Harper kept throwing the pills into her mouth. Whenever she picked a pill, popped it into her mouth and munched it, the beast followed her action, then flung its head against the barrier and opened its mouth as if it hoped that the pills would be thrown into its mouth.
Harper was rather amused by this gesture. Out of curiosity, Harper wrapped the pill with her spiritual energy and flung it out of the barrier. The beast chased after the pill and swallowed it in one gulp. When it came back to the barrier, there was a remarkable change in its demeanor. Its attacking and intimidating stance had given way to a rather subdued attitude. It sat obediently like a huge dog, stretching out its mouth and waiting for its master to feed it again.
The sudden change in the beast's reaction piqued Harper's interest. She wrapped the pills with her spiritual energy and threw them out of the barrier one by one, teasing the beast. Yet, the beast cooperated perfectly to take the pills. A few moments passed like that and both of them seemed to have started enjoying the game. Howard, Diana, and the rest of the guards were all petrified at what they saw.
"That's the ferocious beast!" Diana mumbled with her eyes wide open in amazement. "How can someone tease it like that?!"
Even the guards were left baffled. Was this the same heinous beast that would engulf any human within its reach? No, it couldn't be called a beast at all. Its behaviors made it look more like a dog. To be more precise, it was like a silly dog that was being confused and teased by Harper!
Looking at the beast who was devouring the pills joyfully, Harper recalled the stories she had read in the library. Remembering an old trick, she cut her finger, coated the pill with her blood, and threw it outside the barrier. The beast swallowed it without hesitation!
However, nothing unusual happened to the beast. Harper wondered if it was because there was too little blood on the pill. Hence, she went on to make several such pills dipped in her blood and threw them out. The beasts ate them all and kept burping.
"All allusions are deceptive!" Harper said, shaking her head from side to side. She then touched her wound with her spiritual power. Slowly, the blood coming out of the wound disappeared and the cut in her finger healed. Right at that moment, something strange happened. Several purple lights appeared on the beast's forehead. At the same time, Harper felt a sharp burning pain coming from the back of her waist. Then all of a sudden, she felt as if a force had been injected into her body. If it were not for the spiritual power inside her body running automatically to guide this force, she would probably have exploded!
The people hiding in the distance could only see the dazzling purple light. Slowly, when the purple light dissipated completely, there was no trace of the fierce beast. And Harper was lying on the ground unconscious.
"Harper!" Howard called out in horror and rushed towards his sister. But he could not reach Harper. He clashed with a purple light and got flung into the air. It took him a few moments to get back on his feet. After that, he looked closely to see that Harper had fainted, and there was a little purple beast standing beside her, with two legs, two palms akimbo, as if it was roaring something to him.
"What's this?" asked Diana. She and the guards were left confused. "Where is the giant beast?" They looked all around to find the ferocious beast but all their eyes could see was a small purple beast standing by Harper's side, posing to be her guard.
The little beast fiercely glared at them, and then sat on the ground. It was funny to see its obsession with Harper. It wouldn't allow anyone to approach her. If anyone approached, it would immediately shot fire towards them. The fire was exceptionally strange as its color was purple!
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