Chapter 42: Return to the Tribe

The goblin sitting at the door pointed toward himself.

The members of the White Scales Tribe and Black Scales Tribe slightly shifted their expressions, glancing toward High Priest Bai Ling.

Standing at the door, Bai Ling lightly nodded in response to their gaze.

Seeing this, the two individuals strode toward the thatched hut.

“Bai Ling, what are the identities of those two Lizardmen?”

The goblin's question made Bai Ling frown slightly.

She lowered her head and answered Li Meng truthfully.

“They are the Gray Scales Chief of the Gray Scales Tribe and the Black Scales Chief of the Black Scales Tribe!”

Hearing this, Li Meng's eyes flashed with surprise.

“A chief of a tribe willingly acting as a tribute—what boldness. Those leading the Lizardmen must not be simple either.”

“Yes, they are elders and elder wives of the two tribes.”

Li Meng grinned, now understanding the situation.

If the leaders didn't lead by example, how could they convince their tribes?

To submit to the goblins was an immense humiliation for any intelligent race.

Once the fire of rage ignited, both tribes would fight to the death.

By sacrificing themselves, the upper ranks of the tribes preserved their people.

The Gray Scales and Black Scales stopped five meters from Li Meng.

With heads bowed and expressions of humiliation, they knelt on the ground.

Li Meng was very satisfied with their submissive gesture.

Although these Lizardmen were only pretending to surrender to buy time, Li Meng didn’t care about their petty schemes.

After all, time was on his side.

“Bai Ling, tell them: from now on, male Lizardmen are their responsibility, while the females are under your jurisdiction. Tomorrow, we return to the tribe!”

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Bai Ling relayed Li Meng’s words to the kneeling Lizardmen in their language.

The two raised their heads to look at Bai Ling and nodded.

With the Mind Reading skill, Li Meng understood their conversation but pretended not to.

Soon, the two got up and left.

The gathered Lizardmen in front of the hut were also taken elsewhere to be settled.

Time ticked away, and the sun gradually set.

Before nightfall, the hunting team returned to the tribe, bringing back a large number of swamp crabs and swamp crocodiles.

That night, the White Scales Tribe was bustling.

Moonlight poured from the sky, slightly dispelling the darkness.

Inside one of the thatched huts crowded with Lizardmen, over a dozen were whispering.

“These goblins seem different from those we’ve encountered before.”

“Indeed, they’re too rational.”

“The goblins we knew before were more like beasts. Today, they seemed like true intelligent beings.”

“Is it because of that goblin?”

The day’s events left them astonished.

They had prepared themselves for humiliation.

Although the goblins ogled the females greedily, they restrained their desires.

Were these still the goblins they knew?

Moreover, the atmosphere surrounding the goblins was entirely different.

“For now, we can only wait and see. Disperse quietly and don’t alarm the goblins.”

Gray Scales ended the discussion.

The gathered group soon dispersed and lay down to sleep in the darkness.

Time passed, and the night deepened.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, the White Scales Tribe grew lively.

Goblins rudely pushed open the doors of the huts, waking the sleeping Lizardmen, driving them outside.

The massive group marched westward, leaving through the west gate.

By the afternoon of the second day, the group exited the swamp and entered the forest.

They hunted while traveling upstream.

By the afternoon of the fifth day, the group finally returned to the tribe.

“This is the goblins’ lair?”

Looking at the scattered wooden huts in the forest, Gray Scales mused silently.

Beside him, Black Scales was equally surprised.

The goblin army that conquered the White Scales Tribe was not small.

There were at least a thousand goblins.

How could such a small place house so many goblins?

Could it be that these thousand goblins were the entirety of their forces?

Soon, the massive group gathered in front of the largest wooden hut.

Dense figures stretched across the forest, covering every corner.

Li Meng stood at the hut’s entrance, like a "king."

Outside were numerous Big Goblins.

After devouring a significant number of Lizardmen corpses, over twenty goblins had evolved into Big Goblins, with some showing signs of further evolving into Goblin Warriors.

Even among the Big Goblins, these were hulking figures.

“Boss, boss!”

At that moment, Gobuge ran out of the forest with a group of goblins.

Panting heavily, it joined the ranks of the Big Goblins.

Li Meng turned to Bai Ling at his side.

“Separate them: males to the left, females to the right!”

Bai Ling silently approached the Lizardmen group.

In their language, she loudly instructed the Lizardmen.

The Lizardmen exchanged glances, fear evident on their faces.

Some female Lizardmen clung tightly to the males for comfort.

Seeing their hesitation, Li Meng, standing at the hut's entrance, grew impatient.

He had no time to waste with the Lizardmen.

Li Meng gestured to the goblins surrounding the Lizardmen.

The goblins grinned and shouted, brandishing their weapons as they charged at the Lizardmen.

“Males to the left, females to the right! Separate, separate!”

The goblins yelled as they jabbed the Lizardmen with spear tips.

Although the Lizardmen couldn’t understand the goblin language, they knew it related to what Bai Ling had said.

Under the goblins’ forceful commands, the Lizardmen finally separated.

“Gobuge, the male Lizardmen are under your care. Make them do hard labor, and remember—they are not food.”

Gobuge’s eyes lit up, nodding enthusiastically.

“Uh… Boss…”

Gobuge grinned, hesitating as it glanced at the female Lizardmen with greed.

It wasn’t the males Gobuge wanted.

“Come see me later!”

Hearing this, Gobuge was overjoyed and quickly led the male Lizardmen into the forest’s depths.

The departing male Lizardmen glanced back repeatedly, unsure of what awaited them.

Once they vanished, Li Meng began assigning the female Lizardmen.

“These are the mates of the three tribes’ elders. They rightfully belong to you!”

Bai Ling brought over a dozen female Lizardmen to Li Meng.

Looking at the females behind Bai Ling, Li Meng smirked wickedly.

In a few months, he would have his own offspring.

By then, he would truly control the tribe.

“Take them inside.”

Bai Ling turned to the Lizardmen behind her and spoke a few words.

A total of thirteen female Lizardmen followed Bai Ling into the hut.

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