Chapter 284 (1/2)

Chapter 284

A Look into How Black Catkin Are Treated In Modern Times

TL: SupremeTentacle

ED: Exkalamity

A single red dogkin guard led Fran and a group of around thirty black catkin towards the area that the goblins were spotted All of the black catkin were carrying weapons, albeit crude ones Some were stuck with just sticks or farm tools They all wore timid expressions on their faces and their eyes nervously darted all over the place

What the hell? Why are they being so paranoid? All they have to do is sit around and watch Fran kill twenty goblins Is it because they’re so used to running away that they find it unthinkable for theroup of monsters of their own accord?

“Anyone, combat experience?” asked Fran

The black catkin all shook their heads vigorously

“Never sent to fight Bashar?” asked Fran

“No ere never sent,” answered a black catkin “The beastkin country doesn’t conscript black catkin Our tribe’s too weak to fight”

“Other tribes no complaints?”

“They don’t All the other tribes consider us a nuisance on the battlefield They all say ‘don’t bother co at all even if we did insist on joining”

“Before ere actually used as meatshi+elds,” said another black catkin “But that was in the past when slavery was still a thing The Beast Lord quickly banned the practice once he freed all of us We are grateful to him for that”

“Yeah So basically, outside of being a ht”

I was expecting that there would be at least one or two decent warriors a in the beastkin country There’s a whole ton of the Rather,

the exceptional black catkin seemed to be those that travelled outside the beastkin country like Fran’s parents or Kiara The black catkin that live here are so cowardly that it’s al

“Treated poorly?” asked Fran

“Not really anyh But now that we are free, the other tribes don’t harm us directly anymore But they still look down on us”

“It’s not like we look down upon you,” chi the expedition “You kno it is Black catkin being weak is just a fact Like how the sky is blue and the grass is green Common sense says that it’s only natural for black catkin to be weak”

Judging by his expression, he really doesn’t think anything rew up believing that the whole race eak The idea was probably reinforced by the fact that all the tribes except the black catkin were capable of evolution

“But looking at you kin “I can’t wait to see you in action”

The guard seee that black catkin did in fact have potential, but sadly, his opinion didn’t seeth didn’t look like it would change everyone’s perception of the black catkin race as a whole

15frooblins were spotted We found ourselves in a wilderness sparsely populated by trees The soil in the area around the black catkin village was poor It sih nutrients to support a dense woodland

“This place, huh,” remarked one of the black catkin

“What’s wrong with this place?” asked Fran

“You see, there was

was a period of time that anted to cultivate crops and such around here,” he explained “Since our race is weak, we didn’t have the e We could only cut down a few trees at a time and try to , we thought ould be able to build so farh to grow anything”

The black catkin around hiround He continued

“There are more fertile lands a bit further north, but those places are too cold for us to bear Also, they are infested with monsters”

“Speaking of kin

Fran quickly ushered the group to hide behind a large boulder We spotted the group of goblinssouthwards in a rocky area up ahead They would definitely cooblins were equipped with iron ar metal weapons like swords and spears

That’s odd Goblins usually aren’t that well aroblins wear loincloths and carry around sticks At best they tend to have the leather armor that they would loot off adventurers every now and then But the only tiit ar the Goblin Staoblins Is there supposed to be a dungeon nearby or so?

“Those goblins are way too well arkin “They roup of bandits or mercenaries”

“Goblins too weak for that,” said Fran

“No, not if the group

the group was bigger If the oblins probably could have done theroup over there is all that was left of what started off as a larger horde”

“It should still be a cakewalk,” I told her telepathically “These are just still nor any reinforcements in the vicinity Go wreck them”

“Got it”