Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1065 - 1066: Dealing with the Aftermath

"People from other regions, huh? No wonder they’re so bold and... foolish."

Liao Yu glanced at Agunas speechlessly, although those illicit activities of capturing Spirit Beasts, as long as they weren’t too excessive and came to the ears of the Divine Beasts, they generally wouldn’t bother to deal with it. But to attempt stealing Spirit Beasts right in front of a Divine Beast was a different matter altogether.

Agunas sized up those people and said,

"I hope you won’t disappoint me."

"I don’t think we will, but it’s strange, how did they fixate on Little Ice Cream?"

Feng Yuan looked puzzledly at Little Ice Cream curled up on his shoulder. Although its appearance was a bit unusual, there were plenty of Spirit Beasts in the world. Why would they choose to steal Little Ice Cream? As for being special? Xiao Ji was also a special Spirit Beast. Compared to Little Ice Cream, Xiao Ji was obviously more eye-catching.

Xiao Ji surveyed Feng Yuan suspiciously, feeling like the latter wasn’t exactly thinking about good things. Rubbing Feng Yuan’s head with its head, Xiao Ji elicited a resentful chirp that gave Feng Yuan goosebumps all over. Holding onto Xiao Ji’s sharp beak, Feng Yuan said speechlessly,

"What are you up to now? Don’t you know that you almost destroyed Maomu City today?"

If it weren’t for Agunas’s intervention, he would have had to exert himself to deal with the Crimson Judgement unleashed by Xiao Ji, considering the power it wielded at the time, wiping out most of Maomu City would have been all too easy. Suddenly, Feng Yuan remembered something and turned to Liao Yu,

"You’ll vouch for me, right? I definitely didn’t strike deliberately."

Although it made no difference to him, he still didn’t want to be wrongfully blamed. As for blaming Xiao Ji? It was just being anxious, wasn’t it? If those guys hadn’t attacked him, Xiao Ji wouldn’t have acted like that, would it? Thinking this, Feng Yuan looked menacingly at those bandits. Liao Yu paused, understanding something. Before he could speak, Ye Hanlei put down her notebook and said,

"That I can confirm for you. After all, there were more than just us here at the time; there were quite a few people from other teams present."

Looking at the busy people in the square, Feng Yuan said somewhat surprisingly,

"What happened here? What would cause you all to act together?"

Glancing at the bandits, Ye Hanlei said with a grim face,

"There’s been a mysterious disappearance of the wild Spirit Beasts in the Stray Spirit Beast Paradise. Although we can’t rule out the possibility that they left on their own, the number missing is somewhat significant, we suspect..."

"They had a hand in this? It’s not impossible. But how did they know that Little Ice Cream was so special?"

Feng Yuan scrutinized the people with some confusion. Rare Spirit Beasts were not unheard of. Why did they set their sights on Little Ice Cream? Would someone unaware of Little Ice Cream’s true situation really take interest in it? Looking at Little Ice Cream on his shoulder, which seemed harmless, Feng Yuan felt puzzled, and Little Ice Cream looked up, not understanding, at Feng Yuan.

"I don’t know, but it’s possible that they learned about it from an astronomer, since they are all aware of Little Ice Cream’s information."

Ye Hanlei also felt it was odd. Although Little Ice Cream was special, it wasn’t the kind of Spirit Beast that appeared to have tremendous potential. Why were they targeting it? Lorna, releasing a pigeon from her hands, said,

"There’s a hefty bounty for it in the black market."

"Um..."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan had indeed forgotten about the existence of that. If it were the black market, it was possible. Meanwhile, Agunas’s eyes revealed a hint of fierceness. It had heard about the black market from other Divine Beasts, but hadn’t paid attention to its affairs, thus was unaware that there were actually rewards for capturing Spirit Beasts there.

"The black market actually allows such bounties to exist? They don’t have any reaction to it?"

Veronia was somewhat astonished. Although she didn’t feel much about it... She sneakily glanced at Agunas. The silly crocodile was indeed already angry. Really, what do those Spirit Beasts have to do with them? As long as those humans weren’t brazen about it, as long as they didn’t directly confront them, why not just ignore them?

