Bighorn Bull is in charge of leading, and I, Beria, am in charge of raising it.

He completely ignored Belial's presence and charged straight towards the crowd!

This made Beria even more convinced that his previous guess was correct: there must be something else behind this seemingly one-sided massacre.

After all, under normal circumstances, any monster with a brain would prioritize eliminating the most threatening target, namely Belial, who suddenly appeared in front of it.

But even after seeing Belial, this monster still chose to chase after the unarmed civilians.

This didn't seem like it was certain Belial wouldn't attack it; rather, it seemed more like it had realized it was no match for the "iron monster" before it and had chosen a desperate, all-or-nothing approach. It would rather die at Belial's hands today than lose as many people as possible before it dies!

This mode of action has clearly gone beyond the scope of simple "hunting".

But seeing that the monster was about to attack the crowd, Belial had no time to think. He quickly pushed off with his feet, moved dozens of meters to the side, and intercepted the monster's path.

He then put his hands on his hips, straightened his chest, and stood up, striking the iconic "Ultraman chest muscle" pose from the original Ultraman series.

The next second, with a muffled thud, the monster, unable to brake in time—or rather, too eager to kill to slow down—crashed headfirst into Belial's training armor.

The powerful impact of running at high speed did not leave even the slightest scratch on the armor.

The monster itself, however, was thrown backward and crashed heavily to the ground due to the reaction force!

As for Belial, he remained standing in the same spot, unmoved.

Over the past ten thousand years, countless sparring sessions with Ken have made him accustomed to even more intense impacts.

Now, Belial can withstand a full-force punch from Ken without flinching, and even has the strength to retaliate.

The charge of a mere forty-meter-long monster wouldn't even give him the chance to move a step!

When the monster struggled to its feet, a clear fear filled its eyes as it looked at Belial. Its turbid pupils were bloodshot, its fangs were clenched, and a few plaintive whimpers escaped from deep within its throat.

But it still had no intention of fighting Belial. After letting out a shrill roar at Belial, it tried to bypass Belial and continue chasing the fleeing crowd.

Without a doubt, in order to kill, this monster suppressed even its most basic instinct for self-preservation to the bare minimum.

This is no longer a normal biological reaction; it's more like the last madness of an honest person who has nowhere else to turn, driven to desperation, desperately trying to drag the enemy down with him!

This only fueled Belial's growing curiosity about the monster before him...

What happened to it that drove it to this state?

The answer to this question was revealed in the next second.

In order to avoid endangering the life of the monster in front of him and to protect the fleeing crowd behind him, Belial immediately launched a Specium Ray at the monster with zero frames.

However, Belial clearly reduced the power output of this Specium Ray and did not aim it at the monster's vital points.

Instead, it deliberately missed a few points, landing on the ground not far in front of the monster, trying to stop it from advancing or divert its attention to itself.

However, to Beria's surprise...

Despite the growing terror in the monster's eyes as it faced the rapidly approaching Specium Ray, it still made no attempt to dodge.

Even by simply lowering its head slightly, its speed increased instead of decreasing, plunging headfirst into the flames of the energy explosion!

This really startled Belial! He quickly spread his hands apart, interrupting the energy output.

This allowed the monster to emerge from the explosion unharmed, its body still emitting thick smoke.

Even so, the monster that encountered the Giant of Light for the first time clearly underestimated Belial's strength.

Even though most of the attacks missed, the energy shock that spread outwards still penetrated its surface, blasting it into countless holes.

So much so that as soon as it broke out of the blast radius, even though the monster wanted to keep going, it only staggered a few steps before letting out a mournful cry full of resentment and collapsing heavily to the ground.

It was at this moment that Belial, who finally had time to observe closely, discovered something that shocked him.

Deep within the monster's blasted wound, beneath the charred flesh, a faint metallic sheen could be seen.

That is by no means a physiological structure that monsters are born with, but a mechanical structure that has been precisely processed and has regular patterns!

Several wires of varying sizes protruded from the damaged muscle tissue, their ends flashing with faint blue arcs of electricity.

At that very moment, a flash of inspiration struck Belial, connecting all the clues he had gathered!

Clearly, this monster with its extremely strange behavior is a bio-weapon that has been artificially modified!

Its relentless desire to destroy the city and hunt down those humans was not due to any inherently vicious nature...

Instead, it is this group of seemingly “weak” humans who are the real culprits behind the torment and pain they have caused it to suffer and turn it into what it is today!

Of course, all of this is merely Beria's speculation and lacks substantial evidence.

