My Pet Beast is really not an Evil God
Chapter 812 - 258: Hunting the King of Herbs! The Manifestation of Gary Smith! The Teachers Were Stunned (Asking for Monthly Tickets)_3

Chapter 812: Chapter 258: Hunting the King of Herbs! The Manifestation of Gary Smith! The Teachers Were Stunned (Asking for Monthly Tickets)_3

"Not good!"

The others also looked over, but to prevent it from being a misdirection tactic, they didn’t stop their movements and used peripheral vision to keep an eye on each other.

However, when they looked at Gary Smith, they found his figure had begun to void transform, then slowly dissipated, as if he had never been there.

"Illusions? No, this is Historical Refraction. It seems our Teacher Howard acted even faster, having made his move several minutes ago," Grace Thompson narrowed her eyes, looking at the disappearing Howard Yates, and realized she had been outmaneuvered.

Archaeology Department Beastmasters, due to their frequent excavation of ancient history, are prone to encountering pet beasts born from the spiritual power of ancient relics or even Historical Spirit.

Especially the latter, belonging to the Time System category, possess all sorts of strange abilities.

Serena Martin’s Ancient Bookworm, born from the intertwining of a peculiar book and the force of history, is a Special Pet Beast. The evolved form, Ancient Scholar Butterfly, can project life from historical pasts, making it a top-tier history-based Pet Beast with unlimited potential!

And naturally, Howard also has a similar pet beast. Although it’s not as bug-like as the Ancient Bookworm, it is not weak either.

It is called Shadow Folding Cicada, a pet beast born within a historical ecology, resembling the Thorny Insect Clan (a kind of insect that likes to mimic rose thorns,) with its racial skill being "Historical Refraction."

Unlike the Ancient Scholar Butterfly that utilizes lives from ancient history, Shadow Folding is like how an animal uses mimicry to evade predators. It can stand in the current time and like light entering water causing refraction, it can temporarily refract some of the illusory history into the past.

This is not about rewriting time nor changing the past, but more akin to shadow play, overlaying it to cause a slight deviation in the memories of related individuals.

For example, if five people are playing "Eagle Catches Chicks," Howard could use history shadow refraction to make all five remember and feel like a sixth person was fully participating the whole time. But in reality, this is just a method of interfering with memory.

The ability is a bit like the Faceless Brotherhood, except the latter replaces the target by taking over their presence, using more mysterious methods, involving the Power of Cause and Effect.

However, theoretically, if Howard’s strength were sufficient and then combined with the abilities of the lie system, he could become or replace a legendary figure from the past, rewriting history, or even become his opponent’s father!

If pushed further, it would be World Modulation Mode!

But the downside is also clear, the farther away from the current time and the stronger the opponent, the weaker the interference.

For the four Bright Moon Stage Beast Controlling Masters including Edward Walker, they were only influenced for a few minutes before quickly realizing it.

However, such an infiltration ability is great for both assassinations and excavating relics, allowing escape at critical moments.

"This kid’s strength has improved rapidly," Edward Walker was surprised; after all, Howard made it to promotion more than a decade later than them, and yet managed to deceive them for several minutes.

If it had been an enemy, one could easily suffer severe damage without careful attention.

Grace Thompson came back to her senses, took a deep breath, and slowly said:

"Interesting!"

Yet, the six-armed alchemist behind her slowly raised her hand and took out several elixirs targeted at the power of history, signaling her inner rage!

Since she liked to manipulate history, she decided to directly poison and kill this segment of history.

Jill Lily looked worried and said, "Historical Refraction can deceive the will. Although Gary’s strength is strong, he’s not even at the Morning Star Level, and his spiritual power hasn’t undergone the Mother River Metamorphosis. It’ll be hard for him to shake off the influence of the refraction. We better catch up soon, or it’ll be too late..."

However, before she could finish speaking, with the sound of the elevator door opening, Gary Smith and Howard Yates walked out together eating Imperial City Old Ice Cream.

Looking at the four anxious faces, Gary Smith lifted the plastic bags in his hand and smiled, "Don’t worry, there’s some for the four teachers too."

"How... how did you come back?"

Jill Lily looked at the calm Gary Smith, utterly baffled, and stammered:

"Did Howard voluntarily undo the Historical Refraction?"

"Historical Refraction?" Gary Smith softly recited the term, then had a sudden realization, "You mean that inexplicable extra memory, right? I often practice resisting illusions with my Little Spider, so I sensed the inconsistency immediately and punctured it."

Joking aside,

his eyes were always focused on the truth!

As a cautious man, Gary Smith was always attentive to his state, and he noticed the negative status displayed on him immediately—[Historical Refraction Coverage]. Realizing the fakeness, he promptly shattered the false historical memory.

This seamless operation, facilitated by an external aid, caught the would-be kidnapper Howard by surprise.

This swaggering bespectacled man looked at Gary Smith and sank into existential doubt, unable to regain his composure for a long time.

It was a mix of surprise and joy.

For an archaeologist, the most crucial quality isn’t a powerful pet beast, nor is it a wealth of experience, or precious artifacts, but rather...

The ability to find the correct history!

And Gary Smith easily shattered the false history refracted by the Bright Moon Order, finding the correct path.

It already showed that he was a qualified archaeologist!

The Archaeology Department’s assessment had been passed!

"How is this possible!?"

Seeing Howard admit it, Edward Walker and others also wore serious expressions.

This kid’s talent is indeed freakishly strong!

"It seems I underestimated you!" Grace Thompson took another deep breath and continued, "But the assessment for the Magic Medicine System will not be so simple!"