Sam instantly understood what is happening. They are playing with the people on the hill. The Canine squad with around one hundred and fifty members and one hundred and fifty beasts is truly as elite as they said and they might be even better as they are relaxed enough to play around like this.
He couldn't hear what they are saying from that far, but what he can understand is that they are counting the number of corpses each of them brought and they are giving spirit stones to the one who has the most corpses.
He didn't expect that he would see something like this. The situation is a lot more serious and fishy than he had thought.
"What are we going to do?" Chatur asked from the side.
"First, do you like any of those beasts there?"
"What?"
"I did say that I would pay your commission to you for the deal. Two percent is around fourteen million spirit stones. I can give you in spirit stones if you want to, but I can substitute that with any of those beasts. They might be pricey, but trust me I am okay with that."
"Are you sure you want to talk a deal with me at a time like this?"
"If you think that something like this cannot make me stop making deals, then you are mistaken. This is just a gang of guys with a bunch of canines."
"Damn it, you are really underestimating the Canine squad. They are called the Alpha Canine squad and every beast is trained along with the squad members since their birth. They eat, drink and shit together for years."
"Where did they get so many beasts?"
"They collect them from all the planets."
"So, have you decided on what kind of beast you want?"
Chatur didn't even say anything anymore. Sam looked at him and said.
"Don't get worked up. What you said is right, the canines are great beasts, they are loyal than any other type of beasts and they are as good as they come. But their instincts are too accurate."
"How can that help us? If their instincts are too accurate, then isn't that another disadvantage for us?"
"You will know soon enough, how that is going to help us. You watch all of this from a safe distance, we will leave this place after I am done with them. Tomorrow is the day, the Volcanic cannon activates and I am not missing it."
With that, Sam jumped off of the tree and took out the harbinger in the middle of the fall, and zoomed towards the hill.
The hill is more like a large mound than a hill. It is not too tall and they can even see the peak from the ground. And one hundred and fifty members are more than enough to block all the routes at the foot of the hill.
When they saw Sam is approaching, they already started moving. This side of the hill has around thirty members at this point and all of them stood there and all their beasts lined up in front of them.
A guy who is standing in the center howled a laugh out and said.
"Here comes the hunter who is going to become the prey. Sam from Nagin Castle."
Sam didn't reply, he has a faint hunch because of that statement, that this whole thing is a setup.
"Are you going to hurry up or not? That flower boy from the Flavos wouldn't make it if you don't." That man once again bellowed with a sneer.
Sam raised an eyebrow because, from the report they received, they didn't capture him by now. But the situation seems a bit different here.
"You know, our top fifteen guys are playing inside. They want to see who can catch that flower body first on the hill and whoever catches wins. We are waiting for the game to be over while helping them cleaning the remaining squad members up. If you go in there, the game would be more interesting."
"So, you started a game like this just to play with me?"
"You catch on pretty fast."
"Just make the way then, I will go in and see what your top fifteen has got."
"How is it going to be that easy? We heard you are a badass. Four hundred members from the sect. You did some serious damage.
What do you think will happen, if they are dealt with you so easily? and there would be no reason for us to wait here.
We are here to lend them a hand."
They immediately surrounded. Sam could escape easily with the Harbinger. But he didn't do that.
He already planned to bag all the beasts for himself and he is going to do it. With a wave of his hand, the Owls he captured came out along with Sky.
They might not be under his direct control, but Sky can control them. At least, the forty of them came out without any problem.
At the same time, Raiju came out and Sam released his beast aura and the killing intent on a full scale.
The canines that are walking towards him all stopped in their tracks.
The enemies all looked tense for a second. They couldn't guess why they stopped and they tried to urge them on.
But they didn't do. All they did is look at Sam, Raiju, and the owls while growling. There are hesitation and fear in their eyes. But they don't want to take a step forward either. The only thing that is keeping them in the place because they are loyal to their companions.
Sam looked at the group and said.
"I love Canines, they are great companions and honorable beasts. But do you want me to tell you something else you might not know about them?
They are so loyal that they would do anything to save their companions and that is even if they have to face a bigger and more dangerous threat they can handle and even if they have to drag you away to run away from the threat, that they are sure will bring you the death."
As soon as he said those words, Raiju howled and lightning crackled all over. All the canine beasts immediately ran to their masters and tried to bite into their clothes and drag them away.
When the cultivators saw this, they became furious and tried to force the beasts with their mental contracts. Some of them surrendered and wanted to go against Sam and turned around and some of them didn't but suffered the backlash of the contract.
Sam looked at the beasts that have watery eyes as he took the reaper sword. He couldn't help but lament a bit. After all, for these beasts that grew up with these people from infancy, their masters are everything, but for them, they are just meat shields, a prized possession.
He looked at the beasts and said.
"Is this all your loyalty worth?"
With a single command, the owls went on to attack. They didn't go after the beasts and went against the cultivators directly. Even then, the beasts didn't let them, they tried their best to defend, but Sam and Raiju are not there for nothing.
They pinned the beasts as much as they can without attacking them and finished off the people directly.
The battle didn't take long, because the odds are clearly against the squad. After finishing his off, all the beasts are weakened due to the contract backlash. But they are standing and growling at Sam.
Sam shook his head and thought. I never thought I had to explain myself to beasts.
"I get it you are angry. But the first thing they did when they fell into danger is to use you as their meat shield. I don't say I am a saint, but that loyalty felt unrewarded even for a cold-blooded guy like me.
I won't force you guys to come and join me, but don't come at me just to lose your lives, it is not worth it. Before you decide, let me heal you first."
By this time, Chatur also came here to see the situation and Sam gave him potions and even some diluted heavenly wine.
Even though it is not a great thing for the beasts to drink alcohol, this is the only thing he has on his hands that could heal the body and soul at the same time.
After treating them all, some of the beasts left but most of them chose to stay. Sam let them all in the Divine dimension to join the community there and went forward.
He didn't go on to the hill but repeated the same thing he did here around the hill and cleaned all the people guarding the entrance for the top fifteen who prepared the playground for Sam to come and Play.
Now that he is done with them, he started moving on to the hill and at the same time thinking of who to capture to get some answers. Because from what he saw, this is clearly a setup for Sam and he would like to get to the bottom of this.
