Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming

Chapter 176 - 122: Her Choice (3)

"Okay."

Ling Hong transformed back into his wolf form, wrapping his body entirely around her.

’That snake is still hibernating anyway. It won’t wake up for a few months. During this time, I can have the female all to myself.’

A heavy snow began to fall from the biting night sky, flakes drifting into the mouth of the cave. The cold, harsh wind made the bonfire flicker and dance.

Not far from the cave entrance, the clamor of voices could be heard.

The sound grew closer and the voices more agitated, the male Beastmen’s vulgar words seemingly mixed with lewd insults directed at a female.

"What’s happening? Did other Beastmen come?" An Jin was startled awake by the noise.

Before she could even lift her head, a pair of big, furry wolf paws covered her eyes and half her body.

"It’s Wandering Beasts..."

Ling Hong shifted into his human form and held her in his arms. His thin lips brushed against her hair, his voice turning slightly cold. "And there’s more than one."

An Jin’s heart skipped a beat, but her gaze swept over the six stripes on the man’s arm, and a sense of security washed over her.

But she recalled that most Wandering Beasts were vicious by nature, with combat strength far greater than ordinary Beastmen. Judging by the voices, there were quite a few of them, and they sounded like the type you wouldn’t want to cross...

"Don’t worry. I’m here. Nothing will happen. It’s probably just a few Four-striped Beasts outside." As a proud Wolf Beast, Ling Hong was very confident in his own strength.

In his twenty-odd years of life, the only one he’d never fought was that snake. Any other Beastman, even a Wandering Beast, would only get a beating from him.

"If you’re sleepy, go back to sleep. I’m right here with you, so don’t worry."

Ling Hong’s deep, cool voice was incredibly reassuring.

But An Jin poked her little head out from behind his sturdy arm, squinting toward the cave entrance, curious to sneak a peek at who had arrived.

Ling Hong smiled. He didn’t stop her small movements. Instead, he instinctively gathered her closer with his arm and stepped back toward the corner of the rock wall, shielding her from the drifting snow so she wouldn’t catch a cold.

In the pitch-black entrance of the cave, where heavy snow was falling, five or six tall, burly figures soon appeared.

The moment they appeared, a thick, bone-chilling cold instantly swept through the entire cave, along with the nauseating stench of blood and damp earth.

They had not come in peace.

One of the Wandering Beasts was carrying a female covered in bruises and cuts on his back.

The small, thin female with tattered clothes struggled wildly on his back, kicking, biting, and viciously scratching his back with sharp, dirt-caked fingernails.

Humiliated and enraged, the Wandering Beast threw the female violently to the ground and cursed, "I gave you an inch and you took a mile! You’re our slave now, and you still think you can run away?"

The female was kicked by each of them in turn, tossed around like a rubber ball. She curled up on the ground, trembling, and pitiful whimpers escaped her blood-stained lips.

In the Beast World, where females were rare, this was a kind of horrific scene An Jin had never witnessed before.

The Wandering Beasts’ harsh, grating curses suddenly stopped. Their gazes, dark and menacing, turned to the corner deep inside the cave.

’I can’t believe there are other Beastmen living here...’

The group had actually been ordinary Beastmen, but they were exiled from their tribe for their vile behavior and became Wandering Beasts. Later, to survive, they formed a small team by chance.

They were all Fourth Rank, and one was even a Fifth Rank Beastman. Relying on their formidable strength, the group committed all sorts of evil in the jungle, bullying smaller tribes wherever they went.

This female was one they had snatched from a nearby herbivore tribe, planning to use her to vent their frustrations.

"So beautiful..."

One of the Wandering Beasts froze. His eyes were glued to An Jin, and disgusting drool trickled from his mouth.

They had just been looking for a random cave to have their way with the female they’d snatched, but they hadn’t expected to run into an even more beautiful one.

All the lust in their bodies was instantly stoked, surging straight to their loins.

’As long as they killed the Wolf Beast by her side, they could have the pleasure of enjoying two females tonight.’

’They wouldn’t be willing to play that pretty female to death. They had to keep her alive to vent their lust on day and night, and to bear their cubs.’

Under the disgusting, lecherous stares of these Wandering Beasts, An Jin felt goosebumps break out all over her skin, and she was so sickened she wanted to throw up.

"You’re courting death!"

Ling Hong’s expression was terrifyingly cold. He instantly shifted into his beast form and lunged forward, biting viciously as he revealed his full power. "ROAR—!"

The outcome of the battle was never in doubt. Ling Hong bit straight through the necks of the Wandering Beasts, and a massive amount of blood sprayed across the cave entrance, soaking the already muddy, damp ground.

An Jin wiped the blood that had splattered onto her face. Her own face was pale, her stomach churned violently, and she wanted to find a place to be sick.

The other female was in an even worse state. Because she was closer, her entire body was drenched in blood.

She was curled into a ball, crying silently.

"...What tribe are you from?" An Jin’s eyes fell on the mix of old and new bruises on the female’s body.

She had already been violated, and more than once.

An Jin’s heart ached with pity and anger. She cursed inwardly, ’Those Wandering Beasts were true animals!’

As a fellow woman, she wanted to try and comfort the small female before her, who had been tortured until she barely looked human.

But the female recoiled as if startled, backing away repeatedly. A curtain of long, matted, and blood-stained hair covered half her face, revealing only a pair of bloodshot, red eyes streaked with tears.

"D-don’t come any closer. Stay away from me..."