Sir Ares, Goodnight

"Her jade is able to drive away snakes and ferocious beasts. I'm afraid that this jade is also artificially synthesized. Perhaps the composition inside contains some medicinal ingredients that allow it to have such an effect on those snakes."

As soon as Jenson said this, Grand Old Master Yorks slapped his thigh as if he had just woken up from a dream, saying, "Oh, right! Jens' words reminded me of something else. She gave me a couple of massages that cured my indigestion when I was younger. Back then, I was quite sallow and skinny, but after she massaged me all over, I started to gain a bigger appetite."

Jay scrupulously said, "What about the Beast God?

How did that come about?"

Grand Old Master Yorks heaved out a sad sigh, saying, "The woman left our house just like that. My mother wailed and sobbed hysterically, and she ultimately believed the woman's words. She held onto the jade and went up the mountain to find my papa. But Mount Pearl is huge, so it wasn't possible to look for him up there... Let alone see any Beast God."

Grand Old Master Yorks was somewhat choked-up as he continued, "Later, my mother and those weaker

on top of Mount Pearl to search for the missing men. Hence, a dabbler young boy like me had to assume the responsibility of protecting the rest. So I gathered all the young children together and we helped our family get firewood and set up traps for the beasts... Days, months, and years passed just like that, but we didn't manage to find my papa. The villagers ultimately believed that the men had met their demise. We merely thought that we'd just live in peace in that

in order to make some money. That night, I overheard the intruders whispering about how Boye's bloodline had extracted men's hearts for their

Davis' poison, and only the woman, Lynne Boye, was left. A mere woman would not be able

Boye had taken all of Yorks Stronghold's

know

story was

was a crude man, and he had never carefully investigated what had happened back in

Yet they never thought that someone from the Boye family would

not mistaken, the pregnant woman who Great-grandpa Yorks saved