Retired God King becomes Witch Idol Manager

"piece?"

"When we played the Beast Chess game in the academy, we first had to choose a dungeon, and then conquer it in order of monster strength according to the route. We also had to prepare tactics and class information in advance. Now, these creatures are like they've been placed in various areas, waiting for challengers to come. If it weren't for their terrifying power, I would almost think that someone was creating some kind of twisted game, and we were just test players who had trespassed into it."

Byron's voice was low and his premonition was not good. Eva and Rodriguez rolled their eyes at the same time.

"Here we go again. Put away your conspiracy theories. If it weren't for the spatial tremors caused by the battle between the beast hordes and the Empire, we wouldn't have been able to discover the Ark at all. If you're scared, just say so. Don't make excuses."

"I hope it's just me being scared..."

If someone could truly manipulate a supreme plane as a chessboard, it would be a terrifying game beyond the imagination of mortals; neither the Obsidian Empire nor the Savage Beast Territory possessed such an ability.

"A very interesting deduction."

Nolan did not refute Byron. She had not taken the High Plane seriously before, but now she had to be careful.

They had barely left the valley when someone caught up from behind—or rather, flew over riding a little angel. Blington smacked Victoria's bottom, ordering her to fly faster.

"Wait for me!"

Upon hearing that hateful voice, Lula's face darkened, Alicia shrank back, and the unicorn trembled as it uneasily hid beside its master.

"I almost forgot about him."

Nolan rubbed his temples, while the other three were somewhat surprised that Saint Victoria was being treated like a slave by a little boy.

"I'm going to take a look in the east; it's been a long time since I've had any exercise."

The witch stretched and smiled broadly, but Blington stiffened and looked resentful.

Byron's eyes flickered, as if he had guessed something. Eva and Rodriguez exchanged a glance, their interest ignited, and they were eager to try. That was the place where the beast horde was, and the barbarian lords were not as easy to talk to as the free people.

To avoid encountering otherworldly spirits, the hunting party sped up and advanced along the ground. For the saints, traversing mountains and valleys was quite easy, and they gradually moved away from the gaze of the stars.

Victoria was exhausted and had to keep carrying the Black Dragon King while flying, panting heavily. However, Blington's attention was drawn to Eva, and he fell into deep thought as he looked at her energetic long legs.

"That girl has the blood of the Obsidian Dragon Clan, and it is very pure and strong. Strange, I don't remember having such a delicious member of the clan in Dragonsleep Volcano."

"Delicious" is not a positive adjective in the Black Dragon King's mouth.

There are many things you don't know.

Nolan snapped his fingers, suddenly stopped, and spotted a huge monster crawling in the grass in the distance.

After crossing a mountain, a red field appeared before them, with thorny, blood-red brambles growing vigorously, reaching up to Nolan's legs and tearing her white stockings.

The pioneer map inside the Sanctuary of Stars clearly marked dangers. Other hunting parties had encountered many orcs in the eastern mist, and perhaps the orc war zone was nearby, so few people explored in that direction.

793. Black Horned Dragon Lizard

A grotesque, lizard-like monster suddenly appeared on the Blood Plains, seemingly dozing off, its deafening snoring accompanied by flashes of lightning emanating from the sharp black horn on its head.

The behemoth had six legs, claws that were ten meters long, a head shaped like a hammer, and a pair of deformed fleshy wings that were completely unable to support its enormous size and allow it to fly.

"A rare lightning elemental attribute, a sub-dragon species?"

"Never seen it before, but since it's all our spoils, let's call it the Thunderhorn Dragon Lizard!"

Rodriguez smiled, bathed in moonlight, and slid into the grass first, moving with incredible speed yet remaining completely silent. His skillful, dance-like combat techniques quickly brought him close to the giant beast.

Byron shook his head and began chanting a magical spell in advance to prepare for support. This arrogant personality would one day cause him great harm.

Eva glanced at Nolan, her slightly mocking gaze seeking a contest, while the witch simply smiled without saying a word.

"Take it!"

A confident shout rang out, and the Full Moon Saint had already made his move. His silver longsword sliced ​​through the upper slash, the moon blade cutting through the giant lizard's black horn. As expected, that was the giant beast's energy source. Rodriguez's choice was very wise.

