Travel through the world of beasts! Build a kingdom by giving birth to cubs!

On the frozen river.

Bruce and Ban looked at each other with wounds all over their bodies, each of them was panting.

But they didn't give in at all.

This was also Bruce's first real competition with Ben.

His eyes were full of excitement, because he was the type who got more excited the more he fought.

Banban stared at Bruce in front of him, wanting to tear him into pieces!

Because everything he did is unforgivable!

"Sure, Banban, you're better than I thought."

Even though Bruce was covered in wounds, he was still very strong in combat.

"I thought you had been following Ryan for so many years and had forgotten those fighting skills."

"Isn't it the same for you?"

Ben looked at Bruce coldly, but in fact there was nothing good about him.

"I thought you'd been pretending for so long that you'd already forgotten what your true self was like."

It was really hard for him to understand one thing.

I can't understand why Bruce would still choose to betray the Red South Kingdom, even if he watched them trying to harm his former good friend.

"We grew up together. We have been together since the day you entered the Lion Tribe. Could it be that our friendship after growing up together for so many years still cannot support your feelings for us?"

"Support what?"

Bruce suddenly laughed, a mocking laugh.

"I was taught from a young age that I would return to the Seven Samurai Kingdom when I grow up. Do you think I would really have feelings for you?"

"you……"

"If the Empress hadn't said to gamble and see if that human would show up in the Lion Tribe, do you think I would have come here?"

After hearing this, Banban looked at him in disbelief.

"It means that in order to wait for the emergence of the human race, the empress left a cub in each tribe and raised him there since childhood! It means... there was also one in the original tiger tribe?"

"You are right. There are indeed some among the tiger tribe, and they are the tiger tribe you are most familiar with."

Bruce didn't want to tell Ben who it was.

He actually looked forward to the day when the truth would be revealed, and whether it would make all the beastmen stunned, shocked, or even unable to accept it.

"who is it?"

There are not many orcs that Banban is familiar with.

There aren't many good relationships.

So at this moment he was very shocked and scared.

Because he couldn't imagine who the tiger tribe he was familiar with that Bruce was talking about was.

"You'll know later. I won't tell you."

Bruce said as he rushed towards Banban!

at the same time!

A small and weak tiger pounced directly towards Bruce!

Bruce subconsciously swung his claws at the tiger tribe! He slapped her away and she fell to the ground.

"you……"

He subconsciously fought back, but when he saw who it was, he was shocked.

"Yueyue, how could it be you..."

Banban took advantage of Bruce's surprise and launched a fierce attack on him!

Bruce had no time to dodge and was slashed in the belly by Banban's sharp claws!

Yueyue began to spit out large mouthfuls of blood, but she still tried hard to crawl towards Bruce.

Bruce didn't expect that he would be defeated by Yueyue.

He felt his life slipping away bit by bit, and he knew he would not live long.

"Why would you do this?"

He gradually turned into human form, his eyes full of regret.

"I didn't mean to hurt you...why did you do this! Why!"

Even though Yueyue was bleeding, she still crawled towards Bruce little by little.

When she could touch Bruce, she slowly took out the stone knife from her arms.

She wanted to stab Bruce hard! But in the end, she softened her heart and the stone knife fell to the ground.

"Why... do you treat me like this?"

Her eyes were filled with tears, tears of unwillingness, tears of... despair.

"Since I was rescued from the wolf tribe, I have been thinking that I will never find a partner in this life..."

She choked up and spoke.

"If I hadn't seen that you and I had experienced similar things, I wouldn't have chosen to be with you. I thought you understood me. I thought...we thought we would live together forever, have cubs and start a family, and forget about our unhappy pasts."

Banban, who was standing by, really wanted to help, but looking at Yueyue's appearance, he realized that it would be futile to do anything now.

The only thing he could do was to walk away quietly and leave this place to the two of them.

But he didn't go very far.

Because he still has to bring Yueyue back, at least... he has to give everyone an explanation.

"Bruce...you don't have to love me...you don't have to like me...but you shouldn't lie to me about my feelings for you, right?"

This is what Yueyue can't accept the most.

He doesn't have to want to be with me, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't want to mate.

But he couldn't say he didn't want to, while being happy on the other hand.

This is no longer just emotional infidelity, it is a complete violation of one's own feelings and dignity.

"How can you be so hateful? Why are you like this..."

"Is it important?"

Even though things have come to this point, Bruce still doesn't want to explain anything to Yueyue.

"Is it important to ask these questions now?"

"Yeah, is it important?"

Yueyue started crying and then started laughing. She tried hard to crawl over and held Bruce's hand little by little.

"Maybe it's not important to you...but to me, it's very important..."

Bruce tried his best to shake off Yueyue's hand, but his hand could not move at all and he could only let Yueyue hold it like this.

Yueyue’s breath was getting weaker and weaker, as if she would close her eyes at any time.

But she was still looking at Bruce, wanting to ask him something.

"Have you never had a moment...of liking me? Have you never thought about...giving up the Shichibu-koku...and living a good life with me?"

Bruce looked into Yueyue's eyes and spoke word by word.

"I have been an orc of the Seven Warlords since I was a child. My parents are also in the Seven Warlords. How can you ask me to give them up and live a good life with you?"

Even though Yueyue had guessed that this would be the result, she still didn't give up.

"You've never... liked me?"

"there has never been."

Bruce felt an indescribable feeling of powerlessness filling his whole body. He knew that he might not be able to survive, so he calmly accepted the death that was about to come.

"It's snowing. What a pity that I can never go back..."

His obsession until the end was to return to the Seven Samurai Kingdom.

"Snowing……"

Yueyue looked at the slowly falling snow, and a tear rolled down her cheeks.

"If...if I hadn't met you in the beginning...how great it would have been."