bookrandom Chapter 103 Kindness
Chapter 103 Kindness
A short while later, Huqiu returned with several male orcs. He walked up to Langcang and said, "Boss, we've thoroughly searched the area. There shouldn't be any other orcs around."
They were very careful this time, carefully examining each tree to see if any bark had been removed.
His tiger paws were all dirty from digging. Tiger Hill thought that when he returned to the tribe, he would definitely wash them properly by the waterfall, so that Yang Ye wouldn't see them and think he was some unclean male beastman.
Lang Cang nodded. This was expected. Since these dwarf beasts dared to live here, they must have made a careful choice. If there were other beastmen nearby, they wouldn't dare to come near them.
Lin Baiyan suddenly remembered his plan, and he quickly turned to look at Lang Cang. "I want to transform into beast form and go inside to take a look." He pointed to the entrance of the dwarf beasts' cave next to him.
After listening, Lang Cang refused him very decisively, "No, you should wait for them to come out."
They only brought Lin Baiyan, a sub-beastman, with them this time. The cave entrance was so small that it could only accommodate him. Who knew if there would be any other dangers between people inside?
Seeing Lang Cang's uncompromising attitude, Lin Baiyan had no choice but to give up on the idea.
A short while later, Ai Hong came out with several dwarf beasts behind her. Those dwarf beasts looked similar to the ones Lin Baiyan had first seen when Ai Hong and the others. They were thin and wiry with yellow hair, and their bodies were dirty. They were only wearing grass skirts.
They were still a little scared, huddled together at the cave entrance. Lin Baiyan glanced at them and saw that there were about eight or nine dwarf beasts, and a few that looked quite young, like miniature figurines.
What surprised Lin Baiyan even more was that several of the dwarf beasts were holding several orc cubs in their arms.
Ai Hong walked up to Lin Baiyan and the others, pointed to the tribesmen behind him, and said, "Priest, my tribesmen are all here."
Lin Baiyan blinked, making sure what he was seeing was real. He pointed at the orc cubs and looked at Ai Hong, "Are those also your people?"
Ai Hong looked in the direction he was pointing and realized he was referring to the orc cubs.
"Yes, we found them along the way when we fled north. Some of them returned to the Beast God's side, and now only three cubs remain."
There was nothing unusual on the dwarf's red face. Lin Baiyan stepped forward, wanting to see the cubs, but as soon as he got close to the dwarf beasts, they shrank back a step.
Ai Hong knew Lin Baiyan's thoughts and quickly stepped forward to take a cub from the tribesman's arms, but the sub-beastman holding the cub refused to let go. "Grandpa Hong, what are you doing? Didn't you promise that He would raise it for me?"
Dwarf Red looked at the orc in front of him with some helplessness, "It's not that I want to take your cub, the priest just wants to take a look."
Lin Baiyan and He are both beastmen, so they certainly wouldn't do anything bad to him.
The orcish dwarf in front of him had lost his cubs after they were born because they didn't have enough food. The cubs had gone mad, and he found this orcish cub on his way out and treated him like his own child.
Strangely enough, ever since Ai Xun found the cub, her spirits have gradually improved.
Dwarf Red was also soft-hearted and couldn't bear to watch such a small cub, unable to transform into human form, being left there to become food for wild beasts.
They gradually collected some food, but their lives were difficult; several of their cubs died while they were fleeing famine.
Now, including the three orc cubs, only fourteen people from our tribe have successfully arrived.
His eyes were a little moist. After spending so many days together, he had long since come to regard these orc cubs as his own.
He had taken Dwarf Stone and Dwarf Cheng out to find food because one of their cubs was sick and needed food to replenish its nutrition.
Otherwise, they'd probably still be holed up in their burrows, gnawing on tree bark.
Seeing Ai Xun's wary expression, Lin Baiyan waved his hand, "It's okay, you don't need to carry me."
If a stranger tries to hug someone's child for no reason, the parents certainly wouldn't want that.
Lin Baiyan stared at the dwarf red beasts thoughtfully. He hadn't expected that these dwarf beasts, who had been oppressed by the orcs for so long, would still have a heart of compassion for their cubs.
He stepped forward and looked at the trembling dwarf beasts. "I'm sure Dwarf Red has already told you that I'm taking you there this time to work for the Azure Flame Tribe."
"Simply put, the Azure Flame Tribe provides you with food and shelter, and you work for us. Of course, we can also protect you in return."
"Everyone will get food as long as they do their job, and those who do more will be rewarded."
This was a new tribal system that Lin Baiyan had long planned out. It stipulated the amount of work each orc had to do every day, and only in this way could they obtain food. Those who did not exceed the quota could receive rewards and exchange resources with the tribe.
Simply put, it means more work, more pay; less work, less pay.
This was also one of the ways China transformed its economic system at the time, from eating from the same pot to living their own lives, which was more conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the beastmen.
Let's test it out on the dwarf beast first.
The dwarf beasts listened to Lin Baiyan's words in a daze. After a while, Ai Xun suppressed his fear and stepped forward, cautiously looking at the fair-skinned and gentle-looking sub-beastman in front of him.
Hearing that this was the priest of the Azure Flame Tribe, he tightened his grip on the little lynx in his arms. "Priest, after we get there, is it really just work?"
Lin Baiyan nodded, "That's right, I guarantee that the orcs in the tribe will not abuse you at will."
He knew what these dwarfs were worried about.
Ai Xun's heart slowly calmed down. In each tribe, the priest actually had a lot of power, and he had no reason to lie to these penniless dwarves.
Ai Xun's face relaxed immediately. She knelt down in front of him, handed the little lynx in her arms to Lin Baiyan, and looked at him with pleading eyes, "I'm willing to work for the Cangyan tribe. I'm willing to work for you for the rest of my life. Please, High Priest, save my cub!"
“He has a fever, we have no food or herbs, he’s going to die…” Ai Xun’s eyes were full of tears, which slowly slid down her cheeks.
Lin Baiyan quickly took the baby lynx from his hands and reached out to touch the cub's forehead.
The baby lynx had been running a fever for several days, and the cub looked rather dazed.
"Let's go back first. There are medicines in the tribe, but I've already made it clear that all the herbs must be returned."
Ai Xun nodded vigorously, "I'll pay it back, I'll definitely work hard to pay it off!"
Now, he would agree to anything Lin Baiyan said as long as it could save his cub.
One of his children had already left him, and he couldn't afford to lose another.