That's not how you should put it. Awakening a special skill is something to be happy about, and Guo Xiaoxiao is happy for Randy.
"Randy, you're amazing! So strong at such a young age. When you grow up, you'll become a Reverse-Star Ring Beastman like Arthur."
Randy also didn't tell them, most importantly, that he could suppress tree spirits and plant flowers.
Before he could say it, Arthur felt a little jealous.
"Becoming a Reverse Star Ring Beastman isn't something anyone can do; it requires limitless potential. Becoming a 5-Star Ring Beastman is a bit early, but they're far from matching my strength."
Guo Xiaoxiao: "Take it one step at a time. Randy is still so young. How old are you? Oh...right, how old are you all now?"
When asked about their ages, everyone was confident and in their prime. The orcs were all well over two hundred years old, living relatively long due to difficulties in reproduction and their small numbers.
Mickelson: 33
Cang Jue: 34
Randy: 25
Are they all that young? Arthur and Carlos were a little embarrassed to reveal their ages.
When it was Arthur's and Carlos's turn, they both paused simultaneously. Their experience and wisdom far surpassed those of Miksen and Cangjue, accumulated over a long period.
Carlos's inherited memories probably play a part, and Arthur's innate superior intelligence also contributes, but it's already evident that he's extremely adept at life, management, and skills.
Guo Xiaoxiao: "What about you guys?"
Arthur's expression was subtle: "48"
He's 48 years old, and they all look pretty much the same. Back then, Big Mikson and the others were teenagers; to put it another way, he could be Randy's father. But in the Beast World, the age of adulthood is 30, so that statement doesn't hold water.
Carlos gave Arthur a disdainful look. What, younger than him? Then he's the oldest among them.
"52"
Good heavens, they all look exactly the same! They don't age at all. What are the secrets to maintaining their youthful appearance for male orcs? Those in their teens and twenties are remarkably similar; is it because they live so long?
After reporting their ages, Miken and the others weren't particularly surprised by the difference in age between Carlos and Arthur; in the Beast World, it was common for people in their sixties or seventies to find females.
The scarcity of females results in late marriage for both sexes, with females tending to marry early.
Moreover, Carlos, who lived to be nearly 200 years old, was not very old in his fifties. Guo Xiaoxiao, who sounded quite old, was actually still in her early youth.
"Okay, we've finished talking. Xiaoxiao, how old are you this year?"
Mickelson chimed in, "Xiaoxiao, she's just turned 30 this year, and I met her before she was even in heat."
Yes, that's true. To avoid marrying Mickson, Guo Xiaoxiao claimed she was underage and too young, and her figure did indeed resemble that of an underage female, so Mickson believed her.
Guo Xiaoxiao decided to tell them the truth about her age.
"I'm not thirty years old, I'm twenty-three. I go into heat every month, it started when I was a teenager. My constitution is different from that of ordinary females."
Seven years away from reaching adulthood in the Beast World, younger than Randy, they were now left speechless.
Allowing an underage female to give birth is extremely harmful to her body and can endanger her life.
Carlos took a deep breath: "Well, you've already given birth to my snake babies, why didn't you tell me? If you had told me, I would have raised you for another two years!"
Randy was secretly pleased that she was two years older than Guo Xiaoxiao, but then she thought about the snake cub and how much it would take for her body.
"You need to take good care of yourself in the future."
Mickelson: "Xiaoxiao, I didn't know you were so small!"
Cang Jue: "Actually, we should have guessed it a long time ago. Look at Xiaoxiao; she's too thin and short compared to ordinary females. You can tell at a glance that she's an immature female."
Arthur: "Be careful when mating in the future, don't hurt her, otherwise it will be difficult for her to have children later."
Guo Xiaoxiao: "It's okay, just pretend I'm an adult now."
After all, she couldn't compare to those who lived for nearly two hundred years; her lifespan was only a few decades, passing in the blink of an eye.
Guo Xiaoxiao touched her cheek. Carlos is over fifty but looks like he's in his twenties. Will she be disliked when she's fifty?
The system opened in time while she was struggling with her decision.
[System: Host, don't worry, your body is not the same as before. You forgot, you were given a new skin as soon as you arrived. Your physique is no longer that of an ordinary person. You, like the females here, can live for about two hundred years.]
Guo Xiaoxiao replied, "Really? That's great! My lifespan has been extended!"
Thinking about how long they had been able to spend together, Guo Xiaoxiao couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
Cang Jue: "That won't work either. Twenty-three is really too young. Everyone needs to be careful."
Guo Xiaoxiao: "It's alright, don't worry about it. I'm a great shaman, I'm very strong."
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After discussing her age, they sat down to eat. Everyone urged Guo Xiaoxiao to eat more, saying she was too short and too thin and needed to grow taller, and that she should eat according to the standards of an average female in the beast world.
Guo Xiaoxiao thought about how the female had been raised to be plump and healthy since she was a kitten, and she still felt something was off, but she didn't say anything.
Randy ate a few bites of meat, then, remembering his special abilities, he almost forgot the important matter before they interrupted him.
"Yes, listen to me. My special skill can counter moving trees and moving flowers. I went running laps in the forest and encountered a tree spirit and a carnivorous flower."
"I was casting a spell, and a golden light emanated from my chest. The light swept over the tree spirits and flowers, turning them back into ordinary plants."
The news caused an immediate uproar, and the questions that had been asked of them for so long were suddenly answered.
No one expected Randy to have this ability, which means that Randy's skills can not only resist Ian, but also nullify their skills.
Carlos: "If that's the case, then we can take Randy through the forest to find that orc."
With the old problem solved, a new one arose, Guo Xiaoxiao asked.
"We've never even seen what that orc looks like, how are we supposed to know who he is? Where are we even looking? There are so many orcs in the Northern Hemisphere, and without any special abilities, they look exactly like ordinary orcs. How are we supposed to tell them apart?"
Arthur: "Have you noticed something? Tree spirits move freely most of the time, don't attack people, and you can even pass right past them. I have a theory: orcs can't control trees all the time."
then
"While the Tree Spirits were attacking the tribe, he was probably hiding in the shadows, observing everything from a short distance away."
Carlos agreed with Arthur's idea; as they approached the outskirts of the tribe, they could see the trees moving outside the tribe, and most of the time they were simply moving.
Since he couldn't subdue them or drive them away, Ian sent leopard beasts to monitor them from the outside, without launching an attack, fearing that attracting more tree spirits would only increase their numbers.
Carlos: "But we still have to go find him. If he's hiding in the shadows observing everything, Randy, having neutralized his abilities, will be on guard."
Guo Xiaoxiao: "His target was the Noah tribe. Perhaps he didn't anticipate Randy's abilities. Having suffered a loss once, he probably won't attack easily again."
Arthur made a quick decision: "That's easy. Let's finish this quickly. Randy, you'll get tired of using your skills, won't you?"
Randy: "No, there's nothing wrong."
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