Chapter 592

Chapter 592: Spiritual Sustenance

Hu Xin? It should be the Tigerman who betrayed him and seized his position as Chieftain.

No matter what, the two sides successfully reached a consensus.

While several soldiers were helping him stop the bleeding, Luo Ji learned the other party’s name.

Hu Jie.

During this time, Luo Ji could not help but sigh at just how tenacious Tigermen truly were.

If it were a human, after losing that much blood, the corpse would have gone cold long ago.

While Luo Ji was thinking about this.

Hu Jie, who was receiving treatment nearby, was also feeling conflicted.

In his entire life, he had never imagined that one day he would submit to a human.

After saying those words earlier, his thoughts now felt somewhat muddled.

Then he could not help but ask this question.

“You believed me just like that. Aren’t you afraid I’ll betray you?”

“Betray you?”

As if he had just heard the biggest joke in the world, Luo Ji suddenly burst out laughing.

He even laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh.

“What are you laughing at?!”

Luo Ji’s reaction clearly irritated Hu Jie, making him feel both angry and embarrassed.

“Shouldn’t one laugh after hearing something so funny?”

When Luo Ji said this, he was still struggling to suppress his laughter.

Anyone could tell that this laughter was not an act.

He was genuinely amused by Hu Jie’s words.

Soon after, as if he had laughed enough.

Luo Ji took a deep breath, calming himself down as he gradually stopped laughing.

Then he looked at Hu Jie with a serious expression.

“You’ll understand sooner or later exactly why that sentence is so funny.”

After saying this, Luo Ji clearly had no intention of dwelling further on the topic.

He stretched his body and stood up.

The army continued its advance.

Previously, Hu Jie had not paid much attention.

It was only after suffering a crushing defeat, and then having his Chieftain position taken by Hu Xin.

That he seriously examined this army for the first time.

The result was that its numbers were shockingly large.

Just those black-clad figures like Luo Yong alone numbered several hundred.

There were also quite a few Wolfmen.

In addition to that, there were large numbers of green-skinned short folk.

The Elephantman he had seen before was not present now, but it had still left a deep impression on him.

Thinking about it carefully from an observer’s perspective.

Hu Jie’s mood instantly became even more complicated.

From the very beginning, did they ever really have a chance of winning?

The answer was obviously no.

From the start, Luo Ji had mobilized his forces with the intent to crush them outright.

The Tigermen being this strong, and Xiang Yan being injured, had both exceeded his expectations somewhat.

Of course, Hu Jie had no way of knowing what Luo Ji was thinking back then.

The army soon pushed up to the outskirts of the Tigerman tribal camp.

Along the way, they encountered no resistance at all.

After entering, there was not a single Tigerman in sight.

Not just Tigermen.

There were not even any Kobolds or Badgermen to be seen.

“Did they run?”

Luo Ji subconsciously turned his head to look at Hu Jie.

And at the same time.

Several Swift Wolf Warriors responsible for surrounding the camp were escorting a group of cats over.

This scene immediately struck Luo Ji as strange.

Then he quickly noticed that these cats were walking upright on two legs, just like humans.

In other words, Beastmen?

To be honest, compared to other Beastmen, they did not look scary at all.

They were even rather cute.

The Catmen were slightly shorter than goblins, roughly 60 to 70 centimeters tall.

Putting their height aside, if they moved on all fours, they would look almost no different from real cats.

“These are the Catman tribe that we previously enslaved.”

Hu Jie, standing nearby, explained briefly.

Hearing this, Luo Ji showed an expression of understanding.

“They look pretty harmless.”

“Among the Beastmen, Catmen are an extremely weak race. They have almost no combat ability, so they’re usually enslaved by powerful Beastman tribes and made to do daily chores.”

The one speaking now was Li Kuo.

Among the generally aggressive and strength-worshipping Beastmen, the Catman race was indeed rather special.

Of course, this kind of ‘specialness’ was no different from ‘useless’ in the eyes of other Beastmen.

They were even often mocked by others.

But Luo Ji did not see it that way.

The existence of every race had its reason.

Within the heavily unbalanced Beastman civilization, adding a few special races to balance things out did not seem impossible.

“Come here.”

Looking at a Catman that resembled the orange cats of his homeland by at least 80% to 90%, Luo Ji beckoned to it.

Faced with Luo Ji’s call, the Catman timidly shuffled forward.

When it got close and saw the hand reaching out toward it, it immediately shut its eyes in fear.

However, the beating it expected never came.

In that instant, it only felt a warm hand land on its head.

“Meow~”

The comfortable stroking made it involuntarily let out a soft cry.

“Ah. My spiritual sustenance. Ever since coming here, how many years has it been since I last petted a cat…”

Luo Ji could not help but sigh inwardly, his face full of happiness.

He had mentioned before that he had always wanted to keep a pet.

Specifically, a cat.

Who would have thought that after coming here, he would first raise Liaoyuan Huo, then Shadow, yet somehow never find a cat.

Watching Luo Ji get addicted to petting the cat and almost forget about business.

Jie Zichuan, the captain of the guard, could not help but cough heavily.

“Ahem. Your Majesty, the business.”

“Huh? Business? What business was it again?”

Luo Ji continued petting the cat with a blissful expression.

“The Tigermen.”

Hearing this term, Luo Ji’s hand did not stop, but his eyes, despite being immersed in cat-petting, became a bit clearer.

Alright.

He remembered.

“Little one, where did the Tigermen in this camp go?”

The Catman could clearly feel the goodwill radiating from Luo Ji.

Unlike the other Beastmen who frequently beat and scolded them, this human’s hand was so warm.

It made the Catman unconsciously feel closer to him.

“They left the camp. I don’t know where they went.”

The slightly childish voice sounded soft and gentle, making it impossible to dislike.

“I see. So you were left behind?”

“Yes.”

As it spoke, the Catman timidly glanced at Hu Jie standing nearby.

Clearly, it could not understand why Hu Jie, who had just fled for his life, would appear here again.

But upon hearing this answer, Luo Ji understood everything.

Those Tigermen had clearly realized they could not defeat them.

So before Luo Ji’s forces arrived, they had already withdrawn with all their combat power.

As for the Catmen, who had no combat ability.

They were obviously considered a burden and abandoned here.

After offering a few words of reassurance, Luo Ji let the Catman return to its kin.

Then he turned his head to look at Hu Jie standing nearby.

“So, where do you think they would run to?”