Arc 6: Chapter 15
Lin Yuan’s nature was very easily startled, and he jumped in shock hearing the scream. And after coming to this world, with his cat beastman characteristics, whenever he was startled his tail would stand up straight and his fur would explode in all directions.
521 wasn’t any braver and stuck close to Lin Yuan: “Senior, what happened?”
Lin Yuan put down the things he was holding and walked out of the cave. When he got to the square, he saw a lot of unfamiliar males, each tall and muscular.
Usually while the warriors of the tribes went out hunting, there would be a few males left behind to protect the rest of the tribe. But now those males were lying on the ground, one with a broken arm and a large pool of blood underneath him.
The priest was swinging his staff and yelling loudly, but was then knocked unconscious by the unfamiliar males.
Was this a robbery?
Lin Yuan had heard before that some tribes would ambush other tribes when their males were out hunting in order to steal food and females.
But the strange thing was, there was no mention of the Creek Forest Tribe being robbed by another tribe in the world plot, so what was going on? Unfortunately this was not the time to think slowly.
Lin Yuan’s first reaction was to transform into his cat form and, taking his skirt in his mouth, ran to the forest to find Yue and the other hunters. Their tribe couldn’t afford to lose food or females which the incoming winter season.
Unfortunately, beastmen had an excellent sense of smell. The moment Lin Yuan transformed into a cat, he was yanked up by one of the beastmen who grabbed his hind leg.
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He tried to kick his legs at the beastmen, but it didn’t work at all. He couldn’t even change back because he wouldn’t be wearing his skirt. He didn’t want to be seen naked.
Arghh, this was so frustrating! Being grabbed by his leg was a serious abuse of his rights!
Lin Yuan shouted and mewled in resistence, Ahhh, stop pulling me!!
The male beastmen put him down next to the other females and ordered him to transform back. Lin Yuan angrily spit out his skirt and growled lowly.
Although male beastmen wouldn’t harm females, they couldn’t bother to be gentle or patient to females from other tribes. The beastman immediately showed a fierce look and threatened: “Hurry up! Transform back into human form right now for me!”
Lin Yuan shivered cowardly. A good man can bear a loss for bigger goals, he thought. He was also aggrieved, was there a need to be fierce to a little kitten?
He dragged his skirt and walked behind the other females and transformed back into his human form, quickly putting on his clothes.
When the male beastmen saw Lin Yuan’s white hair, cat ears, and tail, their interest in him quickly faded.
“Looking like that and could still get marked? His male must be ugly and no other female wanted him, leaving him stuck with this female.”
“Or that male is too weak and can’t catch prey, so he was forced to be with this unfavored female.”
Lin Yuan’s listened to these comments and his hair bristled silently. Just wait, these robbers would be done once his husband came back!
The robbers took all of the meat stored in the tribe’s warehouse and all of the young females, leaving the elderly and cubs.
Although Lin Yuan was not an attractive female, seeing he was still young, the robbers felt they could let him bear offspring for the disabled males and older males in their tribe.
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The hunting team had to find a lot of food for the winter and didn’t return until it was almost dark.
When they were just a few miles away, some beastmen with good noses detected the scent of blood and were alarmed: “Chief! I smell blood in the direction of our tribe!”
The chief hadn’t even digested this unexpected news when Yue had already started sprinting toward the tribe.
The tribe’s elderly and children sat in the square with a collective loss and helplessness. The male beastman who laid in the pool of blood had died, and the other males were so wounded they couldn’t move.
When the priest saw Yue, he immediately stood up and said hurriedly: “You’re finally back! Earlier, a group of robbers came and stole all of our food and females!”
Yue dropped the prey on his back with a heavy thud. He grabbed the priest’s shoulder, his pallid face and dark eyes looked sinister and terrifying in the darkness: “Where’s Sui Sui? Where’s Yuan?”
The priest was intimidated by Yue’s presence and stammered: “He… he was taken away!”
Yue’s cold eyes were filled with murderous intention: “Which way did they go?”
The priest felt a cold chill travel down his spine and pointed a trembling hand in a certain direction.
Without a world, Yue turned around and ran off.
When the chief and other males heard what happened from the priest, they immediately chased after Yue.
They had to get all of their females and food back!
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This group of robbers were habitual offenders and had stolen from other tribes before too.
