After Ancient Hero Mudar and Lu PingAn had a pleasant conversation, Mudar did not take his leave.
He stayed with the merchant guild, preparing to become one of them. Of course, the necessary precautions would not be neglected. Even if he had laid everything bare himself, he still worried that the "Lord" might have some means of controlling him.
"Interesting. You actually have to obey beasts' orders."
"Yes. Those things are relatively less intelligent. Compared to toys like us, they are more like domesticated pets, so they are naturally trusted more."
But Big Cat had a different opinion at this point.
"Divine beasts actually have a very high ceiling, and their intelligence is not low. It is merely their 'self-awareness as intelligent beings' that is lacking. Such entities are highly suitable as vessels for consciousness. The 'commander' they encountered may not have been merely Its pet. It might even have been one of Its incarnations."
This was undoubtedly valuable intelligence.
Yet even knowing this, Mudar could only sigh. The divine beasts that It had continued collecting to this day were generally absurdly powerful. This included the colossal disaster beasts faced by his people—problems that could basically not be solved through individual combat strength.
In truth, Lu PingAn and many big shots from the Forest Goddess Church were eyeing those divine beasts hungrily.
"Ancient giant beasts with their own rules."
"Elements. Pure primordial elemental lifeforms."
"Blood, flesh, bones, hide... What a waste."
Sometimes, if even a few fragments of conversation from the internal network where the big shots gathered leaked out, they would probably be enough to shatter one's three views.
On the other hand, this also revealed that, as their understanding of this world deepened, more and more East Country People had developed a profound disgust for this world's inhuman