Another possibility cannot be ruled out: the monster was indeed modified and forcibly controlled by another force, then released onto this planet to carry out an invasion operation.

However, compared to the monster's previous behavior, there are clearly many details in the latter's conjecture that don't match up and cannot be reasonably explained!

Therefore, after a brief moment of thought, Belial did not choose to deliver the final blow to the monster before him.

Instead, he stepped forward, ignoring the monster's weak, threatening roars, and bent down to half-squat. While gently stroking the monster's head, he took out a blank capsule from the four-dimensional storage device and spoke softly to the monster.

"I don't know what happened to you, but I assure you, you're okay now, and no one will hurt you anymore... So relax and get some rest."

"...Waaah..."

It's unclear whether the monster understood Belial's words and sensed the goodwill he was radiating, or whether it was simply too badly injured to resist.

The monster glanced at the capsule in Belial's hand, then slowly closed its eyes, letting Belial do as he pleased.

Without the monster struggling at all, Belial simply touched it with a blank capsule and successfully stored the enormous monster inside the small capsule in his hand.

Then he turned around and charged at the other monster that was closest to him.

To save time and avoid unnecessary casualties, Belial, carefully controlling his strength, gave the monster no chance to react.

Almost the instant it subconsciously turned its head to look at him, Belial threw a punch with his right hand, instantly putting it to sleep.

Even before the unconscious, collapsed body could touch the ground, Belial's left hand, still holding the new blank capsule, was already pressed down on the monster's head.

With a clean and efficient combination of punches, Belial managed to contain another monster in less than a second!

At the same time, despite not exchanging any words, he hurled some angry remarks at Belial before the battle began.

However, during the battle with the monster, Ken, who would occasionally steal a glance to observe Belial's every move, also discovered Belial's actions.

That's why, despite not understanding, but believing in my brother's principles, Ken, who originally intended to wipe out all the monsters ravaging the city, followed Belial's example. He used capsules instead of beam finishing moves to temporarily contain the defeated monsters one by one.

Thus concludes the story from Belial and Ken's arrival in the city to the resolution of the monster invasion crisis...

The two Pokémon trainers, after only two and a half minutes, had captured all the monsters in the city.

Even some monsters that tried to dig holes to escape when they sensed something was wrong were forcibly dragged out of the ground by Belial by their tails!

This caused the crowd, who had been slowly turning back to look around with renewed courage as they saw the crisis averted, to fall into deep thought upon witnessing Belial holding the wailing monster in one hand and beginning to "physically hypnotize" it with the other...

Wow, these two enormous life forms we've never seen before helped us resolve the monster riot crisis, so they should be considered the friendly side, right...?

But why does this giant, whose entire body is made of iron and whose eyes occasionally flash crimson, look even more terrifying than a monster?!

……

Beria's Diary

I've said it before: don't interfere with the cause and effect of other planets without permission; respect their destiny.

Now look what happened! They didn't even get to have a proper fight, and they've discovered some incredible secret, causing a whole host of trouble.

but……

come all come...

Let me see what these people are really up to.

These people had better pray that they had some unavoidable hardship, otherwise...

The Giants of Light would indeed not easily interfere with the civilizations of other planets.

But I am a human being...

Chapter 10 A chilling thought

However, regardless of the circumstances, these two unfamiliar giants helped resolve the crisis of the monster uprising and did not launch an attack on the city, which was enough to convey goodwill to the people.

As the crisis subsided, the cries and wails gradually ceased, and the surviving humans began to emerge from their hiding places, gathering in twos and threes.

Their clothes were tattered, they were covered in dust, and their faces were stained with tears and blood.

Some may have lost their homes and property, some may have lost their closest loved ones, and some may have lost both.

But at least for now, they are all alive and well.

The feeling of surviving a disaster, as if they were alive again, made them cheer.

Some people cried and hugged each other, some stretched their arms to the sky, and some even knelt down and prayed to Belial and Ken, muttering incantations, as if they were worshipping the two Ultras as gods.

Just then, a frightened but richly dressed old man, supported by several young guards, walked to the top floor of a still-standing building. To get closer to the two Olympic teams, he shakily bent down and bowed deeply to them.

At the same time, the people who were celebrating with each other seemed to have received some kind of signal, and like dominoes, they began to kneel down one after another until a shocking scene of tens of thousands of people worshipping was formed!

"Merciful gods, thank you... thank you for saving our city... Please, please come to our palace as guests! Our emperor has prepared a great feast, and we hope you will do us the honor of having the opportunity to express our gratitude."

