with dignity, were unusually quiet. He yelled once more, but no one came in.

Count Aer cursed in a low voice and prepared to go and get the people himself.

His actions became less flexible as a result of his missing leg. The door to the room was suddenly opened as he was preparing the prosthetic leg.

Count Aer was accustomed to being in power and he roared as he looked up, “Are you rebelling?

His eyes met the same golden pupils that he had seen in his dream, and his entire body stiffened. He was stunned as all of his ferocity vanished.

“Big…big brother?”

The Beast King sneered. “I don’t have a brother like you.”

“Isn’t it time you returned what you’ve been clutching in your hand all this time?”

Bai Lixin and Dijia stood outside the door. They came to watch this violent scene that would change the future of the Beast Race. You could even say that they were quite eager to watch it.

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An hour later, a complete lion skin was delivered to Bai Lixin.

Count Aer was skinned, but he wasn’t killed.

He lay dying and was hanging on by a thread.

“I asked Aer, that human magician has a three-headed dog by his side; it can recognize Aer’s scent,” the Beast King said as he gently wiped away the blood on his palm.

“You carry Aer’s skin and avoid the three-headed dog’s attack.”

“Aer also has no idea who the human magician is. He frequently appears with different faces and identities, but the three-headed dog’s head could be a crucial clue for you. After all, not everyone lives with a three-headed dog.”

“I won’t kill this beast until you find the human magician. He will detect changes in the dark magic and will know when Aer is no longer alive.”

“But don’t worry; we’re lion beastmen; even if all our bones are broken and our tendons are torn, we won’t die. So he won’t die just from being skinned.”

“I’m sorry, but I need to stabilize the Beast Race first, so I won’t be able to travel with you. This is all I can offer you.”

The Beast King had reclaimed his throne and lost his earlier gentleness. His gaze was stern and murderous.

He was bathed in blood and standing before all like a phoenix nirvana.

He had to be a wild and ferocious person to be able to suppress the wild beast race. This was the Beast King’s true nature.

Lian embraced the children and trembled in the corner. He was afraid of the king in front of him.

The Beast King shifted his gaze from Bai Lixin to Lian. As the killing aura around him faded, he said: “My subjects, do not be afraid. My rage is reserved for those who harm my beast race. I will treat my subjects with the utmost gentleness.”

*There is a savage beast at heart, sniffing the roses carefully.

Bai Lixin was not surprised. He gave an understanding smile and picked up the neatly folded lion skin at his feet.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for obtaining a lion-type concealment gear x1. The gear can be placed in the system backpack.]

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In the live broadcast room

[Fuck, the Beast King is so ruthless. The way he tore off the skin from Count Aer’s body was frightening.]

[All I can say is that it was gratifying. Count Arr peeled so many skins, isn’t it right that he should suffer the same thing?]

[He who harms others will be harmed. One can’t live with their sin.]

[But I didn’t expect the King of Beasts to be so fierce. He was so gentle when they were underground.]

[Be gentle with your friends, and be ruthless with your enemies. I love the Beast King’s “nature”.]

[So the beast race’s subplot was solved in a day? I now want to know who the human magician is.]

[I also want to know.]

[Brothers, don’t forget that there is also the Undead. Didn’the secret treasure go back to the undead with Wen Ziqing’s death?]

[You’re right! I forgot about it.]

[But there are less than two days left, isn’t it too late?]

[If it’s God Xin, he should be able to make it in time, right?]

[Where did Wen Ziqing and the other players go? Have you seen them?]

[No, the recent live feeds are all on God Xin. There are too few live feeds on them.]

[Humph, even the system knows they don’t have much viewership!]