<h4>Chapter 559 Delusional Despair</h4>


    140 kilometres from the Brimgan Empire was a group moving about in a hurry, with the majority of the members sporting expressions of doom and despair.


    Leading the group was Raaha, his expression fierce as he red at Asaeya, "You never knew about his n?"


    "I didn''t know he would be a Pranic Beast." Asaeya bowed her head in response, her gaze heavy, "I…don''t understand why In did that."


    "Is she telling the truth?" Raaha stared at the crying figure of Harr.


    "Yes, she''s not lying. But does that matter?" Harr screamed shrilly, "We don''t have a future anymore! There''s no way to survive after the Boar King''s evolution. He was already an absurd existence, but now, even Mystic Grade Pranic Beasts might not be his opponent!"


    "There, there." Rhana consoled Harr while trying her best to stop herself from despairing. As the second strongest Empyrean Tusk, she had to take the lead inforting their youngest, "We''ll think of a solution. There''s always a solution."


    "Do we leave?" She stared at Raaha, "The Mammoth n''s ultimate goal is to enter the Mystic Grade. Gann and Harr would be able to aplish that eventually. There''s no purpose in remaining on Sumatra anymore."


    "Don''t we have the information necessary to head towards another continent? Best of all, we''ll be assisted by a Mudropper. Our chances of sess are higher than in the past."


    "Let''s wait for the time being," Raaha said as the group arrived at a halt, waiting patiently as ten minutester, a tunnel entrance opened on the ground as Gann leaped out, apanied by Vha and the remaining Empyrean Tusks.


    Gann''s expression wasplex as she stared at Raaha, "We have a problem, Chief."


    "Bl is unable to revive Grehha and Yennda. I''m afraid they''ve been captured by Yarsha Zahara."


    "Dammit!" Raaha cursed in anger as the trees in his vicinity withered in response to his emission of Prana. "The revival process was interrupted?"


    "I''m afraid she captured the fruits of the two that were forming on the Transcendent Eater." Gann said as she essed the memories of Bl who was currently in her biome, "Bl is now at the 1-Life Stage. So, his other body must have beenpromised. He tried to revive the two but the revival process hasn''t started. Moreover, his two slots are empty now. This can only mean that Grehha and Yennda have beenpromised."


    The mood turned a notch worse at the news. Yennda beingpromised was already an issue, since if he remains idle, the Yellow Mystic Path in Harr would never be filled. This meant that one of the paths waspromised, preventing Harr from ever attaining Mystic Grade status.


    Yennda only had Iron Grade strength. Therefore, he would only be living for a few more decades. The timeframe was already too short to fill up the Mystic Path in Harr, but if he was held captive by Yarsha Zahara, then Harr''s potential was as good as dead.


    But the bigger problem was Grehha gettingpromised. He was the creator of the Bone Vipers. This meant that details regarding one of the Mammoth n''s valuable trump cards would be leaked to Brangara. It would allow thetter to make preparations ordingly.


    Grehha was aware of the Mammoth Treasury''s existence. The moment Brangara realises that the Mammoth n owns a Major Treasure, he would target it first.


    Without the Mammoth Treasury, once Raaha dies, the Mammoth n would no longer be able to wield the power of the Gold Empyrean Tentacle. This was no different from crippling the line of Mammoth Chiefs.


    The data leak was still a secondary issue. The primary issue was that Grehha didn''t have a child yet. This meant that the Green Mystc Path was still in his possession. And through the Transcendent Eater''s power in her possession, Yarsha Zahara could control Grehha and make him cough up everything rted to the Mystic Paths.


    And when she bes aware of it, she''d immediately take advantage of it to obtain the Green Mystic Path. She was such an individual.


    Their defences werepromised, the Yellow Mystic Path was pretty much crippled and the Green Mystic Path was in the enemy''s possession. All this was happening in a situation where Brangara became the Celestial Boar.


    In a situation where thebined might of all seven Mystic Paths still couldn''t guarantee victory against the Celestial Boar, two had fallen into the enemy''s hands and would next plunge their fangs into the Mammoth n.


    "There''s no need to despair." Gann was still going strong as he scanned the group, "Dad can think up a n easily…where''s he?"


    She stared at Asaeya, her expression turning a tad fierce upon seeing that she was alone, "Asaeya…? Where''s my father?"


    "He betrayed us." Raaha sighed in defeat, "After everything we did to support him, he became a Pranic Beast."


    "What…are you talking about?" Gann stammered as she observed the disappointed expressions of all Empyrean Tusks, "Is this the truth? Chief, please tell me you''re lying!"


    "Beginner Mystic Grade Pranic Beast, Royal Zinger." Rhana said in a tone of sadness, "That was what In had be when Ist saw him. Even though he''s your father, you''re still his Deity, Gann. Did you truly not detect anything from his memories?"


