Rebirth With the Beast_19

Chapter 100 continued...

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“Looks to me like you napped yourself silly. Up you get—we’ve still got a mission!” Dong Xiaoxiao walked over with a grin and reached to pull Su Yi up. He let her tug him to his feet, still dazed—then she suddenly tiptoed and pecked his forehead.

Su Yi jerked back, putting distance between them, and stared at her in shock.

Dong Xiaoxiao’s smile dropped; she glared, eyes wide. “Hmph, what’s with that face? We’re an old married couple…”

Old married couple? Su Yi shook his head. “Xiaoxiao, you must be mistaken about something.”

Clang!

Dong Xiaoxiao’s features twisted. She gritted out, “Su Yi! I’ve only put up with you because you saved me—don’t you dare push your luck.”

Su Yi hurried to placate her. “Xiaoxiao, there must be some misunderstanding…”

He was thoroughly confused—no idea what was going on—only that something was very wrong.

Dong Xiaoxiao truly flew into a rage. Her face grew grotesque; blood suddenly welled from her eyes.

“Captain Su! Captain Su!”

Su Yi jumped. Before he could process it, Dong Xiaoxiao’s figure warped into white-haired Xinoel, face drenched in blood. The man who was ordinarily like a serene deity now looked like a fiend out of hell.

Expressionless, Xinoel stared at him. “Su Yi, didn’t you tell me to wait for you? I’m still waiting…”

At the sight of him, Su Yi’s heart clenched. Then everything rushed back: he’d been reborn. He’d met Xinoel—a man who made a lifelong straight guy turn gay without hesitation.

He moved to comfort him, but Xinoel slowly lifted his face—and Su Yi saw those beautiful eyes had become two bloody holes…

Su Yi snapped awake again, like a man surfacing from suffocation, gulping air until the dizziness eased.

He wasn’t a coward, but seeing the one he loved most turned monstrous left him shaken.

“Damn—just a nightmare.” He slapped his own cheeks and scanned the room fast. Relief loosened his shoulders: he was still in his space.

He started to push himself up—then froze, braced on one hand. With his head bowed and turned, he could see the small pool before him. A blood-red, uncanny flower stood there, quiet and upright.

He drew a long breath. He remembered clearly—this pool hadn’t had that flower before.

It was a tiny pool, basin-sized, rim and floor stacked with smooth, rounded stones.

It had long been hidden under clutter; later, after he’d stashed food and game in here, he’d uncovered it while tidying.

But there had been no flower then—now there was.

He stared, slack. The petals weren’t large—about the size of a fist.

He reached to touch it. His fingers had barely brushed the bloom when he noticed something familiar beneath it: something he’d carried for years, intimately familiar.

His jade pendant—lying on the bottom of the pool.

That jade had saved both Su Yi and Tang Yu’s lives. It was why he had an inexplicable trust in this space.

After being wounded, he’d come here without hesitation. Only here could he sleep at ease. Deep down he believed that as long as he was here, he wouldn’t die easily.

Waking now matched his hope: he’d been sheltered by the space.

He glanced down at his wound. A hole that big… and it wasn’t really bleeding anymore? Puzzled, he marveled—he trusted the space, but for a wound like that to stop bleeding…

Thirst crept up. He bent and drank a few mouthfuls from the pool. Then he sighed. “No idea how Xinoel’s doing. I should go out and put him at ease first.” Muttering, he pressed his chest and moved to leave the space.

The moment he stood, a savage cramp knifed his belly. Cold sweat burst out; blackness pulsed at the edge of his vision. He groped for something to brace on, missed, and dropped to his knees, face gone chalk-white.

What was this? From the pool water? He didn’t believe water with his jade in it would be poisonous. Yet whatever he believed, his body was clearly in the throes of poison.

In his agony he tore his chest wound back open; blood streamed. He bit his lower lip hard enough to split it, but the gut-pain only ground on.

It felt like a blade churning his insides. At last the darkness swept in, and he exhaled in relief.

He hated it—but he couldn’t endure any longer; that pain was beyond human tolerance. As he blacked out he thought: Am I going to die?

