Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

Another pile of corpses again, but this time it's the Blue Skin Species, slightly different from the previous Red Pomegranate Species.

"You're not thinking of eating them, are you?" Seeing Guy guarding the pile of bodies, Sura casually said as she came over.

"It's not impossible, after all, they aren't the Red Pomegranate Species, so they're not heavily polluted." Guy replied casually.

"Absolutely not, although we're short on food now, it hasn't come to that point yet." Sura sighed.

"Cannibalism is too primitive, I know some very poor settlements have to do this to get through the winter, but we, at least, should avoid it, or I'll go crazy." She looked at the dead Blue Skin Species' bodies, stepped forward, and tapped them with the butt of her gun, feeling they were a bit stiff.

"They're already stiff, if not dealt with soon, they'll start to stink and breed maggots, that scene is disgusting, if you've seen it once, you wouldn't want to see it again."

"Have you seen it before?" Guy thought of something.

"I have, saw it the first year I came here, back then the settlement's population was small, not enough manpower and energy to deal with the bodies, resulting in a very maddening scene I witnessed." Sura said, stepping back a few steps and shaking her head.

"For a long time after that, I didn't want to eat meat, until Mimi came, she cooks really well, healed me."

"Mimi is of the Cat Tail Species, her fingers are also very dexterous, she's good at making bland food look and smell delicious, if only the settlement had better spices, she could definitely make extravagant meals."

"What happened to Mimi later, don't tell me she died too."

"No, Mimi went to another settlement, because there are many Cat Tail Species there, before leaving, the chief even gave her an iron pot."

"A lot has happened recently, I feel like we might be lagging in information, maybe we should take a trip to Shilin Mountain Castle, check out what's new there." Sura thought.

"Hexia wants to go too, she's been with us for so long, if we keep holding her back, she might not be happy." Thinking of last night's incredible display of the girl, even Sura, who had some understanding of Hexia's abilities, was amazed.

"As a metaphor, Hexia should be a 'legendary' figure." The term 'legendary' refers to individuals with astonishing strength or skills on this land, they usually enjoy high reputation in their fields.

"Looks like it's a must-go, I see Flan is also preparing to leave, might as well bring him along, it'll be safer on the road." During this time, Flan gradually gained everyone's recognition, he was also the first to discover something was wrong last night and woke everyone up.

"I'll discuss it with the chief, see how we can arrange it." Sura nodded.

In the afternoon, after handling the bodies and miscellaneous items in the mountain hollow, everyone gathered again, today even the chief Moose was there.

Tilan knelt on the grass, a sword box on her lap, fingers gently brushing over it, thoughts dwelling on last night's happenings.

To be honest, it might've been her first time killing a person. During high school, she was attacked, but the opponent was an unknown creature, probably not considered human.

This time, although they were humanoid, the Blue Skin Species differed too much in size, skin, and appearance from normal people, making it hard for her to feel deeply. Reason just told her, they were considered wise creatures, maybe partly human.

Better not dwell on such matters, Tilan reminded herself, in this world environment, the moral laws of Federation society don't apply.

Her thoughts shifted to what was being discussed in the room.

"On the way to Shilin Mountain Castle, there are several settlements, among them, two have decent relations with us. When you go, you can trade and exchange goods, and also visit old friends." Moose advised Sura and Guy.

"I understand, chief means the 'Red Pomegranate' settlement, where Cat Tail Species gather, and the 'Lake Wind' cattle-herding settlement, right?" Sura replied.

"That's right, 'Red Pomegranate's leader is Chi Zhi, she's wise and knows restraint, 'Lake Wind' settlement's leader is Dao Zhang, we fought together before, back then we repelled the invaders of the Barbarian Teeth Clan." Moose slowly narrated past events, mainly to inform Guy, as Sura knew many of these.

"Haha, Guy probably doesn't know, chief used to do such amazing things, you've seen the thick, long barbarian tooth hanging on the hall wall, that's the chief's trophy from back then." Sura wiggled her finger.

"That winter, a group of cannibalistic Barbarian Teeth Clan came to our land, they even had a giant mammoth covered in thick fur, using the brute force of that mammoth, they broke numerous settlement gates and walls, then went in for crazy killing and looting, it was how two settlements were wiped out."

"To say, Mimi was rescued by the chief from one of the fallen settlements, then she went to 'Red Pomegranate'."

"Later, several nearby settlements had to unite, eventually driving off and scattering that Barbarian group, as for the mammoth, it was made into delicious food, although back then I had a poor appetite, didn't eat much, the remaining mammoth tusks, one was given to the Dao Zhang of the Lake Wind settlement, and the other is the one hanging by the chief."

After talking about the two friendly settlements to visit along the way, they discussed what items to buy.

"Originally, our food for winter was barely enough, but last night, the Blue Skin Species short-sightedly cut down the unripe wheat in the darkness, only to gnaw on the coarse root juice." Guy was a bit speechless; the other side was just ignorant savages.