When the old man spoke, his voice was broken and intermittent due to the intense fluctuations in his emotions. In addition, the accent of the universal language was somewhat heavy, and it took Belial quite a while to barely make out what the other person was trying to say.

At the same time, the old man raised his hand and pointed to the area in the very center of the city.

There stood a red fortress, unscathed even after being invaded and destroyed by several monsters. Compared to the devastated state of the rest of the city, this demonstrated just how sturdy the castle was!

Presumably, that is the symbol of the highest power in this civilization system.

Upon hearing this, Jian's eyes lit up noticeably, and he instinctively wanted to nod in agreement.

After all, as a giant of light, he has no need to eat as long as he has enough energy.

But Ken is, after all, Taro's father, and his love of food is a trait he inherited.

Before setting off, Jian had spent a lot of time researching the various delicacies related to other civilizations in the database, just waiting to taste them himself when he passed by and satisfy the cravings that had been nagging in his stomach for thousands of years!

Before Ken could even respond, Belial subtly shifted a step. With a forceful "No, you don't want to," he firmly covered Ken's mouth while replying in a calm tone.

"This is a small matter, just something we do in passing, so don't worry about it too much. Of course, we have other tasks to attend to, so we can't stay any longer and will have to take our leave now."

"What? Wait a minute, Your Majesty! Please stay a little longer, at least let us...!"

Upon hearing this, the old man's kind and gentle expression instantly crumbled. He even hurriedly broke free from the guards' support, took two steps forward, and spoke urgently.

But Belial, who vaguely guessed the truth, didn't care what these people thought at all. Without even giving the aggrieved Ken a chance to speak up, he transformed into a red ball. Amidst the rising and falling cries of pleas and flattery, he forcibly carried Ken into the sky.

He wasn't given a chance to speak. She grabbed Ken's wrist, turned, and walked away as if fleeing a crime scene. The force was so great that the unsuspecting Ken stumbled and almost fell to the ground in public, barely managing to regain his balance.

Only after they flew out of the atmosphere, leaving the still-smoke-filled city behind them as a blurry dot of light, did Belial release his grip, allowing Ken to speak again.

"Beria, what's wrong? Have you discovered something?"

Fortunately, although Ken was prone to impulsive actions due to his temper, ten thousand years of living together had given him enough understanding of Belial. He knew that his good brother would never act so coldly towards others without reason.

Therefore, recalling the battle, Belial, who always pursued efficiency, surprisingly did not kill any of the monsters. Instead, he absorbed them all into capsule monsters, regardless of their strength.

Jian suppressed his longing for the food, looked down at the city, and asked meaningfully.

"Yes, you've probably noticed too, those monsters have all been artificially modified. So I guess..."

Beria nodded and, without hiding anything, told Ken his guesses in detail.

After hearing Belial's conjecture, Ken felt a chill run down his spine and belatedly realized why Belial had been so hesitant about rescuing the group at the beginning.

The guilt and unease that welled up in his heart made him lower his head and not dare to meet Belial's gaze.

"Of course, if these were just my personal guesses at the beginning, then when that old man stood up, it was basically a confession without being asked."

Fortunately, having spent ten thousand years with Ken, Belial was already used to Ken's impulsiveness.

Therefore, Belial, realizing how embarrassed Ken was, didn't take the opportunity to make things too difficult for the big, simple-minded guy. Instead, he continued to analyze the current situation for Ken, providing reasoned and evidence-based explanations.

"Remember the old man's invitation? He said that red fortress was their center of power, and that their emperor was waiting there to welcome us. This shows that the civilization on this planet has developed a complete class system and a relatively mature social system..."

"But this is precisely the kind of civilization that, during the monster invasion, didn't send out any armed forces to protect its people and kingdom from beginning to end. Don't you find that strange?"

"Hmm...maybe...maybe it's because their military strength is too weak?"

"Whether they are weak or not is a different matter from whether they have sent troops to retaliate. Moreover, unless they really have nothing to do with the modifications on the monsters, the fact that they can capture monsters alive and modify them to this extent is enough to show that the people on this planet are not as technologically backward as they appear on the surface."

Belial shook his head, dismissing Jian's overly naive conjecture without hesitation, and looked through the thin atmosphere at the area on the planet's surface shrouded in thick smoke.

Even though the outline of that city has become blurred.

But in the center of the city, at the location of that dark red fortress, a very faint point of light was still flickering.