Chapter 194: The ‘Given’ Information

At night, on top of the highest watchtower in Buchea’s stockade, a torch was set upright.

As if afraid it wasn’t obvious enough, the Barbarian holding the torch waved it vigorously in two circles before firmly securing it.

“Just wait. Dean said he will return as soon as he sees the signal!”

Buchea pointed at the torch, smiled, and walked toward his tent, paying no mind to Takli beside him. Among the Barbarians, there was no so-called gentlemanly conduct; they valued fists, and this applied to both men and women.

Takli, whom Buchea called a tigress, was certainly very powerful, even overpowering Buchea—this was one of the main reasons he didn’t want to stay with her.

However, Takli didn’t care about any of that.

Although she was a step behind Buchea, she entered the tent at a faster speed, seized the main seat, grabbed the pieces of meat and wine from the wooden table, and began to eat heartily.

Buchea frowned, but after thinking about her superior strength, he could only sit aside, fuming in silence.

“How is this Dean Ken really?”

Takli finished all the meat on the plate in front of her, wiped her hands casually on the felt rug she was sitting on, and asked Buchea.

“He is a very good person, with a good reputation and real Strength, and he follows the Way of the Knight of Emerald!”

Seeing Takli casually wiping her hands on his favorite felt rug, Buchea shuddered and answered quickly.

Obviously, he didn’t want this tigress to ruin his belongings at will.

“A very good person!”

Takli rubbed her chin like a man, seemingly thinking about something, then looked at Buchea’s pained expression and said grumpily, “You guy, once considered one of the most promising candidates, have now fallen into this state. Your Beast Soul is still at Level 1. Your Father must be disappointed!”

“Don’t we have you guys? How could my Father be disappointed? Besides, I like my current life. There is Strong Liquor, meat, and friends. You can fight over the position of Patriarch; I don’t care at all!”

Buchea rolled his eyes, looking indifferent.

“Hmph!”

Seeing Buchea’s lazy attitude, Takli couldn’t help but let out an angry snort and instinctively raised her fist.

Immediately, Buchea shrank his head.

However, at this moment, Barbarian warriors inside the stockade walked in—

“Patriarch, Your Excellency Dean has returned!”

“Quickly let my brothers in!”

Buchea stood up happily and ran out of the tent quickly.

Dean, standing at the entrance of the stockade, was welcomed by Buchea once again—

“My brother!”

Buchea roared and gave Dean a Barbarian-style bear hug, then involuntarily sniffed around Dean’s body.

“What’s wrong?”

Dean asked with a smile.

“A strong smell of blood—human and animal!”

Buchea answered.

“This is the result of my cultivation!”

Dean said with an unchanged smile.

Knowing the Barbarians well, he was very clear about their capabilities. Perhaps due to the Beast Soul, their sense of smell was as keen as that of beasts.

However, Dean was still surprised that Buchea could distinguish between humans and animals.

In his past life, within the Barbarian regiment under the command of the Emerald Grand Duke, only a very small number of Barbarians could do this, and these Barbarians held unusual statuses.

“Is this everyone’s hidden secret?”

Dean sighed slightly in his heart, but it didn’t show on his face. He pointed outside and said, “I hunted a Snow Bear. The hide is mine, the bile and eyes are yours, and we’ll eat the meat together!”

“What a huge Snow Bear. This is definitely an adult Snow Bear!”

After the subordinates carried the Snow Bear in, Buchea exclaimed—obviously, until now, Buchea had thought Dean had hunted a Snow Bear cub or a juvenile.

“Truly my brother!”

Buchea slapped Dean’s shoulder hard, then pulled Dean toward his fur tent, saying as they ran, “Takli is here. This tigress said she wants to thank you, but she definitely has bad intentions. If she does anything excessive later, don’t give me any face. Teach her a lesson!”

Such words made Dean smile bitterly.

Dean, who knew the Barbarians so well, didn’t need to guess to know that Buchea wanted him to step forward.

Sure enough, the next moment, as soon as they entered the tent, Buchea shouted loudly—

“Takli, haven’t you always said you wanted to hunt an adult Snow Bear? My brother, Dean, has just achieved it!”

Buchea raised his voice by several notes, straightened his back, and looked at Takli through his nose.

“What?!”

The Barbarian woman sitting there was stunned, then instinctively stood up and rushed out of the tent.

A moment later, when Takli returned, her face still bore expressions of surprise and disbelief, and her gaze measuring Dean became even more strange.

