Goblins Could Be Wiped Out Too

Could Ogres learn to read?

Maybe some could, but the one just now certainly couldn't.

It was stupid.

But however stupid it was, it still counted as a Wisdom creature. It was much smarter than Ape or Dolphin.

Two days earlier, Pan Long had found it and given it a thorough beating, teaching it that circumstances were stronger than any Ogre. Then he had used animal-training methods, wielding a club in one hand and a carrot in the other, to teach it a few phrases and the motions of "reading" in just two days.

He had his Barbarian class to thank for that, too. One of its auxiliary skills was Beast Taming.

If even wild beasts could be tamed, why not an Ogre?

That was how the astonishing scene in the inn had come about.

But a fake was still a fake. The Ogre could not actually read. Pan Long had staged a trick and fooled everyone.

He felt no guilt about it. All Priest Angshe wanted was for everyone to enjoy his book; all the crowd wanted was to see something extraordinary.

As for Pan Long, all he wanted was a little more pay; all the Ogre wanted was to stay alive.

Judging by the outcome, everyone was quite satisfied.

If everyone was satisfied, that was good enough.

As for that "great being who has taken an interest in him from beyond mortal sight"... Pan Long didn't care.

Whether the thing was real or imaginary aside, even if it was genuine, could it track him across worlds?

And if it really could follow him across worlds and track him to the Nine Provinces World, he would be curious to see what the local gods, Buddhas, Demons, and monsters thought of this unregistered outsider.

Would they politely escort it out?