Chapter 6: Magical Beasts that Can Enjoy?
As everyone knows, those who say such things usually possess incredibly powerful abilities, like being able to single-handedly lift small magical beasts and throw them hundreds of meters away.
Taya certainly didn’t seem like a girl who lacked the strength to hold a chicken. How could a dragon, such a creature, have low combat power?
Luo Shuangyue thought that Taya was being modest; if they really got into a fight, this girl definitely wouldn’t be weak.
“Will it be alright to just leave those beasts alone?”
This had become the most concerning question for Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo.
In the human world, magical beasts absolutely cannot be ignored, at least not the ones that appear in cities.
But if a magical beast accidentally is born somewhere in the remote mountains or deep forests, the Magic Department wouldn’t rush to deal with them.
While magical beasts are ferocious and possess a strong impulse for destruction, leaving them alone in uninhabited places for ten days or half a month usually won’t cause any major problems.
After all, magical beasts also kill each other; they enhance their strength by devouring their own kind.
That’s why the Magic Department periodically cleans up these beasts.
There is no powerful organization like the Magic Department in this world. If they ignore these beasts, it’s likely that they would end up cultivating a terrifying magical beast.
Just like the super Demon Lord they dealt with before, that Demon Lord was the strongest humanity had ever encountered. If Luo Shuangyue hadn’t fought it with Bai Ye in the end, the outcome for humanity and the Demon Lord would have been mutual destruction.
Losing so many Blooming Level Magical Girls in one battle would be a crippling blow for humanity.
If humanity faced such a situation and was already struggling, how could this world manage to defeat a Demon Lord like that?
“I don’t know. The magical beasts near the Sacred Domain will be dealt with by the warriors of the Sacred Domain. As for the beasts in other places… the Sage says she is powerless,” Taya shook her head.
All living beings in this world that can understand human speech have gone to the Sacred Domain, and the power of the Sacred Domain is only enough to defend that small area.
It’s impossible to expand territory and counterattack the beasts.
“There were indeed some powerful beasts that attacked us before, but the Sage is very strong; she defeated them easily.”
Taya’s heart swelled with admiration, a feeling similar to what Xia Mo felt when she thought of Bai Ye.
“Speaking of which, we still need to find a way to get to the Sacred Domain…” Luo Shuangyue scratched her head.
Once they reached the Sacred Domain, most of their problems would be resolved.
But the question is, how to get to the Sacred Domain?
That’s a tricky situation.
As the three of them continued walking through the flower sea, suddenly, Taya pointed to the distance and shouted, “There’s something over there!”
A small black dot appeared in the purple ocean. Luo Shuangyue focused her gaze and was surprised to find it was a small house.
“A small house?”
“What’s a house?” Taya’s reaction made Luo Shuangyue feel a bit overwhelmed.
This girl doesn’t even know what a house is?
Are the people in your world still living in primitive society?
After some effort explaining what a house is, Luo Shuangyue saw Taya finally get it, but felt a bit tired inside.
Once her weariness faded, a sense of vigilance began to rise within her.
The fact that Taya didn’t know what a house was indicated that such buildings weren’t common in this world.
So why would there be such a structure in the flower sea where the Black Calamity was erupting?
It didn’t seem normal at all.
Could it be that the owner of the flower sea is still here and hasn’t left?
“Should we go check it out?” Xia Mo also sensed the oddity; she had already summoned her Magical Gem, ready for a possible ambush.
“Let’s take a look. If there really are enemies inside, they must have noticed us by now.”
Luo Shuangyue and the others saw the small house with their own eyes, but in this world, there are many more effective reconnaissance methods than the naked eye.
If there were bad people inside the small house, Luo Shuangyue felt that the three of them wouldn’t be able to escape their awareness.
As they got closer, the details of the house became more apparent. At first glance, the little house in the flower sea looked remarkably similar to human architectural style.
If it weren’t for knowing this was another world, Luo Shuangyue might really question if she had traveled back again.
