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.

eyes, a single realization

less human than even they were. The fear that they

No.

It was theirs.

FSSSSSSSSS!

of gas exploded from underground, spreading across the entire region. In just a moment, the obsidian wyverns were intoxicated, entering a trance-like state. The Divine Doctor's smile never

one

in a Pavlovian manner similar to how he trained the catoblepas.

against the obsidian lesser dragons. That was why he was so dissatisfied with it, even

Domain, he would need a strong deterrence. In order to get one that was effective enough to deter the powerful biosphere of the Beast Domain from eating him alive, he would need something

goal from the very start. Perhaps he only ever stopped at the Valley of Prisms as a checkpoint to prepare for taking over the fear

that was the case, then all his

just a preparation to go deeper into the Beast Domain?" Rui

Domain stunned Rui. He had thought of himself as prepared 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 the Forest of Fear, which in turn helped in his pursuit of

was at that moment that Rui realized he had underestimated the man. He had accomplished more in the Beast Domain than

attention returned to the memories that he was scanning, reading everything that the

obsidian wyvern, unlike the catoblepas, was able to retain a much stronger awareness of everything that had happened

to memories that weren't broken. The biggest frustration when dealing with the catoblepas

catoblepas had forgotten the memory of the time that he had commented about how his fear-hallucinogen was inadequate, Rui would have never inferred that his destination was the

had been this close to

the obsidian wyvern whose memories he was scanning. Memories that, while traumatic, never escaped

"Bring me

off so as not to hurt