Chapter 396

A moment later, inside his divine kingdom, Sui Xiong thawed the giant ape Magic Beast and casually lifted the oath imposed on it by the God of Nobility.

"I've taken care of your worries for you," Sui Xiong said bluntly. "Now you can tell me what exactly happened, right?"

Before a true god—and a famously powerful one at that—the Magic Beast naturally did not dare put on airs. It immediately dropped into a tiger-prostrating pose, respectfully recounting everything it knew.

In truth, there was not much to tell. This Magic Beast belonged to a fairly common aquatic species known as the "water ape." It had originally lived in the deep sea, but after losing a territorial dispute to a powerful legendary Magic Beast, it was seriously wounded. In the peril-filled depths of the ocean, that was tantamount to a death sentence—just waiting for its identity to be confirmed before being shot.

Naturally, it was unwilling to die like that. After careful consideration, it gritted its teeth and risked coming to the shallows, settling near the Arcane Tower Federation.

The shallow sea was far safer than the deep sea. There were no overly powerful Demonic Beasts here, and even a severely injured water ape could survive. But the shallows had dangers entirely different from those of the deep sea—it was close to the sphere of influence of land-dwelling races, and powerful experts from the land frequently patrolled the waters, ever vigilant against attacks from the sea.

Take Leon, for instance. Back when Gars City had yet to ally itself with the Storm Sea, he would often make irregular patrols through the shallows near Gars, covering roughly a thousand miles of coastline. Within that range, whenever he discovered a powerful Demonic Beast in the shallows, he would seek it out—either negotiating an