The War Resumes (Bonus Chapter for 300 Cumulative Monthly Tickets)
On the Rotten Clan's side, the Ratmen scout squad's subsequent actions soon allowed them to firmly confirm their enemy's existence.
Although the Ratmen commander had already guessed that something had happened to the Claw Clan, he still felt the pressure multiply when they truly confirmed that the Claw Clan had been defeated by the Lizardmen and that its territory had now been completely occupied by the Lizardmen.
This result showed that the Lizardmen's strength here had clearly surpassed the Claw Clan's. Otherwise, given the Claw Clan's size, if the gap in strength had not been too great, it would only have led to endless warfare like before. Wanting to wipe them out would have been nothing short of a pipe dream.
With that conclusion reached, he had no choice but to reassess the Lizardmen's strength.
On the other hand, after successfully dealing with the enemy on the other side and gaining more resources and greater territory, the Rotten Clan's strength had long since become a far cry from what it once was.
Ultimately, it was because the Rotten Clan's chief believed that their strength had surpassed the Claw Clan's and that they could successfully swallow them up that this operation had come about.
Regardless, now that the Lizardmen had become their "neighbors," the identities of their two clans made peaceful coexistence basically impossible.
Since war could not be avoided no matter what, their subsequent actions naturally would not be affected by this.
Not to mention, over the past six months, the Rotten Clan's population had continued to grow. By now, they had reached the point where they had no choice but to send part of their population away to ease the food pressure within the clan.
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