Chapter 587 Western Exploration Team 2

Chapter 587 – Western Exploration Team 2
What to call these humanoid creatures with horns? Glenn turned his questioning gaze to the minotaur priest.

Egbert replied somewhat helplessly, “Upper species, that’s what we call them.”

Upper species? Listening to this name which seemed to have some sort of connotation of a higher race, Glenn looked at the priest with an even more puzzled gaze.

“Yes, they are indeed a more powerful and advanced race.” Egbert admitted, “Before the ancient ancient times, the ancestors of the superior race used to lead our ancestors in battles against the ancient demons.”

Demons? Was this some ancient myth?
“The demons you speak of?”

“Demons are the legendary enemies of all the races on this continent, they used to enslave us and oppress us until all the races rose up against them, only to drive them into the Demon’s Gate in the far north, and since then they have been far away from our world, and no trace of them can be found anymore.”

Egbert’s narration reminded Glenn of the legend of the human-demon war that was prevalent in the human nations on the old continent, it seemed that the legend said that in the far north of the continent, there was also some kind of hell gate that existed, and that if it was opened it would release demons and such, and in the bracing banquet they attended before they set off, Earl Heller had also fervently brought up this legend with the northern exploration team’s Captain Stamford.

Doesn’t that make sense? Could it be that there really was such a terrifying race in the ancient times, wreaking havoc all over this world, so much so that the civilized races of both the New Continent and the Old Continent have survived with terrifying memories of them.

How did they do it? When mankind was still in obscurity, had this evil race mastered the ability to sail the oceans and make random waves all over the world? If they were so powerful, how could they have failed against the primitive humans – and now it seemed there might be other races as well?
Egbert sighed and continued with the stories of what had happened on this continent. “Legend has it that demons commonly have steel sharp claws, some also have steel heads and steel bodies, and even more terrifyingly, some fae demons grow two arms and four legs, and these fae demons are able to use their four legs to run as if they were flying, while using their two arms to wield steel claws in combat.”

While the minotaur priest was describing, Glenn was also picturing in his mind the image of demons in his imagination, especially the fae demons mentioned by the other party, two arms and four legs? Running like flying? There were legends of centaurs in the old continent, also with two arms and four legs, although no one had ever actually seen a centaur, but none of the legends had ever mentioned that centaurs had steel claws, steel heads, and steel bodies ah.

“In the beginning, the various races that were just flesh and blood couldn’t resist them at all, and it wasn’t until the upper race I just mentioned awakened the power of the gods that they had the power to fight the demons.”

God …… God Power?

Hearing this Glenn’s eyes widened, what Egbert was talking about, could it be magic, sorcery or something like that? In the continent he came from, that stuff is a taboo existence, ah, when his fleet departed, Horned Bay was still feverishly engaging in some kind of witch hunt movement.

Only to hear the minotaur priest say, “The creation of God’s power allows the superior species to display incredible abilities, like what spraying flames, releasing thunder and lightning, changing the weather, making the enemy hallucinate, and other abilities.”

Well well well! Egbert thought to himself, it looks like he guessed right, isn’t this just witchcraft? The Inquisition of the Home Church must really like these goat-horned people.

Glenn didn’t want to call them a superior species, but let’s just call them “sheep people”.

“The special abilities of the Gods offset the advantages of the demons – their steel claws, their steel heads, their steel bodies, and their flying Fae demons. Thus, the superior races gradually gained leadership among all the races that fought the demons, and they used this position well to unite all the races to fight the demons and eventually drive the demons into the Demon Gate.” So the sheep people still had a great favor to the other races, Glenn asked curiously, “In that case, how did they become your enemies?”

Priest Egbert let out a long sigh and continued, “Even a few years ago, the superior races were not what they are now. After the war against the demons ended, the chiefs of the various races gathered together to discuss future arrangements, and it was recognized by the various races that the upper races had made great contributions and sacrifices to expel the demons, and that they deserved to enjoy the greatest fruits of victory. Thus, all races recognized that the superior races could enjoy the southern part of the land exclusively, while the northern part of the land would be shared by the other races, including our race. In the long time since then, although there have been occasional minor frictions between the various races, the continent has remained largely peaceful.”

“However, just five years ago, the superior races of the southern land suddenly changed their attitude and began to constantly send their armies to the northern land to capture members of the other races.”

Glenn asked, “Why?”

Egbert’s face was filled with sadness, “According to those who escaped back from the south, they were captured to be slaves. The superior races split into three large tribes and countless smaller tribes during their long inheritance, and recently a fierce war broke out between them, and a large number of their clansmen became soldiers, requiring a large number of people to work, so they resorted to plundering slaves from the northern continent.”

“This is …… really shameless.”

In order to comfort Egbert, Glenn scolded the guys he named “sheep people”, but in his heart he knew that in his home continent, this phenomenon was too normal.

“Egbert, I ……” Glenn stammered.

“Oh, my friend. I’m not asking you to do anything, I know that there are so few of you that even if you stayed it wouldn’t change anything.” The sincerity displayed on the bull face across from him made Glenn a little ashamed.

“Indeed, alas, I am truly sorry in any case.”

Glenn’s face reddened, it would have been fine if he was a free adventurer, but the current him was a subordinate of Earl Paul Greiman, and couldn’t arrogate to himself the task of promising anything to the Tahitian tribe.

“I will leave a batch of swords for you to use.”

In the end, Glenn still felt that he should do something, “And then, it’s just a matter of wishing you all good luck.”

Egbert looked at him and said, “Thank you for your blessing, guest who has traveled far and wide.”

(End of chapter)