Selecting Seeds and Nurturing Excellence

Beastman?

Moreover, it wasn't a beastman created by my power combined with the Fallen Devil Egg.

Amidst the frenzied attacks of the beast-like knights and maids, Iliphis steadily dodged while pondering his next move.

How did these people get out of here?

If you look closely, there are some differences.

The beastification of the knights and maids was more pure, with their bodies deformed in the direction of canine beasts. Specifically, this manifested as mutations in their limbs and skulls, as well as the growth of stray hairs on their bodies, making them look like canine Orcs with rabies.

The beast-like beings created by Iliphis in conjunction with the Fallen Devil Egg take on a variety of appearances, but are basically no different from demons. Their biggest advantage is that they can maintain their sanity.

Therefore, these beast-like beings have nothing to do with him, nor with the demon race; they can only be...

"Ahhh!"

Anzi III let out a hysterical roar, which seemed like a meaningless scream to onlookers, but to the knights and maids it meant something else entirely. They suddenly changed formation Iliphis from all sides, launching a joint attack.

Anzi III was actually able to command them!

Iliphis looked enlightened; so that's how it is.

Although it is unknown how this was done, it is clear that these beast beings were created by Anzi III. Not only do they resemble the King's beast form in every way, but they also obey him, much like the relationship between a vampire and its created servants.

"Your His Majesty the King, you have truly prepared a surprise for me."

Just as the beastmen's attacks were about to land on Iliphis, his figure suddenly blurred, and the next second he appeared outside the encirclement, causing the beastmen to collide with each other.

The moment he appeared, he went straight for Anzi III. Although the strength of the beastmen was like that of ants to him, and their attacks were like tickling, the principle of capturing the king first is the first rule in any battle, regardless of the level.

How exactly were these knights and maids transformed into beastmen?

Can the curse on Anzi III spread? What are the specific methods of transmission—attacks, bodily fluids, or that roar just now? I'd better plug my ears. Oh, and I should also plug the Princess's ears while I'm at it.

Seeing the impending crisis, Anzi III roared and spat out a colorful, filthy, and extremely foul-smelling liquid at Iliphis. As expected, Erifis, who always loved cleanliness and even had a slight obsession with cleanliness, chose to dodge, and his speed was immediately slowed down.

The beastmen also came to their senses and pounced from behind. Of course, this kind of attack could not hurt the battle-hardened leader of the Light Eagle Legion. He used his iron claws to grab the deformed heads of two beastmen and slammed them to the ground, causing the ground to shatter.

With that blow, their skulls must have been shattered!

He got up to deal with the remaining beastmen, but at that moment, the beastmen he had pinned to the ground, who should have been on the verge of death, suddenly got up with lightning speed, grabbed his legs, and attacked him with their mouths and hands, using every means at their disposal.

"Huh, none of my subordinates have this level of recovery ability."

Iliphis looked around, beckoned, and suddenly a beautifully crafted magic wand appeared in his hand—it was Serena's magic wand!

Serena felt a pang of anxiety when her magic wand was taken away; she could no longer use the Road Home.

She had just drawn her magic wand, thankfully before attacking Iliphis, when he said, "Wait a moment, Princess Highness, I'll take care of them right away."

He unleashed a variety of spells—fire, ice, lightning—and bombarded the beastmen with magical attacks of all kinds, ultimately finding that fire was extremely effective against them.

With another wave of his magic wand, chains of light appeared out of thin air on the ground, binding all the beastmen and rendering them unable to move.

"Alright, next up is His Majesty the King."

"Roar!"

Anzi III suddenly roared and turned to run towards Serena.

Is he going to attack his daughter?

Serena clenched her fists. With her current skills, she should be able to dodge, but...

She did not detect any aggression from the other person.

The next moment, as if she had no time to dodge, Anzi III grabbed her and held her in his arms, rushing towards the door; he was actually trying to escape.

Caught in his grasp, Serena's eyes met Anzi III's for a fleeting moment. She seemed to see some emotion in his eyes, but in an instant, that emotion was completely overwhelmed by madness.

"It's no use, Your His Majesty the King."

Iliphis's slightly sarcastic voice came from behind.

"To prevent you from running out and hurting yourself, the Court Magician have set up—"

As Anzi III charged towards the doorway, several spells of various colors lit up and blocked his path.

Yellow spiritual magic could soothe his mind and somewhat heal his volatile heart, although it no longer had much effect on him now.

The blue binding magic could create invisible pressure that pressed down on his body, restricting his movements.

In addition to forming a protective shield in front of the door to prevent him from leaving, the green defensive magic will also form a soft shield under him to prevent His Majesty the King from being injured if he falls due to the pressure.

Anzi III was pinned to the ground by the combined effect of these spells.

Iliphis walked with steady steps, each step seeming to tread on people's hearts.

Serena should have been "out of danger" in theory, but she felt that she was in even greater danger. Looking at Anzi III, who was being suppressed by the heavy pressure, she felt a subtle feeling in her heart, a worry for her father that was in her blood.

