Chapter 24

"Listen, Beifeng..."

"Please call me Licos! My name is Licos!"

"What are you talking about, Kris? As a half-orc, you should follow the customs of the half-orcs, so of course I have to call you Beifeng."

"Who is Kris? You even got my real name wrong in a subtle way!"

"Skylar, you are really annoying."

"Who is the one who keeps deliberately mispronouncing my name and being annoying!"

— It must be said that anyone who frequently interacts with Sigma will see a sharp rise in their ability to criticize.

Licos... oh no, Beifeng, was sitting with Sigma. Under the guidance of the half-orcs, they arrived at the village where the half-orcs lived. Sigma couldn't help but recall that Beifeng had once mentioned that the infant mortality rate among half-orcs was as high as eighty percent. Now, it seemed true, as the half-orcs were celebrating the birth of a dog-headed infant with a festival-like celebration.

The situation here was more complex than imagined. Dog-headed, bull-headed, pig-headed, tiger-headed... a group of half-orcs with different animal heads sat together, cheering and celebrating. They held the newborn dog-headed infant high in their hands, passing it around like a sacred object, looking at the new life with excitement and tenderness, even though it wasn't of the same bloodline. They were as happy as if they had their own child.

— By the way, the newborn dog-headed infant was named "Bloodthirsty Rampage." Sigma thought that this name had already set the tone for the little dog-headed infant's future: a rabid dog carrying a highly lethal rabies virus...

As the host of the celebration, the bull-headed elder explained the theme of the feast. First, of course, was to celebrate the successful birth of "Bloodthirsty Rampage." Second, it was to welcome the so-called new human friend, "Dancing with Wolves."

Sigma increasingly felt that these half-orcs were incredibly simple and honest. After the elder and Beifeng both declared that "Dancing with Wolves" was a good friend of the half-orcs, almost all the suspicious and wary looks disappeared, replaced by an irresistible enthusiasm. Roasted game and homemade fruit wine flowed like a stream, and Sigma didn't refuse, drinking and eating heartily.

Beifeng sighed beside him, "I heard that Your Highness comes from a noble family in the Frontier Lands. Indeed, you have the style of a western man, not at all pretentious, very straightforward—aren't you afraid of being poisoned in the food and drink?"

"..." Sigma looked at Beifeng as if he were an idiot, "I have already obtained an expert license in alchemy, and I have started to learn the Necromancer's Poison Nova spell. If I use a poison skill in the water, I can poison all the creatures in a pond of several hundred square meters within a few minutes. Do you think I would be afraid of poison?"

"..." Beifeng replied, "I thought you had let your guard down and completely trusted the half-orcs."

"You are too naive. No one would trust a stranger they don't know, especially not these mysterious non-human races, on their first meeting." Sigma rolled his eyes and said bluntly, "I am just very interested in them and want to gather more information about them, that's all."

He glanced at Beifeng, who was holding a chicken leg, and was momentarily stunned, then said disdainfully, "You are actually drinking and eating meat? You are a disgrace to druids, no wonder you would do such a crazy and shameless thing as having sex with animals!"

"..." Beifeng retorted, "I didn't do it at all!" Then he added, "Why is drinking and eating meat a disgrace to druids? That's a strange idea!"

Sigma was also puzzled, "Don't druids eat vegetables? Don't they follow the way of nature?"

"Who says following the way of nature means not eating meat? We are not those pretentious, eco-friendly forest elves. The way of nature for druids is to revere nature, not to worship it. We are part of nature." Beifeng shrugged and explained, "The sun shines on all things, providing life to plants. Plants grow and provide food for herbivores, which in turn become food for carnivores. One link after another, all living things go through the cycle of birth, aging, illness, and death. When they are eaten, they die, and after they die, their remains are decomposed by tiny organisms invisible to the naked eye, becoming part of the soil, providing nutrients for the next generation of plants. This cycle forms a perfect and flawless web, which is the way of nature we revere."

