The Martial Unity

Obsidian wyverns.

The apex predators of the Forest of Fear.

They possessed minds that were nigh devoid of fear. So much so that despite the fear of the Forest of Fear afflicting them every moment of their lives, they were still fearless. They were the most fearless in the entirety of the forest that they stood at the pinnacle of.

They had nothing to fear.

There was nothing that could invoke fear.

Or so they thought.

Everything changed when he arrived.

He reeked of fear.

He might as well as have been drenched in it.

As fear-sensitive creatures, they could smell him from a country away.

It was almost offensive.

How dare such a fearful creature enter the Forest of Fear?

Instantly, the entirety of the nest of the Forest of Fear erupted into flight, soaring in the direction of the newcomer oozing more fear than they had ever smelled.

He was human at first glance.

Physically, at least.

his eyes, a single realization dawned

less human than even they were. The fear

No.

It was theirs.

FSSSSSSSSS!

the entire region. In just a moment, the obsidian wyverns were intoxicated, entering a trance-like state.

was one of clinical

exit it. First, he trained them in a Pavlovian manner similar to how he trained the catoblepas. Their trance state made them more receptive to accepting the new influence, allowing the Divine Doctor to, very quickly, turn them into

why he worked on refining his trance drug, in addition to his fear-hallucinogen, in the Valley of Prisms?' Rui realized. 'He knew he would need it against the obsidian lesser dragons. That was why he was so dissatisfied with it, even though it worked perfectly against the catoblepas. He knew that

the Beast Domain, he would need a strong deterrence. In order to get one that was effective enough to deter the

fear-induction phenomena of the Forest of Fear had been his goal from the very start. Perhaps he only ever stopped at the Valley

his actions up until now

up until now, was just a preparation to go deeper into the Beast Domain?" Rui whispered,

with all the things that he had brought along for basically any and all plausibilities. Yet, in comparison to the Divine Doctor, who had caused mass disruptions in the Valley of Prisms in preparation for his search of the fear of

that moment that Rui realized he had underestimated the man. He had accomplished more

that he was scanning,

catoblepas, was able to retain a much stronger awareness of everything that had happened while

when dealing with the catoblepas was

that he had commented about how his fear-hallucinogen

this close to never finding the

however, there was no such concern with the obsidian wyvern whose memories he was scanning. Memories that, while traumatic, never escaped

The Divine Doctor's smile remained unchanged. "Bring me all the fear in this forest.

lesser dragons gently took off so as not to hurt their new master, setting out to uproot the