In the cold winter, large snowflakes fluttered from the sky. If you stayed outside for too long, you’d turn into a snowman.
And at this moment, in the village beneath the Dragon’s Nest, amidst the colorful snow, stood such shivering snowmen.
"You bunch of trash, waste, scum! Polluting the air while alive, and wasting land when dead! Do you have shit for brains?"
Kobold leader Vini stood in front of a group of prisoners, shouting curses loudly, looking very spirited.
At this moment, facing more than twenty shivering prisoners, and the eyes filled with fear and awe, Vini felt his life had reached its peak.
Even though he didn’t understand what polluting the air and wasting land meant, those curses were learned from Austin back in the day.
But it was indeed very satisfying to curse ,
Thinking back to when they were training, they were also cursed at by Austin until they doubted their very existence.
But now, finally someone else could enjoy the same treatment.
Seeing someone suffer the same fate as they did back then, it felt like drinking a cold cola on a hot summer day, refreshing from head to toe.
However, what Vini didn’t know was that everything he was doing inside the Dragon’s Nest was seen by Austin.
Seeing Vini’s proud and complacent look, Austin slightly shook his head, already considering whether to add some burdens to this guy in future training.
At this time, the transformation of these prisoners had reached the second step.
After wearing down the various thoughts in their hearts through heavy labor, the next step was military training.
In Austin’s previous life, military training was a necessary pre-academic training for middle school, high school, and university students.
This training not only brought new classmates closer but also cultivated a sense of discipline among them, having many benefits.
Austin’s purpose for using military training as the second step of transforming prisoners was also due to this.
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And by enduring tough military training together, these newly joined prisoners would develop a sense of collective honor towards Dragon Nest Village, bringing them closer to integrate these Beastman prisoners into Austin’s rule.
This was also the fastest way for the Blue Young Dragon to absorb these Beastman prisoners.
In the morning, as the sun just rose, a team started running around the entire Dragon Nest Territory, shouting as they ran:
"Strive to reform, become a new person!"
In the middle of the team, Goblin Gulu took a deep breath, the chilling wind felt like ice knives entering his throat, but his moving body was hot and sweating, his lungs seemed to burn, and under the contrast of the cold wind, there was an extraordinary sense of comfort.
After completing the fifth lap of the morning run, with an order:
A group of Beastmen who just finished the morning run automatically formed into three queues, arranged in three even lines, from shortest to tallest.
Goblin Gulu mixed in with the Goblins, returning to his place in line, keeping perfect order.
In fact, he didn’t remember which row or column he belonged to, but as soon as the line was there, he could find his spot, it became instinctive.
At the very start, Gulu had no idea of his spot, and it was the same for other Beastmen.
When Coach Vini told them to form ranks, they all huddled together randomly, uneven in height, gathered chaotically.
Naturally, Vini got furious, and as a result, they all went without food for the morning.
Later, everyone remembered.
In this Kawa Great Forest, food is always the most important thing.
Hunger is the main theme for the bottom races living on this continent.
Beastmen have strong reproductive abilities, especially those of lower races like Goblins and Kobolds, even stronger.
But in this Kawa Great Forest, the lower races with strong reproductive capabilities haven’t conquered the whole forest, only clinging to a corner, because of the omnipresent famine.
Every year during the cold winter, half of the Beastmen living in Kawa Great Forest starve to death, as nature uses extremely cruel laws to maintain the life cycle of this world.
The craving for food seems to be ingrained in these Beastmen, and it was precisely because of this that when Vini cut off their morning food, all the Beastmen desperately memorized their lineup positions, completing Vini’s demands with incredible efficiency.
Unfortunately, although Vini rewarded them with a meal of meat the day after due to their efficiency, he later often threatened them with famine, making all the Beastmen suffer.
However, under such effective means, together with the assistance of seven "old-timers" who had undergone military training, this group of Beastman prisoners underwent a significant transformation within a month, forming the prototypical shape of a "military."
Moreover, this military prototype could directly integrate into the previous team of seven Kobolds, truly forming a collective, greatly enhancing the power of Austin’s Clan.
"Attention, at ease, attention!"
Looking at the rows of Beastmen standing straight like trees, unmoving, Vini nodded slightly, then looked at the morning sun on the horizon, calculating in his heart.
"It’s not time yet, stand for a few more minutes."
After the morning run, it’s breakfast, but apparently, these Beastmen ran a bit fast, it’s not meal time yet.
But it’s okay, standing for a while is fine.
It trains the Beastmen’s discipline and their patience, after all, how nice is that?
However, compared to Vini’s leisurely "inspection" on the side, Gulu in the queue felt like dying.
Inside the village’s stove, the firewood was burning fiercely, and the aroma of the food steaming in the stone pot wafted out with the white mist, sneaking relentlessly into his nose, causing the worms of gluttony in his stomach to tremble, and almost making his mouth water uncontrollably.
"Big head root, Tsumugi fruit, Valley Fragrance, and... meat?"
Before these Beastman prisoners completed their transformation to become part of the Blue Young Dragon’s Clan, of course, they couldn’t be given the best food.
It was basically chewable tree roots, edible fruits, and grains made into a large pot.
Could only fill the stomach.
But today, it seemed like there was a rare addition of smoked meat.
"Ancestors of the Goblins, why does time pass so slowly!"
Gulu dared not move a muscle, but internally he was constantly wailing.