hunt and eat

Because of his poor health, even his younger siblings, who were one year younger than him, were much stronger than him, so before the rainstorm started, it was simply abandoned by his mother who couldn't bear it anymore.

Although the little black monster in front of him didn't understand the truth at this time, the fact that he was alone was still roughly understandable.

I'm probably going to die, right?

very hungry……

The little monster touched its deflated stomach with its primate-structured arms, and shrank unconsciously.

Since three days ago, the mother has stopped allowing herself to eat with other siblings.

The sense of alienation that even it can understand is in a sense far colder than the hunger itself.

The chill gradually spread to the limbs, it was strange, the eyes of the little monster gradually became lost in the lake, and the darkness gradually encroached on its last consciousness like a tide.

An unprecedented and unique feeling appeared in that little heart for the first time.

That is the fear of something called [Death].

"Dad, look, there's a little thing here."

Faintly, the little monster, who could no longer open his eyes, heard a language that he couldn't understand at the time in the darkness.

"It's so ugly... just like me, hehe."

"Hey, can I raise it? I promise to eat obediently!"

At the end of consciousness, the little monster felt as if he had returned to his mother's embrace when he was just born.

It's been a long time since that warm feeling.

No, maybe never.

In the dimness, its consciousness was completely interrupted.

……

"From today on, you will be called Xiao Hei...By the way, my name is A Chou, and everyone in the village calls me that."

Under the sun, a little boy said to himself while tying a small cloth bag around his waist for the little monster in front of him.

On the boy's face was a lotus-like black birthmark covering most of his face, making him look extraordinarily ugly.

But if you look closely, it's not hard to see that the facial features are actually not bad.

It looks like an orangutan, but it has no hair on its body. Instead, it is a small monster with a rock carapace. Somewhat uncomfortable, it tried to grab the rope around its waist with its hands, but the boy patted its head angrily.

"Don't move... This thing can prove that you are not a monster in the wild, so even if you meet adults from other places, you will not be attacked."

Regardless of whether Xiao Hei could understand or not, Ah Chou just insisted on instructing him for a while, and then took him to find other children in the village to play with.

"Chou, go away...we don't play with ugly monsters."

"Yes, go away!"

Although he wanted to blend into the circle of his peers, the ugly A Chou was obviously not very popular with others, and was thrown several pieces of mud from a distance.

"Hmph, it makes me want to play with you."

Ah Chou spat at his feet, pulled the ignorant Xiao Hei around and left.

It's just that from time to time, he would stop and look back at the group of children gathered together, as if waiting for them to stop him.

But unfortunately, no one spoke a word to him until he left the village.

Covering his reddened eyes, the boy bit his lips tightly and sat in a daze on the big rock at the entrance of the village. Beside him was a little monster with the same ugly appearance, blowing the wind with him.

"Xiao Hei, don't be discouraged... Although you are alone, it's not our fault."

"Good people are always like this, they are just jealous of us."

"What do you mean you're jealous? Uh, talent?"

Even though the language was completely unintelligible, and Xiao Hei would only growl intermittently, Ah Chou was inexplicably able to chat with it.

Of course, it might just be what he thought was just a chat.

Anyway, from the perspective of a bystander, Xiao Hei's cry from the beginning to the end has not changed in any way, and he just silently watched Ah Chou talking non-stop.

That kind of desperation to speak is really extraordinary...Of course, it may just be that the boy is afraid that once he stops, the tears will fall completely like a kite with a broken string.

……

"Xiao Hei, I'm here to see you."

In a valley full of vines and strange-looking trees, the voice of a male duck who was in the period of changing his voice suddenly sounded.

Accompanied by a rustling sound, a huge figure nearly four meters slid down the slippery tree trunk covered in moss.

"You've had a good meal recently, and you feel a lot bigger than the last time we met."

Wearing a simple leather armor, a half-grown young man with a cropped cut greeted the orangutan-like black monster that fell in front of him.

"roar~"

"I got it~ I got it, I know you are worried about my safety, but the stronger monsters around here were all beaten away by you, Xiao Hei, there is nothing to worry about."

Although he was no longer the little thing that couldn't even reach his knees back then, the young man still habitually called the only friend in front of him "Xiao Hei".

About a few years ago, because Xiao Hei was getting bigger and more scary, many people in the village began to worry that it would hurt people, or even eat people.

There were more and more rumors, but in the end, even A Chou's parents couldn't bear the pressure gradually, and they had no choice but to release Xiao Hei into a nearby valley.

No way, no matter what race it is, judging people by their appearance is the inferiority of biological instinct after all.

Fortunately, although the people in the village don't like Xiao Hei very much, the latter is a monster that has lived in the village for many years and has never had any record of hurting anyone, so people generally don't bother it Life, and even occasionally nod to it when you meet it in the wild, which is regarded as a greeting.

In a sense, they are not too familiar acquaintances.

In addition, I don't know if it's Ah Chou's own talent. He obviously doesn't have a good brain and doesn't like to be alone, but he somehow mastered the animal language, and he was even able to communicate with Xiao Hei one-on-one.

