If that's really the case, then the legendary vast Beastman Empire that spanned the entire continent might indeed have existed. The Pure-bloods cutting off contact between the Royal Court and the myriad Beastman Tribes outside is probably to prevent further provoking the humans. After all, with such gloriously unmatched feats of ruling the continent in the past, if the Pure-bloods were to unite the tens of millions of Beastmen within the Kawa Great Forest, the Beastman Kingdom they establish would surely become the target of hostility from the majority of human royal palaces. Secretly supporting the establishment of super tribes like the Blood Claw Tribe at the border and frequently clashing with humans is probably another means of diverting attention. Without the support of the Pure-blooded Beastman Royal Court, relying solely on raiding food supplies from the Human World at the border wouldn't be able to sustain the consumption of such massive tribal populations numbering in the hundreds of thousands to millions. That Great Wall at the Bloody Border is said to have started construction a thousand years ago, and it might also be related to the Pure-blooded Beastman Royal Court at the core area. While guarding against the mega-tribes supported and established by the Pure-blooded Beastman Royal Court, it also guards against the Pure-blooded Beastman Royal Court deep within the forest. "Perhaps, as Elder Guppa said, the protagonist of the bug's last counterattack before dying is these Pure-blooded Beastmen. The so-called continuation of the last war might just be the final end of the collapsing Beastman Empire war." "And the zombie undead tide disaster sweeping across the entire Kawa Great Forest is something these Pure-blooded Beastmen pushed behind the scenes. The zombie undead tide army seems to be absorbing and synthesizing something very important to the Pure-blooded Beastmen with life as raw material, which is likely to become their capital to turn the tables, possibly part of their inheritance." Wherever the zombie undead tide passed, life was extinguished, and the land became a wasteland. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⁂𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⁂𝓷𝓮𝓽 And that Pyramid, in Austin's eyes, seemed like an altar. An altar that uses boundless life as a sacrifice to obtain certain powers. "Pure-blooded Beastmen see the surrounding Beastmen as savages. Even if they use them, they don't regard the Beastmen of the outer tribes as kin. Thus, the several mega-tribes at the border like the Blood Claw Tribe, which they supported, were deliberately calculated into becoming the raw materials of the zombie undead tide. Finally being exposed, they naturally faced backlash from the Beastman Alliance." "No wonder the first warrior of the Blood Claw was suspected of being a spy. With the Pure-blooded Beastmen's prestige, this might not even be an impossibility." Many things fell into place once Eve mentioned the words Pure-blooded Beastmen and Beastman Royal Court. Things should be this way. Many years ago, the continent-spanning Beastman Empire was destroyed for some reason. The Empire's royal family, the Pure-blooded Beastmen, fled with a large number of Half-Beastman to the Kawa Great Forest, and settled and hid under an ancient pact with the Elf Kingdom. Until a thousand years ago, the ambitious Pure-blooded Beastmen turned against their allies and launched a grand war against the Elf Kingdom, rapidly destroying it and occupying the core area. Afterward, the Beastman Royal Court established by the Pure-blooded Beastmen consciously cut off contacts with the outside world, hiding well and setting up the outer defenses. In recent years, the peaceful time ended. For unknown reasons and unknown forces' interference, the Beastman Royal Court faced an imminent crisis of destruction. To retaliate, the Pure-bloods activated a massive undead calamity through the inheritance left by their ancestors. This mutation of the undead calamity, like zombies, resembled a grand sacrificial ceremony, sacrificing the boundless life of the forest land, along with the death of the earth, to obtain their final reliance. The Legendaries, wary of the inheritance left by the Beastman Empire back then, allowed the undead calamity to develop while they began to set up for the kill. As the hundreds of millions of Beastman Alliance on the periphery reached an agreement with humans, probably now, the final setup counterattack war is complete. "Yes, the note back then mentioned that the few remaining Pure-blooded Beastmen fled to the Kawa Great Forest. That was the last remnant of the Empire's royal lineage. As long as this war destroys the Beastman Royal Court, the once-gloriously unmatched Beastman Empire will also be completely buried. Those Pure-blooded Beastmen in the Beastman Royal Court are like the last clod of earth on the Beastman Empire's grave, about to fall." Only at this moment did Austin finally understand the meaning of Elder Guppa's last words. "No matter how great the achievements, one day they will fall to the mundane, becoming the purpose of death, forever resting beneath the earth." That great achievement was likely the awe-inspiring Beastman Empire. Even today, no country has been able to achieve the feat of ruling the entire continent as the Beastman Empire did back then. From the current Central Earth's Human World, with its numerous human duchies, one can see a corner of the grand image of the Beastman Empire that once dominated the entire continent. No wonder someone wants to completely eradicate the Beastman Royal Court, which carries on the Empire's afterglow. "Just the war to clear the last remnants has swept across millions of square kilometers of the vast region of the Kawa Great Forest. It's truly unimaginable what kind of spectacular scene the final collapse of that vast Empire must have been." Understanding the cause and effect, Austin couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He wondered if he could, in his lifetime, establish a nation more glorious than the Beastman Empire of those days. From under the starry sky, seeing all the land as one's territory. "Your Highness, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first." In the long silence, seeing Austin deep in thought, Eve prepared to leave. "Yes, you may leave." Austin waved a paw, signaling her to leave, and as Eve turned, Austin casually asked. "By the way, do you know the reason for the final collapse of the Beastman Empire back then?" Her body suddenly went rigid. This momentary rigidity allowed Austin to keenly perceive it. The air felt a bit tense. "Your, Your Highness, I..." The Elf Queen Eve turned around, her voice stumbling. Indeed, this woman knew something! Austin narrowed his eyes, focusing on Eve below. "Eve, I trust you wouldn't deceive me, right?" With a thunderous sound resonating, a bit of dragon might was released, a terrifying pressure descended from the high sky, accompanied by an overwhelmingly dark despair, covering Eve's heart. At a certain moment, Elf Queen Eve seemed to sigh, as if letting something go. "Your Highness, I don't know much, but when I was very young, I once eavesdropped on a conversation between my father and someone behind the scenes..." Eve hesitated for a moment, then uttered something that shocked Austin immensely: "I suspect that long ago, both the Beastman Empire and the Kingdom were once blasphemers. This might be the biggest reason behind the unknown pact signed between the Pure-blooded Beastmen and the Elf race."