Southern Continent, Iquir Plain.

"This is?!" Manak was amazed at what he saw, he didn't expect that the seemingly calm Southern Continent was actually like this.

At this time, Manak was in an empty city-state, and everywhere you could see corpses that had not yet fully decomposed, some of them being pecked by birds, and the death of each corpse was horrific.

Manak would never have thought that this was caused by a war between humans, after all, if it was, the city-state's architecture would not have been so well preserved, and everything that happened here was more like some powerful being killing its inhabitants with brutal means.

Manak frowned, he was desperate to know what had happened here, but there was not a single living person in the city-state, and he couldn't find anyone to ask.

As a last resort, Manak reverted back to the form of the green dragon and flew into the air, looking down at the plains of Iquir beneath his nose, trying to find a city-state where humans were still alive through his excellent eyesight.

Manak could clearly see that one-third of the entire Iquir Plain had been razed to the ground, which was formed by Sorin, though Manak certainly had no idea about it. In addition to this, he could also see that there was not a single living person in many city-states, but the city-states were still almost intact, which was obviously not a normal thing.

After searching for a while, Manak finally found a city-state inhabited by living people, and took human form and flew towards the city-state.

Upon landing on the street, Manak immediately caught his attention, but the reaction of the people surprised Manak. As if they had seen the devil, their faces were terrified, and they fled in all directions.

Such a scene made Manak even more confused, and in desperation, he could only forcibly grab one of the men who wanted to escape, and asked in a calm tone, "Don't be afraid, I don't mean anything, I just want to know what's going on here?"

But the man couldn't listen to Manak at all, and kept struggling, his mouth still begging for mercy, and then his even softened.

"In that case, it's rude." Manak sighed, reached out and slapped his palm on the man's forehead, infusing it with a golden light.

The man stopped screaming and slowly calmed down after receiving the golden light infused by Manak.

"Tell me, please, what's going on here?" After seeing that the man in front of him had calmed down, Manak asked slowly.

The man glanced at Manak suspiciously, and his emotions broke down again at the sight of Manak's twin dragon eyes. He knelt down in front of Manak, tugged at Manak's shirt, and cried, 'Please help us...... Help here!'

"If there's anything I can do I'll help, so please tell me what's going on?" Manak patiently asked the same question three times in order to find out what was going on here.

"Aliens, from the west, have destroyed this place and enslaved us......" The man said in a staccato voice.

"Alien, alien?" Manak asked.

The man seemed to remember something, and his body couldn't help but tremble with fear, "Alien, there are two, one can manipulate blood, and the other can manipulate ......

But he didn't finish the sentence, his expression suddenly became painful and distorted, and black smoke came out of his body everywhere.

Manak's face was shocked when he saw this, but he had no choice but to watch as the man fell to the ground and convulsed, spitting blood from his mouth, and finally died.

A flash of anger flashed in Manak's eyes, and he looked to the west of what the man had said. Although the man's words were only half of what he said, it was enough for Manak, and he had to confirm now whether the alien race that the man was talking about was a demon or not.

Thinking of this, Manak flew into the sky again, turned back into his body, and rushed towards the west.

After flying for a while, Manak saw a strange building on the edge of the city-state in front of the mountain, and focused his eyes entirely on the building.

Manak immediately saw the demon soldiers patrolling around the building. After recognizing the Demon Eye, Manak understood everything.

"Artfans......" Manak's voice carried a hint of anger, it didn't intend to destroy the demon stronghold directly, but turned around and flew north. He wanted to return to the God's Domain immediately and report back to Taria.

But as soon as it turned around, it saw a slightly smaller firebird blocking its way, and this was the holy beast Vermilion Bird, Phines. Embol sat on Phenis's paws, his face sleepy but his eyes staring sharply at Manak.

"Can you explain?" What's going on?' Manak approached Fenice and Embol and asked sharply.

"You've seen it all, so what else do I need to say?" Facing Manak, Phineth didn't feel nervous at all, and still said in her somewhat "frivolous" tone.

