Monster Master: Evidence of the Way

Chapter 267: Destroyed Soul Fragments

That Em was really unsportsmanlike. He actually took advantage of his initiative and knocked out Yiyin and Huodu.

But Em didn't seem to want them dead. So maybe there was something else he wanted to do with their lives.

……

Yiyin should really be thankful that he had saved his life, especially since the other party was a dwarf.

When Yiyin opened his eyes in a daze, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

Huo Du was not with him.

So, where did he go?

Yiyin still wanted to struggle around, but when he saw the situation around him clearly, he couldn't help but be shocked.

This was the palace where the tail-end team and Lord Liser first met. However, now only Lord Liser's head was left, pounding weakly at Yiyin's feet.

Seeing this, Yi Yin couldn't help but want to scream, but his mind wouldn't allow him to do so.

Even Lord Lisel couldn't stop the dwarfs' rebellion. The Sharu people had hoped to rely on the dwarfs to create countless glory and wealth for them, but they didn't expect that they would end up raising a tiger that would harm them.

I don’t know what Lord Liser was thinking before he died.

What shocked Yiyin even more was that on the throne that originally belonged to Lord Lissel, there was actually a giant sitting there, who was his old friend.

"Soga."

Yiyin soon realized that this was a show of force prepared by Soga. If Yiyin did not cooperate, Lord Liser would be in the same situation as Yiyin.

Beside Suojia, lying quietly, was an ugly giant beast, Taotie. Suojia and Taotie, one man and one beast, put great pressure on Yiyin.

"Don't worry, I've already handed your friend over to Em. As long as you behave, I won't do anything to you."

Facing Soga's suggestion, Yiyin rejected it without a second thought. "I've said it many times. I will not join Ouroboros. Even if your Queen comes to recruit me personally, I will still give the same answer."

"What if I ask you this question not as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ouroboros, but as a giant?"

Having said that, Soga began to talk to himself without waiting for Yiyin to answer.

……

As we all know, there are many races on the Blue Planet. The story I'm going to tell today is mainly about humans, giants, and dwarfs.

In ancient times, giants were powerful and arrogant, while dwarfs were weak but despicable and cunning. Humans were caught between these two races and struggled to survive.

The giants hired the dwarves to make sophisticated weapons for them and paid them handsomely. Over time, the giants and dwarves became more and more powerful.

If this continues, the living space of human beings will be squeezed. Human beings have no choice but to use their wisdom to sow discord between giants and dwarfs.

As for the tool of choice, it is naturally rainbow grass.

Humans, using alchemy, concocted a mouth-watering potion from rainbow grass and secretly mixed it into the gnomes' food. Over time, the gnomes began to smell fresh and delicious. The dosage was specially adjusted so that it would only work on giants.

Humans also mixed chronic poison into the food. Once the giants ate the dwarfs, they would become weak and powerless, and even vulnerable.

As a result, even giants could not resist the smell of rainbow grass. The giants soon began to hunt the dwarfs. The dwarfs could no longer bear it and eventually had to seek refuge with humans.

Finally, a three-way melee began.

As we all know, humanity triumphed completely, driving the dwarves underground. Meanwhile, the giants were nearly wiped out. The Godforged Continent, where the giants lived, was also submerged by floods, completely disappearing from human sight.

……

"So the God Forge Continent is the third of the five continents on Blue Star?"

Yi Yin asked, "What a pity! It seems I won't be able to travel to the Shenzhu Continent."

"...Listen to me carefully."

As he spoke, Suojia began to talk incessantly again.

……

"At that time, I was just an insignificant pawn in the giant army. Everyone around me was crazy about dwarfs. But I was the only exception. I had never eaten a dwarf."

"Because you are a picky eater?" Yiyin asked.

"No, because I'm a vegetarian," Soga replied seriously.

"To the other giants, I am indeed an outlier. But my loyalty to the giants is no different from theirs—if only that were the case. At least I can die a warrior, instead of lingering on like this. You may not imagine that as a giant, I would actually be friends with a dwarf."

"I know."

Yi Yin put on a very experienced look, "The power of friendship is so hard to fathom. In fact, it's not just friendship, but all kinds of unspeakable emotions, they are all factors that motivate people to strive for progress."

"Yellow Springs joined Ouroboros to study the Chronicle of the Fall of Angels for his friend Collison; Bruno joined Ouroboros even at the cost of his wife, Mio; the Scarlet Sage, Albert, pledged his loyalty to Queen Lilith, even going so far as to destroy the hot springs village... What about you, Soga? Does your noble soul still exist?"

Facing the chattering Yiyin, Soga was obviously also interested.

"I wanted to have a proper chat with you, but I didn't expect you to know so much. So, I'll cut to the chase. Simply put, I trusted my dwarf friend too much, which led to our giants' crushing defeat in the decisive battle with the dwarves. In other words, I personally caused the destruction of my people. At the last moment, the captain left the right to live to me. He said that if fate truly wanted someone to survive, it would have to be a kind person."

On Soga's face, which was as hard as a strong man's, a trace of unconcealable sadness gradually appeared.

"When I woke up, the people around me had turned to stone statues. This was the result of using the ultimate weapon, and it was to be expected. But I really don't want to accept it, because my self-righteous stupidity almost caused the annihilation of our giant clan."

"Just when I was in endless despair, Her Majesty the Queen appeared before me. She was like a ray of light in the darkness, guiding me out of confusion. Out of respect for Her Majesty the Queen, I joined Ouroboros and became one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ouroboros."

"Over the years, I have kept a low profile and tried not to show up in public. This is because I have been searching for a way to fully revive my people. I swear to Her Majesty the Queen that if I can truly do so, I will make all my fellow giants serve Her Majesty."