According to Uncle Ugly, this is probably the blessing of stupid people.

Slowly bending down, he took out several thick animal skin books from the backpack behind him, and Ah Chou reluctantly handed them to Xiao Hei in front of him.

"I really don't understand, why do you like reading more than I do?"

"Is this thing that attractive?"

For Ah Chou, books are only used when he can't sleep. At other times, they are used as table legs. This is already its greatest contribution.

"Ho~ho!" Xiao Hei roared in a low voice, his tone full of joy.

"Interesting ghost!"

"By the way, apart from being unable to speak, you are almost human, right?"

"That clever head, give me a little too... Hundan!"

……

Chapter 87 Family and Loved Ones

In a volcanic area full of hot magma, a tall monster with a long stone stick on its back is constantly climbing up along the path flowing with hot magma.

It was Xiao Hei who was raised by humans since he was a child.

In front of it, a monster that was more than a circle in size and similar to it walked slowly as if leading the way, and looked back from time to time.

It seemed to be confirming that Xiao Hei had escaped.

Are you so worried about me running away?

Xiao Hei frowned, thinking silently in his heart.

Then he unconsciously grasped the weapon that Ah Chou made for himself on his back.

About half a month ago, in order to find raw materials for making weapons, it deliberately came to a volcano hundreds of kilometers away to collect them.

Who would have thought that they would inexplicably meet this fellow on the way back.

Red lotus lion, this is the name Xiao Hei found for his race from a monster atlas before he left the village.

It's ridiculous to say that even though the guy in front of him is his own race, Xiao Hei doesn't have any sense of belonging.

In its heart, its only family and friend is Ah Chou who is a human being.

I thought that after that chance encounter, I would never deal with these same people again, but who knew that only a week later, this guy found himself again.

And it definitely found itself with a purpose... The valley it lives in is hundreds of kilometers away from the volcano, and there is even a river in the middle.

Under such circumstances, it cannot be a coincidence that the other party can find him in such a short period of time.

[The king is looking for me... what's the matter? 】

Xiao Hei tentatively yelled at the fellow who didn't even have a name.

[Everyone, return to the ancestral land... this is the order of the king]

Hearing this stereotyped answer again, Xiao Hei's face was full of disappointment and irritability.

This is also the only two or two sentences the other party has responded to him in the past few days.

By the way, the other sentence is 【keep up】.

To be honest, if Ah Chou and his village were not near the valley where they lived, and they were worried about causing trouble to A Chou, they wouldn't have followed this inexplicable guy here if they were killed.

Xiao Hei, who has been influenced by human society since he was a child, can't understand it at all, and he doesn't want to understand the simple brain circuit of the red lotus lion that is no different from a beast.

After another day's journey, Xiao Hei finally saw the "King" that the same family said in an exceptionally empty volcano.

It was a red lotus lion lying on the highest rock plate, much larger than himself, with huge curved horns.

With that exaggerated arm, I am afraid that he can kill himself with a single punch.

Really simple and direct raw violence.

Scanning around cautiously, looking at the red lotus lions that can be said to be everywhere in the field of vision, roughly estimated to be around seventy or eighty, Xiao Hei seemed to realize something, and began to search seriously for the first time.

Finally, after a few minutes, in a corner, it saw a somewhat familiar figure.

It was a medium-sized half-aged female red lotus lion, and beside her were two young red lotus lions who seemed to be offspring.

"Did several of them die in the end?"

"No... Maybe it's just another abandonment."

"After all, it's just a beast."

Looking back with complicated eyes, Xiao Hei found a corner and squatted down, waiting silently.

[Recently, I discovered a particularly delicious food]

Xiao Hei, who was wandering in the sky, was brought back to reality by a ridiculously loud voice.

On the high platform, the king of the red lotus lion clan was roaring continuously.

[They are very weak, but occasionally there will be stronger ones, and more importantly... they like to stay together, and there are a lot of them]

[Even as powerful as us, we need to take the risk of injury to hunt successfully]

[However, as long as you try it once, you will understand...]

【Everything is worth it】

Hearing the Honglian Lion King's intermittent and unclear words, Xiao Hei's heart skipped a beat.

The food in the other party's mouth, could it be...

【It just so happens that there is a gathering place for them nearby】

【Food... a lot of food, waiting for us to enjoy】

【After three dark nights, we together...】

【A full meal】

Amidst the roars of countless excited beasts, Xiao Hei, who was hiding in the shadow of the corner, had a face covered with haze visible to the naked eye, and his two rough primate palms were also tightly clenched, as if they were about to bleed.

……

After the meeting, Xiao Hei, who was full of worries, prepared to rush to his place of residence against the herd.

It is impossible for it to watch this group of fellow races attack the human stronghold, so the only thing to do now is to inform Ah Chou and ask him to notify those powerful adults.

Although it is not proud of being a red lotus lion, it deeply understands how terrifying the fighting power of its own family is.