10 – Yeongju System

It was immediately subdued.

Leila came to report.

“Those who were outside have returned. It seems there was a dispute with a nearby Territory. The Magical Power assistance disappeared, and they returned in a hurry.”

“A dispute?”

“I haven’t heard the details, but it seems that almost all of the main forces from other villages ruled by Loombers, besides here, were also out.”

“They went out with a plan.”

“Yes, and all those forces have come here.”

I looked at the [Territory System].

Amel’s Territory has been added. She seized the Loomber’s Territory and occupied all of it.

I looked at the other villages and saw where and how many forces were located. The forces present in each village. The forces gathered outside the villages.

The forces that returned to this village.

It was all the forces that had been dispatched.

The scale was 3,000.

It seemed small, but 3,000 was a lot considering they were gathered from the villages.

Unlike Territories in the Human realm, the mountain villages ruled by Territory Lords were not very prosperous for Humans, so it was a lot to consider.

The population of a mountain village was at most 500.

There were about 20 villages ruled by Loombers.

100 people per village. Ah, this is the number of people remaining after the dispatch, so there would actually be more.

Anyway, Leila continued.

“It seems they know that the Loomber’s corpse is here.”

“Hmm…”

“What should we do? We’ve stopped the instigators, but the rest are still hesitating.”

“About what?”

“Whether to choose revenge to repay the favor or obedience for the sake of their remaining families. I can’t rule out the possibility of revenge.”

“Why do you think so?”

“Because that’s what I would do. If something like that happened to Amel… I would risk my life to take revenge.”

There’s no way I’d die, though.

Well, I know it’s hypothetical.

“That heart is commendable. Come here. I’ll pat your head.”

“Yes.”

Leila came, and I patted her head.

Patting is surprisingly enjoyable.

The one being patted also likes it.

Amel stroked Leila’s green hair. Seeing green hair reminds me of Cappuccino. She also had green hair.

‘I should have been more honest and done as I pleased back then.’

What’s the point of having Player? Anyway, no one in reality would recognize Amel, at least not unless I revealed my identity.

Haa…

As I withdrew my hand, Leila stood up regretfully.

“Go and bring their leader. We need to gather everyone and find out what they were fighting.”

“I will.”

Leila left.

I turned to look at Makia.

“Would you be disappointed if I didn’t pat you?”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Leila brought a bear Beast-Human.

Male… no, it was a woman.

A slender bear was walking on two legs. Her whole body was covered in fur, and even though she was slender, it was based on bear standards, so she was chubby by Human standards.

I had often seen bears standing up in photos and videos, so this was more like a skinny bear than a Beast-Human.

‘But she has breasts.’

Weird.

Even if it’s a bear, the ‘Human’ part of Beast-Human is there. Bear skin and flesh were put on a Human skeleton.

“Yes, you’ve come. As you know from being summoned, I want to know something before deciding on your fate.”

“….”

“What were you fighting?”

No matter how beastly the Loomber was, there was no way he would have drafted forces from all the villages without any reason.

“Humans. Hmph.”

“Don’t be so informal.”

Leila smacked the bear Beast-Human on the head.

…I didn’t mind.

But since I’ve become a Lord, I guess I have to observe the hierarchy even in speech.

“Humans, sir.”

“Humans, you say? Don’t you know what kind of Humans they are?”

“Territory, sir.”

“Well, they wouldn’t be able to gather 3,000 people if they weren’t a force of that level. If it’s a Territory, do you know which Territory it is? The name? The direction?”

“….”

The bear Beast-Human said.

“It was Perstun, sir.”

“Perstun. Wasn’t Perstun the one in the direction we were going?”

“That’s right.”

Leila said.

“The Territory that the Loomber ruled is now my Territory. You.”

“….”

“I don’t know how you see me, but I am now your Lord. I can’t turn a blind eye to my Territory’s people being in danger.”

Good.

They were fighting with Perstun?

I have a reason to fight.

“First of all, who started the fight? It wasn’t you guys, was it?”

“Absolutely not!! Cough…!”

Leila punched harder, and the bear Beast-Human, who had been kneeling, slammed her head on the floor.

“The Humans started the fight first. Rike was rioting because she wouldn’t submit to you, and it’s because you’re Human.”

“Humans are all different, though. Well, if Perstun started the fight first, why did they start it? There must be a purpose for starting the fight.”

That’s how wars are.

Even if the trigger is foolish, there are few cases where they continue fighting without a purpose. War is a money-eating monster. They will pursue something to make up for the losses during the war.

The bear Beast-Human trembled.

“Kidnapping, sir.”

“Kidnapping?”

The bear Beast-Human’s eyes turned to Makia.

“The half-breed is said to be very cute to Humans.”

“Half-breed?”

“It means bastard.”

Leila answered.

“Bastard, huh.”

I turned to look at Makia.

I put my arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer.

“She is cute, though.”

“Let go of me.”

She’s prickly.

