Hearing this, the Feather Owl One-Horned Lizard would react, but it breathed a heavy sigh of relief, followed by a renewed sense of doubt.
Humans? Is that the name of those two-legged creatures?
However, it didn't have much time to relax before it heard Lord Feather Owl speak again from the side.
"Although the plan was set by you, sir, the specific defense arrangements and the deployment of the Calamity Beast are all my responsibility. The main responsibility still lies with me."
The Feather Owl remained prone on the ground, its voice tense.
"Please punish me, Your Honor!"
No, why would you do this?... The One-Horned Lizard thought to itself, feeling a chill run down its spine, fearing that the Lion King might change its mind.
"Alright, I've said it has nothing to do with you," the Lion King said in a deep voice, then stared coldly at the Feather Owl, "But the Calamity Beast in charge of the location cannot escape involvement, understand?"
"Yes, I understand!" Feather Owl replied.
"Afterwards, I will transfer the Earth Rhinoceros away, and you will be in charge of its Eye of Earth Marrow," the Lion King said solemnly.
After a moment of silence, Feather Owl said clearly and sincerely:
"I understand, thank you, Lion King Majesty!"
After saying that, Feather Owl asked:
" Lion King Majesty, should we respond to humanity's actions this time?"
"Don't worry, we've already made the arrangements."
"After that?"
"The matters that follow will be handled by that Mountain-Shaking Ape guy..."
The One-Horned Lizard, kneeling on the spot, finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that there was no more talk of punishment.
It listened to the conversation between the Lion King and the Feather Owl, but didn't sense anything strange.
After all, those two-legged insects have already bullied them, so some kind of response is normal.
But... I have a feeling that the Lion King doesn't seem very angry?!
The One-Horned Lizard knelt on the ground, listening intently.
After a while, it heard the conversation beside it stop.
Immediately, a gaze swept over him, followed by that authoritative voice.
"Are these the two Calamity Beast that performed well in this operation?"
The One-Horned Lizard's heart quickened slightly again, but this time it wasn't from nervousness, since the Lion King had just said that the performance was relatively good.
"Yes," Feather Owl replied.
"In that case, let's send them to some more important areas."
"Please enlighten me Lion King Majesty!"
"If you go to the Eye of Earth Marrow later, won't you be short an adjutant? Let this Arcane Lizard go. As for this Yellow-Maned Spiketail, let it be in charge of the newly built Anchor Point."
"But this Arcane Lizard is not even at the Fifth Tier!" Feather Owl said hesitantly.
The Lion King's gaze shifted and landed on the other bulge on the One-Horned Lizard's forehead.
"Is your second ability available for recruitment?"
The One-Horned Lizard lizard paused for a moment, then realized the question was directed at it, and immediately replied:
"I've got it; it seems to be related to the mental aspect."
"Not bad, this is already one of the best abilities your clan can obtain in the Second Tier." The Lion King nodded slightly, then turned his gaze back to the Feather Owl.
"We can give it a portion of the Source Core then, so it can advance to the Fifth Tier as soon as possible."
Is there really such a good thing?... The One-Horned Lizard was overjoyed, but dared not show it and continued to kneel on the ground.
"Yes, I understand!" Feather Owl replied again.
"Alright, if there's nothing else, leave. This place isn't suitable for you to stay any longer!" the Lion King said gravely.
"Very well, then I'll take my leave!" Feather Owl replied.
Immediately, it rose slightly, took a few steps back, and then stood up completely, turning around and walking down the mountain.
The One-Horned Lizard and the Yellow-Maned Spiketail followed suit and went down.
Throughout the entire process, apart from the One-Horned Lizard saying a few words after being questioned, the Yellow-Maned Spiketail didn't utter a single word.
The Lion King watched the three figures disappear at the end of the stairs, then slowly turned his head to look behind him.
A thousand-meter-high palace, towering stone pillars, eaves that seem to reach the clouds, a terrace with steps suspended in mid-air...
A heavy, cold, suffocating, and Distortion feeling washed over me.
The Lion King stared inside, at the slightly Distortion interior that was inexplicably difficult to discern.
" Nordrassil...?"
"Hiss, I haven't come out for so long, is there something wrong with me?" Zhou Xuan sat on the roof of a building, looking at the buildings in the distance with a slight toothache.
After several days, they successfully returned to the base from outside.
But their return also caused a huge uproar within the base.
More than forty went out, but only a little over thirty came back?
Therefore, Shen Heng was summoned immediately.
Because they were worried, they followed behind.
After all, this time is different from before. Before, we always returned with a full load of goods, but this time...
Although we returned with a full load, the price we paid was quite high.
"Probably not. Isn't it normal for people to sacrifice themselves during missions?" Qin Yu said from the side.
"But the sacrifices this time are far too many!" Zhou Xuan said.
"Didn't a lot of people die during the first beast tide attack?" Qin Yu said.
"It's different. Back then, it was to defend the base. If we didn't defend it, we'd have to retreat again. This time, it's to destroy the Eye of Earth Marrow. Although the Eye of Earth Marrow is probably very important, but..."
Zhou Xuan frowned and raised his hand to stroke his chin.
"It's hard to say whether eleven inspectors are more important."
"Yes!" Qin Yu said.
"How did you know?" Zhou Xuan frowned and looked at Qin Yu.
"I..." Qin Yu opened her mouth, then said, "After all, there are so many Calamity Beast guarding the Eye of Earth Marrow, isn't it normal that it's so important?"
"Well, that's what they say, but they really don't know, do they?" Zhou Xuan rubbed his chin, then looked away.
"Then... will the captain be punished?" Qin Yu asked with some concern.
"Who knows? Maybe yes? Maybe no?" Zhou Xuan tilted his head.
"What will happen if we get punished?" Qin Yu asked.
Zhou Xuan guessed, "If it's mild, they'll confiscate the rewards for this mission; if it's serious, they'll deduct some points; if it's even more serious, the person might be..."
"Alright."
A cold voice interrupted Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan turned his head and saw Han Ling with her brows furrowed and her expression somewhat cold.
"If you want to wait, then keep waiting. Stop saying so much!" Han Ling said coldly.
Zhou Xuan shrank back and fell silent.
Qin Yu frowned slightly, looking into the distance with some worry.
Zheng Guomin didn't speak, but his brows were also slightly furrowed.