Death wasn’t unfamiliar. As a SWAT officer he’d seen teammates injured or killed on missions. Many of the criminals he’d arrested had blood on their hands and faced death. And he himself—he’d died once already.

He wasn’t afraid of death. People are greedy, though. The jade had granted him one rebirth; he ought to be grateful for the extra time. Even dying now, he should offer thanks.

But to finally meet someone he loved—only to be told to die?

A man nearly thirty, he suddenly felt wretched.

He didn’t want to die. He couldn’t die…

He’d made promises—he had to keep them.

Outside, the fight raged on—day turning into night and back again. The people in the cave were starving, but no one complained.

The beastmen outside had it worse—wounded, soaked, fighting through the rain for a full day and night. Everyone knew they were near their limit.

At first light, Aide finally joined the fray, seeing the others spent. He had to help; otherwise they wouldn’t hold.

An arrow hissed past Xinoel and thudded into a tree—but lost to frenzy and exhaustion, he didn’t notice. He was still a blood-slick killer, tearing and rending.

Gil, drained, came down right beside him. He opened his mouth to ask how Xinoel was—and felt a chill like death crawl his spine.

He stumbled back. Xinoel swept toward him in a flash. Gil backed off with a warning growl, hoping to rouse him. His retreat was cut off; Xinoel’s tail barred the way.

Panic spiked—he was too tired to face Xinoel now. He spread aching wings to leap clear—only for Xinoel’s tail to whip him from the air.

Darkness popped behind Gil’s eyes.

The great snake wound him tight, head canting toward his throat, fangs bared—

“Xinoel!”

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Chapter 101

“Xinoel!!” A voice—utterly familiar—rang out. Xinoel’s movement hitched. That heartbeat of stillness let Gil wrench free.

Blood-red eyes stared blankly ahead. Fury boiled in his body; he wanted to destroy everything before him. But a taut thread within tugged hard: This voice—I know it.

He froze. His flesh roared to act; his heart was strangled by that string. Don’t move. Don’t hurt him. Don’t…

The first look Su Yi got at him twisted a knife in his chest.

Just one day apart—how had Xinoel become this?

What Su Yi saw was a blood-soaked serpent out of a dark fantasy boss fight. With the ground a sheet of gore and bodies everywhere, the place was hell.

The thing he’d feared had happened: a beast tide. And Xinoel, with Su Yi injured, had snapped.

Gil had taken to the air again. He stared at Su Yi for a long beat, then felt a flicker of recognition. This female… looked a bit like Su Yi?

He remembered: Su Yi had been injured; Xinoel had carried him off. Gil had gone to find Xinoel and never found Su Yi. He’d wondered—where had Su Yi gone?

Now here Su Yi was, out of nowhere—wounds healed, face different. Gil’s curiosity prickled.

He saw Su Yi walking straight toward Xinoel and blurted, “No, don’t! Don’t go near him!”

Xinoel had lost control. If Su Yi rushed in, he might be hurt.

Su Yi ignored him and kept going.

Seeing Xinoel stir, Gil dove to intervene—

—and a new danger burst from the brush: a small, low slung spined drake, lying in wait. As Su Yi came abreast, it lunged.

He startled. With Xinoel so unstable, any jolt could tip him. Su Yi had his whole focus on Xinoel, moving with infinite care; the sudden drake rattled him.

Luckily, Gil had been watching him. He plunged, caught the drake in his jaws, and crashed aside with it.

The flare of motion triggered Xinoel. He whipped toward Su Yi and struck.

Su Yi flinched—then, remembering, didn’t dodge.

He looked at Xinoel and said gently, “Xinoel, I’m back.” The massive white body checked. Murderous crimson pupils constricted and trembled on the man before him.

Again he went still. A voice inside whispered, “Su Yi?” Who was Su Yi? The one he loved most… A memory flashed: Su Yi’s familiar smile. But why did his Su Yi look… different? If you didn’t look closely, the man truly wasn’t quite the same.

Su Yi tapped the big head with a fingertip and, in Xinoel’s uncertain eyes, caught his own reflection.