“Although it’s built in a very crude manner, there’s no doubt this matches our architectural style…” Standing at the door of the small house, Luo Shuangyue looked at the ajar door with a strange expression.
This small house seemed completely designed for humanoid beings, even the door was proportioned to human size.
However, the building material wasn’t the steel and concrete that Luo Shuangyue was familiar with, but…
“Flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of magical beasts.”
Extending her hand, she gently pressed against the walls of the small house and whispered.
This small house was alive or at least once was.
It was made from the flesh and blood of magical beasts, and even now, one could feel the subtle elasticity.
“But it’s dead now; perhaps its owner abandoned it, or maybe its owner died.” The small house no longer had any life activity; the flesh and blood of the magical beast were merely superficial, and most of the magical energy had disappeared.
“So there’s no danger then?” Xia Mo looked at the small house with a troubled expression, feeling a bit uneasy at the thought that its materials were magical beast flesh.
There was likely no real danger, considering they had walked this far without encountering any attacks, which was enough to imply that it was deserted.
But the terrifying implications behind this were what worried Luo Shuangyue even more.
“Xia Mo, do you believe magical beasts would build houses for themselves?”
Yes, that’s the key point.
A house built in an empty flower sea isn’t a big deal, but the fact that the materials are made from magical beast flesh is a big problem.
What kind of being is capable of using magical beast flesh to build a house? Who would dare to live in such a house?
“The most straightforward and simplest guess is that this house was built by magical beasts, and the materials were taken from their own bodies,” Luo Shuangyue whispered, pointing at the house in front of them.
“I’d rather believe a more complicated theory, like a very powerful lunatic severely injured a magical beast and used its flesh to build this house and lived here for a while.”
As she said this, Luo Shuangyue couldn’t help but want to laugh bitterly.
This guess was just too far-fetched; she couldn’t even convince herself.
So, “I’d prefer to believe the former, and you should be able to figure out what the former implies, right, Xia Mo?”
A magical beast smart enough to build a house for itself? That would be exceptionally rare.
Such an intelligent magical beast in Luo Shuangyue’s eyes would have to be regarded as a Demon Lord; only the most top-tier magical beasts could possess the intelligence to build a house for enjoyment.
Those lower magical beasts simply wouldn’t have the privilege to understand such concepts!
“Let’s go inside and take a look; maybe it’s just superficial, and inside it’s actually a real mess.” Pushing open the door, Luo Shuangyue prepared herself to smell some kind of weird odor.
But after taking a deep breath and analyzing the air’s composition, she found there was no strange smell in the house at all.
On the contrary, there was a faint fragrance?
Could it be that this magical beast was somehow capable of enjoying itself?
Stepping into the empty shell of the house, what Luo Shuangyue saw was an ordinary room interior; aside from the walls and furniture all being black, it didn’t differ much from houses in the human world.
The little house even had a well-organized division of several rooms of various sizes, including a kitchen, dining room, bedroom, and even a bathroom.
Do magical beasts even need something like a bathroom?
“There’s a vase here, but the flowers in it have already rotted,” Xia Mo said, looking at a small vase in the living room that contained a few decaying flower stems.
Could the magical beast that once lived here truly be called a magical beast?
She even knew that the magical beast Yu Lian, sharing the title of Demon Lord, would think of the flowers as something to eat upon seeing them.
This represented an incredibly stark contrast in their spiritual pursuits.
And Yu Lian is considered a comparatively normal Demon Lord!
Before being purified and stripped of its innate brutality, wasn’t a Demon Lord supposed to be like this?
In such a beautiful flower sea, building a small house from its own flesh and blood and living a little life inside, this was incredibly unlike the magical beasts in Luo Shuangyue’s memory.
This sense of dissonance reached its peak upon entering the bedroom. Looking at the single bed and wardrobe within the bedroom, Luo Shuangyue was entirely baffled about whether the inhabitant of this place was a magical beast or a human.
