Chapter 39: The 2nd Place’s Reveal

Brewster Gustav frowned and fell into deep thought.

“If Joe is really a god, do we really have to participate in this alliance?”

“Indeed, angering a god might prove rather detrimental to us.”

Hadisso also spoke cautiously.

“Dequincy Crested, what do you think?”

Bridgestone looked at the silent Dequincy Crested.

Dequincy Crested was his think tank, and he had always thought highly of her.

“Haha, Vice Bishop, I don’t think that Joe’s divinity matters. He would not harm us in any case.”

Dequincy Crested eyes glinted with a cheeky glow, and she followed it up with a chuckle.

“Oh? What do you mean?”

Bridgestone looked at her in surprise.

“It’s very simple. If Joe isn’t a god, then we wouldn’t need to fear him at all. After all, no one but a god would be able to go against our alliance.”

“Not even his Great Beast Tamer Stage pet beasts will be a match for us.”

She flicked her finger and said with conviction, “However, even if he was a high and mighty god, why would he care about the mundane matters of the mortal world?”

“Be it the great ocean, the Burbus Temple, the rebel army’s territory, or even the Sea of Extreme Frost, Joe’s pet beasts are everywhere!”

“What does this mean?”

Dequincy Crested suddenly paused and looked at the people around her.

“This means that he only treats the Blue Planet as a breeding ground for his pet beasts, allowing them to freely find a suitable location to cultivate and grow.”

“So, it’s really possible. He might have nothing to do with any country or power on the Blue Planet.”

Upon hearing her analysis, everyone nodded as if a bulb had lit up above their heads.

It made sense!

If Joe was truly someone from the rebel army, why would he bother scattering his pet beasts about?

He would be leaving himself defenseless, no?

Although the term pet breeding ground was not pleasant to hear, it could not be any more appropriate.

Everyone agreed with Dequincy’s analysis.

“Very good. Now, we can gather boldly without any worry.”

Bridgestone and said confidently with a smile.

However…

He had never expected his think tank, Dequincy’s analysis to cause the unprecedented disaster to befall on the Weizhou Bao Temple.

Had he known of the fate that awaited them, he would have strangled Dequincy to death on the spot.

This was in spite of Dequincy being one of the greatest masterminds in history.

Once the projection of the Shield of Mantuhotep the Pained disappeared, the divine board started generating the projection of the top ranker.

At this point, a strange thought popped up in the mind of those who were paying attention to the board.

“Wait… Don’t tell me that Master Joe occupies all the remaining spots…”

“What? All of them? That can’t be right, can it?!”

“He occupies 6 spots here, and another 6 spots on the Hundred Beasts Board. Excluding the repetition of the abyssal dragon, Master Joe would own a total of 11 Great Beast Tamer Stage pet beasts!”

“Holy sh*t… He raised 11 Great Beast Tamer Stage pet beasts? Is he a god? Cause I don’t see how this is humanly possible!”

While everyone was busy discussing, the information about the 3rd ranked divine artifact[1] was completely exposed.

[ 3rd place: Archimedes Gear of foresight ]

[ Level: Advanced Great Beast Tamer Stage ]

[ Phase: Growing ]

[ Owner: Joe ]

[ Reward: 1 fire-type Divine Spark Fragment ]

“Screech!”

An incomparably loud screech resounded throughout the sky. Immediately after, everyone saw a crow that was completely covered in golden flames spread its wings in the air.

Its wingspan of more than 1,500 meters was like a dark cloud that blotted out the sky.

At the same time, it was also like a great sun that had descended upon the human world.

The blazing light was so intense that many struggled to open their eyes against its brilliance.

It was completely different from the Shield of Mantuhotep the Pained from before. The pet beast that formed the abdomen of the Archimedes’ Gear of Foresight actually had three legs.

Lethally sharp claws sprouted from each of its legs.

In the projection of its myth, whenever the pet beast transformed into Archimedes’ Gear of Foresight, everything that it walked past would be enveloped in a blaze of flames.

Cold sweat dripped from everyone’s foreheads. For some reason, however, they felt that it was only natural.

A divine flame bird that was at the Advanced Great Beast Tamer Stage… No one else but Joe was capable of raising such a beast!

All the high-level powerhouses fell silent at this moment.

The aura of Archimedes’ Gear of Foresight was enough to shock them.

Nevertheless, they were also somewhat numb to how terrifying Joe was.

“Where on earth is Joe hiding at?”

The First Elder looked at the terrifying figure of the Archimedes Gear of Foresight in the sky and said with a sigh.

However…

As soon as he finished speaking, the white-haired Zaencrest Badr beside him suddenly scratched his head and said.

“First Elder, I seem to have met this beast before.”

As soon as he said this, everyone present immediately went silent.

“What? You’ve seen it before? Where?!”

The First Elder’s expression changed greatly when he heard this, and he said in an extremely excited tone.

‘To think that Zaencrest Badr had came face to face with such a powerful pet beast before.’

Does this mean that its owner, Joe, has a relationship with the rebel army?

Zaencrest Badr looked at the first elder in shock.

This was the first time he had seen the first elder lose his composure like this.

After all…

He had yet to realize how powerful Joe was.

“Woah, First elder, hold your horses!”

Zaencrest Badr scratched his head. “The Montcristopher Family also knows about it.”

As he spoke, he looked at Montchristopher Bootes, who had braided hair.

“Hey, Bootes, do you remember what happened 50 years ago?”

“50 years ago?”

Montchristopher Bootes’ slightly weathered face trembled slightly, as if he had remembered something.

“Are you referring to the flaming bird that ravaged the north when the mystic realm’s seal loosened slightly?”

“That’s right, it’s him!”

Zaencrest Badr clapped his hands.

“I remember, back then, I was still one of the younger members of the tribe. One time, the tribe leader said that he felt a tremor in the great mountain in the north of the mystic realm. Perhaps there was a beast rioting there, so, he asked us to go over and take a look.”

Zaencrest Badr recalled.

“At that time, I led a group of tribesmen to head over to the site. I thought that it was just a regular beast going wild,” Montcristopher Bootes chimed in.

“But I didn’t expect to encounter such a powerful beast. It was no ordinary beast, but a Peak Stage 9 pet beast!”

As he said this, traces of fear from back then appeared on his face.

“That flaming bird looked exactly the same as the one within the Archimedes’ Gear of Foresight.”

[1] The original text uses ‘beast’ here, but I’m still not sure where the author is going with this.