Hearing Phineth say this, Manak couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, turned into a human form and rushed to Phineth, glared at the other party angrily and said loudly, "What are you thinking when you know what the archbishop asked you to spy on the Southern Continent for, and you still want to hide such a serious matter from her?"

"Manak, it's too close...... Embol spoke suddenly, expressing her displeasure slowly. Immediately, Embol's eyes changed from half-asleep to sharp as a sharp knife, and it can even be said to be terrifying.

A hurricane swept by, pushing Manak away somewhat.

Although the hurricane did not cause Manak any harm, he could clearly feel a hint of killing intent on Embol. Just because he was a little closer to Phenis, Embol was already a little angry, and Manak had to keep his distance from Phineth.

After all, holy beasts can attack each other, and Manak is very aware of Embol's character, if Embol really wants to make a move, she will not care who the other party is at all, and she will not care about the occasion. And most importantly, Embol's strength is above Manak.

As if in order to ease the somewhat solemn atmosphere, Phineth quickly turned into a human form, held Embol in her arms, and gently stroked Embol's head, trying to calm Embol down.

After seeing Embol turn back to a look like he was about to fall asleep at any time, Phineth breathed a sigh of relief, turned her gaze to Manak again, and said calmly, "You also know the character of me and Xiao En, we don't pay attention to this kind of thing, in our eyes this is the law of nature, the human race in the west cannot resist the invasion of the demons, that is, the human race in the west is not strong enough."

"If you want to tell the Archbishop all this, go ahead, I won't stop you, but please don't add to it. Of course, I will also be truthful to the archbishop.'

Without waiting for Manak to respond, Phineth disappeared into a cloud of flames with Embol.

As she watched Fenice and Embol leave, Manak clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. But he wasn't angry with Phyneth and Embol, but more at helplessness.

Phineth and Embol were obviously holy beasts, but what they did did not match the appearance of holy beasts at all, which was what annoyed Manak the most.

(Why did they have to be born as holy beasts back then...... ）

Manak couldn't help but think so.

In fact, the birth of each generation of holy beasts is selected. After the death of the previous generation of holy beasts, one of the souls that will descend into this world will be selected as the holy beast and fill the position of the corresponding holy beast. As for what kind of existence it was that chose the holy beast, no one knew.

Only souls that are considered to have the qualifications to become sacred beasts can be born as holy beasts, and no one knows what this criterion is. However, at the moment of the birth of the Sacred Beast, they will be instructed to understand their identity and responsibilities.

Manak had actually been dissatisfied with Phines and Embol for a long time, but because they were both holy beasts, he was embarrassed to blame the two directly, so he had to endure it silently. As long as Phenys and Embol don't go too far, that's fine.

But this time, Manak really felt that Finnice and Embol had committed a serious mistake.

However, Manak knew that the main thing now was not to think about the problem of Phineth and Embol, so he didn't stay too long, turned back into his main body, and accelerated to fly in the direction of the Northern Continent, wanting to return to the God's Domain as soon as possible.

……

Unbeknownst to Manak, after he left, the figures of Phineth and Embol reappeared in the air. A pair of fiery red wings grew from her back, flapping gently to keep herself afloat in the air, with the flightless Embol in her arms.

"I didn't expect it to be discovered in this way, and the archbishop was really suspicious." Phineth sighed silently.

Then she looked to her right, as if to say to the air, 'What are you going to do in this situation?'

As soon as Phineth's words fell, Rodat's figure was revealed.

Royat looked thoughtfully in the direction Manak had left.

After a moment, he sighed, "My words...... Adapt to the situation. Moreover, it is you and not me who are in trouble now, let alone Brother Artevans, don't you think about how to explain it?"

Phineth smiled and responded, "There's nothing to explain, the Holy Beast is not obligated to help the Archbishop of the Divine Heir Clan, and the so-called contract is just a joke. Unless ......

At this point, Phineth didn't go on.

Loart stared at Phineth for a few moments, and finally as if he understood something, his expression became a little subtle, and he didn't say anything more, and then disappeared.

Phineth looked at Embol in her arms, her eyes were a little dark, and she hugged Embol a little tighter.

"If the archbishop really wants to do this, Xiao En, you must have a way, right......

(End of chapter)