New law of Beast Taming

The workers worked in unity. They were trying their best to find out what happened and Amane decided not to hinder their progress. She was about to head back inside when she heard a yell of surprise and looked down.

"T-The beast. It's rampaging. A beast is rampaging near our village. We need to hurry up and hide before it kills someone."

One of the heretics ran toward the village with fearful eyes. She seemed to have seen a rampaging beast nearby. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

As soon as she spoke, everyone in the settlement froze before going into panic mode. None of their special people had come with them to check up on the damage except the priest.

In such a situation, it was natural that the priest take charge. And that was what the priest did.

"Everyone, calm down. I am sure that the rampaging beast has a reason for coming here like this. It might be trying to find the one who killed its child. In that case, we need to present ourselves and show that we are not a threat to it."

Amane could not begin to tell you how foolish this decision made by the priest was.

No matter how close your settlement was to the beasts. Appearing in front of an enraged beast was asking to be killed by it. The beast would not be rational if it saw humans now.

But if Amane said these words, she was sure to breed discord among the heretics and they might also come to find her annoying. So, she kept her mouth shut, but she did jump down from the tree.

If anything, major was about to happen, then she would jump in and save the day.

"P-Priest, are you sure this is a wise decision? An enraged beast loses all reasoning and attacks everyone indiscriminately. It will kill us if we do not approach it with caution."

Not only did Amane find this situation to be weird, but so did the other heretics. Some people had lived longer than the priest and they could not help but question her decision.

But the priest was also firm in her beliefs and did not back down.

"I am sure that this is what we are supposed to do. My power as the priest assured me that this is the right decision to make."

Since the priest had dragged her name into this situation, the others had no choice but to believe her now. They did not want to disregard her position.

"Alright, if you say so, priest. We shall go to the beast and try to calm it down."

Amane sighed as soon as the villagers backed down. She felt pity for the villagers but then she rethought her decision.

Maybe the priest did have something planned to calm the beast down and Amane was worried for no reason.

Or maybe she would have to step in sooner than she expected.

.........

The priest breathed a sigh of relief as soon as her people agreed to her words and followed her.

Even that foreigner had decided to follow the priest out and she could not have gotten a better response for her actions.

It was risky to bring the people to an enraged dragon like this, but the priest was sure she would be able to manage all this somehow.

'If not, then my position and my reputation will be in danger. But I prepared extensively for this situation and I also have the protective charm ready.'

The priest clutches her charm tightly over her chest and walked straight. She only stopped once she could see the rampaging beast in front of her eyes.

The beast was bringing down trees around its surroundings. It was not going to calm down easily.

Finally, the beast saw the priest and her party. It roared and attacked them outright. The priest was prepared so she raised her charm and the beast crashed into her barrier.

"Tsk, this is not good. It doesn't seem like the beast in its right mind. We should not be here in front of it."

One of the people pointed out while shivering in front of the beast's rage. But the priest was too busy to fend off the beast to pay her any attention.

"The beast is coming for someone in our group. I feel like it has found its prey. We need to give it what it wants or the beast would not calm down."

The priest yelled, completely ignoring everyone who complained.

Her words did not make much sense to the common people. They could feel that the beast had no specific target and was just making an attack on anyone it could find.

"W-What should we do now? The beast is not calming down at all."

The common people asked as they hid behind the priest. It gave the priest all the confidence she needed and she decided to make the accusation.

"Maybe it is reacting to a foreign scent in the air. We all have lived in this forest for so long and never had a beast rampaged like this toward us, right?"

The priest tried to sell her idea to other people in the village. She did not want everyone to believe her, but a few believers would be good. That would help the priest build a solid foundation.

Then, she would slowly spread the word around until Yoko Tsurugi had no choice but to run away from their village.

That had been the plan but Yoko Tsurugi decided to foil it herself.

"Tsk, I cannot keep on sitting around and watching you all defend yourself pathetically. I will take care of this beast."

Their guest dropped her shawl into a random person's hand before stepping out of the barrier. Her free attitude made the priest happy and concerned at the same time.

Suddenly, the priest could not help but think that she had made a mistake by triggering Yoko. but the rampaging beast changed her mind. Read new chapters at empire

The beast charged toward Yoko as soon as she stepped out of the barrier. But she just raised her hand and chains appeared out of thin air and warped around the beast's body, rendering it unable to move.

Not only the priest but everyone else was surprised by this as well.

They had heard stories about people who were capable of this feat. These people were said to be able to control the beasts and tame them.

But all this had been a fairytale to the heretics and they had never found any evidence of this happening.

'Lie. This is a mirage that this foreigner wants to show us. I will not fall for it.'

The priest refused to believe what she saw in front of her eyes. It did not exist and she was going to hold firm to her feeling.

"I-Is that what I think it is?"

"But wasn't that just a legend? There is no way to tame a beast!"

"It must be some kind of foreign technology we are not aware of. Let us wait and see what happens next."

The priest could not take it anymore. As soon as Yoko rested her head on the beast's head, it calmed down and turned to mush in her hand.

The villagers were shocked to see this and a feeling of admiration swelled inside their hearts. Only the priest felt her chest boiling with anger.

Finally, Yoko picked her head up and looked at the villagers with a calm expression.

"This kid is sorry for causing such panic among you people. One of its pack members died and it followed the scent toward the village. I have managed to calm it down."

The villagers turned toward each other in shock and awe.

No matter how close to nature and beasts they were, they had never been able to understand the other side. It was the one thing their side wanted to achieve desperately. And now they had found their solution.

"You! What did you do to this beast? Did you drug it? Used magic on it? I will not let you live in peace if you harmed it in any way."

The priest threatened. She could not allow Yoko's influence to spread even more than it already had over her people. That would be disastrous for her and her future.

But Yoko looked completely calm and composed in her eyes. There was not even a single hint of panic on her face. This situation had not scared her at all.

"Magic? I am not sure what you are saying. This ability of mine is natural and it is a gift. Not everyone outside can do this and this is rather rare to find people with a touch as mine. The beast is completely fine and you can check up on it now"

The beast growled in irritation as soon as someone stepped toward it. That convinced people that the beast was not influenced in any way.

It was still the same beast they had feared in the beginning.

"B-But still. A beast does not change this easily and they also do not appear to be so gentle with anyone. If this is not witchcraft, then what is it?"

The priest tried one last time to drive the public sentiment away from Yoko's side. She needed people to doubt Yoko before she started the second part of her plan.

But Yoko turned out to be craftier and much more cunning than the priest expected her to be. She did not even seem to consider the priest's words as a challenge and refuted them all.