Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

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Skill: [Beast Language]

This boy's physical attributes were inferior to those of the three bald men who surrounded him, but as a demi-human, he possessed magical power that other humans did not have.

Moreover, his skills are extremely unique.

The boy, possessing the ability to communicate with wild beasts, can use this skill to communicate directly with them. He can also forcibly transmit his will to the surrounding wild beasts by consuming magic power.

Bell's body wanted to come here after hearing the [beast language] voice, which was influenced by his magic.

Just as Bell was pondering this, in the ravine below him, the three thugs who had been confronting the boy had also run out of patience.

The leader brandished the long-handled hammer in his hand, as if to strike.

But just then, a black-skinned wild boar weighing about 200 pounds rushed out of the surrounding bamboo forest.

"Hum-"

The wild boar growled, forcing the person who was about to step forward to retreat.

Meanwhile, other wild animals also appeared in the surrounding mountains and forests.

Wild boar, bamboo monkey, mimicking snake...

Dozens of animals rushed to the boy's side, surrounding him and protecting him.

For a moment, with the help of the wild beasts, the boy's momentum actually overwhelmed the three bald thugs surrounding him.

"I have said that I have many animal friends in the bamboo forest. If you insist on fighting me, I will not hold back."

The boy spoke with great confidence, not at all like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who was still growing; he seemed more like a seasoned veteran.

Normally, these three bald thugs would have thought they'd met their match and would have retreated to avoid trouble.

But today's situation is different from the past. The three of them stopped the boy not just for money, but because they had a mission. They had someone backing them up.

“Kid, since you’re not going to keep this shipment, I’ll tell you the truth.”

The bald man at the head of the group pulled out a bag of grayish-white powder from his waist and sprinkled it around. The wild beasts gathered around the boy immediately became restless, and the boy himself also frowned.

He recognized what the bald thug had sprinkled; it was a powder made from the dung of powerful magical beasts, containing their aura and capable of easily repelling wild animals in the vicinity.

If it weren't for his [beast language] soothing words, the wild beasts gathered around him would have scattered and fled long ago.

“You accepted a delivery mission you shouldn’t have. Now our Bloodhand Mercenary Group is at war with the Long River Adventurer Group. Our mission is to sever the Long River Adventurer Group’s connection with Bamboo Sea.”

The bald thug's words no longer carried any threat; instead, they were filled with the purest killing intent.

He swung his long-handled hammer, preparing to take forceful action.

Opposite him, the boy who used [beast language] looked extremely pale. He knew that he was most likely doomed here.

Chapter 19 Rescue

"Humph!"

Seeing the bald, thug approaching, the boy patted the black boar beside him. Among the wild animals that followed him, only a boar of this size could remain calm under his soothing influence.

The remaining wild beasts were mostly intimidated by the aura emanating from the powerful magical beast's excrement and could no longer be controlled by the boy.

"Aren't you Bloodhand Mercenary Group afraid of leaking even a single piece of information by acting like this?!"

He questioned loudly, but his whole demeanor appeared fierce on the surface but weak underneath.

The bald thug's chilling killing intent was unmistakable, and he also knew what the bald thug meant.

The Blood Hand Mercenary Group is a newly emerging and powerful force in Cangxing City. Although the organization has only been established for more than 20 years, it is considered a very young organization.

However, thanks to their professional positioning, which is different from other adventure groups, and the hard work of the mercenary group's leaders, they managed to rise to prominence in a short period of time and suppress a number of small and medium-sized adventure groups.

They are a mercenary group, unlike adventure groups, they take on all sorts of missions and are full of a spirit of exploration.

These mercenaries' main business is very simple: war, intelligence, and assassination.

The Blood Hand Mercenary Group, which has grown bigger and stronger over time, makes no secret of its ambition to continue expanding, but its business in Azure Star City is already saturated.

There are only two ways to continue expanding one's influence.

First, they could expand their influence to other regions. Second, they could acquire the businesses of other local powers to broaden their base.

The leaders of the Bloodhand Mercenary Group chose to remain rooted in their local area, and they set their sights on the long-established Long River Adventure Group.

Every established force that has been operating for many years has its own core business. The core business of the Long River Adventure Team is to mine bamboo forest resources and to regularly enter the bamboo forest to hunt down monsters every year.

Don't underestimate this core business; the resources related to the bamboo forest are very lucrative, otherwise it wouldn't have attracted the attention of the Blood Hand Mercenary Group.

Therefore, during the annual hunting expedition deep into the bamboo forest to eliminate the monsters controlling their population, the Bloodhand Mercenary Group made a bold move.

They led a large force to besiege the Long River Adventurer Group's base. The Long River Adventurer Group, which had deployed a large number of elite troops, could only do its best to defend against the Blood Hand Mercenary Group's offensive.