But I was on official duty.

I let go of her hand.

But…

“They started a war to kidnap a bastard. Even if she’s cute, isn’t that a bit much?”

“Kidnap a half-breed… no, a bastard? That’s not it.”

“Then?”

“They kidnap our Beast-Humans and make them give birth to bastards. They disgustingly breed them with Humans to produce filthy bastards.”

“….”

Breeding. Make them give birth?

I looked at the bear Beast-Human.

She was female, but she was a bear. They make them do it with bears to give birth to bastards.

Bastard.

Half-breed.

Come to think of it, I couldn’t find any bastards anywhere in the village.

Are they artificially created beings?

No, no.

More than that, with her?

I look at the bear Beast-Human.

Amel is also a man. No, the core is a man, but he still has the spirit of a man. I know what men find attractive.

The thought of doing it with a bear Beast-Human flashes through my mind.

‘Ew.’

Creepy.

“Do they really do that?”

“Yes. They are detestable bastards.”

“Do they really do that with you guys… uh…”

“They do. Perstun kidnaps our Beast-Humans and makes them give birth to bastards. They are exporting bastards as slaves…!”

The bear Beast-Human often interacts with Humans and can recognize Human expressions.

She recognized that Amel’s expression was filled with disgust.

“Do they really do that?”

Suddenly, the place called Perstun became very suspicious.

I snapped out of my shock and asked Leila.

“Surely the Humans here don’t think anything of doing it with them, right? Leila, you can’t possibly imagine doing it with their males without feeling anything, can you?”

“W-we are different species, aren’t we?”

“Right? That’s normal, isn’t it?”

It’s a world where Beast-Humans exist, and that’s common sense, so I wondered.

Amel pinched her brow.

This isn’t just a matter of discrimination.

The species are completely different in the first place.

Even if they can communicate, for Love to blossom between them… well, it could blossom. But that’s definitely not a normal case.

Animal smell. Dog smell. Bodily fluids. That unique smell is already different from Humans.

They also shed fur.

They probably have a heat cycle, right?

There are many things that are different from Humans.

Humans have a hard time living together even if the cultures are different, so if the species are different, the barrier is… Moreover, cats find the smell of dog feces? Urine? Smells like perfume.

No, is comparing them to four-legged animals rude to them?

Anyway, that was it.

‘Confused.’

“You don’t look well.”

“I’m nauseous.”

If I imagine Beast-Humans as cartoon characters, it would be less realistic, and I could just pass it off as imagination, but there are the bear Beast-Human and the Beast-Humans I’ve seen so far.

Don’t imagine it.

Don’t think about it.

The more I’m told not to, the more I imagine it.

“I have to wipe them out.”

It was then.

A red alarm went off.

An attack occurred in a nearby village.

Humans…

No, it was wolves.

Looking through the [Map], I saw that Humans were luring wolves to attack the village.

The Blade that the wolf possessed cuts everything.

It was impossible to block.

Even a skilled Sword Expert in the upper ranks didn’t know that fact and was caught off guard.

“Hey, what are you doing! It’s your village! Go and stop that bastard!!”

The Humans who had rushed into the village shouted at the Beast-Humans.

The wolf that had invaded the village following the Humans resembled a Direwolf. But the fur that made a rustling sound was a Blade.

The Direwolf, covered in Blades all over its body, broke through the village’s Barrier and entered.

Kwarururung.

A howl.

It was no longer the wolf’s.

The Blade Wolf’s eyes shone with pain. The Blade Wolf’s hostility shifted from the Humans to the Beast-Humans.

The Blade tail destroys the buildings.

It rams into the buildings with its Blade body.

As the one-sided violence destroyed the village, a Beast-Human warrior who had remained to protect the village attacked the Blade Wolf.

The Blade tail strikes the Beast-Human warrior.

He is struck and cut in half.

The Blade on the tail broke the Beast-Human warrior’s axe sword and shattered his body as well.

The Beast-Humans who saw it turned pale and ran away.

Just as the Blade Wolf was chasing the fleeing Beast-Humans.

Someone descended from the sky above the village and blocked the Blade Wolf’s path. The Beast-Humans who were being chased held hope, but it was Humans who appeared.

Human women.

The Beast-Humans hurriedly ran away.

“What about the Humans?”

“Amel told us to deal with the wolves first. We can deal with those later.”

“Yeah. But this is possible.”

Polia couldn’t believe she had flown.

She managed to land with Amel’s assistance, but flying that far was really thrilling while flying.

The Blade Wolf immediately attacked, losing its mind.

Its teeth were aimed at Polia.

She dodged and struck.

Polia had already fought the Blade Wolf before. She deflected the Blade Wolf’s Blade by hitting the sword surface with her sword so that it wouldn’t touch her.

Molly punched the Blade Wolf’s head, which Polia had deflected, upwards with her fist.

Molly chased after the highly raised wolf’s head and kicked it away with her foot.