After flying to Kangning City, the city closest to Jinlin City, the nineteen students from Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy had to continue on foot.
Along the way, Jingjing, whose memory was nearly photographic, began explaining the area around Jinlin City. She mentioned the word "horde."
"Most Demon Beasts live alone, but there are plenty of exceptions. In the south, the Demon Wolf Species is a typical example of a social Demon Beast. The Black Vatican was responsible for the horrific Bo City disaster, but it used the Demon Wolf Species to cause it."
"Those wolves came from the Demon Wolf Tribe in the Southern Mountain Ranges. Compared with the Lizard-Skull Giant Demon Tribe of Dongting Lake, the One-Eyed Demon Wolf Tribe is nothing."
Jingjing shared her knowledge with tireless enthusiasm.
When Mu Nujiao heard Jingjing mention Bo City, she glanced at Mo Xie, remembering that he had lived through the disaster.
Then Jingjing explained to Mo Fan.
"We classify groups of Demon Beasts by size. Once a group has at least fifty adults, we call it a nest."
"If a species has more than fifty nests, we call it a tribe. More than ten tribes make a Demon Beast horde."
"Wait, let me work that out."
Mo Fan was fascinated. He counted on his fingers as he spoke.
"Fifty-one nests, with fifty nests to a tribe... So a Demon Beast force big enough to count as a tribe has at least twenty-five hundred members?"
"Right. A tribe has at least twenty-five hundred, not counting cubs, growing juveniles, or aging Demon Beasts with little fighting strength."
Mo Fan recalled the Bo City disaster. Even without counting the Warrior Level Three-Eyed Demon Wolves, more than twenty-five hundred One-Eyed Demon Wolves had entered the city. And that was nothing compared with