One look at himself and Su Yi understood why Xinoel hadn’t recognized him at first glance.

There was no time to study his new face. He threw his arms around the serpent as best he could—he couldn’t encircle a body that huge—so he sprawled across him and kept talking.

“Xinoel, it’s me, Su Yi. How could even you not know me?!”

Su Yi…

The red faded from Xinoel’s eyes, returning to the look Su Yi loved best.

Gil finished the drake and looked back to see Xinoel shift to human. The raging demon was gone; the gentle, elegant man stood there again.

Seeing him restored, Su Yi let out a long breath. He’d worried Xinoel might not recognize him. He hadn’t shown fear—but the truth was, facing Xinoel’s loss of control had rattled him.

Now he could relax. He hugged Xinoel close. Xinoel stared, dazed. “Su Yi?”

They had no time for a reunion. Low growls swelled all around.

Su Yi hefted his weapon to strike—but Xinoel scooped him up first.

“It’s fine. Don’t be scared.” He tossed Su Yi onto his back and shifted on the spot.

Clinging to him, Su Yi felt the surge as they plunged into the beasts.

He eyed the teeming herd—and felt a spark of excitement.

“Well, that settles our food for the snow season.”

Newly clear-headed, Xinoel couldn’t help a private laugh. Only Su Yi could look at a beast tide and think larder.

Just then, Lie arrived with reinforcements. With their help, the stragglers were quickly finished off.

They pried the stones from the cave mouth and let the long-trapped people out. A buzz of relief ran through the crowd—especially when they heard Su Yi and Lie were back.

Tang Yu came out pale, supported by Rila. Hearing Su Yi had returned, he tried to rush over, but Rila held him fast.

Many stared at Su Yi, puzzled. They’d all seen him wounded—and back then his hair had been white.

Now he had black hair and black eyes, shoulder-length locks spilling down his back; even his skin had gone two shades paler. His face hadn’t changed much, but the details had—and compared to “Miriel’s” coloring and build from before, he looked different. No wonder they were startled.

Everyone had a lot to say to him—but the tall beastmen surrounded him first.

Smiling, Su Yi explained to Aide and the others, “By chance I ate a certain herb. It saved my life.”

He wasn’t about to tell them pool-water from his space had healed him, so he improvised.

“A day gone and you’re like a new man,” Aide said, eyeing him. “What herb does all that—heals a wound and changes how you look?”

Su Yi raked a hand through his now-longer hair, playing baffled. “Let’s talk after we’re home.”

Lie, for his part, showed little interest in Su Yi’s makeover. He issued orders: “Pick out some of the carcasses and dress them—we’ll eat now.” Females and beastmen went to work selecting game.

He set others to patrol in case more beasts lurked nearby.

After a bit of talk, Su Yi caught sight of Jers at Tang Yu’s side; Tang Yu looked unwell. He excused himself—“starving”—and slipped into the trees.

Since Su Yi’s disappearance, Xinoel had been jumpy, terrified he’d vanish again. Seeing him turn away, he shadowed him at once.

Su Yi felt him behind. They still hadn’t really talked; Xinoel didn’t ask about the new face—he only kept close.

Su Yi stopped and took his hand. “Ask.”

Xinoel shook his head lightly and simply looked at him. To Xinoel, Su Yi’s return was enough. Why he’d changed didn’t matter.

He hadn’t recognized Su Yi at first—remembering how close he’d come to hurting him filled him with guilt.

“Not asking? Then let’s bring Tang Yu some food.” Su Yi found a secluded spot and, in front of Xinoel, pulled fresh fruit and jerky from his space. Noting the cuts on Xinoel’s bare torso and guessing he’d barely eaten, he fed him first.

Xinoel was perfectly well-behaved—like a good child. Su Yi offered a strip; he accepted a strip. Watching him, Su Yi found him unbearably cute and was about to steal a kiss when he remembered the still-hungry Tang Yu. With a helpless sigh, he grabbed the food and tugged Xinoel back.

At Tang Yu’s side, he didn’t chatter—just handed it over.

