Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World-Chapter 518: Horses, Genocide Is Hard

"I got this time machine from the ruins of an ancient civilization," Memphis said.

The sound of liquid falling into glass echoed into the past of the room for a long time, distracting Kael and Exalon.

Exalon indulged in the fragrance but Kael’s frown hardened. He didn’t like the fact that these substances could actually pull his mind away.

It was scary to know that there were things like this that existed, preventing him from thinking properly as he used to.

Without hesitation, Kael activated his spirit powers and circulated the power all over his mental space.

With this, he easily overcame the intoxicating feeling caused by the fragrance. Exalon still seems lost but his willpower ensured that he would probably be able to pull out if he wanted to.

Katari remained stoic and unbothered

"What do you mean, ancient ruins?" Kael asked with a narrowed gaze. He was now able to focus his thoughts on what was actually important.

What did Memphis mean by Time Machine and Ancient Ruins? Could it be what he was thinking?

"Long ago, before I sat down on the peak of my mountain to take my first student many years ago, I ventured far into the universe.

I wandered and drifted aimlessly, hopping from one civilization nexus or planet hub to the other.

I visited many civilizations and lost count at some point.

It wasn’t long before I got wind that some small-time intergalactic civilizations from one random galaxy were banding together to explore ancient planet ruins.

I could have contacted other lions from heaven and allowed my race to plunder everything for themselves.

But I didn’t. I chose to just go with the flow instead of complicating things.

I journeyed with one mixed-race mercenary group, enjoying their company and learning new things about them every second.

I watched as many low-grade interstellar travel spaceships closed in on this so-called ancient ruins planet.

The planet wasn’t guarded at all, even though it ended up harbouring many valuable items.

But it was to be expected, it was assumed that the former inhabitants of that planet probably didn’t have time to set up any actual defenses.

At the same time, what was the point of protecting those treasures when they were probably not going to be able to use them? It would have been better if they had diverted all their energy toward keeping themselves alive.

We never knew which creatures once owned that planet and the advanced technology we found there, but we appreciate them for all they left behind.

Out of the many things that were there, many were simply one-time use items that helped low-level creatures increase their power level slightly or trigger evolution.

With my power, I was able to easily snatch away this vessel as well as many other items before leaving.

Common sense told me that if I took too much, I would be walking straight into destruction.

And I was right.

Those mercenaries and monarch civilizations could not contain their greed and took as many items as they could. I was even thinking of telling this to one or two lion kings to handle it.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the Laws of Karma, Luck, Destiny, and Entropy converged all at once on the participants of that excavation.

Most of those civilizations were destroyed, not by an enemy, but by their own hands. They imploded on themselves, their ranks unable to handle the level of technology they had acquired from the planet ruins.

A few other civilizations had been dissolved into smaller factions that took their own knowledge and technology to develop separately.

Only two civilizations were able to continue valiantly..." Memphis paused.

"What?" Kael asked, noticing that Memphis had stopped talking unnaturally. At the end of her last sentence, she had begun to drown and her eyes seemed lost in the fogs of a distant memory.

"I usually don’t talk about back then because I feel like I made a severe mistake," Memphis said. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"What mistake did you make?" Kael was curious.

"Back then, only two civilizations truly benefited from the findings of those ancient ruins.

The Bees and the Horses."

"The Bees and Horses?" Exalon asked as he snapped out of his distracted state.

His pupils shrank when he heard the last word.

"Horses, yes. The horses that you are probably very familiar with," Memphis nodded and said.

Kael was confused, he had not yet read the encyclopedia that the monkeys left behind, and Nbayé who had read it beginning to end was not here to explain things to him.

"As you may or may not know, the Bees have been a reigning hegemonic force with significant stakes in different parts of the universe.

Although they tend not to interfere in the matters of others, they can be very nasty and unforgiving.

Whatever technology or artifacts they acquired back then were probably kept or stashed away to add to their overall strength.

