The wind behind the mountain stirred the silence, and the melting snow pattered to the ground. She stood firmly in the snow, his long black hair fluttered, and the light flowed in his purple eyes. His heart was throbbing and his emotions slowly surged.
He couldn't help but answer her: "Of course."
She had a brief conversation with him. Huiyin observed the two figures. Although he was reluctant, he still took a step forward.
"I'll go and guard it for you guys, you guys chat." He took the initiative to leave and walked towards the distant mountainside.
The surroundings became quiet again. Ye Luoxing took two steps forward, and Liao Yuan seemed a little nervous.
She stopped near him, casually glanced at the nearby cave, then leaned against the stone wall beside the cave entrance and asked, "Why did you join the Yan Beast herd? The Yan Beasts wiped out the Black Wolf Tribe. I thought you hated them."
When Liao Yuan said that, he knew what she was going to ask. It was a fact that he had joined the Yan Beast Group. He didn't dare to face her before, and he didn't know how to face her later. He didn't want to talk to her about this matter from the bottom of his heart because he had done something wrong. But seeing her disappointment and alienation in him, he seemed to fall into that endless darkness again.
He walked to the other side of the cave entrance, also leaning against the mountain wall, separated from her by a distance of the cave entrance, and lowered his beautiful purple eyes.
He answered her, "The Black Wolf Tribe was not destroyed by Krolin and his men. It was done by a group of Yan Beasts from the Southland."
Ye Luoxing said coldly, "So what? What's the difference between their actions? You're an orc who walked out of the sea of blood of your own kind. You understand the loneliness and despair best, and you understand the hatred and anger best. When those hell beasts in the north wiped out those tribes, including the White Wolf Tribe, could you still empathize with the surviving orcs?"
Facing her questioning, Liao Yuan didn't dare to raise his eyes. He still didn't dare to face her. His feet were firmly planted in the snow, his body seemed to be floating, his mind was a little hazy, and his heart seemed to be grasped by a big hand, slowly tightening. He didn't know what he was doing or whether he had done anything wrong.
"The White Wolf Tribe is gone..." Liao Yuan's voice trembled slightly. "When I found out, all I could see was white. It was as if I couldn't see anything. I collapsed in the snow. I felt that despair for the second time, but it was even more profound than the first time, because..."
"There's absolutely no hope." Liao Yuan seemed to have returned to that day, the day he learned that the White Wolf Tribe had been destroyed. He was angry, hateful, and silent, letting the snow bury his body. It seemed as if he was the only one left in the world. The last hope was gone, and loneliness enveloped him.
Ye Luoxing could understand that kind of despair, because she was once left alone, so it was even more difficult for her to understand his choice.
"Liao Yuan, tell me, why?" She wanted to know why this orc who once made her sympathize and empathize with her would take this path. She didn't want to misjudge him.
Because she seemed to see herself in the past, accidentally straying into the wrong path. No matter how difficult and dark the road was, she had no choice but to keep going. What would be the ending? Falling into a pool of blood? Or dyeing the world red?
Her voice brought him back from his memories. Liao Yuan stared at the snow below. His purple eyes, which had just been filled with sadness and anger, became more complicated, and the lonely atmosphere around him was invisibly replaced by a strange aura.
He stood there gloomily, not saying a word for a long time. It was unclear whether he was trying to sort out his emotions or if his mood was changing rapidly.
His eyes turned cold, and when he spoke again, his tone was completely different: "A Luo, the Black Wolf Tribe is gone, the White Wolf Tribe is gone, and the group of Yan Beasts in the Southland are even more numerous and powerful. I can't kill them with my strength as an orc. If I want to kill them, I have to be stronger and more evil than them."
Liao Yuan's words came out in a deep voice, with a cold tone, which made Ye Luoxing's heart tremble. She looked into his black pupils deeply.
She opened her mouth and said, "What do you want to do? Liao Yuan... do you want to use Krolin and the others to help you kill those Yan beasts from the Southland?"
She expressed her suspicion and stared at him in disbelief. He didn't look up, but this made her even more certain that her suspicion was correct. She frowned deeply.
She said, "Liao Yuan, have you ever considered that Krolin and the others came from the Southland before? They might know those Hell Beasts there. Moreover, although Krolin is a Hell Beast, he is very smart. Do you think he will be used by you? Will he kill those Hell Beasts to avenge you?"
"Think carefully, Krolin and the others are essentially in the same group as those Hell Beasts. They might kill you, but they are unlikely to risk everything to kill those 'more powerful' Hell Beasts you mentioned." After Ye Luoxing learned of Liao Yuan's thoughts, he felt that he was really gambling on a path that was full of dangers.
Judging from his description of the Yan Beasts in the South, given Krolin's intelligence, why would he lead the Yan Beasts to fight another group of desperate people just for Liao Yuan? What good would that do them? Besides, they are all enemies of the orcs in the tribe, and sometimes the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Ye Luoxing thought this was impossible, but Liao Yuan thought it was very possible.
He finally raised his gaze and looked at her. He actually smiled. "A Luo, you are also very smart, sometimes even smarter and more knowledgeable than anyone else. But on some things, you know too little. It's like you live in a different world from us. You really underestimate the beastly nature of the orcs."
"It is the 'animal nature' that we have never lost that motivates us to do many things." He lowered his eyes. Maybe A Luo was the exception, but most orcs were not the exception, including Krolin.
He slowly began to speak, "I've traveled all the way to the North. I'm familiar with the conditions in both the north and south. I've met and gotten to know many orcs along the way. That's why I was able to recruit Huiyin and the others so quickly. I've known them for a long time. I've investigated and I'm certain that Krolin and the others have no connection to the group of Yan beasts in the South."
"They are not in the same group, so they can never be friends. Although they are all Yama beasts, the war between Yama beasts is the most cruel. Orcs have a sense of territory. It is impossible for two groups of Yama beasts that are unfamiliar with each other to exist in the same place for a long time." He told her about the hidden rules of the beast world, rules that she didn't know.
Ye Luoxing listened to his firm tone, and was surprised by the meaning he conveyed.
"So, A'Luo, you already understand, right?" He raised his eyebrows and smiled, his tone neither hurried nor slow.
"Krolin and the others are heading south soon," he announced with a grim smile. "They won't kill me, and they certainly don't need me to use them for anything. Once they settle in the south permanently, they'll naturally clash with the southern Hell Beasts. Then, they might need the help of an eighth-rank beast like me to completely annihilate them."
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