Surviving in the Beast World with a System

The Beastman Warriors nodded.

Teng Qian suddenly sidled up to him. "Captain, what kind of tribe is a ’Super Tribe’? Sounds pretty badass."

Yuan Lang frowned. "What ’Super Tribe’? It’s just a name. It’s no different from our Snow Tiger Tribe, and we’re one of the Four Great Tribes of the Polar Forest."

"Maybe these tribes from the outside just like giving themselves impressive-sounding names."

The others nodded, unable to stop themselves from casting subtle, disdainful glances at the unfamiliar beastmen nearby.

’What a load of nonsense. Maybe our Snow Tiger Tribe should change its name to the Super Snow Tiger Tribe. It definitely sounds more powerful than just a ’Great Tribe’.’

With this thought in mind, the awe they felt from the other party’s strength vanished, and they all instantly straightened their backs with renewed confidence.

And why not?

Every tribe had a few powerful beastmen, after all.

Their tribe had plenty of Gold Rank Beastman Warriors too. It was just that the old-timers only came out to handle things when a truly dangerous situation arose; they rarely took action otherwise.

Don’t ask why. If you did, they’d just say it was to train the younger generation’s abilities.

’As if anyone couldn’t tell they just wanted to be lazy,’ they thought. ’It’s just an unspoken understanding.’

After both sides let their imaginations run wild for a moment, when the Super Tribe beastmen turned back to the dark-looking beastmen, the high-and-mighty superiority in their eyes was gone.

’Why?’

’They’re a ’Super Tribe’ too. That means we’re all on the same level. What’s there to be so arrogant about? We can’t act all high and mighty now.’

On the other hand, the Beastman Warriors of the Snow Tiger Tribe, thanks to their massive growth this year, were already at the forefront of development in the Polar Forest.

They had only been momentarily intimidated by the other beastmen’s strength and bluffed by the badass name "Super Tribe." Now that they’d decided it was just a name, no different from their own, they no longer felt any apprehension.

’We’re all just tribes with different names. What gives you the right to act so tough in front of us?’

’You dare touch us? Just you wait for our revenge. Hmph!’

And so, with one side overestimating the other, and the other side underestimating them, the atmosphere somehow became strangely harmonious.

The Messenger Beastman Captain laughed heartily and walked forward. "We never would have guessed! You must be the Huaxia Witch’s tribespeople."

’Huaxia Witch?’

’What’s that?’

The Snow Tiger Tribe’s beastmen were completely dumbfounded, but Yuan Lang, at the front, jolted.

’Hua Xia!’

’The young female mentioned that name many times when she spoke of her origins.’

’Could it be...?’

At this thought, his heart began to race.

"You’ve seen our Lord Witch?"

’These people just said ’wizard,’ right? Maybe it’s just a different term than what they use in the Polar Forest.’

Seeing his reaction, the Super Tribe beastmen exchanged a subtle glance. ’Just as we thought!’

’These beastmen really are the tribespeople the Huaxia Witch mentioned.’

The Eagle Beastman, in particular, recalled the earlier energy fluctuation and felt that his caution just now had been incredibly wise. What if they had actually offended the tribespeople of that witch?

If she had unleashed something like that on them... never mind surviving the immense energy fluctuation, they wouldn’t have even been able to withstand the poison mist that followed.

"We met her twice before in the deep forest. A few days ago, our Lord Witch invited your Lord Witch to act as a guide, but your Lord Witch said she needed to go into the deep forest to find her tribespeople and told us to wait outside."

"We just didn’t expect to run into you first."

Although Yuan Lang had his doubts and wasn’t entirely sure, that didn’t stop him from playing along and weaving a story based on what the beastman had said.

His body suddenly relaxed, and a hint of a smile entered his tone. "Well, what a surprise. I didn’t realize you were a tribe that knows our Lord Witch."

He then looked at the Super Tribe beastmen and gave a slight nod. "Pardon me for asking, but did our Lord Witch say when she would be back?"

And just like that, through a round of ambiguous conversation, the two sides, mutually wary of each other, began to interact in a surprisingly harmonious manner.

The Messenger Beastman Captain shook his head. "We don’t know that, but the Huaxia Witch said she would be looking for you at the border between the Intermediate and High Rank Fierce Beast territories. If she couldn’t find you, she would come back to lead us out."

"How about this: some of your tribesmen are injured. Why don’t you come back to our cave with us first and let our Lord Witch treat you?"

Yuan Lang chuckled and nodded. "That would be a great help. Thank you for the trouble."

With one side intending to build goodwill and the other intending to bluff, it was naturally a happy meeting. They walked toward the cave arm-in-arm.

Were Teng Qian and the rest of the Snow Tiger Tribe’s beastmen dumbfounded?

Of course they were.

But they always remembered their leader’s words: when you don’t understand something, shut up, don’t ask any questions, and just play along.