Tang Yu stuffed it into his mouth at once. Anyone would be faint after so long without food—let alone a pregnant man.

Taking it, he didn’t stand on ceremony. Chewing hard, he mumbled, “Mm. I knew you’ve got a long life line.”

The little female who’d always trailed Su Yi took a step, ready to run to him, then froze when he saw Su Yi holding Xinoel’s hand. Hearing Tang Yu eat, his own belly rumbled.

Tang Yu paused, tore off a chunk of jerky, and tossed it to him. The child blushed. “I—I’m not hungry. You have a baby; you should eat.”

Tang Yu shot him a glare, and the boy shut up and nibbled obediently aside.

The cooks had fires going; with many females, dinner came together quickly.

While they ate, Su Yi and Xinoel slipped off to a quiet corner. Su Yi talked between bites. “After I was hurt, I went into the space and used Mino’s medicine—and happened to find a pool in there. The water in that pool healed me.”

He lifted his shirt to show the scar in the center of his chest. Surprise flickered in those beautiful pale eyes.

Beastmen healed well, but not like this—not in a day or two. And the scar looked sealed and done.

“I thought I was a goner in there,” Su Yi went on. “Xinoel, if anything like this happens again, I’m not going inside. I’ll stay put by your side. When I was close to dying, all I wanted—desperately—was to see you.” The sober look on that pretty face somehow came off endearing. Xinoel’s heart clenched; he hugged Su Yi tight. People could see them even there, and Su Yi flushed—but seeing Xinoel’s expression, his own heart ached, and he didn’t push him away.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t protect you,” Xinoel murmured, pale lashes trembling like a butterfly’s wings.

Su Yi tugged his hair without really pulling. “Alright, alright. If we don’t want to starve in the snow season, we should get to work.”

Turning sorrow into fuel, he set about hauling the nearby carcasses into his space.

He did feel stronger since healing—but there was no time to dwell; the sheer volume of game stole his attention.

Elsewhere, the others were still eating.

Lie scanned the group and said coolly, “I want to know if any of you are from a nearby tribe.”

Heads turned. After a moment, a very slight female slowly raised a hand—the same one who’d helped seal the cave.

“I am—I’m from the Winged Wolf clan nearby.”

The Winged Wolves weren’t far—about half a day more distant than the Winged Leopards, but in the other direction.

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Chapter 102

Xie arranged for orcs to send the omegas and children from nearby tribes back to their respective places. This meant that some orcs would not be able to return with them.

However, this was not a big problem because the orcs sent to fetch reinforcements were about to arrive.

Each orc escorting someone carried a prey animal to use as food along the way.

For two days straight, Su Yi tirelessly worked with Xinor, constantly transporting and processing prey. Su Yi's behavior was like a squirrel endlessly stockpiling food in its nest. To avoid raising suspicion, Su Yi initially only dragged the prey away from the edges.

Compared to Su Yi, who was as busy as a bee, Tang Yu had turned into a pig. His taste had recently become stranger and stranger, and he had developed an insatiable craving for spicy food. However, there weren’t many chili peppers around, and Su Yi was the type who, once something went into his spatial storage, rarely took it out.

To satisfy Tang Yu’s appetite, the other orcs had been helping to find chili peppers these past few days.

After a few days, the large army of orcs sent to help finally arrived.

Because some omegas and children had rashly run out on their own before, and a few had been confirmed dead, with one or two still missing, plus those who had been sent away, the remaining omegas and children now numbered only eleven.

Xie had four orcs carry these people on their backs, and the others took the remaining prey on the ground.

The strong smell of blood from the prey attracted many wild beasts along the way. However, with their large numbers, they weren’t too worried.

A few times, wild beasts caught up to them, and Su Yi volunteered to team up with Xinor to kill the beasts. Su Yi’s eagerness wasn’t to help them but to gather more food.

For the sake of hunting, Su Yi and Xinor gradually fell to the back of the group.

Tang Yu noticed that Su Yi and the others were missing and couldn’t help but pat Jares. "They must be gathering food at the back. Let’s stop and wait for them."

