Chapter 72 Golden War Monkey
Upon hearing the terrifying monkey's voice, Lily shivered even more, curling herself into Lucian's embrace, trying to make herself as small as possible.
Feeling Lily's body trembling even more than before, Lucian narrowed his eyes at the giant monkey and spoke indifferently.
"You overgrown monkey covered in golden paint, keep your voice down. You're scaring, Lily."
Although Lucian spoke indifferently, the dangerous glint that briefly flickered in his Draconic Eyes spoke his true thoughts.
Lily, who was trembling in fright, momentarily forgot her terror when she heard Lucian's words. A sweet feeling filled her heart.
'... Big Brother Lucian…' From Lucian's embrace, Lily peeked at his unfairly handsome face and blushed with an unknown flicker in her pink eyes. For some unknown reason, his warm arm wrapped around her waist, and his head pats felt different. They still gave her warmth and security, but… they gave her an unknown feeling different from before that she could not quite understand.
It made her feel warm and fuzzy. Your journey continues with empire
Meanwhile, as for the enormous monkey that eclipsed even the stars, he looked into Lucian's Draconic eyes with his Fiery Golden Eyes.
'Impossible…' The monkey muttered, but his expression did not change, and continued to angrily look at Lucian, as though he had killed his son.
As for Lily, she went back to enjoying Lucian's embrace and head pats, while completely forgetting about the enormous monkey. It was as though in the world, only she and Lucian existed.
Soon, a silence ensued in the starry sky as Lucian and the monkey stared into each other's eyes.
'Good. This monkey isn't so bad.' Lucian nodded. Even though it was staring at him with an angry expression, it was not yelling anymore.
After a couple of minutes of staring into Lucian's eyes the monkey frowned, 'Why do my Fiery Golden Eyes not work on him?'
Fiery Golden Eyes was a Bloodline Skill of the Golden War Monkey Race, which allowed them to see through all illusions and even view a person's Soul.
With a single glance, everything about Lucian should have been known to him. Yet, he found nothing!
it was as though Lucian did not even exist!
He could only see a floating woman where Lucian was standing. Only when he deactivated his Fiery Golden Eyes was he able to see Lucian again.
[System, do you know what this monkey's Race is?] Lucian asked the System while his eyes remained locked with the monkey's golden eyes.
[I was going to ask you.] The System replied.
'...' Lucian was speechless, regretting his decision of even asking the always useless System.
[Although the system does not know the monkey's exact Race, from its enormous size, it should be a Titan.] The System added.
[What is a Titan?] Lucian asked, surprised and curious by the term. It was also a good way to learn more about the Titan Drunken Blood Monkey.
Hearing the eager tone, in its Host's tone, the System chuckled, and explained, [Titans are a very powerful rare Race with only a few hundred or so members spread throughout the Omniverse. Even the lowest-talented Titan can become a God with no difficulty. The main characteristic all Titans share is their enormous bodies that increase with each Rank increase.]
[...If Titans grow proportionally to their Ranks, then doesn't that mean this monkey is a high-Ranked God?] Lucian asked indifferently.
The System understood what its Host meant, therefore it clarified, [Although the Titan Drunken Blood Monkey belongs to the Titan Race, his situation is a bit different. The Host will learn once you step into the Spatial Farm.]
And then it continued, [As for the golden monkey's Rank, I am unsure.]
[Mm.] Lucian responded and continued to ask, [Are all Titans monkeys?]
[No, Host. Titan is a broad classification that encompasses many Races. Any being can be born as a Titan. For example, a Human can be born as a Titan.] The System answered.
[Interesting.] Lucian mumbled, and then finally, after ten minutes of silently staring at each other, Lucian indifferently said to the golden monkey, "I don't know about you, but I don't like staring at men."
"Can you send us back?" Lucian added.
Upon hearing Lucian's words, the monkey growled, causing the starry sky to tremble once more.
"Mortal, how dare you mock this Sovereign!?" The monkey questioned angrily, causing golden flames to spew from his eyes.
However, Lucian remained mostly indifferent, if not for the hint of amusement that flickered in his eyes.
