"Honored guests, please wait here. I'll go prepare this Fang Beast, then cook it for you," Garthus said, turning to Velin.
"Master Garthus, I'll come with you as well. I'd like to see how you prepare this Fang Beast," Velin replied.
Hearing this, Xuemiyya and Flora rose to their feet at the same time. They too wanted to see how merfolk cooked food beneath the sea.
As for Lester, he stood as well. Although he knew some methods of cooking underwater, Lord Eternal Dawn Knight and the two ladies were interested, so naturally he had to accompany them.
"Honored guests, please follow me."
Several threads formed from pure magic extended from Garthus's right fingertips, piercing the Fang Beast's head, four pairs of pectoral fins, two pairs of pelvic fins, and tail.
The next moment, the Fang Beast's enormous body mimicked the movements it had made in life, following behind Garthus as it left the hall.
The group followed behind the Fang Beast and headed outside.
In the courtyard, all manner of knives were densely arranged across a slab of white jade. Cold light flowed over them, grim and orderly; at a glance, there were no fewer than a hundred.
Every knife was made from a different material and glimmered with a different kind of energy.
Most of them had been mixed with Mithril, with dim blue starlight flowing around the edges of their blades.
Only a few in the corner were exceptions. They had been polished entirely from the bones of some unknown giant beast, crystalline and translucent in texture, yet even sharper.
After securing the Fang Beast's body with threads, Garthus spread his five fingers. A half-meter-long curved dissecting knife rose from the stone slab with a hum and settled steadily in his palm.
The blade flashed. His movements