If they had to manage everything, when would they have any leisure time? Anyway, Veronia couldn’t comprehend Agunas’s strange emotions. Protecting all Spirit Beasts? The others might not even appreciate it.

"Well..."

Liao Yu naturally noticed Agunas’s unusual behavior and felt somewhat guilty, not knowing how to explain. Feng Yuan glanced at Agunas and said in annoyance,

"Where there’s light, there will be shadows. Even if you dismantle the current black market, it will only result in temporary chaos before a new black market is born somewhere you’re unaware of."

"The rules are constantly refined as they exist, but they also decay over time. Would you rather face a completely disordered underworld or the current one, which maintains a certain level of order?"

"Is... that why they don’t take action?"

Agunas looked at Feng Yuan with an indiscernible expression and asked. Shrugging his shoulders, Feng Yuan said,

"What else? Unless you wipe out all of humanity, you will never be able to avoid certain things. Moreover, even if only Spirit Beasts remained, I suspect similar situations would arise among them."

Lorna glanced at Feng Yuan and seemed somewhat surprised by his words, but then she caught sight of Agunas and let out a light chuckle. The latter was indeed entangled in conflict. However, was this fellow so sure that Agunas wouldn’t choose to destroy humanity?

After a long time, Agunas sighed and said,

"Forget it. Since they choose to ignore it, there’s no need for me to specifically target them."

"Why would the bounty on Lubo lead us here?"

Lorna felt somewhat baffled. Those black market villains rarely snatched Spirit Beasts from others, let alone a bounty that only requested for Lubo without specifying which one.

Feng Yuan tapped Little Ice Cream’s head and said,

"That’s because, for now, there is only one Lubo in this world – Little Ice Cream. Of course, the one with Veronia doesn’t count; they probably don’t even know Veronia has one."

"Veronia? Yes, its authority... I remember it was never used."

Lorna paused, then spoke thoughtfully, realizing something. Agunas squinted suspiciously at Lorna. The latter seemed a bit dubious. Veronia’s ability, even Agunas didn’t know about it before, was not just any Sacred Beast-level strength Lorna happened to know about. Let alone how it had successfully evaded the destruction at the end of the Mythical Era, an event that most Divine Beasts couldn’t escape.

However, the pure aura on Lorna indicated that it had not been tainted by anything outside of this world. Noticing Agunas staring at her, Lorna glanced over and said,

"What? Do you have a problem with me?"

"No, just your background..."

Agunas frowned and spoke perplexedly. Veronia glanced at Agunas and said irritably,

"You really have to meddle in everything. During the all-out war, its demonstrated strength was no less than that of ordinary Divine Beasts, and it was very pure. It couldn’t possibly be related to anything external. But it’s no wonder, Little Crocodile, you left too early～"

Agunas glanced at Veronia but didn’t feel like arguing. Veronia also seemed to think there was no problem with Lorna. Turning to look at Feng Yuan and seeing that he didn’t appear to have any objections either, Agunas could only conclude that Lorna must be alright. After all, if there really were any issues, Feng Yuan would certainly not ignore them.

Any individual capable of deceiving them would undoubtedly have immense destructive power. Even if Feng Yuan found it troublesome, he would have warned Agunas.

"I’m not dealing with the aftermath. Let’s go and find those Spirit Beasts to play with～"

Saying this, Feng Yuan smeared oil on his heels and swiftly took the Spirit Beasts away. Watching Feng Yuan quickly heading towards Stray Spirit Beast Paradise, Liao Yu turned to Ye Hanlei and said,

"Should we stop him? After all that commotion..."

"He won’t run away. It’s these people..."

Ye Hanlei watched the captured bandits with a grim expression. Snatching others’ Spirit Beasts? Perhaps the recent disappearances of Stray Spirit Beasts were related to them. Besides, if Feng Yuan really wanted to leave, they couldn’t stop him. His power was obvious, and he was accompanied by two Divine Beasts. Although Agunas was more upright, Veronia clearly was not – this could be guessed from their earlier conversation. Veronia was likely a law unto itself.

Perhaps Agunas wouldn’t assist in his escape, but he wouldn’t obstruct it either. Relying just on themselves, they wouldn’t be able to contend with Veronia’s methods.