Chapter 2: Beast God Festival and Centaur

  In the late afternoon, in the central Earthfire Fortress, many beastmen guests from various tribes had gathered inside the magnificent golden Beast King Hall. The large hall had several rows of long wooden tables placed north and south, with over a hundred tables in total. Many guests were already seated at the tables near the entrance and in the back rows.

  As the guests had not yet arrived in full, the banquet naturally had not yet begun. Many familiar beastmen chatted idly in twos and threes, making the grand hall quite lively for a time.

  "Prince Gaia, Princess Naya, Prince Alexander!" Not long after a group of Beamon clad in golden, crimson and deep black robes entered the grand hall, the Beamon herald at the entrance of the grand hall suddenly let out an announcement that attracted the attention of all the beastmen inside the hall. Along with this announcement, three figures, two large and one small, appeared outside the hall.

  Gaia, wearing a golden robe with a slight smile on her face, entered the grand hall first. Behind Gaia was Naya, dressed in a fiery red robe, holding little Liu Yu's hand.

  At the age of five, Liu Yu wore a golden long gown exactly like his father Gaius', which was tailored by the rabbit tailors in the palace. The most eye-catching part of this exquisite and high-quality garment was the embroidered pattern of a golden phoenix on its chest.

  Embroidered with golden silk thread, the golden armor is majestic. In his right hand, he holds a weapon that resembles a trident, while his left hand hangs naturally by his side. Standing in front of Liu Yu's chest, an air of majesty and dominance emanates from him effortlessly.

  However, at this moment, not only Liu Yu and his son were wearing such long robes in the Beast King Hall. Including Liu Yu's mother Naya, all the Bimon they wore had a golden Bimon pattern with a weapon in hand embroidered on the chest, except that the Earth Bimon wore brown-black robes and the Flame Bimon wore fire-red robes.

  In the Minotaur Kingdom, a long robe with this golden emblem embroidered on the chest is the formal attire of the Minotaur tribe. In any slightly important occasion, every Minotaur, regardless of gender, will wear their formal attire to attend.

  Today is the Beast King's equivalent of "New Year's Eve" beast god festival, where he hosts a banquet for dignitaries from all over the country. It was also a very solemn occasion, so Bimon and others who came to attend were dressed in formal attire.

  As for the golden pattern on this formal long gown, it is the beast god of the beast tribe's beliefs. As for the beast god being Huang Jin Bimont, Liu Yu didn't think much of it, but he was very interested in the three-pointed double-edged weapon that the beast god wielded, and he even wondered if Erlang Shen had also crossed over?

  Just want to use thunder to bring Erlang Shen to another world, Leigong and Dianmu are probably not enough, who else? "Jade Emperor"?

  Liu Yu had also asked King Kero and his father Gaya about the origin of the "three-pointed two-bladed" weapon in the Beast God's hand, but the usually knowledgeable beastman king and Gaya were unable to explain it clearly. The only thing that can be confirmed is that according to legend, the Beast God used this weapon to protect the beast tribe.

  He himself had experienced a rebirth, so he didn't dare to make any conclusions about the existence of gods. Therefore, he was even more interested in the origin of this weapon, but for now, he obviously didn't have the ability to investigate anything, and could only indulge in some idle thoughts.

  .........

  After a while, Gaya, who had been greeting the dignitaries of the kingdom non-stop after entering the grand hall, finally sat down with his wife Naya and Liu Yu on the leftmost front row. The beast tribe was also a patriarchal society, Gaya occupied one table alone, while Liu Yu shared a table with her mother Naya.

  But constrained by his own small body of only five years old and his age, Liu Yu could only sit obediently in his seat and listen to his parents' words. Since entering the grand hall, his eyes had been wandering among the various beast tribe guests, and what caught his attention the most was a little horse. That's right, in Liu Yu's view, this was indeed a horse.

  In front of Liu Yu, in the first row, there was a small half-human and half-horse creature about one meter tall. He had a human face and a horse's body, with two sturdy arms on his upper body in addition to four hooves. His dark-skinned face with thick eyebrows and big eyes gave people a sense of roughness, but also some childishness that had not yet faded away, plus his physique, Liu Yu judged that this was an underage centaur.

  The identity should be a nobleman of the Centaur Zhong's eldest son level, and only people with this identity can attend such banquets today.

  "Your Majesty has arrived!" Just as Liu Yu was excitedly staring at the small half-human, half-horse creature in front of him, his mind racing with all sorts of thoughts about this special race, the golden voice of the herald echoed once again from the entrance of the grand hall, and the eyes of all the guests inside the hall turned towards the entrance once more.

  Only then did King Koro appear, dressed in the golden formal attire of the Bimon tribe, walking steadily into the grand hall, with two tall figures walking shoulder to shoulder behind him.

  One was a centaur, over three meters tall, with muscles that combined strength and beauty, having a sturdy body, strong limbs, and wearing a brown cloak on his back; the other was a werewolf with a sharp wolf's mouth, wearing a crimson long gown, and his whole body hair was also crimson.

  Liu Yu secretly observed the two robust beastmen, although he was almost completely in the dark about the internal situation of the Beastman Kingdom, but being able to come to the banquet with his grandfather must also be a very powerful figure.

  After the three Kro kings sat down, the master of ceremonies began to read out the blessing words for the beast god, which roughly meant thanking the omnipotent beast god for his protection of the beast tribe and being forever loyal to the beast god. After the master of ceremonies finished reading the blessing words, King Koro quickly picked up his wine glass and stood up, and everyone in the great hall naturally followed suit.

