The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 172.1

“Rather than one day choosing suicide due to insufficient strength, it would be better to die quietly in battle when facing enemies.”

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The inexplicably isolated monster beast, Gabriel, was a humanoid monster beast whose original form was a wolf.

In terms of strength level, Gabriel’s power was no less than anyone present.

Everything related to him, rather than being a story that happened to him, was more like something that happened to all land monster beasts.

“It’s quite understandable, isn’t it? The King controls the entire Beast Tribe, and all land monster beasts need to survive under the rules established by the King.” Gabriel harbored no resentment, his tone merely calmly stating facts.

His attitude was very similar to those people in Rota County who had lost emotions in their minds before – some emotions that should have existed had all disappeared without a trace under the influence of the so-called rules.

“The so-called rules refer to the survival of the fittest.” Gabriel’s attitude was very calm. “All land monster beasts need to face the results of natural selection. Those with insufficient strength will naturally be eliminated under the rules established by the King.”

“And I, having spent a full thirty years without breaking through my current power level, was naturally exiled as a matter of course.”

Egbert couldn’t understand. He looked up and down at Gabriel’s sturdy frame.

This wolf’s strength was definitely not low.

During Su Li’s two days of rest, he had explained the events he experienced in the dragon tribe territory, and the Raven had also corroborated the strength levels of those monster beasts.

Gabriel’s power level certainly couldn’t compare to Victoria’s, but it was obviously much stronger than those Winged Tribe soldiers who had previously followed Adison.

Such an existence didn’t die on the battlefield, but was attributed to so-called rules?

It was hard to imagine.

“Exiled for not breaking through in thirty years?” Egbert’s eyebrows furrowed tightly.

“All land monster beasts follow this rule.” Gabriel glanced at the discomfort in Egbert’s eyes. “Rather than thinking about whether this rule has obvious flaws, it’s better to think about how powerful the Beast Tribe becomes under this rule.”

“If there’s no way to break through from the current power level to another stage within the limited time, then such monster beasts living is itself a waste of resources.” Gabriel’s expression was cold.

“And if there are conditions to break through to another level within the limited time, then those existences will receive resource allocation from the Beast Tribe in the next round of cultivation. Under this rule, the Beast Tribe naturally became the strongest of the three tribes.” Gabriel showed a barely concealed pride just talking about this rule.

No one would question Gabriel’s understanding, because his attitude had already made it clear – he didn’t think there was anything wrong with his perception.

“All monster beasts who break through within a certain time will receive resource allocation, while those who fail to break through will all be directly exiled…”

Su Li repeated once. “Monster beasts who suffer exile, due to differences in birth, cultivation speed, and breakthrough timing being completely inconsistent, individual monster beasts only have personal time as their benchmark. In other words, once exiled under this rule that land monster beasts follow, it will only result in the exiled being alone.”

“Compared to aquatic monster beasts and the Winged Tribe who often act in groups, isolated monster beasts themselves become living targets. It’s precisely because of this that you immediately launched an attack upon seeing us.”

“Is that right?”

Gabriel nodded decisively. “That’s correct.”

“Those like us who once consumed large amounts of resources but failed to break through within the specified time – resource wasters – once we leave the tribe, upon discovering the Water Tribe or Winged Tribe, rather than passively being killed by those two tribes, it’s better to actively launch an attack.”

As Gabriel spoke, his gaze toward the Raven still carried obvious killing intent.

Unawakened humans, after awakening, might also belong to the Beast Tribe, so Gabriel wouldn’t show a targeting attitude because of this.

But when facing the Raven, whose strength was similar to his own, Gabriel’s attitude was overly obvious. “Killing one more enemy means one less pressure when the King declares war on the other two tribes in the future. This can also be considered compensation for the resources I once wasted.”

“What a rule without flaws indeed.” Su Li looked up at the sky. Despite the clear, cloudless weather, he felt as if it were continuously raining.

The mere existence of such a rule made one’s back run cold.

——What’s more, there were countless monster beasts following it.

——Was this a horror story?

“We really need to go see the Beast Tribe’s specific situation. Compared to the Winged Tribe we already understand somewhat, and Leia who doesn’t spare information about the Water Tribe to some extent, currently the only unknown left to us is the Beast Tribe.” Su Li voiced his thoughts.

The Beast Tribe, which they had never contacted before, left only Bartholomew as a memorable impression.

Whether the unicorn species was special wasn’t that important. What was strange was that monster beast’s choice to abandon elemental power and instead use everything to fully strengthen its physical body.

This cultivation method had never appeared in the human world.

Su Li intuitively felt there was something worth digging deeper behind this, but currently the most important thing was still to understand Beast Tribe intelligence.

Su Li turned to Gabriel and said, “Could you trouble yourself to take us to the Beast Tribe territory? If not possible, telling us the direction to the Beast Tribe territory would also be fine.”

