Chapter 1 Lizardman Scouts

The lizardman scout returned safely, proving that the hair on those amulets could still produce powerful protection even when far from its source. Lily was delighted. Although she still didn't understand why she suddenly started glowing, she had realized she had become a very powerful figure, which made her want to find an open space and roll around – if she didn't have so many subordinates around.

For now, she had to maintain her dignity as the head wolf.

The lizardman shaman and its chief warrior knelt respectfully before the head wolf's "throne"—which was actually just a flat boulder in the forest, covered with a thick layer of fur. But no one dared to underestimate the weight of this simple throne: the fur on the stone came from a Manglin Tooth Beast, a terrifying behemoth that had dominated the largest territory in the Black Forest for half a century. It was immensely powerful, able to split mountains and rocks. Countless beasts and even human hunters had died under its sharp teeth and claws. Even the southern knights of the Taros Kingdom considered it a huge threat and designated the Tooth Beast's territory as one of the forbidden areas in the Black Forest.

However, this Tooth Beast had been defeated by the head wolf within ten rounds. The head wolf directly shattered the terrifying beast's cervical vertebrae, and then forcibly tore its head from its body.

The blood and flesh of the former forest overlord became food for the head wolf and her few confidants, while the fur became a cushion on the throne. The powerful leader from the southern floating island was now the ruler of the Black Forest, the lizardman shaman thought.

The head wolf, draped in a wolf-skin cloak, sat lazily on her throne, fiddling absentmindedly with a strand of hair in front of her forehead while listening to the lizardman's report. She had acquired many spoils of war: a string of sharp teeth made into a necklace, two beast skulls hung on her waist, and various decorations made of animal skin and bone fragments. These odds and ends made the head wolf look extremely majestic. These spoils came from the primeval tribes in the Black Forest that were once so powerful that they were feared, but now these tribes had either become members of the beast tide or food.

"Just like that monk uncle said, this Chaos Storm is really powerful. The human defense line couldn't hold on either," Lily yawned. Since she started glowing, she hadn't been able to solve her sleep deprivation problem, but fortunately, she was starting to get used to it. "How far away do you think those smoking towns are from here?"

"A day's journey," the lizardman shaman replied respectfully, "at the current speed of travel."

"That's pretty close," Lily blinked. "Did you see any monsters on the road?"

"At the edge of the mist there are...shadows," the lizardman shaman replied, "but not many."

Lily looked to the side. High Monk Karassus, now standing as her "advisor" beside the throne. This glorious Saint Realm person didn't seem too bothered by the fact that he had become an "advisor" to a magical beast army. Although many of his younger subordinates were complaining about their current situation, lamenting that Saint Realm people had to associate with beast groups, this wise monk felt that he could at least continue to fight against Chaos, and that the current situation was already very good. Noticing the head wolf's gaze, the high monk nodded: "According to this lizardman's description, the vanguard of the Chaos Storm has just swept across the first line of defense in the Southern Territory. Even the endless power of Chaos will be depleted after facing the desperate resistance of humans, and it will take some time for them to regroup, so there won't be too many Chaos monsters in the peripheral areas. But this situation should only last for two or three days. After two or three days, Chaos will regroup its power, and it will be even stronger than before. At that time, the second line of defense in the Taros Southern Territory will probably be in danger."

"The human kingdom is so weak," Lily shook her head. "I wonder if the landlord will be okay."

After speaking, she glanced at her subordinates around her.

As the head wolf's undeniable chief confidant, the magic wolf still had a position closest to the throne, even though its wisdom and strength were not among the top of the magic beast groups. Next to the magic wolf were the leaders of the forest magic apes and the representatives of the Saint Realm investigation team. Further out were the dwarf imps, goblins, lizardmen, bear monsters, jackalmen... Leaders and representatives of each tribe gathered here, forming a ring around the head wolf.

Lily called it the "Magic Beast Ring," as the command class of her large army.

Only a small part of the magic beast group was qualified to appear here. They were representatives of various tribes, and only the more powerful beast groups were qualified to send representatives. In places further away from this open space, countless weak third- and fourth-tier tribes gathered together. They didn't even have the qualifications to send their leaders to meet the head wolf. Only at the large meetings specially convened by Lily could those weak leaders speak to the head wolf.

Karassus also raised his head and followed Lily's gaze, focusing on the deeper parts of the forest.

Although he couldn't see them, he could feel the vast auras hidden in the dense forest and bushes.

It wasn't the strength of individuals, but the vastness of the group.

