Let Me Game in Peace

ocoon elsewhere and moved it here…”

Grim Demon listed a few possibilities, but he couldn’t determine which one it was.

“Someone imprisoned four Calamity-grade creatures and placed the Guardian cocoon in such a place.
With such strength, it’s unlikely he’s human, right?” Zhou Wen said after some thought.

“That might not be the case.
During the war in ancient times, there were quite a number of humans who reached the Calamity grade by combining with Guardians.
There was even…” Grim Demon suddenly seemed to realize something and shut up.

“There was even an Apocalypse grade?” Zhou Wen sized up Grim Demon with interest.
He had previously had the notion that Grim Demon might not be purely arrogant.
Now, from the looks of it, he knew many things.
It was very likely that he was a powerful Guardian that had survived the ancient era.

“I heard so.” Grim Demon was clearly being patronizing.

Seeing that Grim Demon had no intention of continuing, Zhou Wen didn’t press further.
Instead, he asked, “Then, do you think that this Guardian cocoon might be a Guardian that survived the ancient era?”

“It doesn’t seem like it.
This should be a Guardian cocoon that hasn’t hatched.” After a pause, Grim Demon continued, “However, it’s really possible that it was left behind from that era.
Only an environment like this allows one to not hatch after such a long period of time.”

“How long ago was the ancient era you mentioned?” Zhou Wen asked.

“To you humans, it’s the prehistoric Mythical Era.” Grim Demon suddenly frowned and said, “Strange!”

“What’s wrong? Did you discover anything special?” Zhou Wen didn’t see anything amiss.
The four ferocious apes were still staring at them without doing anything different.

“It’s just that it’s strange that there’s nothing special about it.
Regardless of the possibility, these four fellows were chained here to guard this Guardian cocoon.
We’ve been here for so long, but they haven’t reacted at all.
This is too strange,” Grim Demon said.

Zhou Wen had previously found it odd that they were here to protect the Guardian cocoon, but they ignored him, an intruder.
This was clearly odd.

“Could it be that they have been suppressed for too long and have lost the ability to attack?” Grim Demon pondered out loud.

“I saw with my own eyes that the golden-haired ape grabbed the air with one hand and sucked a flood dragon out of the sea.
Then, it chewed it alive.” Zhou Wen rejected Grim Demon’s theory.

“That’s strange.
Then why don’t they attack us? That doesn’t make sense.” Grim Demon frowned.

“Could it be that they are restricted by some taboo power and are unable to attack creatures on the turtle shell?” Zhou Wen asked.

“Impossible.
No one is that foolish.
Unless…” Grim Demon seemed to think of a possibility, but he was somewhat unsure.

“Unless what?” Zhou Wen asked.

“Unless there’s someone among us who can hatch the Guardian cocoon and meet the requirements of the person who designed all of this; only then will they not attack.” The person Grim Demon was referring to was naturally Zhou Wen.
He was the only human here.

“No way?” Zhou Wen found it unbelievable.
How could it be so coincidental that he met the conditions for hatching the Guardian cocoon?

“Apart from that, I really can’t think of any other possibility.” The more Grim Demon thought about it, the more he felt that it was right.
He said to Zhou Wen, “You don’t have to belittle yourself.
To be able to obtain Master’s favor, you aren’t too bad.
Perhaps it’s really possible.”

No matter how Zhou Wen tried to interpret Grim Demon’s words, something seemed amiss..
It sounded like he was praising him, but it also didn’t feel right.