Gabriel instantly became alert. He showed great resistance to Su Li’s request. “Why do you want to go to the Beast Tribe territory?”

“You mentioned the Winged Tribe and Water Tribe just now. Could it be that you are unawakened ones cultivated in advance by those two tribes with resource investment?”

Gabriel assumed a confrontational stance. “To be precise, you’re from the Winged Tribe, aren’t you?” He glanced at the Raven, his eyes becoming increasingly wary.

“The Winged Tribe has been in internal strife recently. I don’t know when they’ll resolve it, but since it’s internal strife, there will always be a day of resolution. So you, as unawakened ones, were cultivated by the Winged Tribe in advance, thus utilizing this temporarily unverifiable trait of being unable to determine which tribe you’ll awaken to, to enter the Beast Tribe and attempt to investigate Beast Tribe intelligence?”

Gabriel’s speculation was overly reasonable. The Raven, upon reflection, thought this explanation wasn’t bad either.

He simply went along with this explanation and said, “Whether it is or isn’t, imagine as you will.”

“No matter what you think, we don’t really care. What you should do now is point out the path for us.”

“What if I refuse?” Gabriel looked like a warrior who feared no authority and struggled bravely. “Having wasted so many resources, not only failing to make due returns to the King, but now being threatened to betray the King…?”

“I would never do such a thing!” Gabriel gritted his teeth, and as he spoke, an attack went directly toward the Raven with wing characteristics.

No matter what reason these unawakened ones had for mixing with the Raven, Gabriel didn’t care.

Because he felt that unawakened ones, as long as they saw the advantages brought by the rules the Beast Tribe established for lower-level personnel, would definitely not continue down the path of the Winged Tribe or Water Tribe to the bitter end.

Based on this understanding, Gabriel chose to attack the Raven.

But the Raven, who had never let down his guard against him, easily blocked this attack.

The Raven seemed intent on maintaining his persona, saying with full authority, “The weak have no right to resist. What you should do now is point out the path for us and take us where we need to go.”

“I would never do that!” Gabriel seemed to think he wouldn’t survive today. He roared, “I will never betray the King!”

Then, when no one had time to react, Gabriel used all his strength to strike his own heart with his palm.

Whether it was the fracture of his ribs or the fresh blood mixed with internal organs that Gabriel vomited, this sudden scene startled everyone immediately.

“Save him!” Su Li quickly reacted and took out the storage item kept with him.

Compared to others, he had the most medicinal supplies in his pocket.

Lan Zhe took the ring and immediately extracted healing potions from it. Regardless of Gabriel’s resistance, he directly poured an entire bottle of potion down his throat.

Gabriel still didn’t understand what was happening. After being force-fed the potion, his eyes stared deadly at Su Li, the weakest among them, while still shouting. “I will absolutely never betray the King!”

Roy roared back with a headache. “Who the hell cares whether you betray or not! We were just asking for directions. Look how scared you got.”

“Those who don’t know would think we did something terrible to you. You attacked us first, right? Even if we killed you on the spot, that’s what you deserved, not to mention we haven’t had time to lay a hand on you. You attacked yourself, then acted like we forced you…”

Roy issued a soul-searching question. “Do you think this is appropriate?”

Gabriel stared at him blankly.

The two-star mercenary was not polite at all, directly spitting in Gabriel’s face.

“Are you an idiot or what? If we really were from the Winged Tribe or Water Tribe, how could we possibly not know the Beast Tribe territory and still need you to guide us? Or are you saying what we need you to point out isn’t the Beast Tribe territory, but the location of the Beast Tribe King’s bedchamber?”

“Which idiot would think that some passerby they met on the road would know such intelligence? Don’t think too highly of yourself, okay?”

Roy rolled his eyes at Gabriel.

Don’t think he hadn’t seen it – after Lan Zhe force-fed Gabriel the medicine, the hatred that instantly burst forth in Gabriel’s eyes was so intense it was horrifying.

And when he roared those words about not betraying, Gabriel also tried to attack Su Li.

This action instantly enraged everyone around Su Li.

Lan Zhe now really wanted to force-feed Gabriel an entire bottle of poison, and Egbert, while Roy was scolding back, grabbed Gabriel’s collar and said, “If you really dare to make a move, I dare to actually let you die here. Even your corpse after death will be burned by flames until only ashes remain.”

“If you don’t believe it, feel free to try.” Egbert’s eyes were like ice.

“Cough! Cough cough!” Gabriel coughed heavily twice. He finally understood what the two were saying.

He didn’t dare make any move against Su Li now.

“But even if it’s as you say, when I was committing suicide, you had no need to choose to save me.” Gabriel stubbornly said, “I didn’t beg you to save me.”

Lan Zhe sneered. “Who would want to ask for directions only to have the person being asked directions commit suicide right in front of you over such a small matter as asking for directions?”

