In the blink of an eye, the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni suddenly said:
"Send a signal so that the other Calamity Beast can immediately begin their planned actions!"
"This... Lord Golden Suanni, now?" the Calamity Beast with its long forelimbs asked uncertainly.
"Yes, that's right, pass the word down immediately!" The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni looked over, its voice carrying a hint of urgency.
The Calamity Beast, with its long forelimbs, seemed somewhat puzzled.
Weren't we not in a rush before? How come things have suddenly turned out like this? It's because...
Its gaze shifted, glancing at the Bone-Ring Beast hovering in mid-air in the distance, before turning again to the Boulder Beast beside it.
" Boulder!"
"Ah, ah!"
The Boulder Beast was stunned at first, then responded with two utterances.
It didn't quite understand why it suddenly had to start, but since both adults had spoken, it could only do as they said.
With that thought in mind, it quickly walked to a huge rock nearby.
The figure then quickly circled the boulder twice, before suddenly stopping at a certain moment.
With unstoppable force, its massive tail slammed heavily into the boulder.
"Bang!"
A series of booming sounds, one louder near and one softer far, rang out, and the boulder flew away.
It wasn't flying very high, and would have been almost impossible to notice unless the Calamity Beast had been watching it closely. But this wasn't meant to be seen by those Calamity Beast that hadn't noticed it.
The three Calamity Beast stared intently at the boulder, and finally, they landed on the ground alongside it.
" Lord Golden Suanni, alright, now we just need to wait for the other Calamity Beast to make their move!" said the Calamity Beast with long forelimbs.
"Hmm." The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni responded in a deep voice, its gaze fixed on the distance.
The mountain peaks stretched out in a continuous line, as quiet as ever.
This silence lasted for one second, two seconds, three seconds...
The next moment.
"Roar--"
"Quickly, everyone, escape!"
"Many of the Bone-Ring Beast under surveillance have entered the enclosure; now is the best opportunity! Those who don't want to die, get on..."
A roar suddenly rang out from somewhere.
Then, like a contagious disease, it quickly spread outwards...
A mountain valley.
A Split-Claw Beast stood on a high place, roaring down.
"Quickly, run if you don't want to die!"
"Most of the Bone-Ring Beast guarding the enclosure have come in. Now only a few are still guarding the entrance. Some adults have even gone towards that entrance to distract the Bone-Ring Beast there!"
"For you, now is the best chance to escape!"
"Those who don't want to die, run! Run outside! Run as fast as you can. The faster you run, the greater your chances of survival. If you run slowly, don't blame me if you die..."
"Cough cough..."
Seemingly shouting a bit too fast, the Split-Claw Beast choked and coughed heavily a few times.
However, it quickly looked up again the moment it finished coughing.
In the field of vision, one after another, Calamity Beast fled outwards.
It opened its mouth and shouted with a somewhat excited expression.
"Yes, that's right, that's it..."
In the woods.
A Scalearmor Beast stood on a small mound, its gaze fixed straight ahead.
Every now and then, a single Calamity Beast would charge forward, but three others stood still, trembling in fear.
"What are you all doing standing here instead of running? Waiting to die?!" the Scalearmor Beast asked, its voice carrying both questioning and oppressive intent.
Upon hearing its voice, the three Calamity Beast looked over, and then, seemingly sensing the oppressive intent in its words, they trembled even more violently.
After some hesitation, one of the more daring of the Calamity Beast stepped forward and said:
"This... Lord Scalearmor Beast, if we run away now, and then get caught by the Bone-Ring Beast, then we..."
Before he could finish speaking, the Calamity Beast looked at the Scalearmor Beast standing on the mound, trying to make the other imagine the possibility of being caught.
Unexpectedly, the Qilin-Armored Beast chuckled.
"What's being caught or not?"
"I'm telling you, even if you don't run, it won't change anything!"
"The riot has already happened, and the Bone-Ring Beast will definitely be furious about this riot by the Calamity Beast in the enclosure!"
"Under other circumstances, it wouldn't matter, but this time, the Bone-Ring Beast clan is holding a celebration in a couple of days. They definitely won't mind killing you Calamity Beast left in the enclosure at this time!"
"Now..."
After a slight pause, the Qilin-Armored Beast stared intently at the three Calamity Beast.
Are you still planning to stay in the enclosure?
The three Calamity Beast exchanged glances, hesitated, and were unsure of what to do.
Seeing this, the Scalearmor Beast let out another cold laugh.
"Heh, whether you go or not is your decision anyway, and you'll be the ones who die in the end. You can decide for yourselves!"
Having said that, it turned around and swiftly leaped away into the distance.
The three Calamity Beast exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, and quickly followed.
" Qilin-Armored Beast, please wait for us..."
"... So, you're really not running away anymore?"
A chilling voice echoed across the open space.
A Calamity Beast covered in Bone Face sat on the ground, its gaze coldly fixed on the other Calamity Beast in front of it.
I sensed something was off, but I couldn't be completely sure.
The several Calamity Beast exchanged glances, and then one of them cautiously said:
"Lord Bone-Faced Beast, it's not that we don't want to run, but the chances of successfully escaping are too low, far too low. If the success rate were even slightly higher, we would have gone with you!"
"Yes, yes!" The other Calamity Beast beside them nodded repeatedly.
The Bone-Faced Beast did not reply immediately; it simply stared coldly at the few Calamity Beast.
Influenced by them, the Calamity Beast that had been fleeing nearby seemed to hesitate and stopped to observe.
The Bone-Faced Beast seemed unconcerned, coldly observing the other Calamity Beast.
Under its gaze, the Calamity Beast instinctively shrank back.
As time goes by, they shrink more and more tightly.
Finally, the Calamity Beast that had just started to explain seemed to have reached its limit and was about to speak when the Bone-Faced Beast, who had been sitting on the ground, stood up.
"Oh, I see!"
Hearing this, the several Calamity Beast breathed a sigh of relief.
Before I could fully relax, I saw Lord Bone-Faced Beast slowly walking towards me.
"Since you've chosen to stay and wait to die, you might as well die by my hand. That way, at least you can contribute a little bit of strength!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the expressions of the several Calamity Beast changed drastically.
One of them, disregarding its fear, quickly said:
"Lord Bone-Faced Beast, you can't do this! We just didn't run away, but we didn't betray you! You see, even after we learned of this plan, we didn't report it to the Overseers, otherwise things wouldn't have turned out like this..."
"Wait, you can't do this! No, Lord Bone-Faced Beast, Bone..."