"Are you sure you don't want to leave?" Before leaving Beast Valley, Yue Yang once again asked Man-Faced Tiger and the still-unrecovered, badly wounded Eagle King.
"We have no one left outside. Nothing ties us down; being out there would not be much different from being here. Most importantly, after going through so much and being trapped in Beast Valley for so many years, we have become somewhat unable to adapt to the changes outside... Staying here, we can still accomplish quite a few things."
"Darius and Lion King are both willing to divide Beast Valley into three. Eagle and I, working together, count as one side. Though our strength is somewhat inferior, we can barely protect ourselves. As for subordinates, quite a few resident folk and Magic Beasts follow us. If we leave, I fear their lives will be in danger." Man-Faced Tiger smiled and shook his head, politely declining Yue Yang's kind invitation. "Rather than going outside to become an insignificant nobody, I would rather remain in this familiar Beast Valley and be a minor leader. I know every blade of grass and every tree here. I have lived here for so many years. This place is like my home. Just thinking of leaving... I truly find it hard to part with."
"Perhaps we will leave someday, but not now." Eagle King also expressed his gratitude to Yue Yang.
"Fine. Choose as you wish." Yue Yang nodded and turned to leave.
Poison Bee Queen, Dragon Horse, and Sickle Weasel, who had temporarily contracted under Death Mantis's younger sister, waved goodbye to the many Magic Beasts seeing them off.
Unlike the three of them, the limited quota of at most ten Magic Beasts who could be contracted and led out of the valley had made Magic Beast folk such