? There's Such a Good Thing?

Several kilometers from Fang Yuan's main city, in a mountain valley.

A small Beastmen Tribe was entrenched there.

At this moment.

Inside the Beastmen Tribe.

The hunter they had killed was tied to a rack.

Below him, flames roared.

To the Beastmen.

Humans were their food.

Just as the hunter's corpse was being used for a barbecue.

Not far from the Beastmen Tribe.

A few unusually strong Beastmen were gazing in the direction the other hunters had fled.

The Beastmen possessed intelligence as well.

They lived in tribes, and before the Great Calamity, they had been a civilized race.

Though the Great Calamity later descended and their souls were plundered.

The War Mist helped them reshape new Mist Souls.

These Beastmen, who looked like walking corpses to the Blue Star Lord.

Actually possessed not only intelligence, but a considerable degree of it.

Otherwise, the Human Lords would not have been beaten back step by step by them.

And these Beastmen who were gazing into the distance.

Were clearly the leaders and Shaman of this Beastmen Tribe.

When they saw the fleeing hunters.

Alertness appeared in all their eyes.

The leader of this small Beastmen Tribe appeared to be a strong Boarman.

Two enormous tusks gleamed with a metallic luster.

The bulging muscles on his body made it obvious he was a fierce general capable of defeating ten men alone on the battlefield.

"The humans fled in this direction. There may very well be a new Human Lord here!"

The Beastmen leader opened his huge mouth and rumbled out a few words.

Beside him, the Beastmen Shaman held a skull-topped staff.

The long, needle-like whiskers on his head danced in the mountain breeze.

"Human Lord!"

"Since we joined the mist, this is the first time we've been awakened."

"Has humanity's power already begun penetrating the northern frontier?"

Clearly, these Beastmen had previously been in a state of slumber.

They would not awaken before encountering a Human Lord.

The Beastmen leader then said.

"Why bother with all that? The gods of the mist issued an order long ago."

"Discover a Human Lord!"

"Kill without mercy!"

"We only need to carry out their command."

"Since a Human Lord has appeared."

"Then I should fulfill that command."

"Shaman, I'm going to gather the warriors of the Steel Fang Tribe and launch an attack on the Human Lord!"

"Do you agree or not?"

Compared to the Beastmen Commander's recklessness.

The Shaman was much more cautious.

"Here, we still have to obey the orders of the Steel Fang Chieftain."

"The main force of warriors led by the Chieftain is still asleep behind us."

"I suggest we awaken the Chieftain and the tribe's main warriors first, then set out!"

Clearly, the Steel Fang Chieftain was the Beastmen stationed in the Military Territory.

But the Beastmen Commander rejected this proposal.

"Hmph!"

"Shaman, are you afraid of death?"

"Your slumber has worn away the bloodlust of the Beastmen in you."

"By the time you awaken the Chieftain, the humans will already have brought their army here."

"Can't you see that the humans only sent these low-level soldiers because they haven't discovered us?"

"Now is the perfect opportunity. I'll lead the warriors who have already awakened in a sudden attack."

"The humans will never expect us to take the initiative."

"We'll definitely catch them off guard."

"Even if we don't win, we'll throw the humans into disarray and buy time for the Chieftain to awaken."

"But if you give up this opportunity now, while we wait for the Chieftain to awaken, the humans will have time to react as well."

"They'll calmly arrange their defenses and deploy their forces."

"If the Human Lord appears with a large army, we'll instead immediately fall into a passive position."

"We'll be completely surrounded by the human army."

The Beastmen Commander's speech made a trace of agreement appear in the eyes of the Beastmen Shaman seated beside him.

Although these Beastmen had lost their souls, their memories had been preserved.

The experiences of fighting humans in the past, especially the Human Lords' skill at devising stratagems.

Had left an indelible mark in their memories.

Once humans were given enough time.

They would become pigs that could never be slaughtered completely.

One wave would come after another.

In the end, the Beastmen warriors would be devoured by humans like a surging tide.

