The Martial Unity

"It continued attacking even after you flexed a Master-level aura," Kane replied, recalling that moment. "That was such an absurd decision. It's a Senior-level beast. Any Martial Master would eradicate it effortlessly. I'm guessing that retarded decision is related to what you said earlier."

"Yep, like I said," Rui tapped its head. "It was intelligent but slave to its aggression. You're going to run into some more beasts like this that do utterly insane things. That's what animals do. That's why deterrence doesn't always work. I'm sure you noticed that in the past month and a half."

Kane nodded.

The two of them had run into all manners of beasts and animals in the past month and a half. Different species had different genetic temperamental traits that often overrode any and all rationality.

Of course, even Rui had to admit that the rabbit king was a special case. He did not expect a Senior-level beast to leap aggressively against someone it clearly perceived to be a Martial Master. It was the height of irrationality that overcame even self-preservation.

"Another reason that humanity is able to bully the Beast Domain is because, as much as we fight amongst ourselves, it does not even remotely compare to the internal conflict between monsters of the Beast Domain. They view each other with as much hostility as they do humans," Rui replied. "If they were united then…"

He narrowed his eyes. "That would be a hellish situation for humanity."

"Meh, that's never going to happen as long as they continue to have territorial disputes," Kane replied. "Right?"

why I'm not particularly concerned. A unity amongst the beasts of the Beast Domain is basically impossible, as far as I am concerned. I'm just hoping we don't run into intelligent beasts and monsters in the Beast Domain while we travel

how far are

two of them. On top of that, he was the only one with a map stored in his Mind Palace that he could

the distance to the Valley of Prisms

that he was finally nearing the first place that the

the Beast Domain, the more I'm shocked that the

be considered particularly rational. He is extremely intelligent and extremely knowledgeable. He uses his knowledge to survive in places that ordinary humans

the ecological and environmental data from the Adventurer's Guild indicated a rather abrupt disruption in the Valley of Prisms around the same time that the

exodus of various fauna species from the Valley

Beast Domain, then Rui could be quite confident that the Divine Doctor had been responsible and had almost certainly left clues that Rui could use to understand exactly

better

of Rui's plan for eventually

on, let's get going," Rui informed Kane after they ate and recuperated enough.

years when his father fell back into a coma from the Eternal Dream disease. He had spent around a year fighting the Kandrian Throne War and, after that, another two months to recover from his battle with the Gatekeeper. A total of two more months had passed since then. He only had three years and eight months left to find