Lucas watched the Velocidragon retreat and did not pursue it. After all, although he was kindhearted and confident he could defeat these humans, he still did not want to get injured fighting the Velocidragon and put himself in danger!
Seeing that the Velocidragon had retreated, the Sixth-Rank Warrior walked over and said to Lucas, "Thank you for your help, friend."
Lucas nodded. The woman who had called out a warning to him earlier also walked over. Clearly, she had just witnessed his fighting prowess as well, and she looked him up and down.
Lucas asked curiously, "Senior, how did you run into a Velocidragon?"
The Sixth-Rank Warrior looked at Lucas and said, "Our tribe was holding a trial?"
Lucas was utterly bewildered. Are you really this reckless with your trials? A Sixth-Rank Warrior without Battle Qi leading three Fifth Rank Warriors to challenge a Velocidragon?
So Lucas voiced his question. The old man smiled, pointed at one of the youngsters' bulging backpacks, and said, "Take it out and show our young friend."
At the old man's words, the young Fifth Rank Warrior reluctantly took a Velocidragon egg out of his backpack. Seeing this, Lucas understood why. Apparently, their so-called trial involved stealing a Velocidragon's egg.
Lucas said, "Your tribe's trial is stealing eggs?"
The old Sixth-Rank Warrior was about to explain why when the young man who had been carrying the egg hurriedly put it away and said, "Deputy chief, this is our tribe's secret."
The old Sixth-Rank Warrior waved a hand and said, "It's fine. This young friend is stronger than I am. There's no harm in letting him know!"
He still commanded some authority, and after he said that, the young Fifth Rank Warrior fell silent. The moment Lucas saw the Velocidragon egg, he had understood. They most likely stole a Seventh-Level Magical Beast's egg or young, then slowly raised it. The person with the young Seventh-Level Magical Beast would most likely become their tribe's next chief.
Lucas also wanted to know whether they had a way to form contracts with magical beasts. If they did, he would not mind exchanging his Battle Qi for that method. He interrupted the Sixth-Rank Warrior and said, "Senior, I have no intention of learning your tribe's secrets. I just have a question I'd like to ask you!"
Hearing this, the Sixth-Rank Warrior considered that this warrior had, after all, saved their lives. He said, "Go ahead. Since you did save us, I'll generally tell you what I know!"
What he meant, both explicitly and implicitly, was that although Lucas had saved them, he would only agree to requests that were not too excessive.
Of course, there was another layer to his meaning: if a request went too far, he would not agree.
Having understood him, Lucas said, "Of course, I won't ask you to answer for nothing, Senior. If you're willing, I can trade the secret of why I'm stronger than you for the answer to my next question."
Hearing Lucas say this, the boy with the magical beast egg eagerly agreed, delight written all over his face. The Sixth-Rank Warrior glanced at him, then nodded his agreement as well.
Lucas asked solemnly, "Senior, since you raise magical beasts from infancy, do you have a way to establish a Master-Servant Contract with them?"
The youngsters selected to participate in the trial were naturally their tribe's elite, so they naturally knew about magical beast contracts. They said to Lucas, "Don't all magical beasts raised from infancy have a chance of forming a contract with the person who raised them once they grow up, becoming inseparable companions?"
Hearing this, Lucas shook his head and told them, "Of course I know about the kind of contract you're talking about, where the magical beast takes the initiative. But is there a compulsory contract that a human can initiate?"
"In other words, can I take the initiative to form a contract with a fully grown magical beast?"
After thinking for a moment, the Sixth-Rank Warrior shook his head at Lucas. Seeing him shake his head, Lucas naturally understood that their tribe had no such method of imposing a contract.
Lucas guessed that the compulsory Master-Servant Contracts of later generations had spread through the Material Plane along with magic. Although he did not understand how such Master-Servant Contracts worked either, it now seemed that his wish to form a contract with a magical beast had fallen through!
At this point, the young man still refused to give up on learning how Lucas had become so strong. He asked, "Since I've already told you the secret of forming contracts with magical beasts, what about the secret of your strength?"
Although Lucas came from a later era and had a relatively easygoing disposition, he clearly disliked this young man who did not know his bounds. The Sixth-Rank Warrior noticed his displeasure and hurriedly said, "Since we haven't answered our young friend's question, naturally, we can't learn the secret of how he became stronger!"
The female Fifth Rank Warrior who had been studying Lucas for a while walked straight up and circled him. Then she said, "Your muscles look well-proportioned, but you don't have any bulging muscles."
"Although you're only a Fifth Rank Warrior too, your fighting prowess is impressive. You should be even stronger after reaching the sixth rank, so your physical constitution must be excellent. We could have a child together."
Even though Lucas had once been an old man in his sixties, he had never heard anything so brazen in his life. Frightened, he hurriedly moved away from the muscular girl.
Seeing Lucas back away, the brawny, muscular girl said, "I'm sure your tribe also has the custom of adult women going to other tribes to seek a man to father a child. I saw how strong you were, so I chose you. What's wrong with that?"
Lucas had spent more than a decade in his own tribe, yet he had never seen anything like this. Now that he thought about it, perhaps this muscular girl was right. After all, everyone now lived in tribes. To produce healthy offspring, people would seek partners from other tribes, thereby preventing the decline in human physical quality caused by inbreeding!
One reason Lucas had never seen this might have been that his tribe was made up of several families joined together. Another might have been that he was still relatively young and had not yet reached the age to learn about such customs.
Since Lucas came from a later era, he had naturally heard about the dangers of marriage between close relatives. He also understood the necessity of such a custom for humans living together in tribes!
But that did not mean he could accept the custom, so Lucas refused outright. "No, I already have someone I love."
The girl before him said very calmly, "That doesn't matter. We're just having a strong child together. I'll still be living in my own tribe!"
Fuck, Lucas swore inwardly. She's far too brazen. Even with more than seventy years of life experience, he could not accept this. He immediately said to the Sixth-Rank Warrior and the others, "I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave!"
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