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Somewhere in the Taebaek Mountains.
Sophia, the elder of the Korean Peninsula's beast-kin, was pacing through the forest, biting her lip in contemplation.
"Ugh..."
Someone in the Korean Peninsula had consumed the Blessing of the Beast God.
All the beast-kin across Earth could sense that their king had been born.
'Of all things, the Blessing had to become an item.'
Though she couldn't pinpoint who or where they were, Sophia, as the one overseeing wisdom, had a way to find the king.
It involved visiting all the top guilds and adventurers on the Korean Peninsula.
It might have seemed a brute force method, but it was surprisingly the simplest way.
After all, the Blessing wouldn't have been obtained from a mere dungeon.
It must be someone from a top guild.
Using this method, Sophia found the one who had consumed the Blessing in just one day.
At the first top guild she visited.
'A person related to the Yeomyeong Guild.'
She couldn't punish someone bearing the Blessing, they couldn't oppose 'Earth'.
She had hoped to nurture them as best as possible, but if they were from the Yeomyeong Guild, she couldn't meddle recklessly.
All the beast-kin on Earth might have to submit under the name 'Yeomyeong.'
She should have talked to them directly.
Given the beast-kin's preference for strength over wisdom, two of the village's elite warriors were dispatched instead of Sophia.
It was the naive belief that the person who consumed the Blessing would be impressed by the warriors' might.
'That's the problem with our kind.'
The beauty of physicality and might.
Would such things appeal to someone who was originally human?
Only Sophia, a rarity among her kind for her innate wisdom, felt frustrated by the current situation.
Click-
As Sophia bit her nails in anxiety, a ringtone echoed from her pocket.
It was a smartphone, a symbol of this world's civilization.
'Encia!'
Encia must have finished talking with the one who consumed the Blessing.
Sophia hurriedly slid the call icon to the right.
"Encia, how did the talk go...!"
"The leader is a complete beast!"
"Argo...?"
The voice from the other end of the smartphone was not Encia's, but Argo's.
Sophia blinked at the typical foolishness of the lizard beast-kin.
"She's more beastly than any beast! Overflowing with wild charm!"
"Be quiet, Argo. Elder is in the middle of a conversation with me, isn't she?"
"Yes. Okay."
Click-
A long silence followed.
Was she supposed to break it?
Taking a deep breath, Sophia asked the most important question.
"So, how was the one who consumed the Blessing?"
"Fortunately, they possess considerable talent."
"That, that so?"
"Yes. I presume they have more potential than any king in history."
The greatest among all kings.
Sophia imagined Encia wagging her tail on the other side of the call.
"Encia, for you to say such words..."
"Yes. That person... is even more wild than our beast-kin."
"Right, Elder! This new leader is an incredible barbarian! Overflowing with charisma!"
Wildness and charisma.
The importance of wildness was paramount to the beast-kin.
However, for Sophia, who was not a physical type, this wasn't particularly crucial.
A true king should control their wildness by their own will.
No matter how strong their wildness, those who were dominated by it were nothing more than beasts.
"It's good to hear they have potential. But remember, we don't need a tyrant."
"Yes. You need not worry, Elder Sophia. Despite having no guidance, they were controlling their own wildness."
"What, really?!"
They had only just transformed from human to beast-kin.
Moreover, a young one, at an age when it's difficult to control their wildness.
And they were doing it without anyone's help?
It was hard for Sophia to believe.
"At first, I thought they were just naive. Stuttering and speaking in a soft, powerless voice."
"You must have been disappointed."
A timid king was the worst-case scenario for the beast-kin.
But Sophia knew that wasn't the end of the story.
"Yes. But then I realized, looking at their life's traces. They were trembling, not from fear, but from restraining their immense wildness amplified by the Blessing."
"What do you mean...?"
Even the naturally wild beast-kin wouldn't tremble just from absorbing the Blessing.
How immense must their wildness have been as a human, to shake while controlling it?
It was something Sophia, with her less inherent wildness, couldn't understand.
"But there's no need to worry. They're kind as well as wild. They even humbled themselves to not frighten us."
"That's remarkable."
They possessed such immense wildness that it made them tremble, yet they managed to control it well.
