Chapter 1010 - Phoenix Chick

"One moment please, Tinda. Wyrstriker, we need a tighter defence near the walls of the capital. Forneus, get a portion of your Devil Dragons to burn down any Zurglings who get too close to the fortress walls." Jin ordered and Forneus acknowledged it, forwarding the commands to four Devil Dragons to send them on a sort of 'bombing' run along the Southern Walls.

They were in fact dropping carpet bombs from their tails after the augmentation process. This caused a series of devastating explosions which shook the Southern Soldiers hard and some were left deafened by the sound while others were catching their balance, causing many to be off guard.

The Zurglings did not miss this opportunity and pounced on the defenders but compared to the majority that had been burnt and exploded into pieces, they were the lucky few. Nevertheless, their assault was short lived, as the Wyvern Goblin Knights came to the Southerners' rescue and swooped those Zurglings away before they had the chance to maim their prey into bits.

"Sorry, Tinda. What's the matter? Have you managed to find out what happened?"

"Unfortunately the person killed himself under my interrogation." Tinda sighed as she threw the head away like it was some roadside trash.

"However, I did get some information about the approximate location where the second egg is hidden and have already relayed that information to Narris."

"But?" Jin somehow felt that it was the only good news she was providing.

"The first egg has hatched a few days ago and they've not hesitated to start torturing the poor chick. It's furthermore covered in shit stains and what I can only assume is barf." Tinda regretfully reported as she walked towards the injured, chained phoenix chick.

"Healthwise, it appears as it has been given proper nutrition. Only it looks like it has been force fed and I've found traces of chemicals in the food which should be laxatives. From what I could see in their memories, they are planning to do the same for the second egg once it hatches. They are treating the first one as a guinea pig to find out what they have to feed them for the best dung efficiency."

"What" Jin could not believe how those people treated the monsters.

"How is the bird faring right now?"

"Alive, but not in a good shape. Some of them had been treating the baby bird with scorn because of its mother's appearance. The one in charge had a mindset of making the chick suffer to get the most dung out of it before harvesting it and running off. Luckily, I've managed to find them in time. Still, there are certain memories within a few of the guards indicating they have plans to run because they believe the capital is doomed. Although I'm not too sure if those were rumours or fears." Tinda apologised that her memory searching abilities were not as great as Kraft's, so she could only pluck the ones with the strongest emotions or attachments to it.

"If I'm not wrong, the chick's ability to resurrect should be stronger than the one of its mother. From what little we know about them, they are prone to being left in the wild by themselves for long periods of time while their parents might go out to hunt. Resurrection is their only survival mechanic to get out of danger. And resurrecting would allow them to regain all their bodily organs. Maybe that is why the Southerners were beating it slowly to death so that it would come back stronger and provide better dung." Gold surmised.

"I'm ready to kill it to end its misery and allow it to be reborn via the System." Tinda offered as she picked her blade up and pointed it at the poor phoenix chick that panted for breath. With wounds festering all over its body, and heavy rusted chains bearing its weight, the bird was drowned in its own dung and vomit. Tinda thought she had discarded her empathy during Kraft's training, but this was so downright cruel that she felt a desire to slaughter everyone involved in the treatment once more.

"System strongly advises User to personally go out and use the capture app that System had installed in User's phone. There is no telling how the Phoenix might be able to resurrect, potentially causing System's capture code after death to become invalid." The System interrupted immediately, halting Tinda' intention to grant it a merciful death.

"The memories of these people interacting on their own has plainly shown me that these people are worse than savages. I've been informed that this Southern Continent lives by the laws of the jungle, but this they are the true monsters." Tinda held her blade for a moment while Jin hurriedly came into the scene. "I'm unable to forgive these Southerners a single bit, Master Jin!"

Even though he was used to the stench of blood, the rancid smell that came from the Phoenix chick nearly made him vomit. He did not hesitate and pulled his phone out to activate the capture app.

The nostalgic panda screen appeared and so he walked towards the little creature. Unsurprisingly, after suffering the constant torture the Phoenix chick (rightfully?) feared for its life and used all its feeble str