Even after the two continents were connected thanks to the Lifestone, the Players were not in a hurry to march to the Western Continent.
In fact, some of the Players had tried to head to the territories of other nonhuman tribes after the banquet ended, but the Long Ears' settlement was surrounded by the Hyena-men, and they would run into those creatures that resembled the jackals no matter where they went.
While the Hyena-men were no match for the Players in a one-on-one fight, the jackals were not solitary creatures in the first place and lived in packs. If the Players ran into one Hyena-man, it meant that there were at least twenty Hyena-men nearby.
Against the Hyena-men, most Players would have an easy time fighting one against three, but it would be difficult to fight one against five. If it was one against eight, they would have no choice but to run, and if it was one against ten, they would have to consider whether they could escape.
At the very least, all the Players who had left the Long Ears' territory to explore the outside world had returned dead. Even the most pitiful of them was recounting vividly on the forums how the Hyena-men had bitten off his dick and tortured him to death while he was waiting to be revived. The gory scene left many Players who had intended to explore the new continent on their own thinking of retreating.
Some of the Players had even asked the Long Ears about the Hyena-men, and found that it was not much different from what the unlucky Player had said.
Unlike the Gray Werewolves who were powerful in the first place and were adept at leading parties in direct confrontations against their enemies, the Hyena-men were much weaker than the Gray Werewolves in both strength and stamina, and their individual fighting ability was limited.
Even so, most nonhumans were more afraid of the Hyena-men than the Gray Werewolves. The reason was simple: the Hyena-men's fighting style was so despicable that ambushes were the most honorable of their tactics, while attacking reproductive tools and the softer asses of their bodies were their favorite tactics.
Even though they were much smaller and weaker than the Grey Werewolves, they still had a bite that surpassed the Grey Werewolves. Even if they won against a group of Hyena-men, there was a chance that they would lose weight in the end, and it would be worse than a pyrrhic victory …
Moreover, they were extremely vengeful. Even if they killed a dozen or so Hyena-men, it would be useless. Once they marked someone with the scent of hatred, more Hyena-men would appear and attempt to ambush them from the shadows. It was extremely disgusting.
"There are only two ways to deal with the Hyena-men." The former chief of the Grayclaw tribe, Zonyan, was privy to other information and had no intention of keeping it to himself, and hence shared what he knew on the forums. "Either you have absolute power, and there's nothing they can do except to die no matter how they try to retaliate. After some time, they would acknowledge your power and serve you, obeying your every command."
"Either that, or there's a force strong enough to destroy their entire race! Under such circumstances, they will choose to submit to each other. " "Either way," Zonyan concluded, "if there's one word to describe the Hyena-men, it's unquestionably the best — bully the weak and fear the strong."
His post attracted the attention of many players.
I called Doug, "So that's how it is. As expected of the former chief of the Black Hand Tribe!"
Zonyan: "It's not Black Hand, it's Grayclaw!"
Joe is a Muscleman: "I see. As expected of the former chief of the Black Hand Tribe!"
Zonyan: "I told you, it's not Black Hand, it's Grayclaw!"
Warrior Princess: "I see. As expected of the former chief of the Gray Hand Tribe!"
Zonyan: "Please don't joke around, Your Highness. And it's not Gray Hand, it's Grayclaw!"
Party Leader Ivan: "Has anyone seen Mister Marni? He's gone again. "
I called Doug, "… Yeah, I think it's just a matter of saying 'Mister Marni is dead again'."
The Invincible Marni Never Falls: "I'm not dead yet. I'm just checking if the Rabbitmen have any specialties we can sell in Lancaster …"
Thanks, Bro Vulcan: "I see. As expected of the former chief of the Grayclaw Tribe!"
Zonyan: "It's not Grayclaw, it's Black Hand!"
Zonyan: "Damn it, what did I say?!"
Setting aside the fact that Zonyan was officially promoted to chief of the Black Hand Tribe amidst the Players' laughter, the frontline Players understood from his post that the Hyena-men were a brick they couldn't avoid if they were to begin exploring the new continent.
Moreover, from what the Long Ears had experienced, Swordtail Grayclaw was probably the one who specifically moved the Hyena-men here to annoy them.
It wasn't difficult to move the brick. As long as they could gather enough Players, they could simply charge in and destroy the Hyena-men's crystal and end the battle, since the Players were much stronger than the Hyena-men in single combat.
The problem was that most of the Players were tired of fighting after repeated battles. They were even too lazy to grind daily dungeons, let alone regrouping an army and raiding the Hyena-men's home, which sounded so boring.
Moreover, most of the Players were overflowing with rewards and hadn't fully digested the rewards from previous events into combat power.
Under such circumstances, the Hyena-men really didn't have any attraction for the Players to attack.
'Wouldn't it be better for me to go to Trinia and admire those long-legged elven ladies when I have the American time to blow up the Hyena-men's heads and get nothing …'
Xi Wei, the only one who could mobilize the Players for a large-scale invasion, had no intention of assigning any relevant quests.
He had only earned a small amount of divine power from the previous event, and most of it had been purified by the First Flame to carry some divinity of Flame.
He didn't dare to absorb too much and used it all to benefit the Players (which was why fire-mages were very strong in the current patch). While his divine power wasn't in the red yet, his income was clearly not healthy, and spending so much divine power to issue quests that didn't yield him anything was simply asking for death …
Moreover, the situation over at the Western Continent was a little unusual as well. He didn't notice it when there weren't many Players, but now that most Players had logged in, Xi Wei noticed that the region where the nonhumans lived was giving him a very weird feeling.
The problem was that he couldn't put his finger on what was weird, and that was a pain in the ass (although he didn't have any balls at the moment).
Considering that the atmosphere over the divine realm had become so weird that the Great Lion hadn't come to him for some time, Xi Wei decided to let the Players have their fun at the Western Continent while he observed and understood the situation in his Divine Kingdom.
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Chapter 244:
Not Grayclaw, but Black Hand
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