My husband is too wild, I need to go home and find my mom.

Chapter 28 Severe Imbalance in Male-Female Ratio

Watching them run away, Linni asked in confusion, "Night, even a dozen wolves dared to attack you, so why are they, a whole tribe, so afraid of you?"

Ye said helplessly, "This is a small tribe with only a little over a hundred orcs. They know how powerful I am, and fighting me would result in significant casualties, including both the old and the young. It's unnecessary. The forest wolves are different. They are used to ganging up on orcs stronger than themselves, and if they can't win, they can always run away."

Linni thought for a moment and asked, "They can't sense just how strong the orcs are, right?"

Night nodded seriously, affirming, "That's true. Only we orcs can feel the oppressive feeling brought about by the difference in strength. I can see through the true level of orcs weaker than me, and I can also detect some signs of those stronger than me. Because of this, we orcs use this information to assess whether we dare to challenge our opponents. However, wild beasts do not have such perception abilities. Even if I release my aura completely, they only realize that I am stronger than them, but because they cannot know exactly how big the gap between us is, they will still charge forward fearlessly. Unless most of them are dead or wounded, they will never retreat easily."

"Oh, I see!" Linni exclaimed in sudden realization. She finally understood why beasts weaker than Bai Shu and Bai Ji always attacked them only to be killed in return—so, although Bai Shu and Bai Ji couldn't transform into human form, they were different from ordinary beasts. At least they could sense the strength of their opponents and conceal their own powerful aura (this power is relative to ordinary beasts). This ability allowed them to disguise themselves as weak when facing ordinary beasts, thus luring their enemies into underestimating them and making rash moves. Once these beasts took the bait, Bai Shu and Bai Ji would launch a merciless counterattack, revealing their true strength and inflicting a heavy price on their opponents.

Linni suddenly asked, "Then what about the Ape Beast Tribe? Approximately how many beastmen do they have? What type of tribe are they?"

Ye thought for a moment and said, "There should be three or four hundred people, which can barely be considered a medium-sized tribe."

Linni: "But I only saw a dozen or so females."

Night nodded: "That's normal."

"A tribe of three or four hundred people, with only a dozen or so females?" Linni was stunned: What kind of ratio is that? No wonder there are so many single male beastmen.

Ye replied matter-of-factly, “That’s right! In any tribe, there are always young beasts that are not yet adults. We only count young beasts and beastmen. Those that are adults but cannot transform into human form are not counted.” As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Shu and Bai Ji, and the two white tigers couldn’t help but scoff.

Linni glanced at Bai Shu and Bai Ji: So they weren't even qualified to be considered part of the tribe. No wonder they left their tribe. She then asked, "What about those who can't transform into human form? Do most of them stay in the tribe, or do the majority leave?"

Night: "There will be some that stay in the tribe, but not many. The male beasts that pour jam and wine for us at the bonfire party in the Ape Beast tribe are like these."

Linni asked, "Are there many beastmen who can't transform into human form?"

"If you can't transform into human form, you can't be called a beastman; you can only be considered a wild beast," Night said directly.

It's cruel and realistic: if you can't become human, you're not one of my kind. Linni could only rephrase it: "So, for example, out of ten cubs, how many will typically succeed in transforming into human form, and how many will fail?"

Ye thought for a moment: "Maybe five, six, seven or eight? It's hard to say."

Linni understood; it meant that most of them could transform into human form. Then she looked at Bai Shu and Bai Ji with pity, somewhat understanding Ye's contempt for them, and the tone of Ah Da from the Ape Beast Tribe when he spoke of them. Then she despised herself: even when she thought of Bai Shu and Bai Ji, she used "they" instead of "them," which meant that she had never actually regarded them as human beings.

Linni ate dinner in deep thought, then boiled water and took a long, hot bath. While bathing, she noticed that the flame mark on her left shoulder had become much more vibrant. When she left the pool, it was only a light red, barely noticeable from a distance, but now it was very clear, as if paint had been applied to the original lines, making it lifelike. The feel of it to the touch, however, was no different. Linni ignored it and went to sleep in the cave the Crocodile Beast tribe had prepared for them after her bath.

Perhaps because there are many puddles around the Crocodile Beast Tribe, there are especially many mosquitoes at night. Lin Ni got bitten several times while taking a shower, and even after lying down, she could still hear the buzzing of mosquitoes. The bites swelled up into large, painful, and itchy welts. Lin Ni felt like crying and was extremely irritable: "Night, there are so many mosquitoes here!"

Ye looked at Linni's mosquito bites, licked them for her with a pained expression, and then said, "I'll go ask the Crocodile Beast tribe if they have any ideas."

Night sent two white tigers to guard the cave, and then went out.

Linni covered herself with an animal-skin blanket to avoid the pain of mosquito bites. Before, mosquitoes would occasionally come, but as soon as she applied some medicated oil, they wouldn't dare approach her. Now that the medicated oil was gone, what would she do?

Ye returned shortly after, carrying a large bunch of grass. He said that the females of the Crocodile Beast tribe used this mosquito-repelling grass to drive away mosquitoes. He placed the grass next to the grass nest, lit it with a flint and steel, and the grass emitted a very unpleasant odor, which drove away all the mosquitoes.

Linni can finally get a good night's sleep.

Ye was also tired during this period and didn't bother Lin Ni at all. She fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

But things changed the next night. After Lin Ni finished showering, Ye actually took a hot shower too, which really surprised Lin Ni. She didn't find out the reason for his hot shower until he crawled into her bed! She really didn't know whether to be angry at his lechery or touched by his thoughtfulness.

The Crocodile Beast Tribe hadn't bothered them at all these past two days. It wasn't just that they didn't bother them; aside from essential living needs, they mostly stayed hidden in their caves. If they saw Ye and Linni when they came out, they would immediately hide. Linni's idea of ​​finding an orc to learn about the Crocodile Beast Tribe was thwarted.

After resting for two days, Linni and Ye set off again for the Tiger Beast Tribe on the morning of the third day. Ye didn't know the way, so he could only let Baishu and Baiji take turns leading the way.