Countless sub-races gathered in this place, under the protection of the head wolf. They were chaotic, noisy, and lacked order, but relied on some kind of beast instinct and the head wolf's powerful pressure to form a terrifying force that made people shudder. They formed distinct factions, but were united in the Black Forest. In every forest clearing, in every depression and high platform, in beast dens, in swamps, on the crowns and in the shadows of towering trees, each tribe numbered in the thousands, and was growing every day.

Ah, Karassus couldn't help but sigh—he had studied those scriptures and texts in the Saint Realm for many years, but he never thought that there would be so many sub-races hidden on the edge of the human civilized world!

This force was no longer a magic beast group. It had far exceeded the scale of a beast group. This team, which had set off from the Southern Territory floating island in a hot air balloon, had now expanded into a large army. Karassus gave it a name: the Beast Tide.

And the head wolf approved of the name.

While Karassus was lost in thought, Lily was also paying attention to her army. The scent of the beasts drifted into her nostrils. Every slight breeze in the Black Forest could not escape her keen senses, which had been strengthened by various natural treasures. After sensing the edge of the beast tide, Lily's eyes glowed slightly. She was thinking about a question:

Oh my, sweet and sour pork ribs! Why do I have so many subordinates already? When did this messy bunch gather together like this?

Lily sat there, thinking hard about how her army had formed. She finally realized that the expansion of the team had occurred shortly after she entered the Black Forest—that was when she had captured the Mist Tentacle Monster that appeared in her nightmare.

It was a lukewarm morning, or maybe it was noon. Anyway, our Miss Head Wolf was in a great mood after catching a monster, feeling like she had another good thing to show off in front of the landlord. So, she marched forward valiantly with her little friends in the forest, with the migration team she had brought from the Southern Floating Island following chaotically behind. As they walked, a group of native sub-races living in the forest jumped out—it seemed to be lizardmen, or maybe goblins, they were all about the same. These native creatures probably didn't notice the huge team behind the beast group for a moment, or maybe they were a little delirious from the Chaos aura in the forest. In short, they jumped in front of Lily, shouting, "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree..." Anyway, that's roughly the idea. In short, it was robbery.

Then Miss Head Wolf slapped them away with a brick... or maybe she used many bricks to slap them all away, it was about the same.

Then she conquered a lizardman tribe, or maybe a goblin tribe.

After that, such things kept happening, Lily nodded, kept happening.

All kinds of native sub-races jumped out from various corners, and some were originally hiding in caves but were dug out by the beast group when they were digging for food (for example, a group of cave dwellers was like this). These confused sub-races were bewildered in the Chaos mist, and when they opened their eyes, they saw a legion so huge that it was unimaginable. So, some were frightened silly, some ran away, and some were delirious and rushed up to commit suicide attacks (most of those who committed suicide attacks got their wish, but only succeeded halfway, that is, suicide). Then a considerable number of tribes were beaten up by the head wolf or the head wolf's little friends, and then they surrendered...

The beast group grew larger and larger, gradually like a tide, sweeping over the Black Forest, and of course the primitive tribes it could come into contact with increased day by day. Gradually, the movement of the beast tide even shook out some ancient and powerful guys from the depths of the earth. These ancient creatures were cunning, cruel, and extremely fierce, and a pot was usually not enough to stew them all. The head wolf's way of dealing with them was usually one pot of original flavor, one pot of slightly spicy...

However, there were also more rational progenitor creatures that could be communicated with. These powerful Black Forest monsters had now become fierce generals of the beast tide. They included a flaming giant python, an ancient earth dragon, several powerful elemental creatures, and even a solitary, eccentric black dragon.

These powerful creatures were not necessarily conquered by the power of the head wolf, but they could not refuse a beacon of order that was always lit in the darkness: in this time of Chaos, as long as Lily was so bright, any creature with a certain amount of intelligence would be willing to follow her.

In this way, Miss Head Wolf led her magic beast tide forward mightily in the Black Forest. The native creatures along the way were surrendering, surrendering, stewing in the pot, surrendering, surrendering...

"No wonder I feel like there are more and more people." Lily suddenly clapped her hands, startling Karassus, who was distracted beside her.

The High Monk looked curiously at this strange "God-Chosen One": "Head Wolf?"

"It's nothing," Lily stood up and flicked the wolf-skin cloak behind her, "We've rested enough. Wolf cubs, go and notify the tribes, let's go, to the human territory!"

In the Black Forest, the beasts stirred.

The mighty beast tide surged out of the forest. The most shocking beast tide in the history of the Coro world began.