After more than ten seconds, Takli suddenly said, “I challenge you!”

“Takli, you can definitely not be your brother’s match!”

Hearing this, Buchea, who had been waiting for a long time, said directly, with a hint of stirring up trouble.

Dean, standing aside, smiled bitterly. He already understood the situation, thanks to Buchea’s earlier ‘reminder’.

“As a Knight, it is hard for me to accept a challenge from a Lady!”

Dean said, using a prepared line.

“Our Barbarian warriors have no distinction between men and women!”

Takli insisted.

“But I am an Emerald Person, and this contradicts my Way of the Knight… If you insist on this, I can only stand here and take one of your strikes!”

Dean’s mouth still carried a bitter smile. Before Buchea could stop him, he spoke such words.

“Takli, my brother is joking, he is not serious!”

Buchea argued loudly, while constantly elbowing Dean, indicating for Dean to take back his words. Although Buchea wanted Dean to teach Takli a lesson, he definitely didn’t want Dean to get hurt because of this matter. However, the next moment, this Barbarian Patriarch experienced Dean’s ‘stubbornness’.

“I am telling the truth!”

Dean said word by word.

“Good!”

Takli snorted. Obviously, she thought Dean was looking down on her and provoking her.

Faced with provocation, Barbarians would definitely give a hundred percent return.

“Move aside, Buchea!”

Wielding her Wolf Tooth Club, Takli roared loudly.

“On what grounds? In my territory and against my brother, how can I stand by with folded arms!”

Buchea, also holding a Wolf Tooth Club, knew he couldn’t beat her, but at this moment, he stiffened his neck and didn’t retreat a step.

“Then I’ll beat you first, then him!”

Saying this, Takli’s Wolf Tooth Club swung down.

Whoosh!

The sound of cutting through the air was like the howling of a hurricane. Buchea gritted his teeth and was about to swing his own Wolf Tooth Club, but suddenly felt his lower back tighten. Under a huge force, he retreated continuously backward. In his line of sight, Dean had already stood in the position that originally belonged to him.

Face to face, Dean even showed him a smile.

Moreover, more importantly, Dean, who was only of ordinary stature among the Emerald People and looked short to the Barbarians, suddenly appeared taller than ordinary Barbarians.

Bang!

A dull thud, the Wolf Tooth Club hit Dean’s back solidly. The clothes, already stretched tight and slightly torn by his enlarged physique, were instantly ruined by this blow.

It revealed muscles that were twisted and looked as if poured from molten iron.

Step, step, step…

Intense backlash came from the Wolf Tooth Club. Takli couldn’t control herself and stepped back continuously. Even, severe pain came from her tiger’s mouth area.

However, Takli didn’t have time to care about these.

Her eyes stared tightly at Dean, who had grown several times larger, without blinking.

“Lady Takli, is it enough? If not, you can strike again!”

Dean asked.

For a Barbarian whose strength was only at the Knight-rank, Dean, based on ‘Tough Physique’ and ‘Constitution’ beyond the Knight-rank, had no need to worry about the opponent’s attacks, especially when the opponent hadn’t opened special means like the Beast Soul.

Of course, to make his ‘name spread far and wide’, Dean still activated Lv4 ‘Power Burst’, making his Talent appear to be ‘Giant Transformation’.

“I can’t beat you!”

Takli very straightforwardly threw the Wolf Tooth Club aside—Barbarians were always this direct.

“My brother, what just happened?”

Buchea asked with a face full of curiosity.

“Previously, I underwent the Knight’s Baptism and awakened my Talent: ‘Giant Transformation’!”

Dean answered with a smile.

“Giant Transformation?!”

Buchea and Takli simultaneously sucked in a breath—obviously, for a Talent like ‘Giant Transformation’, even the Barbarians had heard of it.

Immediately, the two looked at Dean differently.

Especially Takli, a hint of thought appeared in her eyes.

Feeling their gazes and knowing his purpose was achieved, Dean looked at Buchea and smiled, “Buchea, if you don’t mind, please give me a piece of clothing! Although I don’t mind the cold, this is very indecent!”

“Of course!”

Such a joke immediately made Buchea laugh carelessly.

Takli, standing aside, also laughed, but beneath the smile, there was a trace of scrutiny in her gaze, which didn’t disappear until Dean sat down.

“Lady Takli, have you received the Bailanzhi Essence?”

Facing such a gaze, Dean pretended not to see and asked.