Opening the wardrobe, she was surprised to find a few skirts left inside, which seemed a bit small for both Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo, suitable for a slightly smaller girl.
Taking a skirt from the wardrobe, Luo Shuangyue tried her best to tear it apart, but despite her efforts, she couldn’t destroy what clearly didn’t seem normal.
Perhaps it was because the owner had neglected them for too long; these skirts had now transformed into strangely unsettling items at first glance, with dark colors and intricate patterns that looked more like the skin of a creature than a skirt.
Certainly, the tearing sensation backed this up: these skirts were as tough as the skin of a magical beast, and Luo Shuangyue currently lacked the strength to rip apart such skirts.
“There are also blankets and mattresses, all made of the same material as the clothing.” Xia Mo approached the single bed and gently touched the items resting on it.
In this small house, Xia Mo felt an all-encompassing sense of disgust. She felt as though she had been swallowed by a magical beast, with the nauseating scent of magical beasts everywhere.
The aura of Magical Girls and magical beasts was inherently incompatible, and this was precisely such a situation.
Since this small house was entirely composed of magical beast flesh, it could undoubtedly be considered a part of the magical beast. Thus, for Xia Mo to step inside here was no different than walking into the belly of a magical beast.
Even if the small house had been abandoned, the scent of blood and flesh had long since lost its vitality, and the remaining traces would still linger.
“Xia Mo, what do you think the owner of this small house was like?” Compared to Xia Mo’s revulsion, Luo Shuangyue felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
It was a feeling similar to encountering a kindred spirit, small in quantity but undeniably present.
She casually flipped through the rest of the wardrobe and truly found some things that had no necessity for magical beasts to use.
Holding a piece of underwear in one hand and a pair of socks in the other, Luo Shuangyue’s expression became incredibly complex.
No matter who built this small house, she was definitely human, without a doubt.
Even if she were a magical beast, she would still be a magical beast with a human heart, much like her.
Was it even possible that she was a cute little girl? After all, the clothes inside were clearly not for any alien being—like Taya, she surely wouldn’t be able to wear such clothing.
“A magical beast, a magical beast that recognizes itself as human…” Luo Shuangyue rubbed her forehead with her finger. Although she had lost the function of feeling a headache, it didn’t stop her from expressing her confusion in this way.
The magical beasts in this world seemed different from what she had imagined.
“Taya, can I ask you a question? What are the monsters you refer to like?”
Upon hearing Luo Shuangyue’s question, Taya naturally pointed to the two girls in front of her and answered with an air of reason.
“They look very much like you, but their colors are different from yours.”
“They are pitch black, their bodies consist of soft, collapsed black mud, and when struck by our magic, they…”
Taya poured out all the information she knew about magical beasts.
From her account, the magical beasts in this world, aside from their different appearances from those in the human world, were basically the same in other aspects.
They would attack the surrounding things violently upon appearing, could only be harmed and killed by magic, and even the essence of their magical energy was quite similar.
Aside from their appearances, the magical beasts in both worlds were almost identical.
“Shuangyue, there’s a notebook over here!” While Luo Shuangyue was talking to Taya, Xia Mo fussed at a small desk in the room and surprisingly found a little notebook inside.
Of course, this notebook was also made from the flesh of magical beasts, and after losing its vitality, the content was nearly impossible to decipher.
Taking the notebook Xia Mo handed her, Luo Shuangyue flipped through a couple of pages but could only see faint purple stains. She brought the notebook closer to her nose and sniffed; she detected a scent resembling that of the flower sea outside.
Perhaps that magical beast had used the flowers from the flower sea to make ink?
“There are no words on it, just some unintelligible doodles.” After trying hard to recognize the contents for some time, Luo Shuangyue couldn’t find what she wished to see.
Not a single character she was familiar with was present, only a bunch of fragmented doodles.
Because the damage was too severe, she couldn’t discern the meaning of these doodles, nor could she get help from Xia Mo and Taya.
“But she can draw, which is still a major discovery!”