Su Yi was cleaning a prey animal when he suddenly felt a gust of wind above his head. He squinted and looked up to see a dragon flying down. No matter how many times he saw it, Su Yi couldn’t help but admire Jares’ beast form.

After Jares landed, someone slid down from his back. Tang Yu hummed and reached out to protect his stomach. His stomach was still flat, showing no signs of pregnancy. But Tang Yu had been taking good care of his stomach these days, mainly because he was afraid Jares would think he didn’t like this child, which would make Jares sad.

Jares quickly picked up Tang Yu. "No, no, I can walk by myself." Tang Yu immediately reached out to pat Jares, but Jares stubbornly refused to let go.

Su Yi rolled his eyes, not wanting to continue watching their affectionate display.

"Why aren’t you hurrying on your way?" Su Yi asked, his hands moving swiftly.

Tang Yu’s mouth curved up, smiling as he said, "Looking to see if there’s any food to my taste. I know you’re gathering food."

Su Yi tapped the dagger in his hand and pointed to a pile of entrails on the ground. "Do you want to eat this?"

Tang Yu lowered his head to look and almost threw up at the sight. Actually, when Tang Yu used to process prey, he often touched these entrails and felt nothing. But ever since he had something extra in his stomach, Tang Yu always felt like he had become very delicate and fragile.

Seeing Tang Yu’s uncomfortable expression, Su Yi took out a sour fruit from the basket beside him. Although Su Yi had never given birth, he knew that pregnant people seemed to crave spicy food or sour flavors.

"Sour. I don’t know if you can handle it." Su Yi reminded him, and Tang Yu carefully took a bite.

Su Yi and Jares both nervously watched Tang Yu. Tang Yu had been eating a lot of spicy food lately, and eating too much spicy food wasn’t good. They had been trying to get Tang Yu to eat something else.

Tang Yu paused for a moment, then happily nodded. "This fruit tastes good."

Hearing this, Jares immediately laid out a beast hide and had Tang Yu sit down.

"I’ll go look around nearby. You stay here and don’t wander off."

Jares looked at Xinor’s figure returning with prey not far away and, although he verbally cautioned them, felt quite at ease inside.

Tang Yu casually waved his hand, completely unconcerned. "Okay, okay, you go. I have Su Yi here."

After Jares left, Tang Yu immediately stretched out his claws in front of Su Yi like a child.

Su Yi looked at him puzzled, and Tang Yu pouted. "You died and came back to life; you must have something good. Don’t keep it to yourself; share it with me."

Su Yi then understood what Tang Yu wanted.

He took out a few more fruits and gave them to Tang Yu. "Tang Yu, when I was in danger, I accidentally ate it. My stomach hurt terribly at the time. So I really don’t know if that thing is beneficial."

Xinor dragged the prey back and didn’t ask what Su Yi and Tang Yu were talking about. He just went to the water’s edge to process the prey.

"You’re so smart. You can completely use an injured animal to experiment." Tang Yu looked very clever, and what he said was indeed a good idea.

Su Yi walked over to Xinor. Beside Xinor was a dying Bill Dragon. This dragon was very small, probably only half a person tall, and was rarely caught.

Su Yi took out a bit of pool water from his spatial storage and fed it to the dragon. The little creature, which had been on the verge of death, suddenly began to convulse as if it were about to die.

"Such a violent reaction?" Tang Yu was stunned. He had originally wanted some to strengthen his own body, but seeing the dragon convulsing, Tang Yu suddenly regretted it.

They waited a while longer, and then a miracle happened. The convulsing dragon suddenly stood up shakily, and its wounds began to scab over at a visible speed.

Tang Yu couldn’t help but open his mouth wide, then widened his eyes. "Heavens, is this magic?"

Su Yi, seeing it with his own eyes, was also shocked.

Compared to them, Xinor on the side was much calmer. Xinor casually punched and knocked the snarling Bill Dragon back to the ground.

Afterward, Su Yi didn’t feel like continuing to hunt and decided to study the miraculous pool water properly.

Su Yi had Xinor catch different prey and experimented with them one by one. He found that as long as the prey had a breath of life, they could be revived, although the speed of recovery varied depending on the severity of the injury.

