Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Berserk Beast
As mentioned earlier.

Owing to his blood relation with Captain Kaimon, Abe had been mingling with the Behemoth Knight Group from an early age, occasionally embarking on simple, low-risk missions with the team members.

Four years ago, a ‘significant event’ took place.

As a result of this incident, Abe was utterly forbidden from leaving the city with the knight team members.

It was only until the recent [Elite Training] that he left the city in a legitimate way as an Apprentice Knight.

Four years ago

Abe, who had just turned sixteen, was already familiar with most knights of the knight regiment.

When the watchman from the Holy City found traces of minor stone movements in the forest area approximately thirty kilometers from the West City Gate, it was suspected that beasts may have gathered there.

Therefore, three knights from the Behemoth Knight Group were dispatched to investigate and handle this matter.

Thirty kilometers falls within the [Safe Zone]. Keep in mind that Stuart Manor, the last training location, was over sixty kilometers away.

In general.

Due to the unique construction of the city wall, lives outside the city detest ‘metallic copper’ and usually keep a distance of fifty kilometers.

Such incidents are typically easy to handle and often only require a quick investigation.

They usually encountered some low-rank beasts or evil entities that had lost their way. Easily killing them would complete the task and earn a good bounty in return.

Abe has been on over five such exploration cases within the safe zone along with the knight team.

With his privileges, Captain Kaimon arranged for Abe to gain experience outside the city, adapt to the pollution, and hone survival skills ahead of his peers.

Sixteen-year-old Abe, with his “protective glasses” on, set out with the three knights.

All three knights were young knights who had joined the Behemoth Knight Group less than three years ago. They were just ten years older than Abe. They were on good terms, and Abe would often inquire them privately about small issues related to beast control.

However.

As the horse carriage entered the forest and reached the incident area thirty kilometers away, they suddenly lost contact.

Even with the ability of [The Eye], the watchman could not see any trace of the carriage… It was as if the carriage had vanished into thin air after entering the pile of rubble.

The incident was immediately reported back to the Behemoth Knight Group.

Soon enough.

Captain Kaimon himself set off on a maddened mammoth, trampling the trees along the way to the scene.

He surprisingly sniffed out the scent of [Demons] from the pile of rubble.

These seemingly chaotically placed pieces of rubble actually formed an entrance to an overlapping space… When the carriage went in, it went straight into the inner space.

When Captain Kaimon personally stepped into the overlapping space.

He found a faint collapsing trend in it, and it was full of a stench.

The three formal knights were already dead. Their beast-transformed bodies were shattered by various rocks. Smaller rock pieces even penetrated into their bones, leaving no chance for their rescue.

Following the violent beast aura in the air, a ‘berserk beast’ was found at the center of the overlapping space, continually slashing a rock-life with its sharp claws.

The stone-attribute [demon] that created this overlapping space was torn to pieces by this berserk beast, even though it was severely injured by the three knights.

As it sensed other life forms approaching, the berserk beast revealed its primitive beast face and immediately lunged at Captain Kaimon.

Of course.

Due to the large discrepancy in ranks, it was immediately suppressed by Captain Kaimon with one hand.

But the berserk beast didn’t give in easily, madly biting onto Captain Kaimon’s arm.

It was not until Kaimon fully triggered his Behemoth bloodline, that he was able to fully suppress this berserk beast’s primitive beast nature with his highest pressure.

Bones shattered, and fur fell off.

Underneath Captain Kaimon’s hand was the unconscious [Abe. Rhein].

For this incident, Captain Kaimon used his connections to erase all information related to Abe from this event record… No one knew about Abe’s complete beast transformation.

Following that incident…

Captain Kaimon recognized the problem and started having Abe undergo comprehensive ‘control’ training. The primary objective was to control the ‘primitive beastliness’ within him, and then to learn and practice various skills.

Abe’s true potential made him both happy and somewhat anxious.

….

At the present moment.

In the world of “Strange Tales”, at the top of the core building – the [Lighthouse].

Han Dong used his advanced ‘tentacle transformation’ power in an attempt to kill the [Lamp Man] but was unsuccessful.

Abe, who was being taken care of by Chen Li, was already weak after having the wires extracted from his body.

Staring at the messy situation in front of him and seeing Han Dong not far away fighting till his last breath… He couldn’t help but to recall the scene when the three senior apprentice knights were killed by the demons.

“I must transform into a beast while retaining a trace of consciousness…I absolutely cannot go completely berserk!

I must bring Nicholas back to the Holy City safely… I must do it!”

For a moment.

Abe’s vibe changed.

His pupils faded away, transformed into two pure white eyes.

The white aura enveloping his body, due to its increasing intensity, became visibly physical, forming thin layers of white armor over Abe’s entire body.

The layered structure had the feel of a lightweight adaptive exoskeleton armor.

The coverage on his limbs was extremely high, and it formed a special structure at the fingertips – the ‘Air Claw’.

A high concentration, high strength, and invisible wind attribute claw…

At the same time, a white tail dragged along the ground, helping Abe maintain his center of gravity during ultra-high-speed movement.

This posture has a certain difference from when Abe was completely berserk. At least for now, Abe was still a human… when completely berserk, he could be said to have been completely ‘lost human form’ due to the primitive beastliness.

This posture is the result of long-standing ‘control’ training by Abe to gradually harness the beast within him.

In the midst of madness, he maintained a certain level of consciousness.

Just as the wires wrapped around the core searchlight, restoring half of the [Lamp Man].

The berserk beast attacked.

“You! Are you still not dead!?”

Feeling the onslaught of the berserk beast, the Lamp Man, who had only half a body left, used his ‘Light Blast’ ability again, trying to buy as much time as possible for his body to completely heal.

When light exceeding a hundred thousand lumens was emitted from his body, Abe contracted into a ball and used the ‘Beast Armor’ covering his body to forcibly block it.

Sss sss sss!

Parts of the Beast Armor instantly evaporated under the intense light.

However, Abe didn’t pause and, ignoring the pain, forcefully blocked the Light Blast and approached the Lamp Man, who had yet to fully form.

‘Air Claw’

The cables forming the body of the Lamp Man were cut to lengths no longer than 1cm each.

Just as the Lamp Man, who was about to resurrect, was completely severed into pieces.

At the crucial moment, Han Dong shouted with all his might: “Abe…Give me the searchlight!!!”

Abe, who still had a trace of consciousness, successfully received the message, dug out the small searchlight from the deepest part of the cables, and quickly threw it to Han Dong.

The moment the searchlight was caught by Han Dong’s palm.

A tentacle directly ignored the searchlight cover and extended into it, polluting, corroding, and obliterating the [Lamp Man]’s main consciousness.

Paradise manager – [Lamp Man] is dead!

“Fate Material – ‘Lamp Tube’ has been acquired.”