Back in the real world, Susu had seen insects moving in swarms before.
Things like ants, for example, bustling to move their nests before it rained.
But what lay before her now was a dense, swarming horde of giant poisonous scorpions.
Susu, whose scalp was tingling with fear, hung from Brother Leopard’s mouth, her body stiff with tension.
‘If they catch up,’ she thought, ‘forget one Brother Leopard—even a whole pack of them wouldn’t escape unscathed!’
The fastest ones, the vanguards, were already closing in.
With her in his mouth, Brother Leopard couldn’t easily attack and could only focus on evasion.
Fortunately, the Fierce Tiger, which had no intention of leaving, stuck close to his side.
It moved swiftly, helping Brother Leopard clear away the scorpions blocking their path.
Together, they tore a bloody path through the encircling swarm and forced their way out!
Without the scorpions chasing and blocking them, Brother Leopard and Fierce Tiger’s speed increased significantly.
Before long, they had successfully left the poisonous scorpions far behind.
However, even though they were out of immediate danger, they didn’t relax or stop.
Instead, they maintained their frantic pace, sprinting onward for another two or three hours before finally choosing a clearing in the jungle for a temporary rest.
Susu, who felt like she had been shaken to pieces, gained a new appreciation for solid ground.
The moment Brother Leopard set her on the grass, her body gave out, and she collapsed limply, lying there to pant and rest.
After such a long, high-speed sprint, Brother Leopard and Fierce Tiger were clearly exhausted as well.
Perhaps due to the camaraderie forged by their successful escape, the two great beasts didn’t resume the fight they had left unfinished.
Instead, they both lay on the grass to rest.
Then, as if by some unspoken agreement, the two beasts suddenly transformed into their human forms right in front of Susu.
They stood face-to-face and began to talk.
Although it wasn’t the first time Susu had seen a beast transform into a person, the shock and information overload from seeing two of them do it at once was a little hard for her to process.
However, now in their human forms, Brother Leopard and Fierce Tiger didn’t seem like they were about to have a casual chat.
It looked more like a negotiation.
Although Susu lay listlessly on the ground, appearing unwell and as if she were resting, her little ears were perked up cautiously, twitching every so often as she listened in on the two men.
To her surprise, the language the two of them used in their human forms was one she could actually understand.
And just as she had suspected, the two men were indeed holding a negotiation—one concerning her future.
“I’m the one who spent five hundred Green Crystals to buy her from her tribe’s chief!” Fierce Tiger declared before Brother Leopard could even speak, making his position clear.
“She is mine!”
Bringing this up made Fierce Tiger feel aggrieved.
When Susu was born, he happened to be staying temporarily in her mother’s tribe.
This stroke of luck gave him the first opportunity to claim her.
Five hundred Green Crystals was practically an astronomical price!
But compared to Susu’s inherent value, he would have agreed without hesitation even if the chief had demanded a higher price.
Crystal Cores could be obtained again, but Susu was one of a kind!
The only one in existence right now—a female of the High-level Beastmen!