To prevent the Creek Forest Tribe’s males from catching up to them, these robbers didn’t stop moving until it was dark.
After they settled temporarily, they started a fire with flint and began to roast meat.
The females from the Creek Forest Tribe had been forced to walk all day and were starving. The scent of roasted meat made them salivate uncontrollably.
Lin Yuan had never imagined he’d encounter a kidnapping of all things after living for so long.
On the way, he thought of discreetly leaving marks for his husband. He did consider using his blood as a marker, but he was worried about the beastmen’s good sense of smell. His hair was also not a great idea, because it was so light that it could be blown astray by the wind.
After a lot of useless ideas, Lin Yuan suddenly remembered that their tribe’s beastmen also had great noses, and would probably be able to find them without his help.
Lin Yuan felt more confident now knowing that his husband would definitely come and rescue him. Yue’s beast form was so powerful that the moment he made his grand entrance, these beastmen would be scared into calling him ‘dad’.
Once the robbers finished eating, one of the males suddenly turned to the females and asked: “Who wants to eat meat? Come over here!”
A female hurriedly stood up and walked over to him. The beastmen looked the female up and down and was satisfied. After the female finished eating, the male pulled the female into his lap and lifted up his skirt.
Lin Yuan: “...!!!”
So this was how things worked?
Lin Yuan quickly covered his eyes, not wanting to see anything scandalous.
Several other robbers did the same, and even some who didn’t offer any meat forcefully pulled a female and began to mark them on the spot.
The beastmen of this primitive era didn’t have the concept of monogamy or loyalty between mates. It was very normal for beastmen to switch partners from one day to the next. So not many females resisted at all, and some of them even enjoyed it.
Adding on to their belief that they wouldn’t be able to return to Creek Forest Tribe at all, they wanted to find a strong male to rely on so they could live more comfortably in the new tribe.
This group of robbers had around sixty males, and there wasn't enough females from the Creek Forest tribe for every single one of them. Seeing that Lin Yuan was sitting in the corner curled up into a protective ball, one of the males thought to himself that just for tonight, even if he marked an unfavored female it wouldn’t be a big deal.
Hearing footsteps getting closer, Lin Yuan had an ominous premonition.
He raised his head and noticed a tall and buff male walking towards him with lustful eyes. Lin Yuan directly jumped up and turned around and ran.
The male didn’t expect this and quickly chased after him.
Female beastmen didn’t have the excellent physical quality of males, and Lin Yuan was soon caught by the elbow and dragged back.
521 screamed next to him: “AhhhhH! Senior, you’re going to be *! About to be *!”
Lin Yuan was originally going to curse out the male, but now he wanted to curse out 521 even more.
“Where’s my sword?! Quickly take it out for me! My swordsmanship was taught by my big husband and second husband, even if I don’t have any spiritual power, I can slaughter them all!!”
521 hesitated and said: “Senior, your sword doesn’t belong to this era. If I bring it out for you, I’d be violating the rules of this world.”
Lin Yuan raged: “I’m about to be * and you’re still worried about the rules?!”
521’s algorithm turned quickly and it said: “Senior, how about I give you a wooden sword? Its hardness is about the same as steel. Your personal sword would really cause a lot of point deductions…”
Seeing the male’s greasy hand reaching for his skirt, Lin Yuan couldn’t agree any quicker when a wooden sword suddenly appeared in his hand.
Lin Yuan gripped the hilt tightly and chopped down at the male’s wrist furiously and knocked it away. Then he used just a few moves to knock out the male beastman twice his size, specifically targeting the other’s vital points.
Some males looked over and were stunned. They couldn’t believe that a small female managed to knock out a male with just a wooden stick.
After the initial surprise, a few males actually grew some interest and began to approach Lin Yuan.
One of them sneered: “Little female, you’re really amazing to even beat up a male. No wonder you’re already marked. How about coming to me?”
Lin Yuan pointed his sword at him and a glint of murderous intention flashed in his eyes: “My male is a slave. If you’re okay with that, then come over.” Come over and experience how I beat you up into a pig’s head!
In this era, females marked by slaves were considered filthy, and ordinary beastmen would never touch them. The male’s face immediately twisted in disgust: “So you’re a slave’s female? Blegh, you’re filthy!”