Therefore, when fighting humans, they absolutely could not give them enough time to react.

They had to wipe out the human territory as quickly as possible!

They had to kill every last human!!!

This lesson had been bought with the countless lives of Beastmen.

Recalling this.

The Beastmen Shaman turned around.

"You're right!"

"We can't give the humans time to react."

"I agree that we should attack the humans immediately."

"But the Steel Fang Chieftain must also be awakened."

"Leave ten warriors to return to the tribe and awaken the Steel Fang Chieftain."

"All the other warriors will follow me immediately!"

"Kill every human!"

The last sentence came from the Beastmen Shaman as an almost guttural roar.

His voice reached the ears of the Beastmen warriors awakening behind them.

"That's right!"

"Humans have appeared again!"

"We absolutely can't give them a chance."

"We can only fight to the death!!!"

The Beastmen Commander turned around and raised the enormous iron hammer in his hand toward the Beastmen warriors behind him.

"Humans have appeared!"

"Our old enemies are back. They've come to plunder our land."

"They'll kidnap our descendants and drive us into the mines, where we'll be tortured to death in the bottomless tunnels."

"Beastmen warriors, do you want to become human slaves and lowly miners?"

"No, we don't!"

Hundreds of Beastmen roared, their voices shaking the heavens.

"Beastmen warriors, what should we do to survive?"

"Kill!"

"Kill every human!"

These were all strong Beastmen warriors, and nearly every one of them was a battle soldier.

They wore iron armor and wielded elite weapons.

In this wilderness.

Their responding roars echoed across the wasteland.

The Beastmen leader raised the iron hammer in his hand as well.

"Kill the humans!"

"Follow me!"

In an instant, hundreds of enraged Beastmen followed the Commander.

They pursued the hunters' escape route toward Fang Yuan's main city.

At this moment.

Inside Fang Yuan's main city.

After learning that the hunters had been killed, Fang Yuan immediately opened the map.

He confirmed the location where the hunters had been killed.

Then he quickly marked the area.

"Within five kilometers."

"Judging from the contour lines on the map, it should be inside a mountain valley."

"In other words, there's a Beastmen camp here."

"Or perhaps a Beastmen Tribe!"

Lilith nodded beside him.

"It should be a camp. The valley clearly isn't very large."

"The Beastmen are a civilized race."

"A tribe they formed wouldn't be this small."

"It would have at least several thousand people."

"This place is too small to accommodate that many people."

Lilith's words surprised Fang Yuan slightly.

"That many?"

"If there are over a thousand people, and every one of them is a battle soldier!"

"Wouldn't that put me in danger?"

Lilith merely smiled when she heard this.

"Don't worry, Lord."

"No matter how numerous ants are, they're still only ants."

"These Beastmen may be somewhat stronger than Gnolls."

"But killing them would be effortless for me."

"Of course, that's assuming they don't scatter!"

"Once they escape, with the mist covering them, they'll become a threat to you in the future."

Fang Yuan deeply agreed when he heard this.

Lilith was powerful, but the War Mist limited her effective combat radius.

If most of the Beastmen escaped.

Their endless future raids would tie down most of his forces.

Therefore, if he wanted to eliminate them this time.

It would be best to lure the Beastmen into a decisive battle.

That way, he could use Lilith's overwhelming strength to wipe out the Beastmen in one fell swoop.

Eliminating all future trouble!

To lure the Beastmen into a decisive battle, he needed to have enough soldiers.

"It's time to create soldiers!"

But when he looked at the resources he had left.

"I can't create too many!"

"I need to recall Christian!"

Just as Fang Yuan was preparing to give the order.

At that moment, a Flame Mage rushed in through the door.

"Lord!"

"Urgent military intelligence!"

"Several hundred half-orcs have formed a battle formation."

"They've launched an attack on us!"

Upon hearing the news, Fang Yuan raised his head in astonishment.

Only after a long while did he murmur,

"Such a good thing can happen?"