Chapter 1455 - 781: King of Endurance

Chapter 1455: Chapter 781: King of Endurance

Earlier, Lance definitely didn’t release his full presence, otherwise everyone would be dead. But those who could withstand even a hint of his aura and dared to resist were quite interesting fellows.

Lance followed the sound upwards. Counting the assets of those guys was a trivial matter for his subordinates. To him, those hounds were merely insignificant numbers on a report, so Lance wasn’t particularly aware of the actual condition of these hounds.

Yet, William seemed to know who it was, and he followed as well.

Then they saw, inside that iron cage, a fully black behemoth with a size far exceeding that of normal dogs. Just at a glance, you could tell it wasn’t easy to deal with, as it was as robust as a wolf or tiger.

Now, its eyes were bloodshot, appearing crimson, and its tense muscles were full of strength, as if caught in some frenzied state.

Not only was it barking, upon seeing Lance approach, it continuously swiped its claws or rammed its head against the cage bars, causing it to tremble and sustain injuries all over.

It would even open its mouth to reveal a set of sharp teeth, biting the iron cage. Even though its gums and corners of its mouth were already injured from the cage, it seemed to feel no pain whatsoever.

"The people who brought it back said they found it in that noble estate. It wasn’t released by the nobles; instead, it was locked in a deep pit.

You wouldn’t believe what it was used for. It grew up eating humans..."

William began to explain after he arrived, his expression complex as he looked at this fierce beast.

But when hearing this, Lance remembered, because he seemed to have mentioned it when flipping through those case files.

A Baron in the south had an unusual hobby of tossing disobedient people to the dogs to be bitten to death alive, as a means to intimidate others.

It sounds dreadful, but in that long list of crimes, this wasn’t particularly noticeable, hence Lance was only reminded now.

Anyway, with or without this hobby, the Baron was headed to the asylum now.

Lance came up with a good idea: canine bite wounds should be worthy of medical research, so he could use it as a test subject.

William wasn’t aware of what the Lord was thinking and continued explaining its current situation.

"Despite it being this aggressive, in reality, it was scared. But the only way it could express its emotions was this reaction; it completely lacks understanding of other concepts.

From the environment it grew up in, it’s apparent no one took care of it; it lacked socialization training, making it extremely sensitive, viewing everything as enemies, food, especially humans.

To catch it alive, several people couldn’t control it; they had to drug it unconscious to put it into the cage.

When it woke up during transit, it struggled furiously, almost breaking open the cage, hence it now has a specially reinforced cage.

However, it has been wild for days, displaying blatant aggression. I tried to engage it, but it’s impossible, the best solution is to dispose of it..."

Knowing that William loves dogs, for him to suggest euthanasia implies it’s beyond saving.

"This isn’t an ordinary dog; it’s awakened a Transcendent Bloodline, otherwise it couldn’t grow this big, or perhaps it mutated gradually by devouring humans.

Looking at its current state, its innate talent seems to have entered a Berserk State, feeling no pain, with no rationality, only thoughts of killing and attacking. Yet, the simple consciousness also increases its resistance to soul influences.

Even the Baron might not control it, which is why he locked it in the venue. And having grown up eating humans, it naturally wouldn’t fear people, let alone follow commands."

After observing for a moment, Lance briefly explained the current situation but didn’t agree to William’s resolution.

"If its lineage can be preserved, it may breed a new class of predator dogs; it can’t be killed arbitrarily."

"But its rage seemingly never quelling; even if a female is put inside, it might as well bite her to death."

"That’s just you being too gentle; its berserk is finite, it’ll be honest once suppressed."

Lance smiled and gestured, "Bring the key."

William knew of the Lord’s methods, didn’t question, and waved his hand as Fergus ran off to retrieve a large ring of keys.

Know that neither emphasized it, yet Fergus retrieved it, seemingly understanding their conversation, truly clever, unlike the mad man in the cage, they were like two different species.

"Go call Boudica over." Lance took the keys and commanded, Fergus ran out again; his intelligent and lively demeanor understandably beloved.

Without any unnecessary chatter, Lance directly used the keys to open the cage, almost instantly, the mad man lunged out through the gap to attack him.

But faster than the dog’s head was a fist, hitting the nose, the mad man, snarling and baring teeth seconds prior, whimpered and retreated, shaking its head.

Then, reaching to grip its nape, intending to drag the large creature out, yet a mad man is a mad man, barely recovering in two seconds, turning to bite Lance’s arm, only for Lance to react faster, with another punch to the head, applying more force, slamming it down.

But the mad man’s resilience was too good, quickly getting up again, only detained by the cage, refusing to exit as Lance attempted to drag it out, stubbornly resisting with sheer rebellion.