Chapter 422
Fishballs and Noodles (3)
Nevertheless, both Athena and Tigress were capable warriors and commanders. Put them on a real battlefield, and you wouldnât be able to differentiate them from experienced generals.
What they truly needed was a suitable environment for them to hone their skills and gain sufficient experience. In time, they could become fearsome and capable generals of war.
As for Ye Lang, nobody would dare put him in such a position. Should he make the slightest mistake, his troops would fall into disarray.
âYup, consider this a practice. Apart from giving the younger generation some much-needed experience, this battle will finally decide the difference in our standings. Once the battle is over, our rankings in our respective clans will be determined and finalised.â Athena explained while glancing towards Tigress.
âShe has sacrificed so much for you. Even I hadnât expected that she would give up so easily. Master, you should be grateful for her actions,â continued Athena.
Had she been in Tigressâ shoesâeven Ye Lang was her lover! â she still wouldnât have given up so easily.
Although it was merely a practice, Athena had planned to use Ye Lang against Tigress. The problem was, she just didnât know how exactly to use Ye Lang to her benefit.
And despite all of that, Tigress still surrendered so easily, just to ensure Ye Langâs safety and wellbeing.
âWell, you donât say! Sheâs my precious! Tigress, go make something for me to eat, Iâm hungryâŠâ quipped Ye Lang. There was irony in his words. How could call someone your precious, but then boss them around like that?
But then again, it goes both ways. Had Tigress not showered Ye Lang with this much care and affection, Ye Lang wouldnât have considered her his precious.
If a relationship were to be one-sided, and both parties did not put in sufficient effort, such a relationship definitely wouldnât last.
âYes, Master. What would you like?â
âFishballs and noodles!â
âI knew itâŠâ said Tigress with a smile. She recalled the time when he ate the noddles she made, it felt like it was just yesterday.
Seeing him enjoy the meals she made, had her feeling a special kind of joy.
âAthena, lend me your horse!â
As Tigress said that, she was already mounting the horse and pulling Ye Lang up the horse with her. She dashed out of the battle zone, leaving everyone else confused.
Athena was in a daze, she felt that Tigress had snatched her horse instead of borrowed it.
âAlright, now that the battle is over, Iâm going back to the tiger tribal lands,â announced Athena. Although she was a member of the fox race, both fox and tiger races had always lived together. Furthermore, the engineers of this mock battle all belonged to the tiger race.
Now that Tigress had borrowed Athenaâs ride, Athena had to share horses with Taeya.
âLetâs go together!â said Taeya.
Taeya had also planned to go to the tigersâ tribal lands. Like Athena, she had no urgency to head over there, at least not for the moment. Instead, they had to settle matters regarding their victory after the mock battle.
But lately, theyâve found themselves wanting to head to the tiger tribal lands more frequently. Theyâve wanted to follow Ye Lang and ask him many questions, but they decided to put it on hold.
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âTigress, why do you wear a mask? You donât want anyone here to recognise you?â Ye Lang suddenly asked, reminded by the look of the mask on Tigressâ face.
Up until now, Ye Lang is still not entirely certain about her identity. Naturally, heâd ask her many questions.
âNo, itâs not that. Well, without my mask, the battle wouldnât have gone my way. People wouldnât take me seriously if I didnât put on my mask,â Tigress quickly shot down Ye Langâs question.
âGone your way? Oh⊠with that mask, youâd definitely scare your enemies,â Ye Lang understood her explanation.
It was true enough. With Tigress and her mask, charging on the frontlines, it would have definitely struck fear in the enemiesâ hearts. But when she removed her mask, that air of authority and fearsomeness had significantly dropped.
In fact, this was a very common strategy used on the battlefield. There are often highly specialised troops equipped with armour that are designed to look menacing and intimidating. The purpose is to break the enemiesâ spirit and hopefully, scare them into submission.
âFurthermore, I donât want too many people to recognise me. As you once said, we should keep a low profile,â admitted Tigress with a laugh. The mask she wore actually had a significant meaning behind it: it was actually Ye Lang who made the mask.
The mask was not an ordinary mask. Everyone knew Ye Lang had confirmed that, and with that, the mask had some special characteristics.
Tigress was unsure about how many powers the mask possessed, but Tigress knew one of its powers: the mask possessed the Defense Alchemy Formation. This protected the wearerâs face from any and all attacks and damages.
Tigress could never imagine her face from being scarred or damaged from battles. She feared that if her face were riddled with scars, Ye Lang would no longer recognise her.
âThatâs right! You should keep a low profile, like me!â replied Ye Lang with glee.
It was ironic that Ye Lang had said that, as the opposite was true for him. Everywhere he went, he attracted attention and trouble, and more than often, it was the most peculiar scenarios. However, Ye Lang did indeed kept a low profile to a certain extent, because not many knew of his escapades and adventures.
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The tiger tribe was one of the most powerful tribes among the beastmen. Compounded with the unique fox race, its significance and influence grew.
The fox race was a unique one. No other race could match their intelligence and shrewdness, but their strength was significantly weaker than the other races.
Due to them being the only race with superior intelligence, the other beastmen races were envious of them. Hence, the fox raceâs territories were often raided and colonised by the other races.
Furthermore, the fox race had historically lacked protective measures to guarantee their safety. With the survival of the fittest as the beastmenâs principle, the fox race was almost massacred to extinction. It was at that moment when the tiger race took in the remaining members of the fox race to protect them.
From then on, the two races lived together. There was soon a new subgroup of beastmen as both races produced progeny but unfortunately, non-âpure-bloodedâ beastmenâ those who possessed the blood of two or more races, often lacked any defining traits of beastmen. With that, they were considered to be the pariahs of all beastmenâŠ
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