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Chapter 497 - Chapter 497 Chapter 371 Demon Beast Struggle_1

Chapter 497: Chapter 371: Demon Beast Struggle_1 Chapter 497: Chapter 371: Demon Beast Struggle_1 Originally, Duanmu Huai planned to stay in the cave to escape the blizzard, waiting for the weather to clear before proceeding. However …

“The first snow in 2002 is later than usual…”

Looking at the howling blizzard outside the cave, Duanmu Huai had nothing to do but sing. They had been in the cave for a day and night, but the heavy snow showed no sign of stopping.

Ah, it would be nice if Greiya was here. Duanmu Huai recalled that one of her Dragon Roars could usher in sunny weather… Oh well, it doesn’t matter if she’s not here.

“Alright, let’s set off.”

Duanmu Huai tidied up and stood up. Though the snow hadn’t stopped, they had to keep going. Besides, according to elf lore, rare species usually appeared in severe weather. For ordinary people, climbing in such weather would be akin to suicide, but for Duanmu Huai, it was a piece of cake.

In fact, even Tutu, who looked like she was dressed lightly, hops around cheerfully in this weather – a real rabbit would have surely frozen to death by now.

With the raging blizzard rushing towards him, Duanmu Huai lifted his head and took one step at a time upwards. He wasn’t knowledgeable in mountaineering, but he didn’t need to be. He understood that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, so he only needed to march on to reach the top of the mountain.

Of course, the mountains in a blizzard were extremely perilous, like right now…

“ROARRRR!!!”

The blizzard, roaring and tumbling down the mountain, surged towards Duanmu Huai and his companions like gigantic waves. Avalanches were one of the most terrifying calamities high up in the mountains. In the face of such overwhelming force, mere mortals stood no chance.

Well, mere mortals.

“HUH-HA!!!”

Seeing the avalanche coming towards him, Duanmu Huai roared, and punched head-on. A moment later, a ferocious gust of air surged ahead, blowing right through the incoming wall of snow. Then the avalanche burst apart, scattering to both sides, idling and posing no threat anymore.

“Alright, let’s move on.”

Duanmu Huai lowered his fist and continued on, while Tutu clapped her hands incessantly behind him.

“Wow, Master is so powerful, so powerful!”

“Indeed… It’s hard to believe…”

Upon witnessing this scene, the maid couldn’t help but sigh in admiration. This wasn’t their first encounter with an avalanche. At first, she thought that she might have to protect Duanmu Huai according to her duties as a slave servant, but to her surprise, Duanmu Huai had easily dispersed the avalanche with a single punch. There was absolutely no danger.

It has to be said, witnessing this, the maid was startled. Most Demon Beast Trainers were not exceptionally powerful, hence their reliance on familiars. But Duanmu Huai was far more powerful than anticipated. The maid could even confirm that not even the high-level rare girls of the monster race were a match for him…

“Master, why do you desire to become a Demon Beast Trainer?”

At this moment, following behind Duanmu Huai, the maid grew more puzzled and inevitably voiced her doubt. In her view, there were a few reasons why men would want to become a Demon Beast Trainer. Either they wanted to become stronger, or they simply liked girl monsters, or they liked beautiful women and wanted to make the girl monsters their slaves.

But according to her observations, Duanmu Huai didn’t fit this mold. He was already very powerful. She had never seen a girl monster stronger than Duanmu Huai in her memory. And he didn’t seem particularly interested in girl monsters. During their journey, they had encountered several girl monsters; Duanmu Huai merely glanced at them, referenced his Atlas, then moved on, showing no desire to claim them all like many Demon Beast Trainers did.

Certainly, Duanmu Huai primarily wanted to find assistants. The girl monsters they came across were either unsuitable or fighters – they were pretty, but Duanmu Huai had no intention of claiming them all.

In fact, he would have let Tutu return to the wilderness if not for the pact that binds the life and death of a master and his familiar.

“I have a monster I want to tame which is why I became a Demon Beast Trainer.”

Duanmu Huai said while continuing on.

“A monster you wish to tame?”

Hearing this, the maid was suddenly intrigued. In her opinion, any monster targeted by a powerful Demon Beast Trainer like Duanmu Huai must also be exceptionally strong.

“So, which monster are you planning to tame?”

“Oh, the Demon King.”

“… Eh?”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s answer, the maid was taken aback.

Sorry, I must’ve misheard due to the strong wind…

“Master, sorry, but… Did I misunderstand? You said… the Demon King?”

“Exactly.”

Duanmu Huai confirmed with a nod.

“The Demon King is a monster, isn’t it? So, as a Demon Beast Trainer who can form pacts with monsters, I should be able to tame the Demon King, right?”

“Is… Is that so?”

Facing Duanmu Huai’s words, the maid felt muddled in the head.