Later, Su Yi even experimented with dead prey, although he already knew it was impossible to bring the dead back to life. But he still couldn’t help trying. The result was predictable—the prey did not wake up.

Although the magical pool water couldn’t bring the dead back to life, Su Yi was already overjoyed.

Later, they slightly diluted the pool water and had the prey consume it, finding that the diluted water greatly reduced its efficacy but also eliminated the strong pain and discomfort.

To confirm the effect, Su Yi used himself as a test subject and experienced it. The result was as he had imagined—the pain was reduced after dilution. Small animals only needed a little diluted liquid to heal their wounds. After recovery, the wounds would slowly shed the scars or dead skin. This process made the wounds itch a bit.

Xinor looked at the water Su Yi was putting into the pottery jar. "Is this what saved you?"

Su Yi smiled and took the jar from Xinor’s hand, then handed it to Tang Yu.

"This is for you, just in case."

After saying this, Su Yi turned back to Xinor. "Yes, it was this."

Tang Yu looked at the jar and tightly sealed it with a wooden plug.

"Does this count as a life-saving talisman you gave me? I think I can make more small jars to hold the water when I get back."

"Then you can give me more as a return gift." Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh.

At that moment, it started to rain again.

Su Yi helped Tang Yu wrap the beast hide around himself. After they had dealt with the prey, they climbed onto Xinor’s back.

"It looks like it’s going to rain. Let’s find Jares and quickly catch up with the main group." Su Yi said, reaching out to hold Tang Yu tightly. Xinor immediately flew in the direction Jares had left.

They didn’t fly for long before they found Jares, who had gathered quite a few fruits.

Seeing Tang Yu on Xinor’s back, Jares suddenly felt a bit unhappy and let out a low growl toward Xinor.

Xinor didn’t care about Jares’ attitude and directly turned to fly in the other direction, where the main group had left.

Su Yi turned his head to look back at Jares. "Your family is really petty."

Tang Yu also turned his head. He was now wrapped up like a dumpling and could only see Jares’ massive figure through the gap.

"I’d better go to Jares. I’m afraid he’ll get angry and fight with Xinor."

Su Yi laughed. "Haha, Tang Yu, you’re really something. You’re on Xinor’s back; Jares won’t dare to act recklessly."

Su Yi laughed inwardly, suddenly feeling like he was holding the emperor hostage to command the nobles. Taking Tang Yu away, Jares would probably obey his every command.

Afterward, they caught up with the main group but received some bad news—the main group seemed to be about to execute an orc.

"What’s going on?" Su Yi jumped down from Xinor and just happened to land beside Aide.

Aide frowned and hadn’t had time to speak when someone else spoke first.

The speaker was a small orc, thin and gaunt.

"Please, don’t kill him. I can take him away with me." Su Yi remembered this little guy. He was the one who had been lost by the omegas before. When Su Yi found him earlier, he was with an ominous orc. That ominous orc seemed to be a teenager.

"Who are you going to kill?" Su Yi asked as he walked forward. The other orcs automatically made way for Su Yi as they saw him.

The little orc saw Su Yi and ran toward him, suddenly kneeling at Su Yi’s feet. This action startled Su Yi.

"He won’t harm omegas. He really won’t. There must be some misunderstanding. Please save him."

Looking at the child in front of him who was crying uncontrollably, Su Yi reached out and touched his head. "Okay, tell me slowly what happened."

From yesterday to today, Su Yi and his group had been busy hunting prey along the way, so they hadn’t had a good chance to understand the situation in the main group for nearly two days.

Su Yi had thought that with Aide and Xie around, there shouldn’t be any problems. But it seemed he had overestimated Aide and Xie’s abilities.

"It’s like this. This ominous orc, because he was covered in injuries, was arranged to sit with the omegas on an orc’s back. Mainly because he looked so badly injured, no one thought there was anything wrong with him being with the omegas. But on the way, he seemed to have done something bad, causing an omega to fall off the orc’s back."

