Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 196 - 132: Taking Her on an Outing
The pit was lined with sharp thorns, its top concealed under a layer of thatch and leaves.
The night was pitch-black, making it easy to overlook the danger at one’s feet. After a few successful raids, the hungry Beastmen who had come to steal food were convinced they hadn’t been discovered. They let their guard down completely, never expecting a trap lay in wait for them.
"AWOO??"
’When did they dig a huge pit here??’
"ROAR, ROAR—"
’The people from this tribe must have dug it. How cunning!’
The fuming Hyena Beastmen gnashed their teeth, completely forgetting that they were the despicable thieves themselves.
Their bodies were covered in bloody scratches. With muscles taut and twitching, their limbs were braced against the pit’s walls like geckos, sharp claws digging into the dirt. They looked utterly ridiculous.
Sharp thorns lay just below their feet. No matter how exhausted they were, they didn’t dare loosen their grip.
Then, several Beastman heads popped up at the edge of the pit above.
The Hyena Beastmen snarled, "Let us up! Our tribe is huge, and our people are everywhere! If you don’t, we’ll come raid your tribe every single day!"
An Jin lay at the edge of the pit, watching the dozen or so ridiculous hyenas below with the other Beastmen as if they were watching clowns.
They looked a bit like wolves, but their heads were shorter and rounder. Their fur was brownish-yellow or tan, covered in irregular dark brown spots. They truly looked the part of ridiculous, incorrigible thieves.
"You don’t have to wait for your clan to come save you. We’ll tear you to shreds right now!"
Several Tiger Beasts roared in fury.
The other Beastmen of the tribe joined in, letting out long howls. Their terrifying roars conveyed their fury and made their position clear.
Beastmen were extremely protective of their food. Having struggled on the brink of starvation for years, food was more important to them than life itself.
The livestock painstakingly raised on the tribe’s pastures were a vital food reserve against the cold and famine. So when they spoke of "tearing them to shreds," they weren’t just making idle threats to this pack of despicable hyenas who were stealing their future.
The hyenas were clearly terrified. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Amid the Beastmen’s deafening roars, they trembled in fear. A bright yellow liquid trickled from between their legs, and they nearly lost their grip on the dirt walls and fell onto the thorns below.
"D-don’t kill us! We can compensate you!"
A few of the more timid hyenas stammered, "We’ll give you Crystal Cores! We swear we’ll never steal from your tribe again!"
While they had always been cunning and greedy, they weren’t stupid. They knew that continuing to antagonize such a powerful tribe would bring them nothing but trouble, both for themselves and for their clan.
An Jin then had the Beastmen throw a few long, tough vines down into the deep pit. "Three Crystal Cores. Have your tribe bring them over tonight."
"What?! Three Crystal Cores? That’s robbery! We only ate a few of your Miaomiao Beasts, and you want three Beast Crystals for that??"
Ling Hong’s hand, which was holding one of the vines, suddenly went slack. His voice was chilling. "What? You’re not willing?"
The lead hyena yelped in terror, struggling to balance his precarious body.
Glancing fearfully out of the corner of his eye at the thorn-filled pit below, he stammered, "W-we’re willing! We’re willing! Forget three Crystal Cores, we’d give you five!"
"Alright then, five Crystal Cores it is. You’re the one who said it," An Jin said.
’You and your big mouth!’ the hyena leader thought, wanting nothing more than to slap himself. ’You and your big mouth!’
After they were pulled up, the Hyena Beastmen let out a few howls at the moon before collapsing onto the grass like dead dogs, panting heavily.
Hearing the howls, the Clan Leader and several Elders of the Hyena Tribe rushed over. An Jin explained everything that had happened over the past few days and demanded compensation.
The Hyena Tribe’s Clan Leader had been completely in the dark about this. ’To think these stinking pups would sneak into another tribe’s territory to steal food just to satisfy their cravings?!’
Of course, he wouldn’t have cared if they had robbed some other, smaller tribe.
’But these damn pups must have a death wish, daring to steal food from the Sheng’an Tribe?!’
The Clan Leader patted the dry Beast Skin Bag at his waist. With a pained expression, he took out five snow-white Crystal Cores and handed them to An Jin.
On the way back, the Hyena Clan Leader landed a vicious kick on the raid’s leader. He was furious at the pup’s incompetence, his spit flying as he yelled, "This is all your fault for that rotten idea! You dragged other clan members into your thievery and made us lose so many Crystal Cores!"
