"Fellow members, all the War Gods of the War God Palace!"
Just as everyone was feeling confused and shocked, the seat of the First Elder of the War God Palace came to life.
Soon, Hong's image appeared on the big screen.
At that moment, he and Thunder God were standing respectfully in front of the Capybara.
Their heads bowed, they had taken on a submissive posture.
Seeing this, everyone held their breath, eyes wide.
They were all waiting to hear what came next.
Then they saw the Capybara, dressed in Cosmic Armor, trot over.
He cleared his throat in front of the camera.
"Ahem!"
"I'll only say a few things!"
"First, I have no hostility toward humanity!"
"Second, I'm on your side. I'll help you eliminate the threat posed by those monsters!"
The next moment.
Using Babata's Falling Ink Star technology,
several red dots appeared on the big screen.
Soon, the images changed to show the faces of several monsters.
They were all among the most powerful monsters known to people around the world.
For example, the Thunder Dragon Emperor, the Octopus Beast Emperor, the East Sea Azure Dragon King, and the Mountain-Quaking Whale King...
Seeing those powerful monsters swaggering around,
many powerful War Gods clenched their fists.
Although Earth still nominally belonged to humanity,
in reality, its most fertile land and the deepest parts of the oceans had all fallen to the monsters.
Humanity had two great powerhouses, Thunder God and Hong.
The monsters, meanwhile, had the Thunder Dragon Emperor and the Octopus Beast Emperor, two super-monster emperors.
Every so often, those creatures would lead the aquatic or land monsters in a monster tide.
They posed a grave threat to the remnants of human civilization.
Soon, while everyone was gnashing their teeth at the monsters,
the Capybara's goofy face once again took up most of the screen.
"To show my sincerity, I'll join Hong, Thunder God, and Miss Yao Rao in hunting down these monsters!"
"To make it easier to stay in touch with you humans, I've also asked Mr. Luo Feng and Miss Venina to serve as customer service representatives!"
"As for how to contact us, we'll use the War God Palace system. But I'm the one with the highest access privileges now!"
Well, then!
What a load of nonsense.
He just kept rambling on.
He said a whole lot.
By the end, he was getting more and more smug.
Fortunately, no one seemed to take offense.
The human leadership had had similar plans before.
But every time, they'd failed because there were too many monsters.
After so many years of development,
the total number of monsters on the planet had grown to more than ten times humanity's population.
Some even estimated that the real figure was over eighty times as high.
It took decades, or even a century, to raise a human powerhouse.
But monsters were already powerful as soon as they were born.
With one side gaining while the other lost,
humanity had spent all these years struggling to defend itself.
They simply couldn't take back their home.
The uninhabited South Australian Continent was the best proof of that.
But now this ridiculous Capybara was talking about organizing a team to hunt down Beast Emperors?
That made it impossible to hate him.
"Uh, did I talk too much? That's it, then. If you War Gods want to join our operation, fine. If you just want to watch, that's fine too. Do whatever you like..."
After rambling on and on,
the guy finally went down.
Then he took Luo Feng's communicator and sent messages nonstop.
The first to hear from him were Janet and Zhao Ruo.
"I'm the Capybara. I've given myself a human name, Ye Xiu. Come visit me when you're free!"
To be honest,
the Capybara didn't have many friends in this world.
The only ones who had been nice to him were these two girls.
Zhao Ruo's massage technique was especially comfortable!
Janet was nice too.
He really enjoyed the feeling of the pretty girl's long legs gently pressing on his belly.
At that moment, the two beauties exchanged uncertain looks.
Neither of them knew what to make of it.
"Is he really friendly toward humanity?"
"Has the head of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall really become his servant?"
As it turned out,
as absurd as it sounded,
Janet and Zhao Ruo soon became the so-called liaisons.
After all, the human leadership wanted to learn more about the situation.
So they sent the two girls, who had once gotten along well with the Capybara, to talk to him.
At least they'd be safer than anyone else.
Meanwhile,
Venina's husband, the guy called Vulture Li Yao, was completely dumbfounded.
His own wife wouldn't answer him and had even cut off all contact.
Instead, she was working as a customer service representative alongside Luo Feng, their family's enemy.
What...
Who had come up with this?
While the human leaders around the world were still digesting the earth-shattering news
and trying to understand what the self-proclaimed "Ye Xiu," the Capybara Beast Emperor, was really after, the main screen of the War God Palace changed again.
The image that appeared this time left all the councilors and War Gods watching the situation in a state of collective shock.
Their minds nearly stopped working.
The background seemed to be some kind of high-tech underground space—the interior of the Meteor Starship—with soft lighting.
And the star of the show was none other than the Capybara in Cosmic Armor.
He was lying comfortably on a mat that looked as if it had been woven from some kind of soft metal.
Part of his flashy Cosmic Armor had been removed, revealing a patch of gray-brown back that looked fluffy.
But what nearly made everyone's eyes pop out was this:
Janet, with golden hair and blue eyes, a graceful figure, and a reputation as a "Goddess of War,"
was wearing a clean training outfit and kneeling beside the mat, her face carrying a helpless yet amused expression.
She reached out those fair, slender hands that had defeated countless monsters and was... gently massaging the Capybara's back?!
Her movements even looked practiced. Her fingertips kneaded and pressed the thick, soft fur with just the right amount of pressure.
The Capybara had his eyes half closed.
A deep, utterly contented "purr, purr" rumbled in his throat, and his little tail even swayed lazily.
He looked every bit the pampered lord!
"Hiss—"
Someone in the War God Palace was the first to suck in a sharp breath.
Then came a dead silence.
A moment later, all kinds of stifled, strange gasps and coughs rang out.
What... what the hell was going on?!
One moment he'd been announcing that he would hunt down the Beast Emperors.
He'd shown absolute power that had overwhelmed Hong and Thunder God, and the next he was enjoying a massage from a human Goddess of War?!
That was one hell of a change in tone!
It was so absurd it was outrageous!
"Janet... what is she doing?!"
"Giving... giving a monster a massage?"
"What does this Capybara actually want? Is he trying to humiliate us?"
Disbelieving whispers filled the silent hall.
Meanwhile, the Capybara's muffled mental voice seemed to come through the image, translated in real time.
"Mm... yes, right there. A little harder...
"Janet, your technique still isn't as good as Zhao Ruo's. She's better at scratching my belly..."
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