The speaker was Ruila. These past few days, he had been in daily contact with the injured, including the young ominous orc. In Ruila’s view, the young orc didn’t seem like that kind of person.

But everyone saw the omega inexplicably fall off the orc’s back, so something must have happened.

"Which omega?" Su Yi asked calmly upon hearing this.

Su Yi remembered that the ominous orc seemed to like—well, seemed to like the little orc in front of him.

Ruila pointed to an omega not far away. This omega was nestled in an orc’s arms, seemingly crying with his head lowered.

Su Yi remembered that these omegas had been kidnapped by rogue orcs. When they were rescued, he hadn’t heard the orcs say that any of them were their mates. But now it seemed that in just a few short days, this omega had formed a designated mate relationship with one of the orcs.

Su Yi smiled slightly, a hint of helplessness flashing across his face. He had originally thought that those who had escaped from the cave before had screened out all the ill-intentioned people among the rest, but it seemed he was too naive.

Su Yi didn’t understand these kinds of people. In the original world, one of his colleagues had met a woman through a blind date. This woman had been very affectionate with his colleague in just two days, as if they were an old married couple. If he didn’t know they had just met, Su Yi would have thought they were indeed an old couple. If it was said that the woman had fallen in love at first sight, but Su Yi didn’t think his colleague was that handsome or rich to make the woman fall for him at first sight. However, his colleague’s family was wealthy, which was true.

So when Su Yi saw this omega being so intimate with the orc so quickly, he instinctively felt a bit disgusted.

"How about this? For now, let’s focus on the journey. Leave other troublesome matters for later. After we safely return, we’ll settle everything at once. Okay?" Su Yi suggested. Although others had objections, none of them refuted Su Yi.

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Chapter 103

Now, in the hearts of these people, Su Yi was somewhat legendary. First, Su Yi suddenly fell ill, his hair turned white, and he looked like he was about to die. Then, to save Tang Yu, Su Yi was directly stabbed in the chest by a rogue orc, leaving a hole. Whether it was the former or the latter, Su Yi was undoubtedly doomed. But Su Yi suddenly disappeared and then reappeared after less than two days, alive and well, with no trace of white hair.

So, in the hearts of these people, Su Yi had inexplicably occupied a certain position. After Su Yi said to wait and deal with it later, although they were very dissatisfied in their hearts, they still agreed.

Seeing that no one objected, Su Yi glanced at the omega. Seeing that the omega was crying and didn’t seem to be seriously injured, Su Yi couldn’t help but relax and patted the little orc’s head in front of him.

"Come on, take me to see how he’s doing."

Su Yi didn’t say who this person was, but the little guy wasn’t stupid. His large, frightening eyes rolled, and he silently led Su Yi away.

After Xinor put down Tang Yu, he came to find Su Yi. Seeing Su Yi being led away, Xinor followed.

This was the second time Su Yi had seen that ominous orc, and the feeling was as deep as the first time. Because the ominous orc was still very weak, looking as if he might die at any moment.

How could such a dying person have the heart to do anything to an omega?

Su Yi sighed. He had thought that after saving this person, he would improve. But seeing the young orc’s condition, Su Yi suddenly felt he was too naive.

These people treated Xinor and Jares specially because they were very powerful and had strong mates like Su Yi and Tang Yu.

So ordinary people, even if they didn’t like ominous orcs in their hearts, still needed Xinor and Jares to protect them. So even if they were dissatisfied, they wouldn’t show it.

But this young ominous orc was different. First, he didn’t have a strong physique and posed no threat to anyone.

Su Yi gave a bitter smile. No matter how simple the people here were, the law of the jungle and bullying the weak and fearing the strong existed everywhere.

"He, will he die?" The little orc suddenly asked in a low voice.

Su Yi, who had been in a daze, was suddenly startled by this question.

"He won’t." Su Yi said with a smile, then instructed the little guy to watch over him.

The young orc was even weaker than when Su Yi first saw him. And that little guy seemed to have lost weight too. Su Yi didn’t understand. Although the journey had been hard, everyone had been eating well. At least Su Yi noticed that the other children had become a bit rounder these days. Some omegas had good complexions and smiled more.

