The Stone lay on the ground, its gaze weak and confused as it looked at the figure watching it.
Go back and stay by their side? Does that mean you're abandoning your betrayal? What's with these Calamity Beast...?
It truly did not expect that this situation would arise.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't have even been brought back here. It should have been killed when it was caught outside, but now...
"No, Lord Two-Horned Lizard!"
An angry shout suddenly rang out.
The Stone lay on the ground, its gaze shifting weakly in the direction it was facing.
The Split-Claw Beast, which had been opposing its survival even when it was outside, was leaning slightly forward, looking at the Two-Horned Lizard.
The Two-Horned Lizard also looked at it and said in a deep voice:
"Why? Didn't the Stone-Armored Beast just say that it was forced into this situation, and that it didn't voluntarily submit to those humans from the beginning?"
"Although it was forced, this guy has still betrayed us. We can't just accept it like this," the Split-Claw Beast insisted. "Especially these last few times, this guy has been using its status as Calamity Beast to hinder us. Otherwise, the hunting teams we sent out to hunt those humans would have captured them long ago. And judging from its behavior of staying behind to cover the retreat this time, it's obvious that this guy has truly surrendered to those humans. Otherwise, it wouldn't have done something like this!"
"Yes, everything else is fine, but these past few days, this guy has been obstructing us..."
One after another, the Calamity Beast spoke up; although not all of them, a considerable number of Calamity Beast did express their opposition.
The other Calamity Beast didn't speak, but they stood by and watched.
The Two-Horned Lizard sat there, listening silently, its gaze slowly sweeping over each and every one of the Calamity Beast.
Gradually, the surrounding noise subsided.
One after another, the Calamity Beast stared at it.
Finally, the Two-Horned Lizard's gaze settled on the Split-Claw Beast.
"Uh, Lord Two-Horned Lizard, that's not what I meant, it's just, it's just..."
The Split-Claw Beast kept opening its mouth, but didn't know how to continue, so it could only stare blankly at the Two-Horned Lizard.
"Alright, I don't mean to blame you. You were just expressing your thoughts, but..."
After a slight pause, the Two-Horned Lizard's gaze returned to the other beasts.
"Are we really going to kill this Stone-Armored Beast? Kill this creature that hasn't done anything wrong? Kill this former comrade?"
"This... it made a mistake, didn't it?" one of the Calamity Beast asked, somewhat uncertainly.
The other Calamity Beast nodded in agreement, their eyes fixed on the Two-Horned Lizard.
The other two problems are one thing, but... he didn't do anything wrong? This guy, by obstructing them these past few times, wasn't he making a mistake?
Stone looked at the Two-Horned Lizard with some confusion.
Under the watchful eyes of the other beasts, the Two-Horned Lizard nodded solemnly.
"From our perspective, it certainly made a mistake, but from its own perspective, did it make a mistake?"
"Well..."
A Calamity Beast opened its mouth, but for a moment, no one knew how to respond.
Seemingly sensing the confusion of the other beasts, the Two-Horned Lizard calmly explained,
"That's right, it didn't do anything wrong."
"Whether it's choosing to side with humans to survive, or whatever they do for humans after sidelining with them, there's nothing wrong with that!"
"Now that we've pledged allegiance to those humans, we must naturally serve them!"
"Otherwise, do you want to see someone who goes to work for humans and then secretly plots against them?"
"If a guy like that were around you, would you dare to trust him?"
Silence, no response.
One after another, the Calamity Beast stared blankly at the Two-Horned Lizard.
Even the Split-Claw Beast in front of them, which was opposing the Stone, was at a loss for words at this moment.
The Two-Horned Lizard lowered its eyes slightly, calmly observing the crowd.
"So, do we really want to kill this Stone-Armored Beast? Kill this former comrade?"
As before, there was silence; this time, no Calamity Beast spoke.
After a long while, the Ironback Beast, which had led these Calamity Beast back, spoke:
"But our food supply was already running low, and having this Fourth Tier Stone-Armored Beast will only make it even more strained!"
Upon hearing this, the other Calamity Beast also looked at Lord Two-Horned Lizard with concern.
Insufficient food is indeed the biggest limiting factor for them at present.
The Two-Horned Lizard is too merciful, not allowing them to indiscriminately kill other Calamity Beast for food.
Only humans who are inherently enemies, and those Calamity Beast that actively attack them and then refuse to listen to warnings, are permitted to be hunted.
However, these two types are in short supply in this space, and the other type immediately backs down when it sees that it can't beat them, which has led to a constant shortage of food for them.
However, no Calamity Beast complained.
After all, they stayed because they believed in the Two-Horned Lizard.
Of course, faith is one thing, but the problems still need to be solved.
Faith alone cannot solve the problem of having enough to eat.
Therefore, occasionally, under the guidance of Lord Ironback Beast, they would secretly hunt some Calamity Beast to supplement their food supply, without the knowledge of Lord Two-Horned Lizard.
However, this shouldn't be done too frequently.
After all, it's rare to encounter someone who isn't cowardly in the past, but now they frequently bring back Calamity Beast, which seems very strange no matter how you look at it.
So, when they encountered those humans a while ago, they were all very happy, thinking they could finally have a relatively full meal. But then, their plans were repeatedly ruined by the Stone-Armored Beast, which is why many of the Calamity Beast hate the Stone-Armored Beast.
If it weren't for it, they wouldn't be like this now!
Thinking of this, many of the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast looked at the one lying on the ground with annoyance.
This time, his eyes weren't as fierce as before.
Beside him, the Two-Horned Lizard's gaze also darkened with this question.
But in the end, it slowly and calmly said:
"The food problem is indeed our biggest problem right now. But rest assured, no matter what, I will not let anyone starve to death. Starting tomorrow, I will spend more time outside every day, trying my best to hunt down a Calamity Beast every day."
Upon hearing this, one after another, the Calamity Beast looked at the Two-Horned Lizard with some emotion.
Before this, Lord Two-Horned Lizard already didn't return until dark every day, and if that time were to be extended further...
"Lord Two-Horned Lizard, you don't need to put yourself through this. Leave these matters to us!" Ironback Beast said in a deep voice.
"Yes, that's right, Lord Two-Horned Lizard, these things..."