As she said that, both women turned to look at Kabe again, their expressions difficult to describe.
Selene had witnessed the entire course of their battle from beginning to end.
To be honest, even someone as confident as Selene did not believe she could defeat Kabe after his transformation.
That giant ape was not the kind of creature that should even exist in this world.
Selene had traveled through many worlds and planes, yet she had never seen a monster so absurdly, monstrously powerful.
If she had been the one facing that giant ape, Selene felt she would have had only one option: open a gate and run.
That was also one of the reasons why she had been so quick to show goodwill toward the two of them.
Of course, saying all that did not mean Selene feared Kabe.
In her view, the only thing that truly threatened her was that mysterious transformation.
As for his normal state, Selene believed she could still suppress him with her own ability.
"To be honest with both of you, after watching your battle, I became very curious about you both.
And precisely because I wanted to understand the two of you better, I came closer to listen to what you were saying.
I simply did not expect your senses to be that sharp, monkey-tail boy. You actually noticed me."
Kabe's mouth twitched, and he replied unhappily,
"Quit calling me monkey-tail, monkey-tail. My name is Kabe.
Just use my name. As for whether you want to call me master or something else after that, do whatever you want."
The more serious he sounded, the more ridiculous his words became.
"The only reason I sensed you at all is because your own curiosity got the better of you.
If you had not come so close, I really would not have known someone had been spying from afar the whole time."
"Hehe, Kabe, you really do like joking around."
If anyone else had joked in front of Selene with words like "master" or "slave," she would have slapped them into minced meat on the spot.
Only because the one saying it was Kabe, a man whose strength she genuinely acknowledged, was Selene willing to answer him, joke with him a little, and close the distance between them.
Irene could understand Selene's curiosity, but at the same time, she herself was also very interested in the legendary Five Dragon Gods.
With a wave of her hand, she summoned a table and chairs onto the deck, then invited Selene,
"It seems this conversation will not be ending anytime soon. Why not stay, have some tea, and talk properly?"
As she spoke, Irene turned her head and glanced at Brandish and the other three, who were still hiding in the corner and did not dare come closer.
Understanding the look in her eyes, the three girls hurriedly ran back into the cabin to prepare tea and desserts for them.
"Then I will gladly accept the hospitality."
After giving that polite response, the three of them sat down one after another.
Once they were seated, Irene gestured for Selene to speak first.
Selene did not act coy at all. She immediately asked Kabe the question she cared about most.
"That transformation of yours... it seems to come with some sort of restriction, does it not?
After all, I felt a very familiar aura from that sphere you released before transforming, and again when you destroyed it before canceling the transformation."
Even though Selene had hit the secret of his transformation in a single sentence, Kabe's face showed no trace of panic.
He believed that not only Selene, but also Irene, who had fought him much more directly, had probably already figured out part of the principle behind his transformation.
So when faced with the question, he answered with complete honesty and confirmed Selene's guess.
"Mm-hmm. Of course it felt familiar to you. Saiyans can only transform while under a full moon.
And since it was not the right time for a full moon to appear, I had no choice but to simulate one and transform through an artificial moon."
"Just as I thought."
Selene first nodded with a look that said it was exactly what she had expected. Then she could not help clapping her hands in delight.
"An artificial moon. What a marvelous technique.
And the Saiyan race, able to create and borrow the power of the full moon to transform, is truly fascinating."
Selene was the Moon Dragon God. She naturally loved and longed for the moon, loved the cool and quiet feeling of moonlight falling across her body.
Because of that, she instantly developed a great deal of fondness for Kabe, the Saiyan who shared such deep ties with the moon.
"Teach me that technique. I want to fill the night sky with full moons!"
With her eyes shining brightly, Selene made a request of someone else for the first time in what felt like forever.
For the sake of the moon, she was willing to set aside a small part of her pride.
But Kabe could only spread his hands at her helplessly.
"Sorry. What I use is another application of Saiyan racial talent.
Even if I wanted to teach it to you, I could not."
It was not as though Kabe had never tried teaching Erza, Mira, and the others how to sense ki.
But perhaps because the worlds were different, no matter how carefully he taught them, they could not sense even the slightest trace of ki.
Hearing that answer, Selene let out a deeply regretful sigh.
She did not suspect Kabe of lying.
After all, even at this close distance, she still could not sense the slightest trace of magic power from him.
That fact did not shock her too much either.
In this world, besides magic power, there were also other systems of power, such as curse power used by demons, forces that came from the same root as magic yet were fundamentally different from it.
She simply assumed that the power Kabe used belonged to a similar category.
"Damn it. As the Moon Dragon God, I actually cannot learn a magic as great as creating moons.
This is so frustrating!!!"