    "Bing a Mystic Grade Pranic Beast isn''t as simple as buying a Parute Fruit from a store. To achieve in a mere two decades something the Mammoth n has been aiming for thousands of years means the extent of his preparation must have been enormous." Rhana red at Gann, "Are you telling me you couldn''t detect preparations on such a vast scale? Or…"


    "Mammoth n Male and Cooter n Female, this was what In had achieved using the Boar King''s Prana." Asaeya began to speak, "For the past thirteen years, half of him was a Cooter nsman. The heart thumping in his chest currently is that of an Empyrean Snapper."


    She stared at Gann, "Gann could only ess In''s memories when he''s in his male form. So half the time, she was blind to his thoughts. If he stored everything in his female form somehow…"


    "Stop!" Gann red at Asaeya, "Are you hearing what you''re talking about? After everything he did for us, you dare talk shit about him?"


    "I''m talking shit about him?" Asaeya roared in retaliation, "I''m fucking hurt! I''ve been with him from the start and now what? I gave my everything to him and he''s not even a Mammoth nsman now! You weren''t there when he evolved."


    Asaeya copsed to the ground, shedding tears, "When he became the Royal Zinger, In changed. Even though he seemed like he was the same individual as before, when I saw him from close up, I couldn''t recognise him anymore. His eyes, they werepletely different!"


    "That bastard isn''t In!"


    "Stop it!" Gann shouted at Asaeya, her expression in denial, also addressing the Empyrean Tusks who seemed to have be antagonistic towards In, "Dad might be suffering now. Is it not our job to cure whatever is guing him? We need to save him. Something might have gone wrong when he obtained the Attribute."


    "He needs our help!"


    "Something might have gone wrong?" Asaeyaughed self-


    deprecatingly, losing the will to argue, "You''ve been reading his memories constantly. You know the extent to which he prepares for even the simplest situation. Nothing went against his ns until the end, even when he obtained the Attribute. Whatever he did, he had nned to do so since the very beginning."


    "No…this isn''t true…" Gann copsed helplessly as she stared at the sky with a vacant gaze, "I must be dreaming. Oh, right, there was a term for this on Earth. Hallucination! Was that what it was called? Yeah, I must be hallucinating."


    "Did…did he abandon me?" Her tears flowed nonstop as Gann was unable to bear this messed up situation. Her dad being part of her immune system was hermon sense, the fundamental aspect with which she was born and lived.


    And now, she was denied her birthright, "Why? Dad, why?"


    The Mammoth n was in a broken state. Even now, they were sensing the screams from the Natures of Internal Inertial Gravity in Brangara, one that was urging them to escape from Sumatra. They were all in an overwhelming state of helplessness, in despair.


    Piling further upon it was the chaos resulting from the loss of Yennda, Grehha, and worst of all, In''s betrayal. Gann felt it hard to even breathe, suffocated by the tumultuous emotions she was experiencing.


    She stared at Raaha and uttered weakly, "There''s nothing we can do in Sumatra, Chief."


    "Let''s leave this fucking continent!"


    "What are your thoughts on this?" Raaha stared at Vha after eyeing the silent Maroppa, "You''re the one with all the necessary information."


    "I have been talking with her all along." Vha nudged Maroppa and continued, "We''ll have an easier time travelling through the Sandy-Grey Void using her help as long as we remain in our human forms. But we need to make some preparations first."


    "She''s able to build a ship capable of sailing through the Sandy-


    Grey Void, but the resource requirement is pretty significant." She concluded.


    "We also need to prepare for the dangers present in the Sandy-


    Grey Void." Maroppa said, clutching her head as she felt a migraine all of a sudden, "It''s not just the environment we have to guard against. But once we''re far away, we''ll lose Sumatra''s protection too. That''s when the Sandy-Grey Void bes truly treacherous…"


    "Fuck!" She screamed all of a sudden and crouched low, observing that her fingers were trembling. This phenomenon was the same as what an Empyrean Tusk felt towards Brangara, confusing her, "Something terrifying is approaching us!"


    "What?" Raaha became alert upon seeing Maroppa''s reaction, "Is Brangara returning?"


    "No, he''s heading towards the Dieng Canyon without any changes." Vha stared at Maroppa in confusion, "Her reaction is the same as us, but the cause seems to be something else."


    "It''s here!" Maroppa shrilled at the sky as everyone stared in the direction reflexively. There was nothing there for a few seconds, following which a dot appeared, gradually growing bigger before suddenly, it vanished.


    Gentlynding at a spot on the ground nearby, lithe like a butterfly was a winged humanoid who retracted his wings and turned around to face the group of Empyrean Tusks, emanating the presence of a Silver Grade Pranic Beast, "Thank goodness you were on the surface. I was finally able to spot you."


    It was In!