Absolute Beast Dominion

"HAHAHAHAHA! What happened? Cat got your tongue? Why aren't you saying anything?" Gunther laughed loudly after seeing Zerathra unusually quiet, realizing Leo had obtained both the Sunblood Pearls, and had even consumed one of them.

Both Gunther and Zerathra had reunited when Leo and Ignivorax met.

She gritted her teeth at Gunther's taunt. His words only acted as fuel for her already-burning regret over allowing Leo to participate alongside her nephews.

"Hmph! Why do you think this measly realm is the only place I can take my nephews to? I have many others, and I also have many other Infernal Serpents to acquire more pearls for my nephews," she retorted, quickly recovering.

"Oh? Really... Then my student will like this news very much. I bet he's already thinking that he's short on Sunblood Pearls to feed his people."

Zerathra once again fell silent, silently cursing herself for revealing that information. Many of her controlled territories back in the dragon world had appeared within human lands as secret realms, meaning Leo could indeed visit them and collect all the Sunblood Pearls she had cultivated over the centuries.

W-well, if I have done it once, I can do it again. Zerathra encouraged herself internally as she watched the dead Infernal Serpent's head crash into the lake, sending a massive wave toward the island where Leo and the others were.

But Leo wasn't particularly bothered by that. The remaining 3 walls would block most of the impact, and the rest would be handled by Lyswenna or Hydra.

Because right now—

"Eh? They were ready to go along with us from the start?" Leo asked, dumbfounded as Naelith explained the situation.

Apparently, the Red-Scaled Lizardman and his family had been ready to leave alongside them from the moment the elves arrived, as if they had been waiting for them all along.

Leo looked at the time.

57 minutes were left.

He needed to be quick.

BAAM! SPLASH!

As expected, the water was stopped by the 3 walls. The waves failed to submerge the island and instead rushed past from both sides.

Leo turned toward Thalvyr.

"I don't know why you were ready to go along with me, but I won't take you forcibly if you comply with my order. Are you aware that the moment you come out of this secret realm, you will be turned into a slave? More specifically, my slave?" Leo asked.

"Arghhh..." Thalvyr groaned in response. At the moment, Nyxa was calmly pressing one of her heavy paws against him in her full 8 to 9-meter form, keeping him restrained as Leo had ordered.

"Uh... Nyxa, let him go."

But the next moment, Leo heard a shout.

"LET MY DAD GOOOOO!!!" a voice cried from the side.

"Arkvyr, wait!" another voice quickly followed, sounding distinctly female.

Leo turned to see a 3-foot-tall Lizardkid with the same fiery-red scales as Thalvyr charging toward Nyxa's massive form. The child immediately began stabbing at the paw with his small spear, trying to help Thalvyr in freeing him.

"Growl?" Nyxa rumbled in confusion, watching the little kid do little to no damage to her paw. Then, on the next strike, filled with all of the child's strength, the spear rebounded and smacked the Lizardkid on the head.

The child groaned and fell to the ground, rubbing his head as tears welled up in the corners of his eyes from the pain.

Leo followed the voices and spotted two female lizardwomen, evident from their feminine features. Of the two, one was being carried by a red-scaled Lizardwoman standing around 7 feet tall, while the one in her back was rather peculiar. Instead of the common black and red scales, her scales were pearly white—or would have been, had they not been dirtied by volcanic ash.

The red-scaled Lizardwoman strongly resembled Thalvyr, making it clear that both she and the small Lizardkid were his kids.

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Leo could already tell both females must be hot topics among the Lizardmen, especially the white-scaled one.

She was currently unconscious and looked injured and extremely weak. Yet even in that condition, Leo could imagine men going head over heels for her. Yes, men, because humans were included in that as well.

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The red-scaled female possessed the strength of a Low 3-star, the white-scaled one gave off the aura of a Pseudo 4-star, the kid was Mid 1-star, and Thalvyr was Low 4-star, close to Mid 4-star.

But Leo was amazed by their height. Both females seemed to stand around 7 feet tall.

Leo looked back at the restrained man, and only now did he realize he was at least 8 feet tall—more than a foot taller than Leo, who himself had grown to around 6'9" after all the increases in strength.

"Nyxa," Leo called, and the beast removed her paw from Thalvyr, who immediately stood up and picked up his fallen spear.

His eyes immediately shifted toward the bound dragon, who was baring his teeth through the vines, which were trying their best to keep his mouth shut.

"Naelith, use your vines. My vines are weak."

Naelith nodded as crimson vines burst from the ground and wrapped tightly around Ignivorax's body. The difference was immediately apparent—her vines held firmly.

Leo immediately turned toward Thalvyr.

"I will tell you again. The moment you come out of this realm, you and your family will become my slaves. So if you don't resist that, I will take you peacefully. If not, you understand how rough the journey will be." Leo's gaze shifted toward the white-scaled female.

"And I suppose that won't be favourable for that one."

Thalvyr gulped. The aura radiating from Leo was actually suppressing him. Not only that, but a Wyvern hovered in the sky, seemingly obeying Leo's every command. Even though Leo gave off the aura of a Mid 4-star—or more accurately, someone at the cusp of High 4-star, not much different from the dragon—he had still managed to suppress it.

Not only that, but he had also witnessed the serpent's monstrous form dying after following Leo's lead.

What sort of monster is he? Thalvyr thought before involuntarily nodding in agreement.

"Good. I promise not to treat you and your family improperly. As for the rest of the conditions, they won't be difficult if you remain loyal. And of course, I won't hinder your growth."

Leo didn't wait for Thalvyr's response.

"Sorry for being rash, but we're short on time."

Saying that, he summoned Shyra, who increased her height to the full 10 meters. Even Agnivar descended as Leo made his way towards him.

"Hop onto either of the two, and we'll rush toward the realm boundary." Leo hinted at Nyxa and Shyra.

But Leo suddenly recalled something.

"Wait, do you have any important natural treasures you'd like to take with you?"