The black horn clashed with the sword blade, sparking intense flames. The dragon lizard awoke from its slumber, its long horn repelling the intruder. It roared to the sky, and a tremendous shockwave swept across the blood plains.

"S-rank!"

Byron and Alicia stumbled, and Rodriguez's heart sank. He hadn't expected the first prey they encountered today to be so troublesome. They immediately cooperated to adjust their positions and formed a four-corner defensive alliance with the dragon-born girl and the unicorn rider.

The difference between the Ark Xenomorphs and Warcraft lies in the fact that they belong to a completely new life system, making it difficult to judge their strength using existing worldviews and soul fluctuations. Even their methods of using elements are completely different.

Therefore, the lords of the Star Chapter used threat levels to classify outcasts. Most creatures on the Ark were generally at or above rank B, possessing combat power equivalent to high-ranking classes of level 10 or above in the outside world.

S-class prey is undoubtedly the most threatening, the pinnacle of all discovered alien creatures, with lethality comparable to that of a transcendent saint. Most star lords can only turn back when they encounter it.

The hunting team showed no fear; instead, they displayed astonishing fighting spirit. This was partly due to the accompanying witch, and partly because the members of the star cluster often teamed up for exploration. All four were among the best in their respective fields, and their teamwork was highly skilled. They were not without a chance of winning against S-class prey.

With a deafening roar, Alicia's silver sword combined into a crossbow and fired at the dragon lizard. Byron, on the outside, had formed a magic circle and, by consuming a large amount of magic crystals, provided a legion-level arcane barrage, offering fire support to Eva and Rodriguez, the two melee combatants.

The four Star Lords immediately engaged the giant in battle. The dragon lizard was incredibly resilient, and the power of the Saints had no effect on it. Its black horns continuously emitted thunder and lightning, leaving scorched marks across the blood plains.

"If I were them, I wouldn't target this thing. Every time we suppress it, it splits apart. It's disgusting to think about, and in the end, it even got away."

Brington stood by with his arms crossed, observing coldly, and was very frank as an experienced tester.

Nolan was taken aback. Blington was never modest. If it was a beast that even the Obsidian Dragon King couldn't kill easily, then its terrifying nature was yet to be revealed.

The Sanctuary is the threshold for measuring the qualifications of each class, determining whether mortals are qualified to serve the gods and become apostles. The signature weapon of a saint is the law. Even a lord without the law has a slightly stronger soul than a sub-saint.

Without any communication, Rodriguez and Byron joined forces, using powerful magical energy to create a blue pillar of light that was poured into the swordsman's body, amplifying the full moon's radiance and darkening the sky.

"Lunar eclipse!"

The moment Rodriguez disappeared into the darkness, his longsword guided the laws of the moon, and the massive body of the Black Horned Dragon Lizard burned out plumes of black smoke!

Facing the S-class prey, none of the four apostles held back. The fearless unicorn rider swooped down from the sky, combining crossbows into spears to strike the monster directly.

The starlight was dazzling, and the marks of the stars appeared on the body of the Sagittarius Star Envoy, like a comet crashing into the earth with tremendous force.

Alicia's understanding of the laws over the past year has been simple and brutal. The Law of Star Chaser imbues any of her attacks with arcane impact, resulting in considerable damage.

hiss------!

The spear pierced through Rodriguez's kill radius, slicing through the dragon's charred back and creating a horrific wound.

Two teammates had already pierced through the tough dragon hide. Without hesitation, Eva leaped into the air, her war maid pleated skirt spiraling through the air as the war demon howled.

The golden blood mist gushed forth from the dragon-descended girl's body, the very same war god martial skill that Invincible had demonstrated to the heroic warriors, but the soul's aura was stained a dark gold by the rich black dragon bloodline.

"Ow!"

The dragon lizard let out a low growl and rolled on the ground in pain.

The dark gold whirlwind severely damaged the dragon lizard's back wound, like a meat grinder drilling into its spine and piercing through its soft inner abdomen on the other side, bringing out a large amount of foul-smelling blood that stained the blood-red grassland purple.

