"Young Master Ye and Master Jiang, what are you doing to the garden," Lucia came walking from behind.
She addressed Rex as Young Master Ye because Rex was in his base form, even though there was no one around, she was not a careless type.
Rex turned around to look at her.
Her expression was the same as usual but her tone seemed a little harsh.
She first looked at the mess Rex made while testing the power of the three cannons, then she looked at the cube only for a second before turning to the now irregular ground.
"Young Master Ye was it really necessary to do these tests here, the garden increases the beauty of the castle, as its caretaker I can't let you destroy its beauty. You should think more before taking such actions and..." Lucia started to scold both of them nonstop.
The way she continuously scolded without any break was really something to think about, Rex was even wondering if she had prepared the speech long ago.
'Isn't it my castle? so why I am the one that is getting scolded,' Rex thought as he helplessly looked at Lucia waiting for her to finish her speech.
When Jiang Shuang saw Rex's helpless look, he smirked at him like he was saying… now you understand?
Lucia's way of speaking really intrigued Rex, although she was scolding them but her choice of words didn't seem like it intend to humiliate them rather her words made it feel like she was doing it for their own good, which stopped others from getting seriously displeased by her scolding.
Only now did he started to understand the problem Jiang Shuang was facing all along, Jiang Shuang had high status than her if he really got angry by her scolding then he could even shout at her or tell her to mind her own business but her tone and choice of words made it hard for others to stand against her.
'Such refined choice of words and her elegant nature makes it look like she was raised as a royal princess before becoming a maid,' Rex thought as he looked at her.
"Miss Lucia's thoughts are as beautiful as ever, I also love the scenery of this garden. The colorful flowers, the natural fragrance, and these beautiful butterflies are capable of connecting my heart to nature… alas to think I was influenced by Brother Jiang's words and made such a mistake," Rex said while looking at the mess he.. no Jiang Shuang made with extreme sadness overflowing in his tone.
Jiang Shuang looked at Rex in disbelief.
What about the cherished brotherhood, what about being honest…. Jiang Shuang started to worry about his future life.
Seeing that Rex understood, Lucia nodded in satisfaction and switched her target to Jiang Shuang.
Rex was just taking pleasure in Jiang Shuang's misfortune that the black bracelet on his wrist slightly vibrated.
Rex checked and found out that it was a text message from Adal, the city lord of Corentis.
((Master Ye, Just as you told me before, three men from Black Scorpion Sect came to me and said they want to meet you,)) (Adal Meyer)
((It's good, guide them to the Transmission Platform, I will send someone to bring them in,)) (Rex)
After Rex replied to Adal, he then sent a message to Fred telling him to bring all three of them in.
Fred agreed without hesitation, there was one thing he found strange about Rex's instruction which was the route he needed to follow while bringing the guests in, the route wasn't direct but needed to cover a lot of area before finally reaching the castle… it felt like he was actually giving a brief tour to the guests before bringing them to the castle.
Although he had this doubt, he still didn't ask and only did what he was told to do. As a former mercenary, he believed there was no need to stick his tongue in other's private business and only do what the mission asked him to do until it was necessary.
After giving instructions to him Rex looked at the pitiful Jiang Shuang who was getting scolded in his place.
"Miss Lucia I know it's inappropriate to interfere at such a time but I suddenly got the news that we are about to receive some important guests and I need to be there with Brother Jiang so can we halt this scold..no I mean teaching session for later on," Rex said with a helpless expression.
"If it's important then I won't bother Master Jiang anymore," Lucia bowed then quickly walked back to the castle.
Rex just said that they are about to receive some important guests so as a head maid how could she be careless when attending them, so she went to the castle to make some quick preparations.
Jiang Shuang looked at Rex with a somewhat confused but grateful expression, he was wondering if Rex felt guilty and finally decided to help him.
But his fantasy soon broke when Rex reminded him about the deal they made with the Sect Master of Black Scorpion Sect.
On the other side, Fred arrived at Corentis and found three men wearing black cloak waiting for him near the Transmission Platform.
Fred couldn't see their facial appearance because of the long black hood covering their faces.
He greeted them and in return, they also nodded but nothing else.
Fred knew there was no need to converse anymore and directly led them to Frozen Flame City.
The trio was quit at the surface but had long started chatting among themselves.
{Teacher it's a beastman,} (Sung Lee)
{I can see with my own eyes, but to have a beastman subordinate and let him freely walk around like this, Frozen Flame Organization sure has confidence in their strength, don't you think big brother?} (Sung Suyin)
{It's not good to judge a person without even seeing it, this organization had set a Transmission Array here in Corentis claiming the city in broad daylight and it was also able to gain the loyalty of an expert Alchemist as Ye Tian, so it should certainly have some ability,} (Sung Huang)
Frozen Flame City….
