Austin was very afraid of death. Having died once before, he understood the preciousness of life even more.
It was for this reason that ever since Austin traversed into this world, he had been quietly developing his field in this corner, hoping to achieve invincibility before venturing out to explore and take a good look at this world.
In these years, he succeeded halfway—successfully advancing to the Gold Level, and his Clan Tribe had grown and expanded, with their combined military strength being top-notch within the entire range of the Kawa Great Forest.
Having built such a powerful military group, few outside knew about this strong tribal force in that area.
But he also failed halfway because the region where the Dragon Nest Tribe was located unfortunately became a stronghold for the Beastman Alliance to fend off the mutated Undead, attracting a powerful threat from Grom and others of the Blood Claw Tribe.
For self-preservation and development, Austin had to act first to destroy the Blood Claw Tribe's stronghold division, but at the same time, he provoked the top-tier force of the Blood Claw Tribe within the Kawa Great Forest and unintentionally disrupted plans of some lurking people.
Later, due to a relic left by a Gold Level Great Mage, human mercenaries found their way to the area near the Dragon Nest Tribe, discovered their secret, and were drawn to murder by the tribe's displayed potential.
To build such a massive tribal force from scratch within two years was indeed incredible, and what made Edward act without hesitation was the orderly discipline shown by the beastmen tribe during routine production activities.
It was a sprout of a new civilization, new power. From the orderly production of the Dragon Nest Tribe, he saw an immensely threatening power. Considering himself a noble elite, he naturally launched an attack on Austin for the interest of countless people.
Then, with the failure of Edward's attack and the death of the main culprit, the Dragon Nest Tribe originally intended to enter a new period of recuperation and development.
Unfortunately, at this time, a new round of crisis came face to face. For origınal chapters go to 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
Countless zombie undead swept the land, and the Calamity spread to the vicinity of the Dragon Nest Tribe.
This might have been a plan originally agreed with Grom in the Blood Claw stronghold, intending to use countless undead zombies to completely annihilate the hundreds of thousands of beastmen gathered around the Bloody Border in one go.
But unfortunately, Grom was killed by Austin, and the Blood Claw Tribe's stronghold was subsequently uprooted by Austin, who then used the Blood Claw people to establish contact with the Tribe Alliance.
Perhaps, it was exactly a series of unexpected changes later that caused the ultimate failure of the plot from the undead zombie side.
Austin was not privy to the prelude or consequences of these events, not having a God's perspective, and naturally, he didn't know many things.
However, his innate fear of death made him fond of pondering.
Especially under the immense pressure of the zombie undead Calamity, Austin began to think, piecing together the situation he was in using the few clues he had.
The Tribe Alliance, mutated Evil Spirits, humans... even suspected transdimensional travelers, the Beastman Empire, some mysterious organization, Pure-blooded Beastmen, even the Beast God—he had pondered over all these chaotic existences.
In his spare time, he ran hundreds of thousands of simulations regarding everything in the forest in his mind, and he even placed himself in various factions.
The reason he could infer from Gross's behavior that the Blood Claw Tribe's top warrior was a spy for the zombie undead side was not because he was possessed by Sherlock Holmes, but it was the result of relentless thought due to a strong survival instinct!
The intense survival instinct caused Austin, who initially believed power was everything, to begin using his brain to analyze problems.
Countless speculations, combined with Gross's bizarre changes, led Austin to those series of terrifying conjectures.
However, having made these conjectures and confirmed this point through dealing with Gross, Austin did not feel any happiness or pride, but rather an immense headache.
Compared to believing Gross and Grom were spies for the mutated Evil Spirit side, Austin hoped all these were just coincidences.
But now, Gross's reaction broke all his hopes.
Gross had a problem, a big problem!
And this meant that the Dragon Nest Tribe was about to get caught in a huge whirlpool.
However, now, he only had a glimpse of the curtain veiling the vast territory of tens of millions of kilometers of the Kawa Great Forest.
This war between the undead and the living, what was it launched for, and what were the hidden hands behind these multiple layers of curtains planning? And what were those lurking Legends doing? Why weren't they stopping it?
Too many questions were destined to go unanswered.
But merely from one or two arrangements on the zombie undead side, they could almost easily annihilate the hundreds of thousands of beastmen gathered at the Bloody Border, demonstrating the terror of those behind the scenes.
"Something's off, something's terribly off! Is this guy really a Beastman? He's even more cunning than treacherous humans!"
To infiltrate a super-large tribe and become the tribe's top warrior without any suspicion—it was surprising.
This guy named Gross is far too capable, comparable to the elite spies from Austin's previous life who've undergone numerous training, his cunning far eclipsing that of humans, making him seem more human.
Austin couldn't help but feel a surge of enormous doubt,
Where did the Beastmen truly come from?!
In the construction of the Dragon Nest Tribe, Austin had realized that the intellectual capability of the gathered Clan Beastmen seemed slightly higher than those of the smaller tribes, and after annexing and integrating those smaller tribe beastmen, they seemed to gain intellectual enhancement as a group.
In these years of construction, the beastmen had even been influenced by Austin's way of thinking, gradually transitioning towards modern society's high efficiency, and beginning various research and innovation, to the point that the Goblin Manufacturing Workshop could successfully produce exquisite armor, and they started seeking to forge stronger Bronze Alloy, combining some wild giant beast materials to develop more powerful equipment.
This autonomous ability to think, Austin initially believed was merely the result of his own influence.
But now, Austin couldn't help but question,
If Beastmen themselves didn't possess a certain degree of intelligence, how could they be able to mimic, learn, and innovate independently?
These beastmen didn't seem at all like the simple-minded, thick-limbed single-cell organisms depicted in fantasy works from his previous life; rather, beyond their peculiar appearances, the characteristics they exhibited were nearly indistinguishable from humans!
Yet at this moment, Austin didn't have the luxury to think more.
The enemy before him had already fallen right in front of him!