For the demon beasts, the Demon King is their Emperor, their supreme ruler. Indeed, if you ask ordinary people whether the Emperor is human… the answer is, of course, human. However, people usually think of the Emperor first, rather than considering these matters. In the first place, it’s completely out of line, and secondly… what’s the point? Could someone possibly dare to tame the Demon King as a familiar?

Yet at this moment, there was actually a Demon Beast Trainer planning to make the Demon King his familiar!

With this thought, the maid looked at Duanmu Huai, her eyes full of shock and disbelief.

What’s more important was that this Demon Beast Trainer seemed to truly be capable of it!

If he really could make the Demon King or a Demon his familiar, he would, in essence, be erecting a monumental achievement for future Demon Beast Trainers, unparalleled by anyone else!

A Demon Beast Trainer who could tame a Demon King! This was the stuff of legends!

Of course, it wasn’t known yet whether he could be successful or not.

“Gah ah gah ah!!”

After that, the group travelled a bit further. Soon, they heard screams from not too far away. Duanmu Huai led them towards the sound, where they found two groups of boy demons battling in a clearing not far away.

Upon clearly seeing the battling demons, the maid couldn’t help but wrinkle her nose in disgust.

“They’re Squid Monsters and Octopus Monsters…”

“Interesting, aren’t these two waterborne races? Why have they run up into the mountains?”

Duanmu Huai also looked ahead to see the fighting demons.

Although the boy demons were also demon beasts, they were quite different from the girl demon beasts. Boy demons could be best described as very ugly. Just to mention the battling squid and octopus monsters, the octopus monster was essentially an octopus with human limbs. The squid monster had a squid’s head but a human’s body… In short, they were quite unsightly.

Not only that, boy demon beasts were also generally unwelcome among many races.

The reason was simple: the boy demons were not only ugly (their ugliness was their original sin), but their personalities were also violent and aggressive, and they loved to attack other races and forced them to reproduce. Girl demons who fell into their hands essentially became their egg-laying machines, so for girl demons, there was nothing they hated more than boy demons.

And because these boy demons attacked humans as well, combined with their ugliness (we have to mention that twice), they were universally despised in the human world.

Basically, the demon clan’s army was made up of boy demons — well, it should be stated that based on appearances alone, there was absolutely no correlation between these things and the term “boy.”

During the time Duanmu Huai spent in the World of Seth, he came to understand a bit about the military strength of the Devil World. Simply put, the Demon King was the most powerful entity, followed by the demons who had received the Blood of the Demon King, and then the Angel Envoys created by the demons using their blood. In addition to those, the higher races among the girl demons also held specific sets of power in the Devil World. Meanwhile, the boy demons, due to their ugliness (we must mention this a third time), low intelligence, propensity for plundering and violent personalities, were primarily used as main soldiers and cannon fodder in the Devil World.

Of course, there were varying levels within the boy demons, but it didn’t matter much either way. After all, in the eyes of the demons, all of them were cannon fodder.

But, what on earth were these creatures doing here?

Duanmu Huai, of course, wouldn’t care about these lower level creatures found among the boy demons. After all, on this continent, they were considered on par with slimes — creatures that served as experience fodder for novice adventurers. However, just as he had previously pointed out, both the octopus and the squid monsters were aquatic creatures. In fact, it was also mentioned in the Atlas that the two races, both being aquatic, often ran into conflicts and warfare due to overlapping territories.

But… why on earth would two aquatic races come to a snowy mountain highland?

“Humph———-!!”

As he was mulling over this, a blizzard started up, growing fiercer by the second. Just then, Duanmu Huai seemed to sense something and looked up towards the summit.

There, a small silhouette stood amidst the snowstorm, watching them.

“What is that?”

Duanmu Huai widened his eyes and looked in the direction of the silhouette. Soon, his field of vision quickly zoomed in, bringing the small silhouette into clear view without much effort.

She was a girl with silky jet-black hair, wearing a kimono, and bore a beautiful youthful countenance. She had skin as white as snow and deep blue eyes like icy orbs. This girl was focused intently on the battle between the squid and octopus monsters below. She then raised her hand — a chilling wind blew, and a howling blizzard followed. The next moment, the accumulated snow on the mountainside seemed to succumb to an unbearable weight, rapidly collapsing downwards!

“Gah Yah———-!”

Realising that the snow was about to bury them, both the squid and octopus monsters attempted to escape, but it was already too late. They didn’t possess the powerful strength like Duanmu Huai, and in the blink of an eye, they were swallowed by the avalanche, disappearing into the mountain ravine.

It was only after this group of monsters was wiped out that the girl turned around to leave.

Duanmu Huai also then withdrew his gaze and started flipping through the Atlas.

Just as he had guessed, she was a Snow Woman who preferred to live in snowy mountains and excelled in manipulating ice and snow…

If he brought her back, making ice cream shouldn’t be a problem, should it?

“Nice, it’s going to be her.”

Having confirmed his target, Duanmu Huai closed the Atlas.

“Let’s continue to advance!”

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