"A beast? Something secretly developed by TOPS Financial Alliance. I remember it being very expensive. How come there are so many..."

On the cliff, a panting Lycaen stared at the two demons that had appeared out of nowhere, his heart tightening and his eyes trembling slightly.

The two demons have different appearances.

The demon standing behind Kovi was very small, only the size of a bum. It crawled out from a hole in the ground, and after taking a closer look at the many people around it, it quickly crawled back into the hole.

Conversely, Bourne's beast was much larger, with its upper body bare-chested and nearly two meters tall with a three-meter arm span.

Its lower body, however, only has a ghost-like trail, and it is unknown what principle it relies on to float in the air.

Not only that, Bourne also leaned back and comfortably slumped into the ghostly beast's palm.

"High costs are a thing of the past."

Bourne waved his hand, then put his hands behind his head, still looking confident of victory.

Indeed, when the beasts suddenly arrived on the battlefield, Bourne and Cove were already in an invincible position!

Therefore, Byrne had the mood to waste words with Lykan:

"Covey, you go first and find Perlman's location. We'll need him for the next mission."

"As for Mr. Lekahn and Ms. Lina, if you don't want to waste any more time, would you mind listening to a high-level worker like me vent a little?"

Upon hearing this, Lycahn and Lina's expressions both hardened. They watched helplessly as Kovi turned and left. Just as they were about to step forward to stop him, the ghostly beast under Bourne's command simultaneously flashed its eyes, clenched its fists with a loud thud, its bones cracking, and its expression turned hostile.

Carefully sensing the aura and ether concentration emanating from the ghostly beasts, Lycahn's breathing quickened; he already understood.

Even with Lina giving it their all, they could only barely defeat the combination of Bourne and the Ghost Beast, but they couldn't kill them.

And after the fight, both he and Lina would be exhausted, and whether they could safely leave the cave would be a problem.

It's not worth taking such a huge risk to fight!

Let's listen to Bourne's chatter and see if we can pry any information out of him.

Then, Lycahn's eyes darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "What do you want to say, sir?"

"First of all, with Fagar around, the vampire clan will never be an enemy of Victoria Household. I don't think you need to interfere with our operations."

Byrne's face was full of sincerity as he spoke earnestly.

Even though he covered his face, Lycahn couldn't see it.

But Lycaon remained unfazed, glancing at the ghostly beast, and bluntly retorted:

“This is not just a matter of Victoria’s housekeeping. I think that just the fact that they were able to secretly master the technology of creating vampires already makes the vampire clan a target of everyone’s hatred.”

The words were so harsh that they were practically saying the vampire race had anti-human tendencies.

Although... probably... for the vampire race, being anti-human is probably the norm.

However, Byrne was immediately displeased and retorted, "Hey, what do you mean by that? The vampire technology was proposed by TOPS Financial Alliance. It wasn't until I became the chief scientist that I allowed the vampire clan to participate in the research. And it was only recently that we achieved a technological overtake!"

"If we're talking about who's the target of everyone's criticism, shouldn't it be TOPS Financial Alliance, which was the first to propose this technology?"

"TOPS Financial Alliance? Why don't they think about making money? Why are they researching this kind of technology?"

Lina frowned, somewhat confused by Byrne's abrupt words.

Logically speaking, the techniques of the beast-hunting sect have absolutely nothing to do with making money, and in fact, they require burning through a lot of money. For those greedy guys, who are comparable to gluttons, this is no different from cutting flesh with a dull knife.

Such biological weapons are more suitable for military research.

Unless there are greater interests involved!

Lina was suddenly startled; having already figured things out, her face was filled with fear.

Make money by increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

If we can't increase revenue, can't we at least subtly persuade the city's higher-ups to stop paying taxes and cut spending?

"Oh, looks like you've figured it out?"

Seeing Lina's unusual expression, Byrne knew that she had figured everything out, and nodded slightly.

"That's right. One of the biggest motivations for TOPS Financial Alliance to research the technology of the beast is to have a strong enough armed force, and then use it to negotiate with the city's high-level officials to achieve the goal of paying less tax, not paying tax, or even directly overturning the table."

"Unfortunately, their combat strength is mediocre, and they are also petty."

"Having been treacherous for so long, they find it hard to trust the strong, so they want to create slaves who are completely obedient to them, thinking that as long as they do that, they will not betray them."

“They are wrong!”

Bourne suddenly shouted, and the man who had been lying lazily in the palm of the ghost beast suddenly sat up, behaving madly:

"To possess excessive wisdom is equivalent to possessing emotions, and emotions are uncertain factors. No one can guarantee that a creature with emotions can be 100% loyal."

"TOPS Finance later discovered this, which made the research on the 'ghost technology' extremely difficult."

"But we vampires are different!"

Bourne roared, filled with pride for the glory of his vampire clan:

"We are the strong!"

"All we need is a sharp knife! It can fulfill the vampire clan's vision."

"That's why we're making rapid progress!"

"Especially after Fagga swallowed up Kunmutu, who had merged with the second beast, we were just one step away from final success."

"Now, all we need to do is test how powerful a high-quality beast can be in an unclaimed state, and then we'll be all set."

"We've taken another step closer to success!"

Bourne suddenly curled the corners of his mouth, but because it was hidden by his collar, no one could see it.

"A spirit in a state of being without a master, do you mean the one you're standing on?"

Upon hearing Bourne's words, Lycaon frowned and assumed a fighting stance.

But frankly, he didn't think the beast beneath Bourne was that powerful.

Is this considered a high-quality sacrificial animal?

Lycahn hesitated, wondering if this was really that strong?

When he was estimating the combat strength, he was calculating it based on the boost that Demon II provided to Fagar.

As for singled out "Beast Number Two"...

Uh... fifty-fifty.

Give Lycahn five minutes, and he can kick the second beast five times over.

"Of course not."

As expected, Bourne rejected it without even thinking.

The next moment, he slightly pulled open the collar that was covering his face, and the corners of his mouth curved into a smile:

"Our vampire clan's most powerful beast was created with reference to Black Magic's data!"

Black magic!

Lykahn was shocked, and his eyes narrowed instantly.

boom!

At that moment, a thunderclap suddenly resounded in the sky.

Lycahn and Lina both turned to look, and in the distance, amidst a sky ablaze with fiery clouds, dark red flames were churning.

Suddenly, magma erupted from beneath the earth's surface, gushing into the sky and then falling back down, creating billowing smoke, as if the heavens were weeping!

This...this...

Lycahn lowered his head slightly and silently closed his eyes.

Finally, after a few seconds of thought, Lykan suddenly opened his eyes and roared:

"Lina, I'll stop Bourne. You go find Executive Officer Holmes!"