Chapter 578 Answers and Questions

Looking at Marcus with suspicion, the diamond mouse Inten was wondering what sort of game he was playing.

Many times he had seen it happen, where humans would enter the woods and cart beasts off to be sold as slaves to other humans.

He figured that was what was happening here, but it could tell that Marcus showed no real interest in him.

‘Why do you ask? What concern is it to you?’ Inten said to Marcus.

Seeing that things were moving forward, he held out his hand, signaling Roxene to hand him the diamond mouse.

Once the legendary grade beast was in his hand, he gripped around it tightly enough so that it could not escape and cast a healing spell on it.

The puncture wounds caused by Roxene’s teeth quickly began to seal up, and the damage that Inten had taken was now gone..

For a second, the diamond mouse though about trying to escape.

He could manipulate the fur on his body and turn it into spikes that would pierce through Marcus’ hand, and then run away.

However, even if he did get loose from Marcus’ grip, Roxene was standing right there, and he was certain he could not escape this mythic grade wolf and her human owner.

“I am asking because I have been sent to put a stop to it, as the mass migration of monsters and beasts is threatening the kingdom I am from. Many people have already died, and if beasts and monsters as powerful as you rampage through the kingdom it could be devastating.” Marcus said to the mouse that had gone lax in his hand.

Letting out a cute squeak that kind of sounded like a scoff, Intent said, ‘It does not matter to me what happens to your human kingdom. Anyway, what any fleeing beast of monsters do to it will be inconsequential. If you really want to help them, tell them to run away as fast as they can.’

Arching one of his eyebrows, Inten had gotten his curiosity, but it had gone quiet after saying this.

‘What do you mean? Do you know what is causing all of this, and is it a threat to Borealia?’

‘Yes, it certainly is a threat, far more than me. If you go up a few hundred miles north, you will feel its presence. Every beast and monster can feel the danger it exudes. I do not know exactly what it is, but something at the edge of this landmass is radiating an aura of destruction so strong that even the most powerful beast and monsters that ruled the area left. Those that could not fly away, or swim, moved south instinctually to get away. In fact, once I had finished eating my stash of natural treasures, which you destroyed by the way. I was planning to catch one of you ships and take it to another continent.’

Hearing Inten’s explanation, Marcus still had plenty of questions, but at least he now knew that there was something very dangerous far to the north.

Yet as he thought about it, he remembered something that the ice ant queen had said to him when he invaded her nest.

She had told him that she had to get south as quickly as possible, even though a species like ice ants were naturally inclined for colder weather.

‘Was her nest possibly originally located near wherever this thing that all the other creatures are fleeing from was. Damn, if its aura expands for hundreds of miles what kind of entity is it.’

Wondering what it could be, Marcus’ mind wandered to the blue demon whose arm he had seen in the Cordillera Depths Dungeon.

‘Is it possible that some powerful demon like that is trying to pass over into our world from wherever they come from?’

Thinking that to be a possibility he began to worry.

He had felt how strong Gwyneira was, and there was no doubt she was the strongest entity that Borealia had on its side. But she still fell short of the power Marcus had felt from that blue demon.

‘Hopefully it is not something like that. It could just as easily be some powerful beast or monster that came up from the sea and is just scaring the others. Either way, I just need to go up and see what it is once I have finished up here.’

Now knowing that what was causing the beasts and monsters to flee from the north was a powerful entity Marcus was beginning to feel a bit nervous.

He had been hoping that maybe it was just a natural disaster, but it looks like he was not going to be that lucky.

“Well thanks for the information, Inten. I will let you go now if you promise me that you will not cause any trouble for the people of the Kingdom of Borealia.” Marcus said, much to Inten’s surprise.

He had thought for sure that this human would still try to capture him, in which case he would fight for his life.

But the small chance he thought he might be let go was actually happening.

‘Are you really just going to release me?’ He said while looking at Marcus like something that should not have existed.

“Yeah, I see no problem with it. You seem like a decent enough beast that will not cause any problems, and I am not a mad man that likes killing cognizant creatures if they do not give me a reason to. Anyway, you were more than willing to let us go and only attacked when we antagonized you. That tells me you have a good character and are not likely to go on some kind of rampage.”

Hearing this, tears began welling up in Inten’s eyes. While he had been putting on a brave front, he was actually really scared to die.

‘To think that I would escape death twice in my life due to the kindness of the one who had captured me.’ Intent thought.

Except Marcus was still connected with the diamond mouse telepathically and heard this which jogged his memory of something that had happened years ago now.

It had been a similar situation to this where he had caught a small mouse while possessing the body of a sliver furred ferret.

‘No, it could not be. That was just a regular mouse just a bit more than two and a half years ago. No way it could have become a legendary grade beast in that amount of time.’

But then Marcus thought about his own growth, and if someone or something was lucky and fought hard, it could make rapid advancement.

‘When you say you were spared once before, was it a sliver furred ferret that let you go.’

Looking up at Marcus in confusion, Inten did not know how he knew this.

‘Did you just read my mind? You know it is rude to intrude on the thoughts of another.’ Intent said to Marcus with an angry tone.’

Shaking his head, Marcus said, ‘I did not read your mind, and the only way I could do that would kill you. No, I know that because I was that silver furred ferret that let you go.’