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?"

humans are responsible for the continuous increase in territorial disputes. Though most lack the intelligence to learn that. That's 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

"Speaking of which, how far are we from

he was the only one with a map stored in his Mind Palace that he

covered most of the distance to the Valley of Prisms in the past month or

nearing the first place that the Divine Doctor had

spent in the Beast Domain, the more I'm shocked that the Divine Doctor managed to survive in the Beast Domain all

survive in places that ordinary humans have absolutely no business

Adventurer's Guild indicated a rather abrupt disruption in the Valley

a mass exodus of various fauna species from the Valley of Prisms further deeper

could be quite confident that the Divine Doctor had been responsible and had almost

that, he would be able to better identify

part of Rui's plan for eventually finding the

let's get going," Rui informed Kane after they ate and recuperated enough. "I don't want to waste any more time than we

had an original five 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 the man