Beifeng raised the chicken leg in his hand, "So, why can't druids be omnivores? Only those unreasonable, brainless, pointy-eared eco-freaks of the forest elves would criticize and scold us. Damn, the body structures of elves and humans are different. They won't starve to death by eating some fruit and gnawing on tree trunks; they might even perform photosynthesis by burying themselves in the soil. But humans will have no strength without eating meat, and without strength, they will be bullied. Eat the damn vegetables. Damn, if they are so obsessed with vegetarianism, why don't they make the wolves and tigers in their forests eat vegetables too? Then everyone will become herbivores, and no animals will be hunted. Everyone will reproduce wildly, and the population will explode, eating up all their forests, leaving these sissies without even vegetables to eat!"

Sigma was speechless.

Beifeng smiled shyly, "Don't look at me like that. These are things the High Priest tells us every year, and he also tells us to beat up any brainless, whiny elves we encounter."

"The High Priest makes a lot of sense, and I have no words to refute him." Sigma nodded, "In the end, dark elves are much more honest than forest elves. They are not pretentious or artificial, have great figures, and are very open and fun. The little picture books they publish every year are really... wow..."

"Right, right!" Beifeng looked like he had found a kindred spirit, "Does Your Highness also like the art books drawn by the dark elf masters? Fellow enthusiast! By the way, I prefer..."

"Stop, stop, stop. I only like the long-legged, big-chested, mature type. I haven't really explored the heavier stuff, not even the tentacle type, let alone human-animal stuff." Sigma subtly moved away, "I'm telling you, don't try to brainwash me!"

Before Beifeng could protest, a strong arm wrapped around his neck and dragged him off to drink. Sigma politely declined another pig-headed half-orc's invitation and took a sip of the sour grape wine.

He looked around at the lively scene, where different types of half-orcs were singing and dancing. They seemed carefree, living simple and happy lives, isolated from the world, like the Peach Blossom Village of the past. However, for some reason, Sigma always felt a faint sense of unease, as if he had overlooked an important issue.

And, how did these half-orcs come into existence?

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PS1: Everyone seems very curious about the origin of the Beifeng meme. I'll take some time to explain it, and I apologize to those who are not interested. When people read books online, they often join book clubs, and authors have similar groups where we chat and discuss how to maximize word count without angering readers (hey). In one of these groups, I met Beifeng. One day, Beifeng told me he wanted to become famous, a well-known writer, and increase his popularity. I didn't say anything but remembered it. Another day, Beifeng did something reckless and said he would give me a minor role in his book, with a very questionable character, either someone who had sex with a young female dragon or a young male dragon who had sex with people. When I heard this, I thought, "Damn, you little brat, you're poisoning the well... No, you're actually trying to blacken my name! I can't let this stand. I have to take the initiative." So, I spent half a month collecting Beifeng's various brainless statements and black history, and started crafting his image as a beast-sex maniac, spreading it in the group intentionally and unintentionally. Soon, Beifeng's limitless black history shocked everyone, and the act of blackening Beifeng quickly became a group-wide entertainment. Even the usually quiet Big Eyes and Chu Bai were shocked. Thus, Beifeng's name began to spread beyond the White Jade Tower and into the entire online literature world. What really made Beifeng widely known was Squirrel's new book, "Mad Wizard." He mercilessly placed Beifeng in the book, and others like Papi Sang followed suit. The rest, as you know, is history. Yes, the initiator of the Beifeng blackening movement was me, and the reason was that Beifeng had done something reckless to me... No, I remembered Beifeng's small but touching wish to become famous and, as his friend, went to great lengths to help him gain fame. The members of the White Jade Tower united to send Beifeng to the headlines. Yes, that's the origin of the Beifeng meme. By the way, every time this story is mentioned in the group, Beifeng is incredibly grateful to me, even to the point of tears and excitement. Truly, it is a cause for celebration, a cause for celebration.

PS2: By the way, please recommend, click, and collect...

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