"Hm, just as I thought, he's there." Oceanid muttered under his breath. He cleared his throat and entered the fire lion divine beast den with open arms. "Yo, Beast God, my friend. You seem to have a lot of free time. I just let you laze around on my previous visit, but now you will come with us to the battlefield."
"Huh!? You, why are you here again!? Also, we're not friends." A most enormous fire lion stared in shock when he saw who had come to visit. He opened his mouth wide until the food he was chewing fell to the floor.
"We have come for you, fatty. Rise your ass, and let's burn away your fat in battle on the front lines. The fourth sealed area in this continent is about to collapse. You can't always just send your kin or your wives on such a noble mission. They will steal your centerpiece of history." Oceanid raised his hand to the fire lions who wanted to block his way. He didn't need to take any action because the lionesses moved back wisely and paved the way for his group.
"Go away. I will do what I want to do, and no one can order me around. Those anti curse thingy can counteract those curses. Those cursed monsters no longer pose any significant threat to us." Regulus snorted and went back to eating his breakfast.
"Oh my, it's been a long time since I last saw you in person, but who would have thought the once-mighty God-tier fire lion has now regressed into an overweight scaredy-cat. Time has eroded your courage and pride into cowardice and laziness." The gentle voice of a graceful lady echoed with a sigh.
"This voice..." Regulus was angry at first, but he soon shivered a little. He could recognize the owner of that voice!
The figure of a fierce old lady came to mind, and he could only gulp his saliva with some nervousness. He never thought he would meet that person.
Regulus re-examined the group of girls behind Oceanid. He then widened his eyes when he found Lifa and Rhea there, in a much younger state than he could remember.
In addition, he found that the Goddess of Light's disciple was also there. Luckily, the Goddess in question didn't come here, which really gave him a lot of relief.
"You... Heh, you've lost your past glory and divinity. You can't do anything with your weak power. Only Sea God is close to my divine power among all of you. The weak will not be able to control the strong. Get out of here before I force you out." Regulus gave a mocking snort after scanning Lifa's overall strength.
"It's not always about strength and dominance. Are we here to determine who is strong and weak in the first place?" Lifa shook her head without reducing the smile on her face.
'Ely, we're just wasting time talking nonsense to this arrogant lion. How about we inflict a bit of discipline on him? He's obviously wary of me because of the previous event, but I want him to be wary of you too, Ely. See, he belittled everyone like he was the superior one. Ugh, I don't like that arrogant expression of his.' Elena grumbled as if she was annoyed, but she couldn't hide her smile at her idea.
'Hm, discipline, huh... Let's do something like this to make him behave well, hehe...' Elysia understood Elana's naughty intention and prepared to implement it.
"Beast God, we came with good intentions. You are an almighty one beyond the millions of beasts. Are you just going to hide in your den while the threat of extinction is all around you? You may survive the aggression of the accursed creatures, but what about your family? Now is the perfect time to strike down those monsters when they have just liberated themselves from the sealed areas." Elysia tried with some persuasion.
"Those monsters have weakened a lot over time. It's just troublesome. With the anti-curse thingy given to us, even a Beast Emperor can easily eradicate those monsters. There's nothing to worry about. The mortals are here to serve the almighty God, not the other way around." Regulus responded nonchalantly.
"You've just never faced the stronger one. The beast's overall ability becomes dull when they escape their natural instincts. You are also the same. You've weakened a lot. Have you forgotten what happened in the previous event, where you were forced to submit before the Goddess of Light?" Vanessa folded her arms as she stared at the Beast God in contempt.
"That's because she came with the other two Goddesses. Otherwise, the outcome would have been different. How dare you say such a thing in front of me and my family, filthy beastkin." Regulus growled and glared at the white-haired cat girl intimidatingly.
It was humiliating to remember. When he hid the overall truth from his wives, that filthy beastkin dared to insult him in front of everyone? Unforgivable!
