The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 12 A Loving Father Protects His Child
Ling Xiao looked at her head, still feeling uneasy.

Besides being stubborn, Enen is also very meticulous and obstinate.

The reason why various tribes call her a vicious and cruel woman is mainly because once she has a conflict with someone, she will definitely fight back. Even if she is injured, she will never cry and will not stop until she beats the other party into submission.

From childhood to adulthood, Enen has never provoked anyone. Usually, other children bully her because she is big and clumsy, and they mock her for always chasing after the person she likes. However, the person she likes always ignores her, so she doesn't get along well with children of the same age from several nearby tribes.

In addition, his previous partner was extremely biased.

She always treated him as a hunting tool, while favoring her two husbands at home who were sweeter-talking and more handsome.

So Enen was bullied and oppressed by her other siblings from a young age.

At first, she would cry to him, but gradually she became less talkative and would hit him when she got angry.

Then, she was punished by her mother.

Many times she would silently endure the punishment, but the next day, if she encountered those malicious children bullying her, she would still fight back.

Over time, she developed a poor relationship with her children and became increasingly disliked by her mother.

Ling Xiao had actually considered taking the child and leaving a long time ago.

But at that time, his second child was still in his partner's womb. Once he left with Enen, the child would be abandoned in a remote mountain to fend for itself.

So he waited until Xiaoxi was weaned before suggesting taking the child and leaving.

But that year, an extreme cold disaster struck. He was a male orc with a newly weaned child and eight- or nine-year-old Enen. He had to hunt and protect the two sisters, leaving him completely overwhelmed.

So we just made do and got through the winter that year.

That winter, Enen's mother fell ill and died.

That family fell apart.

He didn't feel regretful at all; on the contrary, he felt relieved.

When spring came the following year, he left the tribe with his two children, and they wandered around hunting and eventually arrived at the Shilin tribe.

Before his arrival, the Stone Forest tribe could only be described as a shelter.

This is a refuge for orcs who have wandered north.

At first, it was very chaotic, with many males and very few females. The old, weak, sick, and disabled could hardly survive here, and most of them would starve or freeze to death during the cold season.

The orcs here are more indifferent and ruthless, and each orc has a very distinctive personality.

To put it bluntly, they are extremely difficult to get along with.

His original intention was to find a larger tribe to settle down with his children.

But at that time, Enen was sick. He was a skinny old beastman who used his last bit of wood-type ability to heal her.

Later, he decided to stay. Rather than assimilate into an unknown tribe whose friendliness was uncertain, he decided to build his own tribe.

And in the tribe he built with his own hands, Enen and Xiaoxi will receive tolerance and respect from others.

So he quickly conquered all the orcs in the entire containment area, which led to the Stone Forest tribe we know today.

Ling Xiao knew very well that Enen, that silly child, had always taken good care of the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled. Although she seemed cold on the surface, she must have always remembered that old beastman from back then.

The man, in his attempt to treat her, exhausted his last bit of life force and died before she woke up.

Although orcs from other tribes always said she was fierce and evil, the orcs in her own tribe respected her greatly and never said anything unpleasant to her.

Ling Xiao glanced again at the cave hidden by the straw curtain. He wasn't surprised at all that his daughter had brought the seriously injured child back yesterday.

However, he didn't continue nagging. He picked up the bulging animal skin bag beside him, slung it over his shoulder, and strode towards the tribal meeting point. ...

Ling Chengen finished breakfast before Ling Xiaoxi finally got up.

After washing the pots and pans, she handed breakfast to the sleepy-eyed Ling Xiaoxi, squatted down next to her and asked, "Want to come out and play with me for another day? Let's go see the other two tribes?"

Ling Xiaoxi, holding her rice bowl, jumped up with a wary look on her face and put some distance between them before shaking her head and saying, "I don't want to go. The Snake Mountain Tribe is too scary. I'd rather die than go."

Ling Xiaoxi is terrified of snakes, especially snakes.

The Snake Mountain tribe is mainly inhabited by giant snake beastmen, who also love raising snakes. Even the traps around the tribe are deep snake pits.

Ling Chengen sighed softly and could only say, "Then give me directions. I'm not familiar with either the Snake Mountain Tribe or the Black Poplar Tribe."

Ling Xiaoxi's eyes darted around, and she quickly came up with an idea: "Big sister, go find Wu Zhuo, he'll definitely be willing to show you the way."

Ling Chengen, with a blank expression, simply picked her up with one hand and carried the struggling Xiao Xi towards the tribe: "Take me to find Wu Zhuo."

Upon hearing that it wasn't Snake Mountain, Ling Xiaoxi immediately stopped resisting, rested her head on her shoulder, and continued eating, not forgetting to point in a direction.

After taking a few bites, the little girl finally realized, "No way, big sister, you don't even know where Wu Zhuo lives? I remember he used to follow you around a lot."

"I have a bad memory, is that a problem?"

Ling Chengen didn't know how to explain her lie that she didn't know the other orcs in this tribe. Anyway, she would deal with whatever came her way. What else could she do?

This was her first time venturing into the tribe's interior. Her home was located in a stone cave on Shiji Mountain, which was very close to the Qingshi Creek, where water was drawn, making washing and other chores very convenient.

However, the rocks of Shiji Mountain are very hard, and it is not easy to carve them. Most beastmen are unwilling to spend a lot of effort and time to carve caves, so they choose to live in places far away from Qingshi Creek.

The rocks over there are easier to carve out, and the area is full of traps, making it safer.

Ling Xiaoxi mentioned Wuzhuo, who lives on the easternmost side of the tribe, where the sunlight is better.

Wu Zhuo's beast form is an eagle, so a cave was carved out high up in the mountain, and Ling Chengen could only climb a vine ladder to get up there.

After placing Ling Xiaoxi on the ground, Ling Chengen glanced at the vine ladder that swayed gently in the wind and suspected that it might break halfway up.

She gathered her strength in her dantian, looked up at the only cave entrance on the mountain, and shouted, "Wu Zhuo—"

Soon, the cry of an eagle came from above.

A black shadow swooped down in an instant.

Ling Chengen took two steps back, and a loud thud came from in front of him. A huge eagle raised its wings and transformed into a half-grown boy.

Ling Xiao was utterly speechless at the sight of the beastmen here who were always naked. He sighed softly, turned to the side and said, "Put on your animal skin skirt and take me to the Snake Mountain tribe."

Wu Zhuo quickly put on her animal skin skirt, a bright smile on her face, and nodded, saying, "Sure, then Sister En, are you going to take me hunting today? My family is almost out of game."

"Doesn't the tribe distribute the prey every day? Didn't you get any?"

Wu Zhu shook his head, sniffed, and smelled a strange fragrance. He immediately felt his mouth water and turned his head to look at Ling Xiao's wooden bowl, which was bigger than his face.

While answering Ling Chengen's question, he secretly moved closer to Ling Xiaoxi: "Of course the tribe is divided, but I'm at the age where I can eat a lot, and I can never get enough to eat."

"And in another six months, I will be able to join the hunting team to hunt, so I need to seize the time now to practice more hunting skills so as not to hold back the tribe's warriors later."

Looking at his still-developing features and lively, energetic personality, Ling Chengen did not refuse his request.

"We're going to two places today, Snake Mountain Tribe and Wuyang Tribe. The sooner we go, the sooner we'll finish. On the way back, I'll take you hunting."

(End of this chapter)