Beauty in the beast world-Chapter 270: The plans

Gregory felt like he had heard something wrong. A frown marred his face as he asked again just to make sure, "They ate those beastmen?"

"Yes, Lord" and the answer he received was filled with conviction which in turn vanished his suspicion. He felt stupid for even doubting this. Those snake beastmen were feral in nature. Cold-blooded and vicious to the level where the city had to separate itself from them. All around the beast world, tribes and cities likewise kept their distance from ferals. Snakes and Scorpions were one of the many that were considered as ferals, so letting them in this place where the largest beast gathering dwelled felt odd.

And the tribes that had always upheld these unspoken rules were Lion and Silver Wolf tribes. It was quite ironic in that sense. The two greatest power that kept the ferals out of the city were now their family. Lyra really was playing a long game whether it was knowingly or unknowingly.

Coming back, the matter of those ferals devouring fellow beastmen left him in shock but not for a long time. Killing and eating a beastman was not the end of the world. Gregory himself had eaten beastmen during his most lowest point in training. They made quite a nutritious meal after all.

But that was not important right now. Gregory racked his brain trying to think of something. He didn’t want to let this matter go to waste. This was too good of an opportunity to slip up. He has to make good use of this matter to trouble Iria’s daughter. It didn’t have to be something grand though because a little bit of pressure on that child and her mates felt enough for now, "Iria, don’t blame me" he muttered with a satiated smile on his face, "All of these are the consequences of your own doing. If only you had stayed with me...then I wouldn’t have to do this"

His muttering voice was devoid of warmth and love which he claimed he had for Iria. Day by day, Gregory was descending to madness or he was already mad. He was not sure about that but what he was sure of right now was the need to bother his beloved’s daughter. This was like a little payback for all the pain Iria put him through.

"Any orders, Lord?" Gregory’s subordinate asked as though reading his master’s mind. He had worked too long with his master to not know about the former’s thought process during certain moments.

"By today’s dawn, I want the entire beast city to turn against the Snake tribe," Gregory said, "And tip the eagle tribe about the matter regarding their tribesmen’s death"

Gregory’s subordinate bowed in understanding before leaving that place.

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[Eagle Tribe]

"What did you just say?" A woman’s soft voice rang inside the meeting room of the Eagle tribe. Tribe’s witch masters and elders were seated side by side opposite the long table in the middle. Right now they were discussing their king’s current condition until one of the eagle messengers interrupted them with blood-curdling news.

Alice had a dazed look as she started at the tribe’s messenger. The latter looked absolutely terrified while he repeated his previous words, "All of your mates excluding Blaine are dead your majesty. There are rumors going around the city regarding your mates getting eaten by the snake beastmen after they were killed by Prince Noah and Prince Lucas"

As soon as he finished his words, murmurers started to fill the room. The elders were very appalled by what they heard and couldn’t help but glance at their queen. It was her mates that were dead after all. Then when it came to the witch masters, they quite expected something like this to happen. Unlike the elders who were quite isolated from the outside world, the witch masters knew of the current happenings inside the city. The latter worked as healers and hence knew of everything inside the city.

The witch masters were also aware of the real powers running the city. Lion tribe monopolized the duty of keeping the city safe which in turn earned them immense respect from everyone. Whereas, the Silver Wolf tribe dominated other aspects of the city which made them unshakable. Each and every beastmen inside the city went to the Silver Wolf tribe whenever they needed help. Be it regarding getting treated by witch masters or females receiving the blessing of the moon goddess, the latter held a tight grip on these things. The healers of other tribes came nowhere near to the witch masters from the Silver Wolf tribe.

Lion and the Silver Wolf tribes are the ones in power so their queen hurting Lady Lyra was quite stupid. Yes, they too were upset with what Lady Lyra’s mates did to their king but it did not mean they could turn stupid enough to enrage their King’s attackers while he was still unwell. The eagle tribe was nothing without King Kyell so hastily taking decisions in his absence would only result in one thing. Demolition of their tribe!

It was a pity that no one in this meeting room was interested enough to think rationally while they talked about attacking the two most powerful tribes just because some random males died. But the greatest pity here was that all of the witch masters thought the same instead of one.

Kylo, one of the head witch masters and the most skilled in their tribe was working with Queen Alice as he said, "We should avenge our men by any means your majesty"

His words were followed by loud voices filled with anger and conviction, "Master Kylo is right your majesty, letting this matter go will only portray us as weak"

"Our action this time should serve as an example for the ones that looked down on us!" said another.

"The Eagle tribe is not weak!"

"Absolutely true, your majesty. Lion tribe, Silver wolf tribe, and those bloody ferals should go through a fate worse than death! Only then will your mates’ soul rest in the afterlife"

Words and Notions like these flew all around the meeting room but Alice was not in a mood to hear any of that. Her mates’ death didn’t even bother her in the least. She didn’t even know all of their names but what left her shocked was something else. Her expectation was exceeded. Lyra’s mates acted very soon unlike what Alice had calculated. With this alone, she can bring the Eagle tribe down but her plans have changed.

Her goal of bringing the eagle tribe down and killing Kyrell was gone. Now, she had a very big pawn that she could use to completely destroy Kyrell and that was Lyra. She wanted him to suffer just as Alice did when she lost her precious family.

So, keeping that in mind, Alice started to muse trying to find a new plan, and raised her head actively stopping the elders from bickering, "All of you get out of here"

The elders looked confused as they glanced at each other before looking at Alice, "Your majesty..." their words came to a halt when they received a sharp glare from their queen.

"Leave!" Alice repeated which sent them scurrying out of the room.

As the elders left, the witch masters on the other hand, suspiciously looked back at Kylo before exiting.

Now, only Alice and Kylo were left inside the room.

"Tell me, Kylo. What should I do now?" Alice asked staring right at the smirking witch master, "What....will help our plan for now?"

Kylo leaned against the table before uttering, "I had recently heard about King Leonard’s plans for an expedition outside the city walls"

A smile so hauntingly beautiful bloomed on Alice’s face as soon as she heard those words. The joy she was feeling right now couldn’t be explained with words, "The Great Lion King...I guess he will soon become the late Lion King"