"You left us with no choice. We want to invite you to the battlefield with us. It's much more helpful for everyone than you lazing around here." Elysia sighed and shook her head.
Sylvia and Yuuki looked at Elysia with some excitement. They anticipated what might happen after this.
However, something completely unexpected happened. Elysia swung her arms, and thousands of golden threads appeared out of thin air.
"What, what the fck is this!? Do you dare to challenge me, human girl!? Even if you are the Goddess of Light's disciple, I will not stand still!" Regulus roared as thousands of golden threads entangled his body. Unfortunately, the numbers keep growing, and he ends up being overwhelmed.
"..." Oceanid, Lifa, Rhea, and the surrounding fire lions were utterly dumbfounded. Nell just covered her mouth as if surprised, though she basically almost laughed.
Regulus, the Beast God, became a giant golden cocoon in the fire that writhed like a scorched fat caterpillar.
"Pfft... Look, you can't even win against the Goddess's disciple. I wonder where the source of your arrogance just now came from. You're trying to ignite the four divine beings, huh?" Sylvia covered her mouth with a mocking laugh.
"What kind of rope is this!? Release me this instant!" Regulus raged. His forelegs managed to break free from the shackles of the golden cocoon's threads, but that was his best achievement of rebelling in those shackles.
"Good, let's take him away. He won't be able to speak any nonsense when we throw him onto the battlefield with no escape. Amidst the chaos of countless powerful accursed creatures, he shall roar his majestic glory and save the world." Elysia smiled faintly and narrowed her eyes slightly. She then turned around for the little tortoise. 'Gio, please bring that fat lion. We will fight on the battlefield again.'
'Affirmative.' Gio transformed into his human form. He was excited to fight on his master's side again. Therefore, he immediately dragged the fat fire lion away like a worthless trash sack.
"Wow, Ely, you don't beat around the bush. I can finally see the other side of you. Such a dominance. It's as if I can see your master's shadow in you." Sylvia was amazed. She immediately followed Elysia and Gio out of the lion's den. Rhea, Nell, and the girls immediately followed Elysia out as well.
"Don't drag me around, you useless earth dragon. Roar! This is humiliation. I will remember this and take revenge ten times more terrible. You will receive my revenge for this, Elysia!" Regulus plunged his claws into the ground, but the mighty earth dragon still dragged himself out.
Ten lines of deep claws were left in the nest, and the Beast God's wives simply gaped their mouths wide to see their spouse being forcibly dragged away rather humiliatingly.
"My apologies, ladies and gentlemen. We only invited the Beast God to join our noble cause to save the world. Will you come with us to witness your patriarch's glory on the battlefield in the south?" Oceanid gave a polite, formal apology greeting for small talk. He then walked away and laughed in amusement. "He needs a lot of movement and action to burn his fatness away. Hahaha!"
The Beast God's grumbling voice drifted further away, and the fire lions looked at each other.
"Well, I guess we need to follow them soon. Even though this is Sea God's business with our patriarch, it will still be our business no matter what. It's been a long time since we haven't seen our patriarch in action, right?" One of the lionesses invited her family members to go.
"That's a good idea. I know they are good people with a noble cause. The Beast God needs to take part in saving the world as well."
"Let's go south!"
"Which South?"
"I don't know. However, it looks like it's a sealed area around there. Look, they seem to be waiting for us to follow them."
"Let's quickly catch up with them. We can help our patriarch and carve our Fiery Blaze Lion Clan in history!"
The fire lions agreed to go with the divine group to the south. They didn't forget to activate the defense mechanism because all the lions went along like a horde.
"That's the Fiery Blaze Lion Clan! Where are they going?"
"I don't know, mate. They're heading south. Something interesting is bound to happen there. Let's go there as well."
"We need to share this news with everyone later."
Two giant eagles exchanged words from above the clouds. They were secretly trailing the noble clan from the sacred mountain. Whatever the Beast God Clan did was bound to attract the attention of many Spirit Beasts or above.