Kyle ran through the fiery wilderness towards the east.
This ti, he was alone.
'I hope Selene wants to join. I don't want to run this far just to get a refusal,' Kyle thought.
Naturally, he was on his way to Forthing's Hold, the place where Selene Forthing lived.
She told him over a year ago that he was free to visit her if he was in the area.
'Would be great to have a Beast Tar in my team.'
At that mont, he rembered Lily.
'A Beast Tar and a Golemancer. Hope there are no conflicts.'
'Actually, who am I kidding? Even if Lily were a Knight, there would still be conflicts between her and Selene. Fucking Lily has conflicts with everybody.'
'Yeah, well. Still gotta try.'
After a while, Kyle reached another Skysand Stream. As always, there was a tunnel passing below it.
As soon as Kyle ca out of the other end of the tunnel, he reached a place he hadn't been to yet.
'Quite a contrast to the fiery landscape from earlier,' he thought.
Right now, Kyle saw a watery forest.
Small streams of pure water flowed through the healthy and tall forest.
He also saw a bunch of small lakes, and there were even so marshes.
The air was thick with Water Ether.
'Bunch of water. You know what that ans…'
Just when Kyle thought that, a mosquito landed on his cheek.
BANG!
Kyle obliterated the mosquito.
'That ans fucking insects!'
'Don't want to stay here for too long.'
Kyle imdiately continued his journey to the east, walking through swarms of insects.
From ti to ti, he saw huge frogs and fishes jumping out of the water, killing so bigger insects.
'Gotta be careful. This is the territory of the Shoreshells.'
The Shoreshells were one of the five Four-Weapons Guilds.
Usually, Four-Weapons Guilds didn't care a lot about Three-Weapons Guilds, but the Shoreshells were special.
They had the smallest territory out of all the Four-Weapons Guilds.
This ant they might be the weakest Four-Weapons Guild.
This, in turn, ant that Three-Weapons Guilds could be a threat to them, and people generally didn't like being in the sa place as sothing they perceived to be a threat.
When Kyle went to Janus' Hold, he had also entered the territory of a Four-Weapons Guild, the Naga Covenant.
However, he hadn't been worried about them back then.
The Naga Covenant was strong and stable. Their territory was huge, and they were one of the three strongest Four-Weapons Guilds.
They wouldn't care about a random Three-Weapons Guild.
'Hope the Shoreshells won't cause trouble for .'
Kyle ran through a couple of fishing villages before he reached a huge city near a gigantic river.
The river was tens of kiloters wide, and it was the biggest river in the Skysand Kingdom.
It was called the Ocean's Life. It originated from the southern side of the Skysand Kingdom and flowed into the Grand Ocean.
The amount of water this river transported was crazy.
On the side of the river was a humongous mountain.
However, the mountain was almost completely hollowed out, and its center was a luxurious city.
The color sche of the city was dark blue, and it was in the shadow of the mountain, keeping most of the sunlight out.
Kyle saw a huge number of fishing boats scattered across the river.
So of the boats had powerful people on board who fought any sea creatures that lived in the river.
However, there was another thing Kyle noticed.
'That's a lot of Beast Tars,' he thought as he looked around the city.
Usually, big beasts were not allowed to enter towns and cities.
Big cities usually had an area where the beasts of Beast Tars could walk around without disturbing the inhabitants of the city.
For example, Starkhold had two stalls near its eastern and western gates, which could hold about 30 beasts each.
However, this city had an entire village dedicated to the beasts.
Kyle could see hundreds of beasts outside the city.
'Didn't know Deep Cove was such a Beast Tar haven,' Kyle thought. 'But it actually makes sense. The Ocean's Life delivers a bunch of beast at, making it cheap.'
"There are so many beasts because the at is cheap, right?" Kyle asked.
"No," Theodor answered.
"Huh? Then, why are there so many?" Kyle asked.
"The Beast Master Association has its headquarters here," Theodor explained.
"Beast Master? Not Beast Tar?" Kyle asked.
Beast Masters were Beast Tars who had reached the Third Realm.
"Yes," Theodor answered. "It's the governing body of the Beast Masters and Beast Tars. They decide the rules that all the Beast Masters and Beast Tars have to follow while also representing their interest in front of the kingdom's governnt."
"According to an agreent, the Beast Master Association must have one of their mbers acting as an official Advisor to the King."
"Every Beast Master is a mber of the Beast Master Association, but not every Beast Master is a mber of the governnt or the army."
"You can view the Beast Master Association as the combined power of all Beast Masters in the Kingdom."
"Huh," Kyle said. "So, they're like a worker's union?"
"Worker's union?" Theodor asked with annoyance.
"Yeah, one worker can't force an employer to change their unethical practices, which is why workers often band together to put pressure on their employer in a group," Kyle said.
Theodor was a bit disgusted. "You are comparing the moon to a puddle of mud, but if that comparison helps your dwarf brain to understand the complexities of governance, you may view it as accurate."
"The comparison was accurate, then?" Kyle asked.
"Roughly," Theodor answered with a snort.
"So, I assu the Beast Master Association is stronger than the local Four-Weapons Guild?" Kyle asked.
"Much stronger, yes," Theodor said with annoyance. "The Beast Master Association is on the sa level as the single Five-Weapons Guild."
"Crazy," Kyle comnted. "Does Starkhold have sothing comparable?"
"No."
"What about Janus' Hold?" Kyle asked.
"Did you already forget the gigantic tower?" Theodor asked.
"Oh yeah, right. That one was important, yes?" Kyle asked.
"Naturally," Theodor answered. "Just based on its size and Ether density, that tower probably acts as a research study for several Grand Sorcerers. Such an impressive study can be viewed as being on the sa level as the Beast Master Association headquarters."
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