  "Thanks to the great beast god for blessing his people, my beast tribe's people I know you are the bravest, no need for me to boast about your bravery, in the new year continue to use your bravery to fight for our tribe's survival, may the beast god bless our tribe forever!" Just a moment later, King Koro finished his simple toast.

  "Gods of beasts, protect us!" The beastmen in the hall shouted in unison, then followed King Krow's lead and drained their cups.

  After the toast, there was no etiquette for the beast tribe. King Kroe urged the guests to eat more, and the people present seemed to have no imperial ceremony, eating with great enthusiasm.

  Liu Yu looked around and saw that apart from the Bimon, Centaur, and Wolfman, there were also Ratmen, Rabbitmen, Foxmen, and Antmen with two antennae on their heads that were over a foot long. These beast tribes were clearly inferior to the first three races.

  Moreover, all the people who came to the scene today are the most powerful and prestigious among their respective tribes, but there were dozens of Mongolians present, while the Wolf-like Horsemen had five or six people, and the other few tribes only had one or two people, and they were all seated in the last row of the great hall. As representatives of their tribe, they were treated like this, it seems that the tribes they belonged to could only be vassals. Liu Yu secretly thought about it and came to a conclusion.

  Then he found that the few small ethnic representatives sitting in the back were eating a bit scary, all of them were wolfing down their food without any image, and the dishes on the table in front of them were quickly eaten up.

  The waiter quickly refilled their rice bowls, and they continued to devour them like bottomless pits. Liu Yu really couldn't think of any words to describe their eating habits, completely without chewing, directly swallowing.

  "It seems that the living conditions of these few tribes are not ordinary!" Liu Yu, who had a lot of emotions in his heart, found that Bimon, Centaur, and Wolfman beside him seemed to be unbothered by this. The three high-ranking representatives of the species, although eating a lot, were obviously much more calm and unhurried.

  The beast tribe's banquet was quite substantial, as long as you could eat it, the waiters would keep refilling your food and drinks. The banquet was clearly centered around eating, even King Koro didn't say much in the way of grandiose words. And so, after a whirlwind swept away the remaining clouds, the Beast God Festival's banquet came to an end.

  .............

  "Are you saying that most humans have yellow hair and blue eyes?" Liu Yu looked at the little centaur in front of him with some tension.

  "Yes, I saw that those few captives were like this." Xiao Ban said with certainty, a silly expression appearing on his young face.

  "What I saw was like that too!" A small wolf-like creature with blood-red hair and eyes exclaimed excitedly, its eyes wide open.

  "Oh, thank you, Brande and Bain." Liu Yu's surface was calm but his heart had a different flavor.

  This is the second day after the Beast God Festival, and all the strong men of various tribes stayed in the Earth Fire Fortress after the banquet yesterday. This morning, Liu Yu's grandfather, King Kuo, gave him a task to accompany the two young tribal leaders, Half-Human Horse and Wolf Man, to stroll around the imperial city. Liu Yu took this opportunity to ask these two little guys about the human situation in this world.

  After a few simple inquiries, Liu Yu really gained not a small harvest. Apparently, both werewolves and centaurs have been at war with humans for some time, so there are many captives, and the two young masters have also seen them. Liu Yu learned that they were all Western whites with blonde hair and blue eyes, and it seemed that this world had no yellow race.

  There were no humans of the same kind, Liu Yu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, however, the two young tribal leaders in front of him brought him quite some joy.

  The little centaur's name was Brand Walden, and the little werewolf's name was Bain Halle. Yesterday, Liu Yu didn't pay much attention to the little werewolf, apparently he wasn't as interesting as the centaur. The two little guys were both sons of their respective tribe leaders, and the two who followed King Kroe yesterday were their fathers, also the chieftains within their own tribes.

  Xiao Ban Ma Bulande looked silly and cute, speaking hesitantly with a somewhat foolish tone, while Xiao Lang Ren Bain was extremely lively. Although Liu Yu's body was younger than theirs, he was mentally much older, naturally taking the lead position, plus his identity as the Golden Mongol High One, so these two little guys followed Liu Yu around the castle, answering all his questions.

  ..........

  The Kordila Plateau had arrived at the height of summer, and Liu Yu walked on a stone road in the western city district of the Earthfire Fortress, his eyes revealing a hint of excitement. Today was a rather important day for him.

  It has been more than five months since the Beast God Festival, and after hosting those two little guys, he learned a lot about this world. In the following months, Liu Yu visited the Earth Fire Fortress and several surrounding high mountains, enjoying the thrill of "being on top of the world, overlooking all the small hills."

  And it also made up for a regret in his previous life. Childhood is the most beautiful time of one's life, with no pressure to survive in society and no pain from endless schoolwork after growing up a bit more. At this time, the only task is to play, truly carefree play.

  But Liu Yu's parents were busy making a living and had no time to take care of him, so he was raised by relatives from an early age. As a result, he learned to live independently from a young age and did not enjoy much pure happiness.

  The even greater terror of academic pressure would soon come flooding in and erase his childhood, so in his past life he only had a not-so-beautiful childhood. But over the past few months, Liu Yu had fully regained this beautiful feeling of childhood, to the point where he almost forgot that he was a person who had lived two lives. Yet, his longing for this completely unknown world still prompted him to make another decision.