Meanwhile, the Blood Hand Mercenary Group dispatched a large number of members with average combat strength to block the roads and cut off the supplies that were constantly being sent into the bamboo forest to support the Long River Adventurer Group.

According to the Bloodhand Mercenary Group's calculations, their men could cut off communication outside the bamboo forest. By the time the Long River Adventurer Group's elite troops reacted, they would have already captured the Long River Adventurer Group's base. At that point, they could turn their attention to the exhausted Long River Adventurer Group elites who had emerged from the bamboo forest.

Making such war decisions requires the support of a robust intelligence system, necessitating a clear understanding of the enemy's troop movements. Coincidentally, intelligence gathering is one of the core operations of the Blood Hand Mercenary Group.

At the same time, the Blood Hand Mercenary Group is about three times the size of the Long River Adventurer Group, which allows them to split into two groups to carry out missions.

Finally, the Blood Hand Mercenary Group, which is constantly at war, has a much higher average combat strength than the Long River Adventurer Group.

"No matter what, the advantage is in my hands!"

This is the image of the Bloodhand Mercenary Group leader in high spirits during a planning meeting; he cannot imagine what failure would look like.

In such a clash between two forces, even the slightest friction is accompanied by the loss of life.

Just like the beast-speaking boy who is now in grave danger, the bald thug opposite him has already revealed the mission that the Blood Hand Mercenary Group gave him, which means that the other party is not prepared to spare his life.

He slapped the wild boar's body, urging the black-skinned boar beside him to charge forward, while simultaneously drawing the dagger from his waist, preparing for a desperate fight.

The animals that had gathered around him, already restless, scattered and fled as the wild boar charged.

The large number of animals fled, turning the standoff into chaos.

The wild boar charged at the bald, thuggish man ahead with ferocious momentum. If someone were to be hit by this 200-pound boar, they would certainly not fare well.

"They're nothing but beasts, kill them!"

However, the chaotic scene did not deter the thug. He roared and swung the long-handled hammer in his hand.

Compared to sharp weapons, members of the Bloodhand Mercenary Group prefer to use weapons like long-handled hammers.

This weapon, about the length of a forearm and with a hammer head the size of a fist, looks ugly, but it is incredibly powerful; a graze will injure you, and a direct hit will kill you.

The wild boar charging forward had clearly not been dealt with by human weapons.

The bald, thuggish man twisted his body to dodge the wild boar's charge, then swung his hammer and struck the boar in the ribs with a dull thud, the boar's flesh rippling like water.

"uh-huh!!!"

A sharp, agonizing scream came from the pig, just like the screams of a domestic pig before its death during the slaughter at the Lunar New Year. The screams were so pitiful that they sent chills down one's spine.

After dealing with the wild boar, the bald thug stepped forward, followed closely by his two companions. The three of them surrounded the boar, only to find nothing.

"Over here, that kid's trying to run away!"

In the chaos, the beast-speaking boy drew his sword not to fight to the death, but to create an opportunity for himself to escape.

He threw an extremely cunning dagger at the lone figure blocking his path behind him, and taking advantage of the chaos created by the large number of animals and the moment when the man was blocking the dagger, he ducked and charged directly into the forest behind him.

By the time the three bald thugs who were surrounding him realized what was happening, he had already run more than ten meters and was about to run into the bamboo forest from the path in the ravine.

"Chase!"

The bald, thuggish man shouted, and the three of them ignored the small animals that had scattered around them and strode after him, their speed far exceeding that of the beast-speaking boy.

Bell, who had been watching the battle closely, knew very well that if things continued this way, the beast-speaking boy would inevitably be caught up, as the difference in physical ability between him and those bald thugs was too great.

Needless to say, two of the bald thugs were already preparing to throw their long-handled hammers to intercept the running beast-speaking boy.

"These humans didn't put any pressure on me. Meanwhile, the weaker party being chased has the [Beast Language] skill. If I save him, maybe I'll have another window to understand the world."

After meeting this creature who could speak animal language, Bell had more ideas and decided to do everything he could to save him in order to obtain more information about this world.

Now that this kid has managed to break free from the encirclement of three people, the chances of Bell rescuing him have greatly increased.

With that thought in mind, Bell moved swiftly, rushing down the hillside in just two breaths to the side of the beast-speaking boy.

"Kid, if you want to live, you'll have to follow my orders from now on. These guys you've messed with are not easy to deal with."

Chapter 20 Deadly Chicken Shooting

Rescuing people when the enemy's strength is overwhelming is a huge challenge for Bear Grylls.

If they were to fight head-on, he felt he would be torn apart alive by these three thugs.

"We must outsmart them, not brute force."

Knowing exactly what he needed to do, Bell began making his preparations before even setting off down the mountain.