Chapter 164 - Jeremys Days Within The Camp (4) (1/2)

Right now, it appeared that more and more people, who had finished their breakfast, started gathering in groups of tens not far from the prohibited areas around the giant Crystal. The number of people was increasing noticeably with the naked eyes...

After hearing Morgan's words, the scout team members started talking to one another after hearing about the last topic,

”Wolf monster?”

”Is it a wolf or a dog anyway? They look pretty similar.”

”Yeah, with that protruding mouth, it can be either of the two.”

”Is that even important?

Rather than being curious about what Morgan had said, most people discussed whether the creature was a dog or a wolf instead.

Meanwhile, Jeremy obviously knew what the creature was...

Gnoll was considered a dog-humanoid creature, no less. It was also the same low-ranked organism as humans. Still, the gnoll and human's differences in physical capabilities were similar to that of a cat and lion.

That alone had made the differences between an average human and gnoll become pretty vast.

For more reference, the gnolls were akin to an evolution race of normal dogs on Earth, making their nose and running speed become something that couldn't be taken lightly of in the least.

Even more than that, a gnoll was considered one of the bestial races on Ortus, albeit its race was more like a subordinate race to the werewolf race. Every gnoll still had a unique trait called 'Bloodline', which was said to be something inherited from the first ancestors.

Regarding the term 'Bloodline', each bloodline had a different hierarchy and abilities coming along with it. The higher the bloodline's rank was, the stronger the holder of that bloodline became.

In other words, the lower the bloodline's rank was, the weaker the holder of that said bloodline would turn out to be. This was also the case for gnolls, the race of which was destined to be subordinated to the greater hierarchical race, the werewolf.

As for the gnoll's bloodline rank, most gnolls were only born with 'Common Bloodline', having only a few irregulars and outliers within their race that had managed to be born with higher-ranked bloodlines.

Nevertheless, the gnoll race was still just a commoner race compared to other bestial races, undoubtedly except for the werewolf, for they considered the gnolls as their subordinates.

The cases of subordination like this were often seen on Ortus, especially within the bestial races. For example, the kenku race was subordinated to the Tengus, the kobold was subordinated to the Draconians, the feline race was subordinated to the Leonins, the naga race was subordinated to the Medusas, and many more.

It wasn't strange in the least that those inferior races were subordinated or some even enslaved to the superior ones because the former had a too low density of the so-called 'Bloodline', causing them to be suppressed instinctively by the latter, who had higher hierarchy and bloodline ranks.

Nevertheless, even with its common bloodline, the gnoll's physical strength was at least four or five times greater than an ordinary human.

Regarding the gnoll's sensory, it was also undoubtedly superior to humans in many aspects, especially its smelling sense.

”Alright, calm down, guys, hearing me out first...”

As everyone was talking to one another clamorously regarding the wolf monster, Morgan finally spoke up, attracting everyone's attention.

Upon seeing everyone was looking at him, Morgan continued,

”As you know, team 7 only has one survivor coming back alive from a tough battle against the so-called wolf monster.”

After hearing the word wolf monster once again, people's expressions started to become a bit serious.

After all, they had seen with their own eyes how the monster looked like and how strong it appeared to be when it had jumped far ahead into the river. Even after being shot on its shoulder, the creature hadn't even budged one bit.

”It is confirmed this morning that the wolf monster looked somewhat similar to the one we had encountered in the forest yesterday. However, it appears that the being we saw and the one that team seven fought against were different beings. That indicates to only one thing, there are at least two of those wolf monsters roaming inside the forest together with many packs of wolves.”

”The sole survivor of team 7 told me that the wolves were not a problem to their team at all, but the reason why they had experienced a total defeat was because of that one muscular creature, the wolf monster.”

Upon hearing Morgan's words, other people started murmuring and talking again to express their thoughts and opinions to one another.

After all, they had just heard an unbelievable sentence, 'a total defeat was caused by only one creature.'

Then how strong would the wolf-humanoid monster be?

Some felt glad that they hadn't fought against it because Morgan ordered them to cross the creek before that wolf pack arrived, whereas some felt doubtful if the wolf monster was indeed that strong as the survivor from team 7 had told Morgan.