Everyone ate the same things, so there was no reason for just the two of them to lose weight.

Su Yi sneered inwardly, guessing that those people were deliberately withholding their food.

Su Yi took the diluted pool water from his spatial storage and poured it into the medicine Mino had prepared, then had Xinor deliver it. He himself went to the main group and asked with a smile, "Do you usually take the food yourselves, or is it distributed by someone?"

Hearing Su Yi’s question, several omegas who wanted to get close to Su Yi immediately competed to answer, "Well, usually it’s distributed by an omega."

An omega with a slightly louder voice shouted. Following his voice, Su Yi looked in the direction they were pointing.

The person they were pointing at was the omega who had been crying earlier.

Oh, Su Yi instantly understood.

It seemed that this omega and that young orc had an old grudge.

Su Yi’s judgment was based on facts. This omega was responsible for distributing food to others, but only the little orc and the young ominous orc received less food. This indicated that the feud between him and the two was not a matter of one or two days. It must have been an issue before this. The omega withheld their food every day, and later, when they were arranged to sit on an orc’s back, the omega set up the young orc.

Su Yi overturned his previous guess. He had originally thought it was everyone bullying the weak and fearing the strong, but now it seemed to be a personal vendetta.

Su Yi asked the omegas for some food, intending to give it to the little orc. Although Su Yi had food in his spatial storage, those were things he and Xinor had worked hard to gather. Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t take them out. The food Su Yi asked for was originally meant for them.

Su Yi took the food and put it in a broken beast hide bag, then gave it to the little orc.

At this time, the young orc, who had drunk the medicine Xinor gave him, had been in a daze but rarely woke up.

The little orc was obviously very happy and handed the food to the young orc. The young orc looked at Su Yi and, although he didn’t speak, his eyes were filled with gratitude.

This silent young orc, who had suffered great injustice, didn’t say a word more.

Su Yi crouched down to examine the young orc’s wounds. Many places on the young orc’s body had already festered. Su Yi couldn’t help but frown as he looked, pondered for a moment, and then took out a jar from his pocket.

The rainy season was about to end. Today, it had only rained sporadically, and then the sun came out.

Although the sun was out, it wasn’t warm around. The young orc was an orc and normally wouldn’t feel cold, but because many of his wounds were inflamed, he now had a fever, and his body trembled slightly.

Su Yi looked around and, seeing no one looking their way, slightly lowered his voice and instructed the little orc, "Put this medicine on his wounds. Twice a day, morning and evening. It might hurt a bit when you apply it."

The jar Su Yi gave was the diluted medicine he had planned to keep for himself. But looking at the young orc’s condition, for some reason, he felt the young orc resembled Xinor. Xinor was also the kind of person who didn’t talk much. With Xinor’s personality, if he suffered an injustice, he would probably react the same way.

"Su Yi, Jares said we’ll be home today." Tang Yu suddenly called out happily from afar. Su Yi turned his head and saw Tang Yu holding a beast leg, gnawing on it as he walked toward him.

The leg in Tang Yu’s hand was thicker than Tang Yu’s waist, making the people around him stare in amazement.

Tang Yu didn’t care. Right now, he only knew his son was hungry.

Jares followed Tang Yu, holding half a roasted beast in his hand. The current Tang Yu really had the appearance of a chivalrous hero from ancient times, which Su Yi found amusingly endearing.

"Then everyone, pack up and hit the road quickly!" Su Yi raised his voice, and the others immediately started packing. Su Yi looked at the little orc and the young orc, worrying about who would carry them, when Aide walked over from that direction.

"I’ll take them." Aide wanted to be good friends with Su Yi and the others, so he came to solve Su Yi’s problem.

Earlier, when those people wanted to execute the young orc, Aide had also been on the opposing side. But at that time, everyone’s emotions were very unstable, and some of them were Xie’s people, so Aide didn’t have the right to speak.

Actually, Xinor could also carry them, but Su Yi was a bit selfish and didn’t want Xinor to be too tired.

Since Aide was coming to help, Su Yi immediately nodded repeatedly.