Torista

After escaping the Dragon Lion's territory, Torista ran like a madwoman, pushing her battle aura to its absolute limit.

She had been running for more than three hours. As a sixth-level warrior, she had reached the limits of her body, but she kept going. She couldn't give up!

With the Dragon Lion as her magical pet, her family still had hope. Otherwise, everything would be over.

She had used her only concealment scroll to hide the young Dragon Lion in a cave by the river.

Once she had completely shaken off the Dragon Lion's pursuit, she could follow the river back to the cave and easily take the cub away.

Unfortunately, she had miscalculated and run into Franklin. Before a God Rank expert, none of her little tricks could escape notice.

Lei Mo's mental power had already detected the silver-haired young girl. She was only five foot three, a little shorter than Rachel, and looked quite petite!

Her silver hair was tied in a style resembling a fairy's shawl. Her eyes shone like stars, her brows curved gracefully, her nose was high-bridged, and her lips were soft and dewy. Her skin was as smooth as white porcelain, and her breasts trembled lightly as she ran.

"If every half-elf is like this, then the elven bloodline really is unbeatable."

Lei Mo stared, slightly dazed. It wasn't that he lost his head whenever he saw a beauty; he had traveled far and wide and seen plenty of fine food and beautiful women.

He was mostly marveling at the wondrous elven bloodline. In terms of appearance, half-elves were practically a perfect race. Who wasn't a member of the looks-obsessed crowd?

Lei Mo felt that he wasn't bad-looking himself, with rugged features, a face as if carved by axe and chisel, and bright eyes and white teeth.

He was still quite different from the elves' delicate, androgynous beauty. As a man, Lei Mo thought he looked just fine as he was.

But when the elves' genes were passed down to women, they really were a perfect match.

Torista was still running when she suddenly found herself unable to move. She had been pinned in place by Franklin's Divine Domain.

"Ah—!"

Torista suddenly couldn't move and let out a shriek, startling Lei Mo instead.

With a slight sway, Lei Mo appeared in front of Torista in an instant.

Lei Mo's sudden appearance didn't frighten the young girl. Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't the Dragon Lion, she was fine.

But her relief lasted less than a second. When the Dragon Lion, Zachary, appeared, Torista's face instantly went deathly pale.

"What's your name?" Lei Mo asked.

"Torista Minair, my lord!"

Torista replied respectfully. She had already guessed that Lei Mo was the one in charge.

"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. Why did you steal the Dragon Lion cub?"

Lei Mo asked, wondering how he could get in touch with the elves.

Stealing a Saint Realm magical beast's child right under its nose was both crazy and difficult. If Lei Mo hadn't stepped in, she probably would have succeeded!

"For the revival of my family, my lord!"

Torista didn't make excuses. She admitted it openly.

In front of someone this powerful, playing little tricks was either foolish or downright stupid.

"What happened to your family?"

To learn more about this plane, Lei Mo figured he might as well meddle in someone else's business.

"The Minair family is an ancient family in the Keir Kingdom. At the height of its glory, it was even an Earl with its own fief."

"Unfortunately, the family declined with each generation. After I was born, there was finally hope of reviving it."

"But the heir of the Coriti Duke saw my beauty and wants to take me as his fifteenth wife. If that happens, my family will be finished. I'm the family's heir, and its only hope!"

Torista had already given up hope, so she no longer held anything back. She poured it all out in one breath.

"Is the Coriti Clan very powerful?" Lei Mo asked, puzzled.

"The Coriti Clan's ancestor is said to be a Saint Realm expert, but he hasn't appeared for several hundred years."

"The Duke Mansion alone has ninth-level experts, and the Minair family can't stand against them."

Torista's eyes were dull, but she was no longer afraid. Things had come to this; she might as well die.

"Oh. Then take me to your family. Maybe I can help."

Lei Mo sounded rather perfunctory, but Torista clung to this lifeline with all her might.

"Really? My lord, please!"

Torista dropped to her knees with a thump. Who could know the pressure a sixteen-year-old girl had endured all these years?

Going to a Saint Realm magical beast's lair with sixth-level strength seemed crazy, but if there had been another choice, who would have wanted to do it?

Torista had it terribly hard. Without a magical pet with Saint Realm potential, her family would never escape the Coriti Clan's grasp.

Lei Mo reached out and helped Torista up.

"From today on, I'll be a guest elder of the Minair family!"

Lei Mo wasn't one to meddle in other people's business. He valued Torista's half-elf identity and wanted to use her to make contact with the elves.

It was still too early to talk about that. Torista, with her sixth-level strength, wasn't qualified to return to the elves, and the elves wouldn't acknowledge her bloodline.

What if Lei Mo raised her to the Saint Realm?

In the past, Lei Mo wouldn't have dared entertain such a wild idea. He was only a newly advanced Saint Realm expert, yet already thinking about how to nurture another.

But things were different now. He had Rune tattoos, his own blood, and the magical beast blood he had recently collected, including Bill's and Zachary's.

He also had a small amount of magical beast Essence Blood. Essence Blood couldn't be squandered recklessly; it recovered extremely slowly.

Lei Mo also didn't want to reveal the special properties of his blood, and Zachary wasn't his magical pet.

Lei Mo alone had Rune tattoos of four elements, and his Runes were unlike anyone else's.

To put it simply, Lei Mo's Runes were the original versions, far more complete than the Runes gained by comprehending the eight sub-bodies.

Unfortunately, Lei Mo hadn't gained any more Runes since then. He didn't know whether he might comprehend more after reaching God Rank.

Most of the Laws Lei Mo and the others comprehended through their souls were Soul Runes. Initial Runes were far too difficult.

Apart from the Rune of the Law of Destruction, Lei Mo hadn't comprehended any of the four elemental Laws he could inscribe.

According to Franklin, even comprehending only the Soul Rune of a given element showed that one had at least a trace of talent for that element's Law.

Franklin's words had rekindled Lei Mo's ambition.

After agreeing that he would become a guest elder of Torista's family, Lei Mo pulled the Divine Wind Bear, Bill, out of his pocket and tossed him to the ground.

In just a few seconds, Bill grew to nearly twenty feet long and almost ten feet tall, leaving Torista staring in amazement.

Poor Torista had been overwhelmed with so many shocks today that she was already a little numb.

Otherwise, she would have known that only Saint Realm magical beasts could change their size.

"Zachary, your child has been found. Go back. Next time I call on you, you'll still have to help. Without me, it would be hard for you to find your child."

Lei Mo gave Zachary his instructions. The Dragon Lion cub had already been rescued from the cave.

"Yes, my lord. I'm at your service anytime!"

Zachary was thoroughly convinced by Lei Mo now, and his earlier fiery temper was gone.

The Divine Wind Bear alone had beaten him until half his body was crippled. And then there was the Bear's master.

Zachary had wisely backed down. Submitting to the strong was an eternal rule, and it didn't bring shame to a magical beast.

Riding the Divine Wind Bear with Torista, Lei Mo headed east. The Minair family was in the eastern part of the Keir Kingdom, in Coriti Province.

The main city of Coriti Province was called Kemar City, where the Minair family had been rooted for generations.