Animal World

Aleister had never intended to fight the other ascenders directly.

The main reason was that even if she killed them, it actually would not stop their actions—which was what mattered most.

Although these people seemed to have grudges against one another and would start fighting whenever they met... Aleister truly had no conflict with them. She could simply sit back and watch them fight, then calmly go off to complete her own mission.

Even for transcendent beings of the Path of Transcendence, killing should not become the objective. Or rather, precisely because it was the Path of Transcendence, killing could become a means.

To a Transcender, everything was merely a means.

Besides, Aleister had known the background of "this painting" from the very beginning.

Because this was the world of a fairy tale written by her grandfather Jacob in his youth—"White Horse King"!

Aleister had read that fairy tale.

The fairy tale contained obscure records of the secrets of the War of Heavenly Punishment and the Land Partition War. He had blended two entirely different events together, so to someone who knew only one of them, it could not be considered an allusion to either.

—In the past, the red Giant Bear and the Golden Lion had led the carnivores in ruling this world. They could not exactly be called allies or subordinates, but together they had divided up the entire grassland and preyed upon the other herbivores.

In the end, the herbivores united. Led by such leaders as the White Horse and the Green Deer, they matched wits and courage with those powerful, savage carnivores, overcoming strength with weakness... In the end, they defeated the fierce Giant Bear and became the new kings, returning peace to the grassland.

The Golden Lion, however, had maintained an ambiguous attitude.

At first,