Right after Shin asked them to follow me, all of them readily agreed. They had promised to protect all the clan members living in the town that was being built in the central areas.
The Grigard King walked forward and encouraged everyone.
"Prepare yourselves, we will leave soon!", he said.
Shin smiled and then slowly descended down the path and arrived at the swamp. His feet got dirty yet again because of the muddy water in the swamp.
He looked at the Grigard and said, "The Apes that we killed-"
But even before he could complete what he wanted to say, the lizard bowed and said, "Yes your highness, we have already brought them here as per Sir Raka's orders."
'Wow, Raka performed a task without my orders…?'
'Hold on a second, till date, all the works were essentially done by me.'
'Every time, it was me who was giving them orders, and only after that would they follow it…'
'No wonder their intelligence stats never increased.', he concluded.
Anyway, the three apes' bodies were brought near the swamp. The Grigard king asked everyone not to touch it since Shin was the one who hunted it and only based on his decision will it be eaten or used for other purposes.
Generally, when a beast eats another beast, their power increases and so does their experience.
The same applies to beasts that are stronger with different attributes.
For example, if a lizard were to eat the body of the thunder Ape, it might gain a skill of thunder attribute or might evolve in the future into a thunder lizard.
Yes, it is only a possibility and despite the chances being quite low, it can happen.
Shin had no idea about it and thought that they wanted to eat the Apes.
But before he could give out any order, he still had a question to ask.
"Hey, how do you all survive?"
"I mean, I saw the predators and the preys living in the same swamp, so what do you guys actually eat?", Shin asked the Grigard King.
"Your Highness, we used to kill each other and used to satisfy our hunger in a similar manner."
"But that was only under the rule of our previous king."
"Right now, thanks to you, we do not hunt the ones who live with us."
"Rather than that, he has a hunting team who go out and hunt various beasts so that we can eat. Although a lot of casualties occur every time they go, we continue to do it.", the Grigard King said.
'I see…'
'So a lot of them get injured while hunting…'
'Well, that is obvious after all, not everyone is strong here, and considering the fact that they are living in the center of the forest, there would be many other beasts stronger than them.', Shin realized something.
He thought that, if his people continue to live in swamps and hunt in this manner, they would end up in a lot of losses.
'Hmm, the town covering only a small area won't benefit me at all…'
'I need this entire forest to become my Kingdom.', Shin thought.
Right after that, he stored the bodies of the apes in the inventory.
'My God…'
'What was that…?', the Grigard King was surprised.
The bodies of the apes vanished right after Shin stared at them.
The residents of the swamps started to fear him more.
In fact, this was the moment that led to the title that would be given to Shin, which would be more than enough to spread fear in the entire world – Annihilator.
This title didn't sound that honorary, but it did more than just convey the meaning. Yes, it literally meant that if Shin wanted, he could annihilate a being just with a single glance.
He looked at the Grigard King and said, "I have something to discuss with you once we reach the town."
The Grigard King bowed its head as he heard Shin say that.
After a few minutes, everyone started moving.
Shin was standing in the front while Raka was just behind him.
The Shadow wolves were hiding inside Shin's shadow yet again. They thought that they could protect Shin better this way.
Next was a large crowd of Grigard King, Grigards, Snakes, Alligators, Frogs, and Salamanders, that followed Shin's gang. The pressure suddenly increased in the area.
All of them were exhibiting at least a little amount of aura. But when compared to the host shots – the top 10 beasts of the Central Swamp, it was nothing.
Yes, their auras could be comparable to Shin's aura. Of course, if Shin were to use his Aura Domain, they would be rendered useless.
Regardless, they walked down a particular path which Shin had followed to reach the swamp.
It took them some time, about half a day before they reached the town.
The simple reason because of which it took half a day was – Shin wanted to do some introductions with the people of the Swamp.
He could have done it when they were in the swamps, but it just slipped out of his mind.
While he could just randomly see the status and know their names, if any, and know their skills and weaknesses, an introduction might increase their bonds.
Yes, this was the only reason why they were late despite the fact that they could have reached the town within an hour or so if they traveled at their fastest speed.
Regardless, all of them finally arrived at the newly half-built town.
Dens? There were plenty. Houses made of wood – tons of them. Some huge place to make reservoir like a pond or lake – mud was dug from a lot of places.
These were the works that were being done. Yes, the houses were being built, dens were being readied and the place for ponds and lakes were being chosen with the digging on progress.
Shin was away for a day or two and after seeing all this progress, he was baffled.
It didn't seem like a village yet, but it was more than enough to make him smile.
"Home…", that was the only word that came out of his mouth after seeing the half-built mini town.
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