Chapter 1026 - Another Heavy Rainy Season (2) (2/2)

There was no fear on Parker’s face. He said in amusement, “Do you think I’m still the two-striped beastman from when you first met me? Moreover, back then, I was already able to put up a fight against a behemoth. Now that I’ve become a four-striped beastman, you should be worried about the behemoths instead.”

“Is that so?” Bai Qingqing slouched her back, lowered her head, and played with An’an. This was despite An’an not even looking her way at all.

Seeing that Bai Qingqing was so reluctant about this, Parker felt both heartache and happiness, hugging her even more tightly.

“How long will you be away for?” Bai Qingqing stayed quiet for a while before asking.

“I”ll be back when the heavy rainy season ends. I’ll swap with Curtis and let him hibernate, then,” Parker said.

Bai Qingqing buried her head into his warm chest, greedily sniffing his scent and instructing him, “You must be careful. You didn’t rise to a four-striped beastman through fighting your way up, so don’t be arrogant. And don’t kill the female beasts. That’ll obstruct their reproduction.”

“Of course I know that. This is the most basic rule of the forest. I know that even if you don’t say anything.” Parker rubbed Bai Qingqing’s head.

Although the behemoths were absolute disasters for the forest, just the crystals in their bodies were sufficient to let the beastmen take risks to leave them be instead of annihilating them.

Behemoth tides had a greater prowess than insect tides, and the frequency of their occurrences was also much higher. The insect tides could only devour wild beasts and not do anything to the beastmen. The behemoth tide was an annihilating disaster for the beastmen. If they didn’t detect things in advance and go into hiding, villages would only get wiped out. Only the strong males would be able to survive.

“But I didn’t expect you to know this as well.” Parker was quite surprised.

Bai Qingqing rolled her eyes at him, poked his muscular chest, and said, “It’s true that I lack the common knowledge you guys have, but of course I’ll think of such superficial problems. Don’t treat me like an idiot.”

Parker tapped her nose and said in an adoring tone, “I was wrong.”