Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The higher the level of a spiritual beast, the more powerful and intelligent it would be.

This Level-3 Fire Demon Lizard already had some intelligence. Thus, it knew that its master had abandoned it, and it also knew that Adrian had been kind to it. Therefore, it snorted a few times as if it was expressing its gratitude.

Adrian saw that the burns on the leg of the Fire Demon Lizard were gradually being healed by the potion. He also saw that the 10-foot-tall creature was able to stand up.

As a result, Adrian couldn’t help but stay alert.

Meanwhile, Charles secretly ordered the Armored Mane Pig to watch the Fire Demon Lizard carefully so that Adrian wouldn’t be harmed.

However, the Fire Demon Lizard didn’t show any signs of anger. It simply looked at Adrian quietly before lowering its huge head and rubbing its scaly skin against Adrian’s head.

Adrian felt the enthusiasm from the spiritual beast and felt relieved. He smiled and said, “Alright, we have to hurry. Goodbye, big guy.”

With that, Adrian turned around with Alice on his back and walked forward.

Charles also followed, but he didn’t know if the Fire Demon Lizard would launch a sneak attack. Thus, he didn’t dare to have his back facing the spiritual beast like Adrian did.

After walking for a short while, Charles suddenly poked Adrian in the waist with his elbow. “Hey, Adrian,” he whispered. “I don’t know why that big guy is following us.”

After Adrian heard this, he turned around in surprise and realized that the Fire Demon Lizard was really following them. He could not help but ask curiously, “Big guy, why are you following us? We’re leaving the Spiritual Beast Forest.”

The Fire Demon Lizard was no longer as irritable as it had been when it was being controlled by Cenir. Instead, it was extremely calm and docile. It seemed to enjoy interacting with Adrian very much and began to chortle.

Adrian didn’t quite understand what this Fire Demon Lizard was trying to do, but seeing that it didn’t seem to have any ill intentions, he didn’t pay much attention to it. Instead, he said softly, “Big guy, your home is in the depths of the Spiritual Beast Forest. That’s your home. You can’t follow me.”

With that, Adrian started walking with Alice on his back, only to be greeted by the sound of heavy footsteps behind him.

Adrian could only turn around. He stared at the Fire Demon Lizard and took a few steps forward. To his surprise, the spiritual beast followed him and maintained a fixed distance from him. This puzzled him.

Charles couldn’t help but laugh at this. “Adrian, does this guy like you? Why is he sticking to you?”

“I don’t know. It probably likes to play with humans.” Adrian shrugged. He couldn’t understand the behavior of the Fire Demon Lizard.

However, Charles did not think so. He said angrily, “Forget it. I still remember clearly how that big guy wanted to kill us.”

Adrian smiled. “Never mind. We just have to leave it alone. If it gets tired of following us, it’ll leave on its own.”

However, Adrian’s words didn’t come true. Over the past few days, the Fire Demon Lizard followed him almost wherever he went.

At first, Adrian thought that the Fire Demon Lizard was following Alice on its back. However, in the end, he put Alice down, but the Fire Demon Lizard was still following him. Thus, he knew that this spiritual beast might really have taken a liking to him.

“Big guy, we’re about to leave the Spiritual Beast Forest. Don’t follow us anymore. Quickly return to the depths of the forest and settle down.” Adrian looked at the nearby Fire Demon Lizard and smiled.

The Fire Demon Lizard had been following them for the past few days. They didn’t feel safe at first and were afraid that the spiritual beast would attack them from behind.

However, they slowly realized that the body of the spiritual beast had long returned to normal and its stamina was at its peak. If it wanted to kill them, it wouldn’t need to resort to such despicable means.

Furthermore, being followed by the Fire Demon Lizard wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. When they had been walking out of the Spiritual Beast Forest over the past two days, they had ran into a spiritual beast attack. However, the spiritual beasts had been scared off by the Fire Demon Lizard, saving them a lot of trouble.

Charles suddenly said, “Adrian, are you really not going to take it away? It has been very docile towards you these past few days. It obviously wants to acknowledge you as its master.”

Alice, who had woken up long ago and regained her composure, replied, “No, it can’t. It already has a contract and can no longer form a contract with Adrian. This is unless its owner is willing to remove the contract first, but that guy has already disappeared.”

As for the Fire Demon Lizard, it seemed to understand that Adrian and the others were leaving the Spiritual Beast Forest. As a result, it let out a hissing sound. No one knew what it wanted to say, but it looked like it was very upset.

Adrian smiled upon seeing this. To be honest, after these few days of interaction with the Fire Demon Lizard, he was already used to the existence of this big guy and quite liked its docile nature. Unfortunately, this spiritual beast already had a contractual master.

“Big guy, go back. If there’s a chance in the future, I’ll come and see you again.” Adrian waved at the Fire Demon Lizard as if he was saying goodbye.

However, the Fire Demon Lizard was even more upset. It sprawled its four limbs on the ground, and its fist-sized eyes seemed to be filled with sorrow as it whimpered.

Adrian was moved, but his rationality told him that he could not take the Fire Demon Lizard away.

Thus, Adrian turned around resolutely and strode out of the Spiritual Beast Forest.

Alice and Charles joined him. They looked at the familiar intersection not far away and all of them were excited.

As long as they walked for a while more, they would be able to see the human town!

“Captain, when we reach the town, I want to eat roasted chicken, roasted beef, roasted mutton, and roasted pork…” Charles uttered excitedly as he walked.

Alice smiled and said, “Okay, let’s eat all of that. It’s my treat!”

However, at this time, heavy footsteps came from behind them once again. They turned around and saw that the Fire Demon Lizard had followed them.

“Roar!” The Fire Demon Lizard let out a low growl as it stared at Adrian with its vertical pupils, clearly wanting him to take it away.

Adrian hesitated for a while. Then, he looked at the Fire Demon Lizard and asked seriously, “Will you listen to me?”

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