Chapter 433: Kael Judges
Kael stood in front of the screen projection, watching the events unfold with a calm expression and his hands behind his back.
His golden eyes darted from left to right minimally, observing the movements of this so-called werewolf.
He had watched everything, from Ralph’s escape to him being pursued by Ben and Jocelyn.
He witnessed their battle, how destructive it was to the ordinary human environment.
Kael absorbed the data like a sponge, creating patterns and theories in his mind as he continued watching the screen.
Commander Bibi and a few high-ranking wolves were here. They came right after Ralph released that pulse.
From there, they joined the kingdom in observing this Primordial Lion, watching his every move.
They studied how Ralph transformed, the clones he summoned, his camouflage, his claws, his reaction time, his sensory stimulus, his physique, and many more small details they could dig out.
Kael had already expected to see something similar to a werewolf on this planet. He was still surprised to see it, but he had expected it nonetheless.
It was an expectation derived from his logical reasoning. Planet Kareem was a planet primarily inhabited by these creatures who thought they were humans.
It was either one of the local wolves native to this planet was the Primordial Wolf, or the Primordial Wolf was living among the humans.
And if a human had the status of a Primordial Wolf, it was only expected that he or she would have traits of a wolf too.
Kael did not expect that they would be able to find the Primordial Wolf so fast. Perhaps, it was because of Olivia that they found him on the first try.
But the discovery of the Primordial Wolf had solidified Kael’s desire to completely understand what was going on on this planet. Something told him that Planet Kareem was holding some secrets.
Secrets that he would soon unearth with his bare hands.
"He’s good," Kael muttered. At this point, Zion had jumped down from the rooftop and merged into Ralph’s body.
Ralph was shaking like he was having a fever. He was trying his best to resist Zion’s control with his sheer will while Jocelyn recuperated from afar.
"Yes Your Majesty," Commander Bibi said with a serious nod, "It looks like he’s had some experience or training with combat techniques."
"Indeed, but it’s crude," Kael confirmed.
Zabita and Olivia had shown themselves and Zabita had taken action.
Zabita raised her hand, taking control of all the refined metal in the vicinity at once. Cars were stripped down to their bare skeletal frames while metal rods were ripped out of the buildings.
Zabita was as merciless as she was nonchalant. With a flick of her finger, one rod pierced through Ralph’s shoulder.
As the werewolf roared in agony, another metal rod fell and pierced through his feet, nailing him to the floor.
With another finger flick from Zabita, a thick sheet of metal hit the back of Ralph’s head, twisting and wrapping around his face.
The sheet of metal fractured his snout and some bits almost pierced his eyes.
Ralph was temporarily blinded and incapable of seeing where the attack was coming from. He couldn’t adapt in time.
Metal rods kept falling from the sky or rising out of the ground, ruthlessly piercing Ralph’s werewolf body and creating pools of blood below.
The blood seeped into the cracks and soaked the soil or dripped down below to the sewers.
All these metal rods that pierced Ralph did not touch any of Ralph’s fatal organs, so he was kept alive, but suffered extreme pain.
Zabita did not care that she was treating a Primordial like this. If anything, she was mildly annoyed that they had found him so early.
She and Olivia had a whole hiking trip planned out and this werewolf just had to show up before they had even decided on the location.
By the time Zabita was done with Ralph, he looked like a bloody pincushion. Metal rods stuck out from everyplace that wouldn’t have been fatal and his face was wrapped in a thick metal sheet.
Kael watched closely.
Ralph was still breathing, barely.
A semi-transparent ghostlike figure fell out of Ralph’s body and hurriedly turned tangible after creating some distance.
Zion took in deep breaths, in and out, a look of horror on his face.
Not only had he experienced the pain and struggle Ralph was feeling naturally, but he also felt the pain of those metal rods piercing Ralph’s flesh and bones.
This kind of possession meant that he would feel everything Ralph was feeling, and the amount of pain Ralph felt right before he lost consciousness was horrifying.
Zion raised his head slightly just in time to see Zabita and Olivia walk past his fallen form. They didn’t look displeased, nor did it seem like they cared about his efforts.
He had held Ralph still long enough to prevent him from escaping after all.
"Well done," Olivia seemed to remember her etiquette and turned around to acknowledge Zion’s efforts.
Zabita also nodded but didn’t say anything about it. That was enough for Zion.
Ralph was now unconscious, his body hung loosely to the rods which dripped with his blood.
Zabita flicked her fingers and all the rods shot backwards from where they had come from, leaving visible holes all over Ralph’s body.
Right on queue, Ralph’s body gradually changed back to his smaller human form. If those rods had still been inside him at this time, they might have torn his body from the inside out.
Jocelyn ran over and caught Ralph’s naked body in her embrace. His blood soaked her clothes and intertwined with her own blood.
She looked down at his unconscious face, seeing the troubled expression.
By human standards, Ralph would be considered very handsome.
"He’ll survive," Zabita said nonchalantly.
She stood tall over the two, her black gothic dress blowing to the side due to the wind.
The sound of helicopters and police sirens drew very close. They were just around the corner.
Zabita frowned.
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"They found him so fast, Your Majesty, should we wait for him to be sent to us?" Commander Bibi asked.
Just looking at Ralph, he was eager to not only learn about the Primordial’s abilities, but also to teach him and guide him.
Kael shook his head, "No, we’ll still be going.
I’ve made some inquiries and I have discovered that this Planet, Kareem, is very unique. At least, none of my sources know of such a planet.
I have a feeling that the Primordial Wolf is not the only surprising thing we will find in this world,"
Kael was sure of it, he was confident that his passive power of fortune would show him what needed to be seen.
Kael continued watching the screen.
All of a sudden, the law enforcement officers who were making their way to the different scenes all over the city fell unconscious.
Priya had finally made her move.
Another screen appeared in front of Kael. It showed Chloe and her four vulture bodyguards standing at the base of a building with dead bodies on the ground.
A different screen popped up, showing the images of Kael’s children in the midst of a hellish wreckage.
Ozia was busy having a hands-on study of a certain live human’s anatomy and Silas seemed to be...crying?
What had happened?
There was also the corpse of another werewolf here.
Isabel and Melissa were the only ones who stood by the side, not doing anything.
Melissa was simply not interested even though all that happened was because of her.
Isabel on the other hand was filled with dread and discomfort as she studied Ozia’s serious expression.
Long gone was that look of a young boy smitten with love for her. Ozia’s expression once again reminded her of the type of game she was playing and who she was playing it with.
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Dragonic Heaven.
This heaven was just like every other heaven in appearance. Multicolored void filled with different objects.
Although it felt different from the Leonine Heaven due to the nature of the inhabitants of this mysterious realm.
Regent Ibadon, stood at the peak of a mountain covered in black snow.
He rested, taking in casual breaths which he didn’t need but did it out of habit.
This was the very spot where he had mostly rested for the last couple of million years, recuperating and healing the injuries dealt to him by Noel.
More than a million years to heal his injuries, one could only imagine how insane the battle had been and how much power Noel had expended.
"Regent," The voice of Imperial Guard Voldemort reached Ibadon’s ears.
Ibadon opened his eyes to see the large green dragon hovering at the base of the mountain.
Voldemort didn’t dare to ascend the mountain.
"What?" Ibadon asked.
"Empress Elizabeth wishes to see you," Voldemort said.
"I’m busy," Ibadon’s response was fast and snappy.
"She’s going to the Hive Heaven to visit the Queen of Queens. She hopes that you could accompany her to enjoy some honey,"
Ibadon snarled, clearly annoyed, "I said you should tell her I’m busy!..."
*Cough!*