One-eighth of an hour ago.

Aigard sat in the carriage, enjoying the hot tea brewed by the servants, his plump face beaming with satisfaction.

“Andrew, Crew is a really great lad. I mean, his mother may be of lowly status, just the daughter of a merchant, but at least she gave me a child with magical talent. Isn’t this world amazing? Hehe.”

The middle-aged man sitting opposite Aigard was Andrew Jean, the president of the Adventurers' Guild. Upon hearing this, he merely glanced at Greer, who was crouching at the corner of the carriage.

“I didn’t come here to hear you brag about your bastard son, Egard. Even if you have a slave with Arctic wolf blood, you can’t guarantee you’ll kill that king-level magical beast. I’ve heard it’s several times the size of a seven-headed hydra. Are you really confident you can kill it, and what about the ‘Slime Witch’ who controls monsters?”

"Haha, my old friend, your reaction reminds me of a panicked hare."

Aigard slowly sipped the black tea served by the waiter and said confidently:

"Believe me, if we really find the figure of that so-called 'King-level magical beast,' my knights will issue a warning. You and I both know perfectly well that the magical beast is as docile and harmless as a cat. Old friend, it is much smaller than a real King-level magical beast. Hahahaha, as long as we provoke it into a frenzy according to the plan, it will jump out and save Xike County—Peng!"

He made a smug gesture:

"Isn't it great that we can get everything we want?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Greer, who was huddled in the corner of the carriage, suddenly became restless. His ears stood up, and his beast-like pupils narrowed to slits as he stared intently out the window.

"Leave! Leave, leave!"

"You lowly orc! This is the finest black tea!!"

Egard was startled and almost spilled the tea in his hand. He was about to raise his whip to scold Greer when he suddenly noticed that the sky outside the window had darkened.

"By the God of Light..."

Andrew jumped to his feet, his face, etched with terror and helplessness, reflected in the glass window.

"That's...that's...!! God of Light!! What have we done?!"

Outside the car window, in the hazy sky, amidst the swirling clouds, a huge and ferocious beast head slowly emerged. Its dark green tortoise shell resembled mountains, and every step it took seemed to shake the earth, as if a demon king had descended.

【Gah…】

"It's over, it's over..."

Aigard slumped to the ground, trembling violently, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. Beneath his magnificent robes, a rather conspicuous yellow stain appeared.

"Damn it! Damn it! That's...that's a real, King-level magical beast!!!"

...

...

Human beings' fear of giant creatures is deeply ingrained and has never changed throughout history.

When encountering a creature far larger than what humans can comprehend, the brain immediately issues a "run away" command, but it can also cause excessive fear, resulting in weakness in the limbs.

Just like now.

A head the size of three carriages hung in mid-air, its dark eyes moving slowly, its enormous mouth opening slowly, and you could even see clouds drifting past its head—not because it was too slow, but because its size was so huge that any movement would appear to be in slow motion to humans.

When it lowered its head, the sky above the forest seemed to be covered by darkness, and a chilling aura of despair and death swept over everyone.

No one thought of using magic or magical artifacts to resist, because in the face of absolute power, any action would be superfluous.

—What's more, it appeared right after everyone had just gone through a fierce battle, without any warning or indication.

"run……"

"run……"

"It's the Beast God punishing us!! Aaaaaah!!"

"It's the Beast God's wrath! Run!!"

Someone finally shouted out, and the entire camp erupted into chaos. No one cared about the unreasonable taxes imposed by Aigard, nor did anyone care that running away now meant mission failure. Everyone's mind was focused on only one thing:

escape.

The farther away you escape, the better.

Anywhere, as long as you stay away from this monster.

"Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!"

"Waaaaah! Mom! I want to go home!! This level of monster—help!!"

"Aaaaaah! It moved!! Run for your life!!"

Some knights clad in heavy armor even broke down on the spot, kneeling on the ground and wailing, tears and snot mingling, their entire faces trembling violently, as the shadow of "death" completely enveloped them.

Even William, who had known for some time that the giant tortoise would appear, was quite frightened by the scene, and the longsword in his hand trembled slightly.

"That's—Miss Qingluan's magical beast? It, it seems a little different."

It's not just different; compared to the Ah Chou they first met, the current Ah Chou is dozens of times larger!

She didn't expect that either!

"Ah...yes."

Xu Milu admitted with some difficulty:

"Although I don't know what this guy ate that made him grow so much in just half a month, it shouldn't delay our plans. Also, I'm sure it won't hurt you. It's so excited right now because it just wants to play with you."

She hadn't expected Ah Chou to grow so big all of a sudden. According to the normal growth rate, the bigger Ah Chou grows, the slower his growth rate becomes. To grow this big... it should take at least thirty more years.

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