"A monkey calling itself a Sovereign? How hilarious. An impressive title for someone who resorts to intimidation rather than action." Lucian replied with a shake of his head.
"You insolent worm! You are a mere Mortal, yet you dare to insult this Sovereign!? I should crush you where you stand!" The monkey roared with clenched fists.
"Go ahead and try." Lucian shrugged, not bothered one bit by the overgrown monkey throwing a tantrum.
He then continued, "But then again, if you the so-called Sovereign were capable, you would have crushed us already."
"Hahahaha!"
The monkey suddenly burst out in laughter, causing the starry sky to tremble.
*Crack* *Crack*
The starry sky began cracking, and soon, like a mirror, the entire starry sky shattered into pieces.
Immediately after, Lucian found himself in a luxurious room, sitting in a chair with Lily tightly clinging to him on his lap.
"Where are we now?" Lucian spoke out loud, hoping the monkey could answer his question.
"Hahaha, young man, you and your little lover are still in my Dimension." The monkey said, suddenly appearing on the chair opposite of Lucian and Lily. He was in a much smaller form, only six feet in height, sitting cross-legged with one arm propping up his chin.
Lily, who was in her own world, suddenly trembled when she heard the monkey's words. A deep scarlet spread throughout her face, and her little heart began beating rapidly.
'L-L-Lover!!!?'
At that moment, Lily understood what that different feeling she felt was.
'Could it be that Lily l-loves Big Brother Lucian?' Lily wondered meekly, while she attempted to stand up from Lucian's lap. However, her body would not listen to her, causing her to feel shame and embarrassment.
'Stupid body, you have to move. What will Big Brother Lucian think if you stay in his lap!?'
Meanwhile, Lucian felt the overgrown monkey covered in golden paint was suddenly very pleasing to the eye upon hearing his words.
"It seems you aren't so bad after all." Lucian nodded and praised the monkey with a pleased smile.
'...' Upon hearing Lucian's words, the monkey felt his eyelids twitch.
"You're a bold one… Do you even know who I am?" The monkey calmly asked.
'What does Big Brother Lucian mean by that!? Is he talking about how the monkey is no longer being mean or… or…' Lily did not continue to think and perked her ears to listen.
Lucian shrugged and said, "Cowards can only get so far. If you aren't bold, how will you pass the Universal Tribulation and ascend?" Lucian shook his head. The Universal Tribulation was more than just destructive Tribulation Lightning aimed at killing. To prevent a Mage from ascending, the Universal Tribulation would do anything. Testing a Mage's will was just one of the many methods.
"Hahaha, well said! Well said, indeed! Mages should be bold and courageous. Who cares if the Universe Spirit is powerful? It's not set in stone that Mages can not one day trample the Universe Spirit beneath our feat!" The monkey laughed with a flicker of hatred within its golden eyes, which did not go unnoticed by Lucian.
Although Lucian was curious why this monkey hated the Universe Spirit, he would not go out of his way to ask him. The monkey's hatred had nothing to do with him.
'This monkey is quite pleasing to the eye,' Lucian thought to himself. Anyone, who dared to go against the Universe Spirit was good in his book.
After a few moments, with his opinion of the monkey changed, Lucian continued, "As for your name, of course, I don't know. But I would be lying if I said, I didn't want to know now."
The monkey nodded and exaggeratedly cleared his throat as though what he was about to say was a Universal secret that could topple all of existence.
"Listen well, youngster! This Sovereign's name is Maximillian Von Bellatrix. Leader of the mightiest Race in existence, the Golden War Monkeys as well as a member of the Titan Race."Nôv(el)B\\jnn
'...' Lucian was speechless. He had never met someone as shameless as this monkey in his life.
"The greatest… Please don't tell me you named yourself the greatest." Lucian mumbled with an exasperated sigh.
Maximillian raised his chin and arrogantly spoke, "Of course not, this Sovereign's name was given by my parents, who both knew I would be the greatest in the future! And, of course, I did not fault them!"
"Just when I was born, I caused a Universal Tribulation to descend, almost taking my life."