They even showed kindness and humbled themselves before the beast-kin warriors.
If what Encia said was all true, they indeed possessed qualities surpassing any king in history.
'I must meet them at least once.'
The two warriors had just returned from meeting the prospective king.
Now it was okay for her to freely meet them.
Nodding her head, Sophia brought the smartphone closer to her face.
"Understood. Since the extremists might attack the king, you two stay and assist the prospective king."
"Yes, understood."
"Got it!"
A king with monstrous abilities, yet not forgetting kindness.
Sophia wanted to meet them as soon as possible.
At least before the extremist faction that hated humans could find and kill the prospective king.
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The next morning.
I woke up in the box bed and looked down at my palms.
Feeling so refreshed from just a day of rest was astonishing.
With my current condition, I might even be able to hunt more than three horned rabbits.
"Wow."
It was hard to suppress the rising hunting instinct.
I guess I should head to the hunting ground early this morning.
As I reached for the slingshot and iron balls placed nearby.
Rustle-
A girl with a familiar face entered the tent, pushing aside the flap.
"Gyeoul! Look at this!"
"Ye... Yes?!"
Her face and upper clothes were soaked, as if she had washed up in the valley stream early in the morning.
In her hand, she was holding the trap I had placed in the valley.
"You caught a lot of minnows today!"
"I... I did?"
How many did I catch for her to be this excited?
I was about to run over to check the trap but stopped myself.
Even from a distance, I could clearly see the minnows.
One, two, three, four.
In the brief moment the minnows leaped and fell, I could count about fifty of them.
'Huh?'
Had my dynamic vision improved this much?
The more surprised I was, the more my fear of the girl grew.
Enhancing a mana-less person's physical abilities to this extent.
Just how monstrous were her abilities?
I almost sighed in frustration at the perplexing situation but held it back.
I didn't want to start the morning with negative feelings.
"There are about fifty minnows..."
"Wow, did you count them all in an instant?"
"Ye... Yes..."
I nodded and then realized my mistake.
She must have shown me the minnows to gauge how much my dynamic vision had improved.
I didn't like being played like this and frowned deeply.
That was when I heard a robust male voice from a distance.
"Leader! Leeeaaader!"
"Cough."
Was that the lizard man from yesterday?
If so, the wolf woman must be with him too.
"Leader, open up!"
Thud, thud, thud!
The lizard man was pounding on the tent entrance.
Since the entrance was also a tent flap, I could see the lizard man and the wolf woman behind the fluttering fabric.
"There's no door here... Just come in..."
"Whoa! A house with no entrance! That's incredible confidence! Truly barbaric!"
"Yes. It means anyone can come in, I guess."
The two beast-humanoids suddenly blurted out something strange.
It was clear their minds had gone weird from the transformation.
'Really, what's wrong with me.'
Did I betray a country in my past life?
But I remember everything from my past life?
While I was lost in these ridiculous thoughts, the two beast-humanoids suddenly knelt before me.
It was a pose seen in comic books, like when a knight takes an oath.
"Let us formally introduce ourselves. From now on, we will serve you, Lord Gyeoul..."
"Why, why are you doing this...!"
It was shocking to see people kneeling before me.
In my surprise, I too knelt down towards them.
"Lord Gyeoul. You must not kneel before us."
"That's right! Leader! A leader is a leader! You mustn't lower yourself!"
"What are you saying...! Get up quickly...!"
This isn't the Middle Ages.
Kneeling before another person.
I felt a tremor through my body, as if I had committed some kind of abuse.
"But we..."
"No, please. I'm asking you, don't kneel."
"Ah, yes. Understood."
The wolf woman glanced around cautiously before getting up.
She just stood there, fidgeting and scratching the back of her head.
'Is this some kind of strategy...?'
After a moment of thought, I realized.
The girl was trying to attach a cruel image to me, making it seem like I made people kneel before me.
Her actions were so cunning that I only realized it too late.
'She's really a bad woman.'
Cunning and deceitful.
Annoyed, I grabbed my slingshot and dashed towards the hunting ground.
I knew they would follow me, but I wanted to express my dissatisfaction this way.