Black Star happily carried those tombstones.
"That Emperor is really filthy... The tombstones they can take with them, he picks up inside, and the ones they don't have time to take, I pick up here."
They cooperated perfectly, collecting corpses without a hitch.
And Black Star had already studied it.
The Ancient Beasts were inherently stupid and primitive species, with reduced intelligence but increased aptitude.
The other party was detecting Ancient Beasts, seemingly using a brain detector, and Black Star, having consumed the Life Struggle Pill, secretly tested it and found that he could actually pass!
Or perhaps, creatures that have taken the Life Struggle Pill have their brains compromised and are thus considered Ancient Beasts.
"This is practically a trait of the Immortal Race."
