Surrounded by Five Beast Lords novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Yesterday, when Elmer heard hat Cassian’s fiancée would be changed to Iris, he went to his mother for the first time and told her he wanted to be matched with Dora.

Regina didn’t like Elmer, but for the sake of the Shawn family’s reputation, she still didn’t want him to marry a defective female without the Spatial Realm Ability and raining his future.

For the first time in his life, Elmer argued with his mother. However, Regina said, “Dora has already been kicked out of the Southwell family. If you want to be matched with her, then get out of the Shawn family too.”

Elmer went back to the attic to pack. Using his Optical Brain, he found the shared location that had always been linked to Dora, and it showed she was in y–7 Zone at the edge of the city.

He was just about to find Dora when a sudden commotion from the first floor made him stop.

Crying, rushed footsteps, Cassian’s father shouting in a rage, and the sharp alarm of an energy scanner all crashed together in total chaos.

Elmer knew that was not normal. Regina cared about image and rules more than anything. No one was allowed to speak too loudly in their house.

Curious, Elmer stepped out and peeked down from upstairs.

After a casual glance, he almost laughed out loud. He quickly covered his mouth, his light–brown eyes going wide and bright with open glee,

The first floor was brightly lit. Several emergency medics were carefully carrying in something that could barely be recognized as human.

The person was burned black all over, with only a pair of shorts left for cover. His scorched hair was stuck together, and his swollen, bruised face was smeared with blood and ash. His original appearance was completely gone.

But Elmer still recognized the build and the faint, chaotic remains of fire–type supernatural energy right away. It was his so- called gifted brother, Cassian.

Elmer scoffed inwardly, ‘Well, well, isn’t that my big–shot Level–5 fire–type brother? How did he turn into a burnt peacock? That looks nasty. Bet it hurts.

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Regina was crying so hard that she almost passed out, and her beast mates hurried to support her from all sides.

They shouted, “Cassian! Cassian, wake up!”

One of Regina’s beast mates stepped closer and examined Cassian carefully. “He is severely injured. A treatment pod alone probably won’t be enough.”

Regina, always so dignified, cried out in a shrill voice, “I don’t care how much it costs or what medicine we need. You have to cure Cassia. Nothing can happen to him.

“Pay whatever it takes. Find a healing–type supernatural ability user for Cassian right now.”

Cassian’s stern father, Kael Shawn, Regina’s alpha beast mate, also barked in fury, “Find out who did this. I want them to pay the price. How dare they hurt my son!”

A healing–type supernatural ability user? Pay whatever it takes?‘ Elmer sneered inwardly.

3:33 pm

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one in the erwe Shawn family, including the one lying on the stretcher, knew that Elmer had long since awakened a Arcond supernatural ability, a rare healing–type ability.

But he would never help because he knew them too well.

Once the Shawns found out he could heal, what would wait for him would not be gratitude or respect. It would be endless demands and exploitation.

They would take it for granted that exhausting his crystal energy for the family, especially for Cassian, their so–called hope, was his duty. They might even expect him to overdraw is supernatural ability for Cassian’s sake.

‘And what if I heal him? Elmer thought. At best, they’ll say, “Looks like that white dog is finally useful for something.”

He didn’t care about the scraps of attention from his family. All the sunlight in his life had come from Dora.

Cassian had hurt Dora, and Elmer had wanted to beat him up too. Unfortunately, he had never been a match for that peacock.

‘I’m never healing him, Elmer thought, a darker idea even slipping in. The healing–type supernatural ability user they hire better be weak. Maybe they won’t have enough crystal energy either, and Cassian will suffer for a few more days.

“Better yet, he can stay in bed for a few months. A little lasting damage would be nice too. Maybe a scar on that face!

Elmer leaned over the upstairs railing and watched with great interest.

He sneered inwardly, “Tsk, he really got wrecked. At least three broken ribs. Look at the burn mark on his face. Did someone press his face down and shock him? Who did that? Nice work!

Thinking of Cassian’s usual high–and–mighty act, then looking at the ruined mess he had become now, Elmer felt deeply satisfied.

He cheered inside. ‘Serves him right. That’s what he gets for using that face to fool Dora

After enjoying the show for a while, Elmer returned to his room. Light and cheerful, he jumped out the window and slipped out of the house while everyone was still in chaos.

He didn’t stop or look back. He left the beautiful cage where he had lived for twenty years, a place that had never given him the slightest warmth, and ran toward Dora.

He thought firmly, ‘I don’t care if Dora doesn’t have Spatial Realm Ability. I’ll work hard, kill alien beasts, collect crystal cores, earn starcoins, and protect her.‘

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When he excitedly followed the navigation to Dora’s location, he found an empty land with an old tent in the center. It carried Dora’s scent.

Next to it, there was a powerful–looking man setting up a tent. Elmer held back and didn’t dare ask anything. He simply took. out his own tent and quietly began setting it up on the other side.

Before Dora returned, the two men stayed locked in a silent tension, each setting up his own tent without speaking to the other.

Clive didn’t stop Elmer because he recognized him. Back when Clive was still a black snake, the teenage Elmer, wanting to make Dora happy, had secretly used his newly awakened healing ability to treat Clive.

Now that he had finally seen Dora again, Elmer rushed up to her excitedly. He waved his hands and lowered his voice,

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the excitement in his tone was almost spilling over. “Dora, you know what?

“You’re gonna love this. Cassian got beaten up. Like, seriously beaten up!”

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