Mixed Blessing System

A few days later...

While Lothur and his women were traveling through the northernmost part of Concordia, his Tyrannosaurus Rex friend was in the Ancestral Region.

After Lothur had revealed himself to the world weeks ago, he had met the young man's enemies to find out what had happened and what they would do, then returned to his mission.

He had chosen not to follow the hybrid's trail, not only knowing that Lothur posed no threat but also confident that the other level 22 and 23 Sages on the continent would take care of the other hybrid.

As someone who was focused on the mission his master had left him to fight demons, this creature continued to focus on that, gathering information and observing relevant groups of these creatures.

He had heard what had happened between Lothur and the Sages hunting the hybrids weeks ago, but he still hadn't moved either for or against the young Ritter.

As much as he had allied himself with Lothur, he couldn't help him in such a complicated situation and with so many experts after the young man.

But this dinosaur hoped that Lothur was well and growing stronger. Not only that, but part of his current job was to help this guy because, after seeing everything the young Ritter was capable of, this beast was sure he could end the demonic threat to this continent!

So, while Lothur wasn't dealing with the threats against him, this dinosaur had been watching his enemies from his tribe's position in the Ancestral Region.

The Ancestral Region was not only home to the Ancestral Folk. These northernmost lands of Concordia were home to countless races of powerful beasts, including the dinosaur tribe.

However, each of the beast tribes in this area was special, which is why few humans or even demons dared to enter the area.

...

"Cykad, what are you doing? Why aren't you with the rest of our region's experts hunting down the damned hybrid?" A level 21 elder asked the Tyrannosaurus Rex lying on a branch.

"Elder Rannoss, there are already more Sages after this hybrid than necessary." Cykad, the Tyrannosaurus Rex of the creator of the Secret Realm of Linn Province, said with respect to the elder who was weaker than him.

Even though he was stronger, he couldn't disrespect this elder and other Saint-stage elders of this tribe. Although he was a member of the species, he had spent much of his life away from this place when he accompanied his master in the past.

When he returned a few thousand years ago, he had been welcomed back into the tribe because of his power. Still, the greatest elders of this place had never considered him to be a genuine member of the dinosaur tribe.

From the point of view of these elders, Cykad was a tamed beast and would always be grateful to the human who had tamed and "domesticated" him. His goal was clear: to fulfill the mission left by a human, which was completely different from the dinosaur tribe's goal of raising their tribe to the top.

Thus, even though he had become a Sage in recent years, Cykad still didn't have a very good position in the tribe, even though he was the current leader of the Tyrannosaurus Rex Legion.

The dinosaur tribe was made up of various dinosaur races. Of its 20,000 or so members, just over 700 were Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Cykad was the only one of that race in this generation to have reached the 5th stage.

Even so, the other Sages of the tribe, from the Velociraptor, Allosaurus, and Gigantosaurus races, didn't see him as a reliable dinosaur and only gave him a prestigious enough position to lead the tribe's little more than 700 Tyrannosaurus Rex.

But Cykad had no problem with that, and he genuinely respected the order of things set by his stronger 5th-stage colleagues in the tribe.

"I'm not needed to hunt this hybrid. On the other hand, the demons have been roaming the continent very freely. Aren't you worried about that? Even if they are hunting the hybrid as well, those horrible creatures are our enemies! We can't turn a blind eye to them just because other threats are on the continent!" Cykad said sternly, unhappy with Concordia's current situation.

Weeks after the search for the hybrids had begun, the groups hunting Lothur had become increasingly concerned, to the point where they had even begun to cooperate with the demons in their search.

All of the demon hunters, including the low-level ones not involved in the current continental situation, had been called back to their headquarters to let the demons hunting Lothur go free.

Hell, the demons seized the moment to go after not only the hybrid but also old targets, some continuing their journey to strengthen themselves in these lands.

Aware of what was happening, Cykad couldn't help but worry.

"Sigh... This is a necessary evil, Cykad. As terrible as demons are, they are limited by the same laws that govern us and all the other races of our world.

And in a way, they are a creation of our world. There must be a reason for such creatures to exist.

But we cannot allow a human-demon hybrid to live!

It is an abominable creature that Heaven hates, and if allowed to evolve, it could do terrible things." The elder said in a worried tone, obviously willing to accept the demons operating on the continent to end the hybrid that his tribe and several others wanted to exterminate.

To that end, he and many others were willing to sacrifice countless lives of lesser beings to ensure the end of Lothur.

Once he was gone, they would return to normal and face the demons, their old enemies.

But Cykad wasn't as certain as Rannoss. "Is that right, elder? The demons are trying to bring the Demon Emperor back to life. If that happens, he'll become even worse than a hybrid..."

The Demon Emperor was not only a high-ranking being but also a symbol of power, a symbol of what a demon with the Seven Singularities could achieve.

If such a creature returned to the world, chaos as great or greater than what a hybrid represented could befall this entire world!

Rannoss made an ugly face and said. "Nonsense. It's impossible for that to happen again. And even if it does, we have 4th Catastrophe Sages scattered across the continent, unlike when the Demon Emperor first appeared in our world.

And we've seen what a Demon Emperor is capable of. But we've never seen it with a hybrid!"

"I hope you're right, elder. Otherwise, we'll be in trouble."

With that, Cykad stopped debating with the elder and returned to silently observing his targets.