Because it carried the aura of the Wise King of the Forest, none of the nearby magical beasts dared approach.
Tears glimmered beneath the giant Zokaria hamster's eyes, as though it had suffered some immense injustice.
It sat on the ground, its fat, round body bound to a large tree by several golden ropes.
Its tail, originally about twenty meters long, had already lost a quarter of its length. The Wise King of the Forest's powerful physique had sealed the wound, and it was no longer bleeding.
Its huge, round eyes blinked rapidly, but it did not dare make the slightest movement.
In its eyes, the creature not far away who was building a fire for a barbecue was simply a hellish demon wearing human skin!
It was the mighty Wise King of the Forest. It had never done anything wicked, so why... why was it so unlucky? Its utterly ferocious appearance had failed to scare off that human female.
"Crackle~ pop~"
The firewood burned, sparks scattering from the splitting logs. Its half-ruined tail hung from a wooden rack above the flames.
Whenever it thought of that, its long-sealed wound began to ache faintly.
What kind of demons were those two...?
The scales on its tail were removed in the blink of an eye, and the cracked bloody marks made the giant hamster shudder uncontrollably.
Skinning, washing, cutting... every step was executed with consummate skill.
After living for so many years, it had never encountered another of its kind. Was that because all its companions had been eaten by those demons?
The Wise King of the Forest trembled. All it wanted now was to return to the depths of the forest and never come here again.
"Mm~ This meat really is nice and chewy. It's much chewier than that dragon