Four Split Personalities

The newcomer was none other than a member of the Rabbit Adventurer Team who had previously fought side by side with that human Ranger and the Woof Woof Team, the deputy leader Guy Maxim, an Elf Swordsman of middle rank strength.

"Don’t mention anything else, just don’t bring up that Wang Ba."

This just over one-hundred-year-old, quite handsome young man glared at the human Ranger with an iron-blue face, patted the latter’s shoulder twice with force, sighed deeply without turning his head, and left the Adventurer’s Guild. He walked with a faltering step, his back looking exceptionally desolate.

"Wang Ba? What Wang Ba?"

Those who loved to listen to tall tales couldn’t sit still for more than half a minute. As soon as Guy’s figure disappeared into the night, they immediately surrounded that human Ranger with great enthusiasm, urging the latter who was smiling bitterly: "Come on, come on, tell us!"

The Ranger scratched his head with annoyance, wanting to avoid the subject, but helpless against the enthusiasm of those around him, especially the Beastman warrior who even pulled out his big axe. He had no choice but to lower his voice and say, "Actually, it’s nothing much, it’s just that Captain Mor’s mount... has quite the personality..."

Ji Xiaoge, who had been eavesdropping from the side, suddenly felt a bad premonition, though she still pretended to look around casually while pricking up her ears to listen.

While the Ranger did lower his voice, it was only relatively quieter compared to his previous spit-flying explanation. The decibel level wasn’t really low, considering this was the noisiest floor in the entire Adventurer’s Guild. If one spoke too softly, 99% of their words would be drowned out by various noises, so Ji Xiaoge, standing nearby, could still hear clearly.

And then she regretted it!

"Well, how do I say this..."

The human Ranger propped his chin, hesitated for two seconds, then somewhat awkwardly started to say, "First of all, Captain Mor’s mount can talk, and it’s in clear and standard Common Tongue, with a pronunciation several times better than that of Miss Ya Ya."

"Ah! I know that half-beast girl’s pronunciation isn’t quite standard... Wait a minute!"

The Elf Druid, whose focus always drifted, subconsciously followed up, then suddenly realized what was said, widened her eyes and exclaimed, "What? That Knight’s mount can talk?!"

Everyone else was also shocked.

Many demon beasts can talk, this is known to many, as the game setting of The Realm of Innocence itself is quite magical. As natives of this game, the NPCs naturally wouldn’t find it strange for demon beasts to talk. Even if the physical structure makes it difficult for many creatures to pronounce accurately or make sounds at all, this does not contradict the ’ability to speak’ setting. For example, just the technique of magic resonance makes it possible for any mute to speak freely, even without magic talents. Including the mainstream races, many beings can emit sound by vibrating the air at a high frequency.

For this reason, powerful individuals in The Realm of Innocence, those with Epic Tier strength, typically do not suffer from deafness, blindness, or muteness. Whether they utilize magic power, fighting spirit, or spiritual power, they usually find ways to perceive the world around them and can make sounds through means other than vocal cords. Thus, for some with inborn deficiencies, becoming powerful is truly a shortcut to living a more normal life, although they must work much harder than regular people.

And many demon beasts also have enough potential to communicate with people through clever use of power once they understand the concept of ’language’. Just like the majority in the mainstream races have to reach the Epic Tier to master this skill perfectly, 99% of demon beasts need to at least reach the Lord Level (equivalent to the Epic Tier in conventional terms) to speak fluid Common Tongue. Although a few from species with vocal structures similar to the mainstream races but classified as ’demon beasts’ might achieve it earlier, beings like ’Demon Tail Monkeys’, ’Aurora Parrots’, ’Void Magic Apes’, ’Red-eyed Steel Crabs’ are unlikely to serve as ’mounts’, unless the Knight is a goblin or Dwarf.

But that Knight from the Woof Woof Team seemed to be a Half-Dragon, right?

So...

"That Mor’s mount is a Lord Level demon beast?!"

The Dwarf Female Warlock who had been focusing on the gossip from the start without speaking, covered her mouth and exclaimed.

The human Ranger then gave a dry laugh and shook his head, "Not really, I could tell that the turtle-like demon beast was definitely not as strong as a Lord Level, hmm, not even Advanced Stage, just eloquent in speaking."

"And then..."

"Then, just as Mor of the Woof Woof Team charged forward to cover for the others, Guy saw that the battle situation wasn’t too tense, so he approached Jadka standing at the back of the turtle-like demon beast and praised the turtle for its majestic and powerful presence."

"Oh!"

"And then he got verbal diarrhea from that mount..."

"Huh?!"

"Yep, verbal diarrhea."

The Ranger sighed, showing a lingering expression of fear, and said in a trembling voice, "That Wang Ba... no, I mean, no idea which nerve of that turtle got triggered, it just explained more than twenty arguments on the spot, conveying its own belief that Guy is a sissy, from appearance to soul and to... um..."