dognovel Chapter 102 Starting Point
Chapter 102 Starting Point
The Tiger Beast Tribe dispatched five flying beastmen to accompany Lin Ni and her group to the Ten Thousand Cliffs. Leading the way to the Rainforest Marshland was Fei, the father beast of Yan, a level seven eagle beastman. They would first take Lin Ni and her companions to the border between the towering mountains and the Ten Thousand Cliffs, then proceed to the Rainforest Marshland, located in the east of the Beastman Continent. Because they were relatively unfamiliar with the Rainforest Marshland and the vast North Sea, these two places would be led by level seven beastmen in groups of five. As for the Ten Thousand Cliffs, since they had maintained contact, Feng, as the representative of the Tiger Beast Tribe, would go. The Tiger Beast Tribe didn't have many flying beastmen; only three were high-level level seven flying beastmen. Therefore, this operation already involved most of their mid-to-high-level flying beastmen, as lower-level flying beastmen couldn't carry people for long periods and would be much slower.
Lin Ni ultimately carried her own hiking backpack, containing only the items she brought from her original world: a cell phone and a power bank with unknown battery levels, a folding knife, a lunchbox containing stainless steel extendable chopsticks and a spoon, two sets of old sportswear, slightly worn sneakers, a lighter, two empty small bottles of seasoning, three sewing needles, a box each of fever reducer and anti-inflammatory medicine, a comb, and a water bottle. That was all. She still needed to wear her sports vest every day, so she kept it with the other clothes. Her own underwear and socks were worn out, her food was finished (or expired anyway), and her toothbrush was too worn out to use. She had Yao make a substitute toothbrush, which wasn't very good, but it was better than nothing. Without toothpaste, she tried brushing her teeth with salt, which worked okay.
The group of eleven set off from the Tiger Beast Tribe. Their rest periods depended entirely on the weather; they would stop to rest when it rained and fly longer when it wasn't. Lin Ni felt that her physical condition had improved a lot, and she was unaffected by several light rain showers. However, she shed her skin two days after setting off, and Lin Ni immediately asked him to make her a two-piece raincoat. Now, as long as it didn't rain heavily, she wouldn't worry about getting wet.
This time they didn't stop at the tribe. The eagle-beastmen stopped to rest when they got tired of flying, while Linni's companions either dug caves or hunted. Everyone worked together quite well, dividing the tasks. Linni couldn't eat the bloody, fresh meat, but cooked meat wouldn't provide enough energy, so she started to feel a little dizzy. Ye was a little worried, but Yao said it wouldn't have much of an impact in a few days, and that she didn't need to feel this bad while traveling.
Everyone knew how arduous the continuous flight was, so they all traveled as fast as they could and finally arrived at the large pond where they had stayed the night before, at noon on the eleventh day.
The cave beneath the waterfall was already occupied by several wandering orcs. Before the flying orcs could even land, Night leaped down from a height of about ten meters, transforming into a giant python over thirty meters long and shooting straight towards the cave. The eight green rhombuses on its back gleamed in the sunlight—after the battles of last autumn and the acclimatization of hibernation, Night had finally replenished its energy and molted in spring, reaching level eight. Inside the cave were four mid-level wandering orcs. Suddenly seeing the snake-like orc hurtling towards them from the sky, clearly stronger than themselves, they rushed out in panic. Before they could even speak, Night bit one of them, then flicked its tail, throwing one of the orcs away. The remaining two were tightly entwined, and after only a few howls, they fell silent.
Night transformed his upper body into human form and carried the three dying orcs away. The orc who had been thrown into the water was a leopard orc, who followed him tremblingly until they reached the other side.
By this time, everyone had landed on the opposite bank. Linni looked at the cave where she used to live with some worry, wondering if the things inside were still there.
The leopard-like orc stepped ashore and knelt on the ground, pleading, "Spare me! High-ranking orcs, spare me!"
Night strangled the three orcs to death right in front of him, then threw them onto the leopard orc: "This is my dwelling. Tell the orcs in the neighborhood not to come here again, or these three will be what you suffer!"
Feng transformed into a giant tiger and spoke in human language, saying, "Remember to mention there's another tiger beast!"
The leopard beastman quickly replied, "I understand, I understand! This great waterfall and pool belong to the territory of the high-level snake beastman and the high-level tiger beastman. I will definitely spread the word throughout the entire beastman continent."
Ye Leng asked, "Can you travel all over the orc continent?"
The leopard-man quickly changed his tune, saying, "I promise to spread the message to the fifty nearby mountains, as well as the nearest ape tribe and pheasant tribe, is that alright?"
Night nodded: "Get lost!"
"Yes, yes!" The leopard-man scrambled away, transforming into a leopard.
The things in the cave had obviously been destroyed. Even if it wasn't a wandering beastman, it could have been other animals. After all, an autumn and a winter had passed, and thirty days of spring had already gone by. Who knew what had happened during that time? It was both reasonable and unexpected, so Linni wasn't too disappointed.
Everyone was exhausted from this period of time, so Ye went straight into the water to catch fish. The pool was big enough and there were many aquatic creatures. Everyone had a hearty meal together. Ye and the others started to tidy up the cave. He and Bai wanted to restore it to the way it was when they lived together before, after all, they were very reluctant to let Lin Ni go when she left.
After tidying up the cave, the flying orcs stayed inside to rest. Linni, having just woken up from a nap in Yao's arms, decided to revisit the cave.
Lin Ni inevitably recounted her encounter with Ye to Feng and the others: "Back then, Bai Shu and Bai Ji were with me catching fish in a small lake up there. I was swimming and having a great time! Suddenly, something wrapped around my foot in the water. I thought it was seaweed and was about to dive down to look when I saw a long snake's tail wrapped around my ankle, dragging me forward. I couldn't speak in the water, and it dragged me out of the waterfall and flung me into the air. Then, that huge snake head charged at me! This was the scariest thing I've ever experienced! It was even scarier than when I was almost chased by a black bear and that brown bear! I was so scared I almost fainted! I really thought I was going to be eaten by a python! Even now, I'm still a little scared when I think about it!"
Upon hearing this, Feng and the others immediately beat Ye up: "You damned Ye, look what you've done!"
Yan said, "You wicked beastman who steals females! And you dare to call yourself a good stray beast!"
"Yes! I've wanted to beat him up for a long time!" Bai kicked Ye several times viciously. He couldn't beat him back then—and it seems he still can't now. It's infuriating that the orc is like this!