When the trio arrived in the city with Fred, they were dumbstruck.
They could see the tall buildings a little far away from them. The road made by some black material was leading them to the newly built city.
When Fred made them walk on the road instead of flying they didn't show any dissatisfaction, they also wanted to have a look at this place and keep a low profile like ordinary people but without showing their faces.
As they walked in the city they got more surprised when they saw that almost all the residents of the city were beastman and all those citizens didn't mind those weird metal puppets walking down the road or standing beside them like it was natural.
{Teacher there are so many beastman here and I never heard of this kind of place in this continent, was it alright to come here?} (Sung Lee)
{Hmmm… if something happens then we will follow the escape plan, I don't see any strong people around here, the only strong people we know of here is Shadow Lord and that Reaper…even if they have a few more like that we can still escape but it would be a problem if they stopped the working Transmission Array,} (Sung Lee)
{No, you two don't understand anything, can't you see the oblivious meaning behind Shadow Lord's actions,} Sung Huang said as a light of wisdom flashed in his eyes.
{What do you mean Big Brother?} Sung Suyin asked in puzzlement.
{Can't you see why he called us in a place like this? it's a city he built for his people so if he really intended to ambush us then his people might be killed and the city will also get destroyed in the fight.
If he really wanted to ambush us then he could have chosen a secluded place with fever people and hidden traps to completely kill us without much effort.
By calling us here in this place, he had already shown his friendly nature and wants to tell us that he has no intention of ambushing us,} Sung Huang explained.
Sung Suyin suddenly understood and looked at him in admiration.
Big brother is big brother after all… he thought.
Sung Lee was also impressed by his ability to understand the hidden meaning behind Shadow Lord's action.
As expected of Ancestor, he can easily see things we can't even guess… Sung Lee thought.
If Rex knew what they were thinking he wouldn't know how to respond to it. The only reason he called them here was to show off his work and convince them for long term cooperation… where did this long senseless reasoning came from.
The two-mile area around the castle not including the one-mile radius garden was a free land area, there were no buildings and trees around in this area… it was just flat ground so many beastman used this place for training themselves using mock battles.
Rex allowed them to do so because all their fighting style and pattern were secretly being recorded by the Combat Bots stationed around the castle, the AI of the bots was capable of improving their battle style by analyzing opponents battle style so it was like an AI training field for these Combat Bots
And because the data among the bots here was being shared with the Core Smart Brain database, the improvement in battle style became something that was received by every Combat Bot.
When the trio following Fred reached this area they also witnessed the mock battles between beastmans training at the moment.
'Is Shadow Lord planning to train an army of beastman?' Sung Lee thought.
Beastman has strong physique compared to normal humans furthermore they were capable of unlocking transformations through intense training so it could prove to be a really strong force if trained properly.
{Look there… those two are rare talent,} Sung Huang said all of a sudden.
Sung Lee and Sung Suyin also looked in the direction he was looking.
They saw several beastman circling around a ring drawn on the ground, two beasts were confronting each other inside it.
One was a huge black bear and the other was a big beast with an appearance similar to that of a lion.
The bear was without a doubt Aiden, who had now gained some control over his Full-Beast Transformation.
The other lion-like beast as big as a hippo when it came to size, it had yellow fur all over his body while the dense long hair around his neck had reddish color mixed with his yellowish fur, his sharp amber eyes were locked onto Aiden at the moment.
The Lion-like beast was slowly walking at the edge, every single of his steps showed his unwavering courage and his inborn prestige, even when he wasn't using any special technique his very presence had an invisible pressure on Aiden.
The beast was actually Aeneas in his Full-Beast Transformation form, he hid most of his past but he didn't hide his strength.
Rex had already checked his subspecies and it was a Liger.
Liger is a hybrid between male Lion and female Tiger.
According to what Rex found out Aeneas's father should be of the Lion subspecies and his mother should be of the Tiger subspecies, normally Aeneas should only awaken the genes of one of them but instead, he awakened both types of genes.
Which meant that he was a natural mutated-hybrid.
Aeneas, of course, didn't tell others that but said that he was a variant of the Lion subspecies, no one likes to be called a hybrid and Rex knew it so he didn't reveal the truth either.
{It's been a long time since I saw someone who had unlocked Full-Beast Transformation} Sung Huang said as he looked at the two of them fighting.
Sung Suyin nodded.
Sung Lee wanted to watch the battle till the end but when he saw the other two keep following Fred without a break he reluctantly followed.
Whey they reached the entrance gate of the castle, they found Jiang Shuang who waiting for them.