Eva, covered in blood, licked the blood off her face. Before she could even show a smug smile, her pupils contracted slightly.

The dragon lizard's head slammed heavily into the ground, its black horns radiating lightning wildly. Its massive body writhed and convulsed, splitting open at the waist into two bloody, mangled pieces, with purple blood splattering everywhere.

The two lumps of flesh differentiated and deformed at a visible speed, growing hammer-shaped heads and black horns and six legs, transforming into two smaller black horned dragon lizards that stared fiercely at the intruders.

Such a fierce joint offensive seems to be the beginning, not the end?

"How could this be!"

Alicia and Rodriguez retreated cautiously, utterly shocked.

Byron gave a wry smile and muttered to himself, "Just like I said, the high-level monsters in the dungeon can never be defeated with a single burst of attacks. It seems we've pushed it to another level."

Nolan seemed lost in thought, still not intending to join the feast. She squatted down, picked up a hard blood grass, and gestured something on the reddish-brown soil.

"I see. Each area corresponds to a monster, and the difficulty and strength of the monsters will increase. This place seems to be some kind of interesting laboratory."

S-class prey meant danger, but also huge profits. The hunting team was eager to get their hands on the spoils and immediately changed tactics, splitting into two teams to deal with the two giant lizards separately.

However, the four soon discovered that the Black Horned Giant Lizard had not weakened due to the splitting, and still maintained more than half of its previous strength, just as the Obsidian Dragon King had warned that this thing was extremely disgusting.

"This is a ghost!"

Alicia muttered a curse under her breath, glanced down at her beloved sister, and rolled her eyes when she saw Nolan still watching the show.

The pressure of fighting in pairs instantly increased. The giant lizard brought a sense of oppression comparable to that of a sage. Fortunately, it had limited intelligence and did not possess any legal weapons, so it could only follow certain logic to carry out a single, cyclical attack.

794. The stampede of beasts

The hunting team, comprised of star cluster elites with extensive exploration experience, quickly mastered the techniques and, with all their might, killed the two dragon lizards again, though their souls were mostly depleted.

The witch squatted on the ground, resting her chin on her hand, ignoring her older sister's pleading gaze.

"We are merely outsiders who have strayed onto the Ark, believing we have pioneered a new world. So who are the real test subjects, and where are they?"

A new problem is troubling the beautiful goddess king. Someone has created a supreme plane as a laboratory, with the purpose of allowing the experimental subjects to slowly grow until they become the rulers of the Ark. The scale of this plan is terrifying to contemplate.

Otherworldly spirits?

Unlike other species, they patrol the sky like guards, have the authority to mobilize all the experimental subjects here, and are more like referees, upholding the rules of this game.

Once this point is understood, the strange behavior of the Ark creatures is explained.

Regardless, anything that can be used to test the limits step by step with these terrifying monsters is extremely frightening, possessing infinite potential for evolution.

Of course, Nolan was simply expanding on Byron's inferences, and this concern was not unfounded, especially since she had meticulously planned a dragon-slaying battle in uncharted territory, and any mistake could have irreversible consequences.

"What...damn it?"

Rodriguez's desperate cry came from afar. New trouble had arisen once again. As the two dragon lizards were killed one after another, the chunk of flesh split apart again, turning into four black horned dragon lizards!

The hunting party's spirits are nearly exhausted...

Alicia was on the verge of a breakdown, crying out to Nolan, "How long are you going to keep going?!"

Nolan couldn't help but laugh out loud, turning his head to ask, "How many more times will it split?"

"This is the second time. Their attack methods will change on the fourth time, and they will reassemble into one entity on the eighth time. That should be the last time, I hope so..."

Brington twitched his lips and pretended to vomit, after all, he had failed to kill the Black Horned Lizard and did not want to experience it again.

"Hopefully?"

Nolan's eyes widened, his headache intensifying; after all, even Brington hadn't been able to kill this monster.

"A swift and decisive victory!"

The witch gave the order, her body radiating diamond light, and donned a silver robe to fight in her second-tier Hunter God form.

The Moonstone Dragon Mother and the Obsidian Dragon King could only sigh as they stepped into the Blood Plains, one on the left and one on the right, to find their opponents.