After all, the Bees were affiliated with the Law of Nature, their desire to tinker with such artifacts was minimal but not low.

The horses on the other hand were creatures that the lions had been making sure to keep weak and at bay.

For this, our Ancient Cousins, the Cats, helped us out.

However, after the incident of that ancient ruins those thousands of years ago it has become harder to keep track of the horse’s progress.

They went into the shadows with all their gains from the ancient ruins, most likely developing in silence away from the tyranny of the lions.

This is a very important thing because the horses are not just any creatures that should be taken lightly."

"Really? What’s their affiliated law?" Kael asked. Now that he thought about it, he had not really seen any actual horses.

The closest thing he had seen to horses was zebras and wildebeests.

Memphis sighed, "Their affiliated law is the reason why lions cannot afford to stop trying to take them down and suppress them.

The horses are directly affiliated with the Law of Conquering. Which means that they are a blatant competitor to our race."

"What!" Kael exclaimed. He turned to Exalon to see his downcast expression, "Why didn’t you tell me about this.

This is something I should have known," He said.

Exalon sighed too, "I was too preoccupied with other things, I didn’t even think about the horses.

Also, I assumed this was something you already knew."

"Obviously, I don’t," Kael said.

Katari gave a side-eye to Exalon, as if blaming him for Kael’s current dissatisfaction.

Exalon noticed her gaze and wondered what exactly was wrong with this Katari. She always behaved weirdly and made him feel on edge.

"Stop looking at me like that," Exalon told Katari telepathically.

Katari did not respond and only looked away, clearly not intimidated by Kael’s warning.

Exalon was starting to wonder where Kael found all his consorts from. He realized that another crazy one had recently been added to the mix, Alora.

sigh...’

"Yes, they are Horses of Conquest. Just like us, they are affiliated with the Law of Conquering," Memphis said.

"Hmm, then why haven’t they been eliminated yet?" Kael asked. His mind immediately labelled the horses as threats to his goals as he knew who they were and what they stood for.

Not once did he think of meeting them and forming some kind of agreement. No, Kael wanted it all.

"The same reason Ibadon hasn’t yet gone full psycho on us. And it’s the same reason Creation Dragons could never be wiped out.

It’s the same reason Noel failed to wipe out the tigers.

Genocide is hard," Memphis said.

She then brought the cup to her mouth and took a sip. The liquid flowed into her mouth, filling her tongue with a strong and sweet sensation.

The parchedness of her mouth from talking for too long was gone. She enjoyed the taste for a few seconds before resuming her focus on Kael.

"Because of me, my lack of interference, the horses gained something that could potentially give them an advantage over us.

We don’t know what they are planning but they seem to be gathering their forces for a universe-wide gallop.

Our expectation is that they will soon try to take one of the heavenly realms for themselves."

"They can do that?" Kael raised his eyebrows. Silax was the one who helped the lions get their own heavenly realm.

To think that a race would attempt to get its own heavenly realm and become one of the hegemonic forces of the universe.

Kael felt both threatened and excited.

"They can, and they are already making attempts to do so," Memphis said before taking another sip of her wine.

The two empty glass cups were beside her, sitting on the panel. It was as if she had just brought them out to tease them.

"Is anyone doing anything to stop them?" Kael asked.

This time, Exalon was the one to answer, "Yes, All-King. The Shadow Tyranny Coalition has occupied itself with the investigation and annihilation of the budding horse civilization," Exalon said.

"Do you think they will be successful?" Kael asked.

Memphis shrugged her shoulders, "It’s hard to say. I obtained this time machine from the ancient ruins, who knows what they got?

They could have hundreds of those anti-power rockets at the moment and we wouldn’t know."

"Hmm," Kael sank into thought, feeling the weight of another pressure.

"That’s enough for now," Memphis said before drinking all the wine from her glass mug. She kept it aside along with the wine bottle.

"We’ve almost arrived at our destination,"