She gritted her teeth and looked at Iliphis.

However, a sudden urge to fall asleep overwhelmed her, and she instantly drifted off to sleep.

Seeing Serena lying unconscious on the ground, Anzi III's roar became even more ferocious for a moment. Suddenly, his body floated into the air and was grabbed by several eagle-claw-like Mage Hand, meeting Iliphis's gaze.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm protecting the Princess,"

He manipulated the Mage Hand to place Serena in a corner, letting her lean against the wall to sleep, and even thoughtfully arranged her body.

"After all, she can't see what's coming next; it would be a bit scary."

In response, Anzi III spat out acid again, but he was prepared and used magic to shut Ainz's mouth.

The seven beastmen, including Anzi III and the knight's maid, were captured.

Iliphis looked at the beastman in front of him, his eyes revealing a sense of eagerness. The reason for this eagerness was that he saw a certain possibility in Anzi III.

But first, he needs to figure out why the other party caused the increase in beastmen, and whether there are any other beastmen in this Royal Palace.

The transmission method couldn't be sound, because he had already heard the other party's roar; if it were sound, he would already be infected.

Then try something else.

Iliphis reinforced the binding magic, went out for a while, and returned carrying several guards who had already fallen into a deep sleep. Of course, these two guards were people arranged by the Light Eagle Legion, and they had not been catalyzed by the Fallen Devil Egg.

He used Anzi III to experiment on these people. After a brief trial, when he injected Anzi III's blood into the body of the guard, the latter successfully revealed his beastly form.

"I see, it's transmitted through blood."

Further experiments showed that the blood of beastmen could also transmit the beastification, but the incubation period was longer, and it would not be apparent for the time being without stimulation.

Iliphis smiled with interest. He couldn't even imagine how many beast-infected people were in the castle now. Perhaps the Beastification Syndrome had already spread throughout the city, but were still in the incubation period.

No, in fact, it doesn't exist.

Those with the Beastification Syndrome cannot leave the Royal Palace because the Royal Palace's daily menu always includes an egg-based food that brings joy and happiness to everyone.

There are also geniuses who have developed perfumes made from Happiny. Inhaling these perfumes can give people a subtle and just-right feeling of happiness and pleasure. Inhaling these gases is the same as ingesting a small amount of Happiny. Those with early-stage Beastification Syndrome will be directly eradicated, and those with deeper levels of infection will be suppressed.

"Beastmen caused by the King will lose their minds, but their physical functions and recovery abilities will greatly increase, especially their recovery abilities, and their appearance will stabilize into a dog- Orcs -like form."

"The soldiers I create using the Fallen Devil Egg and my Unique Talent will have enhanced physical functions. In their beast form, they will randomly exhibit characteristics of various creatures. Most of them are stronger than the King's beast formers, but their beast form appearance is unstable, and there may be defective products. Moreover, not everyone can withstand the transformation, and many die in the process."

"The most important point is that although its recovery ability is strong, it is not as good as that of the King Beastman."

Is there a way to combine the advantages of both?

Build a powerful Legion of beastmen who are absolutely loyal to Iliphis!

After some thought, Iliphis attempted to inject a small amount of Anzi III's blood into a normal servant, waking him up before he was transformed. He then used his Unique Talent to brutally induce deep negative emotions in the servant and shoved the red Fallen Devil Egg into his hand.

What kind of miracle will occur when two different transformation methods work together?

Under the cover of night, the servant's body continued to mutate, and his shadow reflected on the wall gradually turned into a hunched and deformed shape.

"Not bad!"

Iliphis opened the door to a new world.

Meanwhile, in the other side, in the Zane Dungeon.

"[Aldrich's Chunk of Flesh]. To get something like this after failing a challenge is really disgusting."

Hasawi Squad was sitting in front of the campfire, throwing several dark, wriggling chunks of flesh into the fire to burn them to death.

Sometimes during battles with Aldrich, you can see chunks of flesh falling from his body. According to the description, each piece of flesh is considered an independent entity and can be thrown out to bite enemies, so it is actually considered some kind of tool.

This thing is so disgusting that nobody wants it.

"Um, Fingel, for some reason the Image Transmission Device has started transmitting images from the Princess's side again."

At this moment, Matilda suddenly spoke, her face somewhat embarrassed.

"Here we go again. Maybe next time we go to see the Princess, we can just use the excuse of maintenance to retrieve it. How can you spy on other people's privacy?"

Fingel took it and was about to turn off the device when, as if possessed, he glanced at the image transmitted by the Image Transmission Device and suddenly stopped speaking.

He saw Iliphis, saw the deformed figure, and saw the other party doing something incomprehensible, which looked a bit strange and not like normal things.

However, there was one thing he saw very clearly.

That Iliphis, the monster he transformed from a normal human through some unknown means.

It gradually overlapped with the figures of those beast-like people in its hometown many years ago.