“Those who don’t know would think we did something utterly heinous to you.”

Gabriel remained silent for a long while.

By now his internal organs were gradually healing under the potion’s effect, but the process from damage to recovery was filled with tingling, itchy sensations. Gabriel’s whole body uncontrollably twisted slightly.

For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether he was uncomfortable physically or obviously distressed mentally.

After a good while, he finally said, “So in your view, someone like me who wasted so many resources, was exiled, abandoned, and even actively attacked you, shouldn’t just commit suicide and die?”

The veins on Egbert’s forehead twitched continuously. “Who cares what you think!”

But Gabriel acted as if he hadn’t heard these words, focusing his attention on Su Li, who occupied the leading position.

“I will take you to the Beast Tribe territory.” Gabriel said. “It was my mistake to think so much before, but this crow…”

The Raven sensed an ominous gaze.

“He should also bear some responsibility, shouldn’t he…”

Despite saying this, Gabriel showed a guilty attitude.

Then, not knowing what he was thinking, everyone noticed Gabriel’s attitude became composed.

“I will take you to Beast Tribe territory, but as humans, if I can think that you might be unawakened ones bought off in advance by the Water Tribe and Winged Tribe, other land monster beasts probably won’t fail to think of it either.”

“You’re very likely to die.” Gabriel emphasized.

“Though I don’t want to say this, ever since I came to this world, almost every period of time I have to face a death crisis.” Su Li couldn’t tell for a moment whether he should question himself for being twisted by this world, or whether this twisted world had gradually been adapted to by him.

“Don’t worry, even if we really die, we won’t blame you before dying.” Roy’s tone was inexplicably mocking.

“Gathering intelligence is something that must be done. Going to the Beast Tribe is our own decision. Whether we ultimately die or continue living, that’s all the path we chose ourselves. You don’t need to try to worry about others’ deaths.”

“Honestly, don’t you think you’re very strange? It’s like some inexplicable transference effect – the self-love you should have is completely twisted into caring for others. Whether it was not actively attacking the little master knowing he was weakest before, or later thinking the little master wasn’t a good person and wanting to attack him, yet not actually doing it.”

Roy found monster beasts to be troublesome creatures.

Their treatment of emotions and details was clearly similar to humans as always, but all affirmation toward non-human races became an insurmountable barrier.

Gabriel didn’t explore this question, but began giving directions to the others.

“Going in this direction for over three hundred kilometers more will reach the Beast Tribe’s nearest city. At the speed of flying-type monster beasts, we can arrive before lunch.” Gabriel poked a point on the ground to represent their current location.

When the Raven enlarged and was about to take people flying, Gabriel actively indicated he didn’t need to sit on his back. “My running speed on the ground is sufficient to keep up with you.”

“Incidentally, that child, if you don’t mind my previous actions, or if you trust me, I can also give you a ride.” Gabriel looked seriously at Su Li, his tail behind him wagging uncontrollably.

The feeling the others gave Gabriel was very much like his feeling of serving the King.

Different from never having seen the Beast Tribe King, this group’s attitude of subtly centering around Su Li also indirectly indicated that they accepted everything Su Li accepted and didn’t accept anything targeting Su Li.

“Though I’d like to, I’ll pass.” Su Li looked at Gabriel, who had transformed into a giant gray wolf, with amazed eyes.

Bigger was always better, especially for various wild beasts’ original forms.

This kind of intimidation brought solely by physique – just looking at it up close once would give one a feeling of adrenaline rushing.

In the time that followed, the Raven flying high in the sky truly felt that Gabriel’s so-called full-speed running was no slower than his flight speed.

“I suddenly feel that in a one-on-one situation, we have no possibility of winning at all. And judging by Gabriel’s attitude, strength like his is commonplace in the Beast Tribe.” The Raven’s voice was gentle as he told the youth sitting on his back.

As for that group of men who weren’t shielded by any elements and were blown disheveled by the high-altitude wind?

They weren’t even under consideration.

“Even so, we still need to go see.” Su Li sighed lightly. “No one knows when the three tribes will enter a new round of warfare.”

“Without intelligence, unable to judge the situation, is equivalent to defaulting to Rota County needing to continue accepting the rules monster beasts impose on humans.”

“Sometimes I’m also unclear whether such words should be said to you.” Su Li stroked the Raven’s back feathers.

“Humans don’t have the ability to defeat monster beasts. The only thing I can do is, before those humans are forcibly turned into monster beasts, disrupt the existing pattern of the entire monster beast society.”

Saving once only saved his heart that might suffer for humanity’s current state in that instant. Directly changing the survival pattern planned for humans was the correct path for Su Li toward his ultimate goal.

“I forever look forward to a peaceful, war-free, and brilliantly sunny retirement future.”

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