Wizard: I crush legends with martial arts.

Hearing Alphonse's blunt question, the bird-woman showed displeasure, but did not immediately retaliate.

The young man with animal ears still smiled brightly. "I am Ganges Bosak, the chieftain of the Eris tribe. In human terms, my race should be called the Fox Clan."

He then raised his hand to introduce his companion, the bird-woman, "This is my friend, Papi Shanus of the Edron tribe."

Alphonse looked at Gangus, whose grayish-white animal ears, though resembling those of a fox, were more like dog ears than a dog's, but dogs don't have such a bushy tail.

"Are you the one spying on us in the shadows?"

As Alphonse scanned him, Ganges was also carefully examining Alphonse. He smiled and said, "It's not exactly spying. I just happened to be there. Lord Alphonse, you broke into Berzac territory and caused such a commotion. It would be hard for me not to notice. Besides, I didn't try to hide. I just used a little trick to minimize our presence."

"Why did you suddenly say you wanted to help me?" Alphonse knew very well that there was no such thing as help without a reason; this fox-man must have something in mind.

"It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing." Gangus touched his nose and smiled again. "Perhaps we can have more exchanges in the future. I am very interested in human civilization. In the future, I may need your assistance, Lord Alphonse, but not now."

To be honest, when I was young, I infiltrated the Kingdom of Bastian and also ventured into the Kingdom of Izmir. The human world is far more prosperous than I imagined, and its level of civilization is incomparable to that of us orcs. In comparison, we orcs are still in the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood, which can be said to be very backward. If we continue to be complacent and do not seek progress, we will be eliminated sooner or later.

Alphonse was taken aback. He was actually a progressive beastman? Judging from his words, he seemed to want to learn from humans?

"When you were young?" Mia asked, puzzled.

Mahaya leaned close to her ear and said, "I've heard my father say before that the chieftain of the Eris tribe is no longer very young."

Gangus laughed heartily. "Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually fifty-six years old. Compared to humans, our species has a longer lifespan."

That means human lifespan is extremely short!

Alphonse thought to himself, "These orcs are pretty long-lived. I remember watching Animal World before, and foxes only live for ten to fourteen years. These fox-like orcs are really long-lived."

Ganges stared at Alphonse and continued, "Actually, this isn't the first time I've met you, Lord Alphonse. Of course, you might not remember, but I visited Coldwind Territory and saw you in a tavern. But you were so drunk that you didn't notice me."

With a sigh of deep emotion, he said, "I never imagined that in just a few short years, Lord Alphonse, you could transform from a frail human into a summoner capable of controlling shadow dragons. Human talent is truly terrifying! It's a pity that your Violet Academy in the capital has too much surveillance magic; otherwise, I would really like to go there and study for a while!"

Alphonse felt a chill run down his spine. Ganges' words revealed a lot of information; he had actually been to the royal capital, San Sentano!

Although I can't sense his strength, his power shouldn't be too low.

However, Alphonse didn't care too much. He had fought against figures at the level of demon sages before. No matter how strong Ganges was, he shouldn't have reached the legendary level yet.

Leo glanced at Alphonse, then at Ganges, her brow furrowing slightly. "Lord Ganges, what brings you to this fissure in the earth?"

"Oh." Gangus chuckled. "I was just about to go to your Minotaur tribe's Labyrinth Town to discuss some matters with your chieftain."

He then looked at Leo and smiled, "Miss Leo, I've heard of you before. You're the best blacksmith in the Minotaur clan. It's said that you're almost at the level to challenge the Grandmaster. In the entire Berzak, there are only a handful of people who can compare to you. Moreover, you are one of the top young experts in the Minotaur clan. Am I right?"

"You flatter me! I'll feel embarrassed if you praise me like that!" Leo gave a simple, honest smile. She was modest, but she had complete confidence in her skills.

Gangus's words immediately caught Alphonse's attention. Besides being quite strong, Leo was also a skilled blacksmith.

No wonder she's so friendly to dwarves; she probably learned her skills from them.

Looking at Gangus, he asked, "How do you plan to help me?"

Ganges raised his hand and swiped his wrist, instantly producing two small round balls, each the size of a billiard ball, engraved with many strange characters and emitting a faint blue light from within.

"This is a transformation orb I created. As long as you carry it with you, you will appear as minotaurs to others. Although it won't escape the detection of the magic of perception, most orcs won't be able to tell the difference."

Leo couldn't help but show an envious expression. She could tell that the bracelet on Gangus's hand was an extremely precious spatial artifact.

Mia was taken aback. Gangus pulled out two transformation orbs, clearly intending to take one for himself. "Do I need one too?"

Ganges smiled. "The Minotaur race of tauren are not hostile to half-elves, but they are not too polite either. It's best to avoid trouble if possible, but we'll have to wait. I need to make some settings first."

After saying that, he started fiddling with it.

"Won't the local residents of Labyrinth Town find it strange that there are outsiders like this?" Alphonse asked.

"The Tauren aren't just from our Maze Town branch; there are also Mountain Tauren, Blackrock Tauren, and so on. It's just that our Maze Town branch is considered one of the larger clans," Leo explained. "We'll always warmly welcome our fellow countrymen."

Alphonse then understood what was going on.

Before long, Ganges had finished setting up the device and handed the two Transformation Orbs to Alphonse and Mia respectively.

Alphonse and Mia immediately put the Transformation Orb into their pockets.

"Wow! It really has changed!" Mahaya exclaimed.

Leo also looked surprised.

Mia took out a mirror from her spatial ring and looked at her current appearance.

There have indeed been changes; the hair color has changed, and two new horns have appeared on the top of the head. Otherwise, the changes don't seem too significant.

She was already tall, so disguising herself as a minotaur would be no problem at all.

Seeing Mia's behavior, Leo couldn't help but mutter, "In human kingdoms, are spatial artifacts already common magical devices?" (End of Chapter)