Seeing the distrustful looks on Qin Xiao and the other man's faces, Slovic pouted and dropped his pitiful act.

"Since you've come this far, let's get things straight."

Slovich thought for a moment, “Actually, I did have ulterior motives for following you. The cult’s infiltration of the Beast Spirit World is becoming more and more serious. The Swan Clan royal family and the combat power of various races are suffering heavy losses in the fight against the cult.”

But at this moment, you people from another world suddenly appeared and disrupted the situation. Your leader from another world is very powerful.

I initially thought you were quite strong and young, so I assumed you must be important figures and wanted to follow you, but that changed after the attack by the evil cult.

Using this as an excuse, I invited you beings from another world to join the crackdown on the cult, but I never expected your strength to exceed my expectations.

Slovic spoke at length, which Qin Xiao and Ye Qingya understood. The principle was not complicated, and even seemed simplistically foolish.

Thinking of this, Qin Xiao's expression turned somewhat displeased. "What if we're not strong enough?"

Slovic didn't speak, he just lowered his head.

But not saying anything already says it all. To put it bluntly, if you're not strong enough, you'll die. Maybe it'll be easier to manipulate things if you're dead.

When this princess chose to come out with us, she never thought she would survive.

"What if we're not as important as you think? Are we just going to sacrifice ourselves in vain? Including yourself?"

Slovic kept his head down, enduring Qin Xiao's questioning without looking up or speaking.

I initially thought this woman seemed intelligent, and it turns out she does have some intelligence, but not much.

I have no idea how dire the world has become that a princess from the royal family would make such a foolish move, and no one even stopped her.

Ye Qingya looked at Qin Xiao and then at Slovic, "Little Qin, what do we do now? Should we avoid them?"

Qin Xiao took a deep breath, somewhat irritated. "Leave the map, and you can leave on your own."

Slovic's body trembled, and he raised his head with a sense of despair, looking at Qin Xiao and Ye Qingya, whose faces were indifferent.

"I, I...please help us. With your abilities, there shouldn't be any problem."

Qin Xiao interrupted her impatiently, "What help? I already helped you a lot, saved your life, and eliminated two cult bishops. You're not exactly a nobody, are you?"

"The cult's diamond-level leader is currently being held back by our royal family's ancestor and cannot act rashly, while the ten bishops below are running rampant. Brother Qin, with your strength, you are fully capable of dealing with them. As long as you and Lady Ye Qingya are willing to take action, the royal family will definitely repay you."

Slovic panicked and blurted out.

Qin Xiao was genuinely uninterested. "Stop with the nonsense. Forget about rewards. We've already killed two bishops. Let's make up for this reward first."

Empty promises are meaningless. Come back with sincerity. Leave on your own; with your Platinum-level strength, you shouldn't be unable to return to the Imperial City.

In fact, Qin Xiao really wanted to say that, based on this scheming, not killing her was already a sign of being enlightened, righteous, kind, and having a bottom line.

Slovic bit his lip hard, looked at Qin Xiao's resolute face, and suddenly knelt down on the ground.

“Brother Qin, I know you are angry. I...I am willing to become your tamed beast to make up for your scheming and to repay you for what happened.”

Holy crap, now it's Qin Xiao and Ye Qingya's turn to be stumped.

In this beast spirit world, the Swan Clan royal family, a matriarchal society ruled by women, chooses to become someone else's tamed beast.

Qin Xiao glanced at Ye Qingya; both of them were somewhat taken aback, as this was indeed a bit beyond their expectations.

What should we do now?

Ye Qingya blinked, her expression clearly saying, "Hurry up and admit it! Do you still need to think about it?!"

Qin Xiao was a little hesitant at this moment. He had driven the other person away earlier because he was in the right. Now that he was controlling the beast, was he taking advantage of the other person's vulnerability?

"Master, hurry up and form a contract with her. You've forgotten, our team is missing a support-type beast tamer."

Ilya's words echoed in her mind as she watched the show from the sidelines, carrying Bai Ling on her back.

"Yes, yes, Master, hurry up and form a contract! This is a platinum-level beast, a highly intelligent beast race, and even royalty. What more could you ask for?"

Bai Ling's lively voice echoed in my mind.

Qin Xiao's expression hardened. "Ahem, Slovic, are you sure? Becoming someone else's tamed beast means losing your freedom. From now on, you will no longer be a princess, but my tamed beast."

Slovic, kneeling on the ground, did seem to have adjusted his mindset.

"From the moment I left the capital, I had already prepared for the worst. Since you saved me, it's not the worst outcome."

Alright, thinking about it any further would just be Qin Xiao being pretentious. Anyway, they've already clashed with the cult, and besides, they were going to take on the cult in the first place.

Whether from the perspective of Huawu Kingdom or from the perspective of the responsibility of the Imperial Temple Reserve, there are no Huawu Kingdom citizens here who need protection.

What I just said was just my dissatisfaction with being schemed against and used. Now that people are willing to become beast tamers, there doesn't seem to be much more to say.

"Since you've thought it through, then I won't stand on ceremony."

After awkwardly finishing his sentence, Qin Xiao walked over and placed his hand on Slovic's head.

"Do not resist, relax and accept my contract."

As he spoke, a mental fluctuation of contractual power flowed into Slovich's mind.

Slovic's body trembled slightly, whether from fear or something else, it was hard to tell.

Soon, Qin Xiao found her spiritual body in her mind and cautiously approached her.

The soul wanted to hide, but it stubbornly stood still and waited.

Fortunately, it was upgraded to gold this time, otherwise Qin Xiao really wouldn't have been able to contract this platinum three-star beast.

Soon, with the activation of the power of the contract, the other party was completely enveloped.

[Ding, a contractable beast has been detected, starting with the Black Light Swan. Initiating the God-level template draw.]

[Congratulations, host! Successful extraction. Template obtained: Twelve-winged Angel of Redemption and Punishment]

[The fusion requirements for this template are: 100 Platinum-tier Dark Spirit Crystals; 100 Platinum-tier Light Spirit Crystals; 1 Divine Essence]

[Extract this template?]

Holy crap! Holy crap!

Qin Xiao was astonished as he looked at the new template extracted by his template system.

Goodness, this template not only draws mythical beasts from the past Chinese world, but also Western stuff.

A twelve-winged angel is probably not an ordinary creature, right?

Moreover, the former title of this redemption and punishment seems to have an inexplicable fit with the other party's light and dark elements.

Qin Xiao hesitated, wondering whether to choose this template.