Free Web NovelChapter 1443: Chapter 1291: Ancient Beast World 48
The Water Rat Clan has weak combat capabilities; despite their sharp teeth and claws, they cannot compare with other powerful Beastman tribes, nor can they defeat strong wild beasts. Their survival relies entirely on continuous evolution.
This is a weak clan that can only flee when encountering a strong enemy. However, when they came across the even weaker Fishman Clan, instead of sympathizing with them, they oppressed the Fishman Clan with brutal means.
Though the Water Rat Clan’s hunting skills are poor, their diet is quite diverse, including various vegetarian foods, tree roots, grasses, and even some toxic plants as part of their menu.
Thus, although the Water Rat Clan is small, they never lack food. Even in winter, they can survive on some plant roots and tree bark, allowing them to live quite comfortably.
Such a clan, upon encountering the Fishman Clan, could have coexisted peacefully, as the ocean’s resources are vast and the Fishman Clan never lacks sea food.
If the Water Rat Clan and Fishman Clan were friendly, the Water Rat Clan could exchange land-based vegetarian food and help the Fishman Clan watch for dangers on the shore in return for the Fishman Clan’s assistance in catching fish to solve meat resource issues.
If the two weak clans were to watch out for each other, it would be mutually beneficial, surely improving the lives of both clans.
Yet, the Water Rat Clan chose to treat the Fishman Clan as food and never considered collaboration. This nature is despicable and deserving of demise.
Shuangshuang deployed Thousand Silk Entanglement, leaving Yan Ming no chance to act. Every time a Water Rat Clan beastman emerged from the hole, she would dispatch them.
This underground cave seemed large; the Water Rat Clan beastmen that Shuangshuang cleared out formed a hill, with more beastmen trying to escape. After nearly half a day, the cave was finally empty.
Seeing the cave quiet now, Shuangshuang didn’t let her guard down but instead used Thousand Silk Entanglement to widen the entrance, preparing to search inside. freewebnøvel.coɱ
The Water Rat Clan has enemies everywhere; although their combat abilities are mediocre, their courage is immense, defying the traditional impression of mouse-like timidity.
No matter which tribe’s beastmen ended up injured and alone, they would boldly capture and eat them, earning the reputation of recklessness.
Due to numerous enemies, the Water Rat Clan excels in escaping and hiding. If Shuangshuang doesn’t examine the cave now, who knows if there are any escaped Fishman Clan left inside?
Once she and Yan Ming left and found Water Rat Clan beastmen from other tribes seeking revenge against the Fishman Clan, then instead of helping, they would attract even greater disaster to the Fishman Clan.
The Water Rat Clan is small of stature, so the underground caves were not dug tall. Shuangshuang and Yan Ming had to stoop slightly to move forward, which over time, in such confined spaces, inevitably annoys people.
Shuangshuang and Yan Ming moved quickly, eager to finish searching and leave. The cave had rooms dug every short distance, furnished with beast skins and various supplies.
With her sharp eyes, Shuangshuang spotted scattered human bones or enormous fish tailbones in multiple rooms; these tailbones were clearly Fishman Clan tails.
There were also some chilling child bones, particularly skulls with dark, hollow eyes that made anyone uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Shuangshuang and Yan Ming came upon several surviving Water Rat Clan members, these dozen beastmen were extremely resilient, hoping to escape death but were unlucky to meet a meticulous Shuangshuang and had to die unwillingly.
After dealing with all the Water Rat Clan members, Shuangshuang and Yan Ming noticed an odd situation: there were no elderly or children among the Water Rat Clan.
No elderly was understandable; such a cruel clan not caring for the elderly was unsurprising, but the absence of children was peculiar.
However, Shuangshuang and Yan Ming lost interest quickly; there are indeed clans unwilling to raise children due to them being burdensome, so for the Water Rat Clan, no cruelty would surprise Shuangshuang.
After handling the Water Rat Clan, it was left to return the Fishman Clan members to the sea. Yet, Fishman Clan cannot walk on land, complicating the return process greatly for Shuangshuang and Yan Ming.
Shuangshuang and Yan Ming finally constructed a large carrier that could be lifted, carrying groups of Fishman Clan beastmen back to the sea.
To Shuangshuang’s mild surprise, the two crying girls sitting on rocks were daughters of Shui Li and Yu Mo. freewёbnoνel.com
The Fishman Clan has different living habits than Beastman; they live monogamously and don’t engage in chaotic relationships, nor do they practice arranged marriages, so their spousal relationships are good.
Shuangshuang thinks well of the Fishman Clan’s practice; beastmen uncertain of their children’s biological fathers should indeed learn from it.
Because Shuangshuang saved many Fishman Clan members, upon reaching their territory, she was warmly received. Shui Li and Yu Mo led people to prepare abundant delicacies.
These dishes were crafted from underwater specialties, considering Shuangshuang and Yan Ming couldn’t swim. Shui Li and Yu Mo hosted them atop a large rock.
The Fishman Clan lives in water without fire; thus, the meal was a sashimi feast. Shuangshuang, disliking raw food, could only eat some seaweed and sea grapes, while Yan Ming didn’t mind eating raw.
In truth, Shuangshuang and Yan Ming were eager to seek coin material, leaving them no time for feasting.
Yet, Shui Li and Yu Mo insisted on entertaining them, not letting them leave. Shuangshuang and Yan Ming had to comply.
Initially, Shuangshuang intended to leave quickly, but her eyes brightened seeing the tray brought by the hosts.
The tray looked like a giant shell, akin to a piece of colorful glazed gem rather than a shell, looking magical and stunning.
Seeing Shuangshuang gaze at the shell for long, Yu Mo kindly explained, "Benefactor, if you fancy this tray, I can have people prepare several for you both to take home."
Shuangshuang smiled, "Thank you, Yu Mo. These shells look beautiful; what type of shell are they? Is there a lot?"
Yu Mo laughed, "They don’t have names; these shells grow deep in the sea, a place difficult for us to linger long.
As for non-Fishman, they can’t dive that deep. Though these shells are large, their meat is tough and bad-tasting, and very hard to extract.
We usually gather these shells to hold food because of their size; they’re not plentiful."
Limited in quantity, looking beautiful, unobtainable by non-Fishmen; Shuangshuang’s mind raced: these shells are perfect for coin-making.
To have a steady supply of these shells means building a good relationship with the Fishman Clan, which is straightforward.
