The bear-beastmen's habitat belongs to the earth-dwelling beastmen, who can run...

Jiang Yunlan clearly saw the sad expression on Lorelei's face because he was different from the other Zelans.

Asahi and Gracie, who were also sitting in the car, were at a loss when they saw his profile as he looked down at the window.

“I don’t think this is a disaster,” Jiang Yunlan suddenly spoke up, her tone sincere. “When you used the Earth’s Wrath, none of the other Zelan were hurt. I think it must be because you were chosen by the Earth, chosen to be the orc who protects the Zelan.”

Lorelei suddenly opened his half-closed eyelids and subconsciously looked at her, hearing her say firmly.

"What you possess is the power of protection, not disaster."

The voice reached Lorelei's ears. He blinked and saw his kin walk up to him from the front, looking at him with expectant eyes.

"Lorelei, the bear-orc clan is so large, can your power cover such a wide area?" Zelanshida, who had come ahead to scout the situation, pointed to the clan of orcs walking near the river.

We've arrived at the habitat of the bear-beastmen.

The bear-like beastmen, having left the grasslands, chose to settle near the river at the foot of the mountains—a place with wild grass and a few shrubs, but far from the forest.

Jiang Yunlan and her group hid behind the trees on the mountain, watching from afar as the bear-beastman clan, which had almost become a tiny dot, exchanged information with the Zelans who had just joined them.

"The bear-beastmen have built very high walls around their clan, and those walls are covered in spikes! When we first arrived here, some of our clansmen sneaked in from underground to try and rescue their captured comrades, but they were captured themselves and haven't returned." The Zelan beastmen were dejected, both angry and helpless.

They recalled how, when they had secretly observed the area, they had discovered a bear-beastman who possessed the power of the forest and could control the growth of plants, which made them feel even more uneasy.

"Why would the forest nature be willing to bestow a blessing upon such a despicable orc? No, it must be that the orc turned evil after receiving the blessing, and the forest nature must have been deceived by his pretense!" Zelanshida said angrily, wanting to punch the bear orc who had deceived the forest nature on the spot.

Lorelei remembered Lan telling him that the bear-beastmen plundered the power of nature, and he clenched his hands, which hung at his sides, tightly. Unable to contain his rage, he muttered his increasingly intense anger, "Those hateful bear-beastmen! How dare they kill the forest's nature!!!"

The Zelans who hadn't come with Jiang Yunlan were stunned, but soon learned why Lorelei had said those words.

The air suddenly became quiet.

The Zelans fell silent, their eyes burning with an inextinguishable flame. If Xia's beastmen hadn't stopped them, they would have rushed out and fought the bear beastmen to the death.

They simply could not tolerate the orcs who harmed their own kind and the nature of the forest, lurking right before their eyes.

They are Zerans who leave their habitat and venture into different forests, often encountering and interacting with the forest creatures. How can they accept that not only have they failed to protect their own kind, but they have also failed to discover that the bear-beastmen have killed the forest creatures?

"And the wind, the very thing that governs the wind, has also had its life taken away by them." A certain Ze Lan, who had been observing for a long time, spoke up, its expression sorrowful.

The group of grassland beastmen, including Ling Xiaocao, who were still trying to dissuade Zelan from acting rashly, suddenly stopped, their fingers clicking. They restrained their feet, which were about to spring up, and turned to Jiang Yunlan, their eyes wet with tears, asking with a pitiful expression, "Lan, when are we going to kill them?"

“It’ll be soon,” Jiang Yunlan exhaled the breath she had been holding back and spoke calmly, “The more critical the moment, the less we can rush things. Life is the most important thing. First, we need to find a way to safely rescue the suffering beastmen, and then deal with them.”

The angrier you are, the calmer you need to be, and make sure you don't let your emotions cloud your judgment.

Sheida, who had initially asked Lorelei if his power was enough to cover the bear-beastman clan, opened her mouth to say something when she heard Jiang Yunlan's words, but was suddenly covered by her clansman next to her.

"Hida, you can't," his kinsman said to him, gently shaking his head and releasing his hand from his mouth.

Hida gritted his teeth, but in the end he didn't say that he didn't care about the lives of the other orcs, he just wanted his kin to come back alive.

If Zeran, who possesses the power of "Earth's Wrath," were to arrive here, he would use his power to rescue his people.

He didn't care about the lives of other orcs, or the cost of using his power.

"It will be alright, don't be afraid. You can sense that they are all still alive and well, unlike when you were here."

He heard his fellow clansmen offer him such advice.

He was frustrated and turned his head away from his kin who were trying to persuade him. He didn't care about the fate of other creatures; he only cared about his kin and nature.

Jiang Yunlan keenly caught the whispered conversation, and with some confusion, she quickly glanced at Xida, memorizing her appearance. Instead of rushing to find out what had happened to Xida and the others, she turned and led a small squad of orcs to find cover and approach the bear-orc clan.

A cold wind blew as Jiang Yunlan and Heitu, along with other orcs skilled at concealing themselves, gradually approached the bear-orc clan, whose interior was hidden behind spiked walls.

"Sure enough, you can't see the inside clearly with a handheld telescope on the mountain, and once you get closer, you can't observe it because the angle is too low." Jiang Yunlan pursed her lips and silently focused her gaze on the beastmen who had been driven to the river to wash their belongings in the freezing cold.

These captured orcs had heavy weights wrapped around their feet and no clothing on their bodies, even though it was almost snow season.

She counted the number of orc races visible to the naked eye and frowned. Were these bear-orcs capturing all the orcs in this area, just like they did back on the grasslands?

"022, do you have a way to get past the bear-beastmen and go inside to talk to the beastmen?" Jiang Yunlan asked the transparent slime on her shoulder, observing the bear-beastmen who were monitoring the beastmen by the river.

The bear-beastman lay casually on the ground, covered with animal skin, not even glancing at the beastmen by the river.

Looking at this scene, Jiang Yunlan said, "I think we can first bring the suffering beastmen to our side."

She planned to lead her people to win over the trapped orcs by the river, but they might not know the situation of all the orcs.

022 had a plan, but it remembered the time of the beast tide; it had only been away from Lan for a short while, and Lan had almost gotten into trouble. The word "okay" that was on the tip of its tongue suddenly wouldn't come out. This time, it had infiltrated the bear-beastman clan, leaving Lan outside. Would Lan be in danger again...?

Because Lan doesn't really care about her own safety, she's willing to risk her life anytime soon.

After waiting a few seconds without hearing a reply from 022, Jiang Yunlan was confused and somewhat bewildered. Thinking that 022 was struggling with how to get in, she reassured it, "It's okay, 022, it's alright if you can't get in. I was just thinking of having you check if there were any other immobile orcs, just to be on the safe side. Let's go and contact the orcs by the river first."

“Aliya said before that they would be locked in spiky cages by the bear-beastmen. If there are many beastmen trapped like this, it will be difficult to handle.” It would be even more troublesome if they were locked in different places.

Indeed, luring the tiger away from the mountain is still the most reliable approach. This way, the bear-beastmen can avoid threatening other beastmen with their lives.