Clumsy Beast, Keep Your Paws Off - Chapter 148

148: Chapter 148: I was just a young beastman 148: Chapter 148: I was just a young beastman Her words dropped like stones into water, spreading shock through everyone.

“What?” “Kill her?” “He’s from our tribe!” “How could he…?” Murmurs and shouts mixed together, the crowd now burning with anger and disbelief.

Su Qinglan shrugged lightly, her tone calm and almost tired.

“I thought that was the end.

But then Xuan Long appeared… he saved me.

If not for him, I wouldn’t even be standing here today.” She looked toward Xuan Long, her eyes softening slightly.

“He protected me from the beasts, chased off the danger, and brought me back safely to the cave.” Her words were simple, but every single person could feel the weight behind them.

The silence that followed was heavy.

Then suddenly, someone shouted from the crowd, “A beastman from our tribe tried to kill a female?!” Another growled, “That’s… that’s evilness!

No beastman can do that!” “He betrayed his own kind!

He’s disgusting!” The air turned thick with fury.

Beastmen began baring their fangs, their eyes burning with rage.

Hu Yan’s golden eyes flashed dangerously.

He had been silent until now, his claws curling tight as he stared down at Luo Chen.

He was the most shocked one here; he was only silent because he was waiting for his female to claim that it was really him.

But now when she had claimed it was indeed him, he had no reason to hold back.

“You dared,” he said with a growl.

“You dared to attack my female?” He didn’t wait for an answer.

With one swift move, Hu Yan marched forward and kicked Luo Chen hard in the chest.

Luo Chen groaned, blood spitting from his mouth, but Hu Yan didn’t stop.

His fury exploded…he kicked again, then again, his claws tearing the dirt.

He couldn’t believe that someone whom he had actually trusted and even called brother would actually do this.

Why?…Just why?

He still remembered the day when he had rescued him alongside the tribe leader, a skinny beastman on the verge of dying.

At that time there was only sadness in his eyes, and there was no hope to live.

So he had done everything to give him the will to live, but what did he get in return?

He tries to snatch his life…his female.

He would never allow this…never.

“Hu Yan, stop!” Someone shouted, but it was too late.

The tribe watched in tense silence as Hu Yan’s blows landed one after another.

“You touched her!

You dared lay your filthy hands on her!” he roared, his voice echoing through the clearing.

“You’re not worthy to call yourself a beastman!” Even the strongest warriors of the tribe couldn’t look away.

The sound of fists hitting flesh filled the air, and some of the females turned their faces aside, unable to watch.

Finally, Su Mingxuan raised his voice again, deep and firm.

“Enough!” Hu Yan froze instantly, panting heavily.

His chest rose and fell as he glared down at Luo Chen, who now lay motionless on the ground, barely conscious.

Su Mingxuan’s expression was grim.

“This crime will not be forgiven easily,” he said coldly.

“To attack a female is the greatest disgrace a beastman can commit.” Everyone nodded fiercely in agreement, their faces full of anger and disgust.

Luo Chen suddenly started laughing.

At first, it was a low chuckle.

Then it grew louder and rougher until it echoed through the forest like the sound of a mad beast losing his mind.

Hu Yan frowned slightly, watching him coldly.

But Luo Chen didn’t even care anymore.

His body was shaking with laughter, his eyes wild and red, and his bald head glistened with dirt and blood.

“Ha… hahahaha… unbelievable,” he gasped, clutching his stomach as he laughed like he’d gone insane.

“Just how unlucky can I be?” His voice cracked.

“Why… why did I ever meet that fat female?

Why did I even touch her?” His laughter suddenly broke into a cry.

His shoulders trembled as he slammed his fists into the ground.

“If I had just ignored her that day… If I had kidnapped someone else like I always do… I wouldn’t have ended up like this.” He dragged his fingers through the dirt, his eyes turning blank.

“Even if she saved her, it had nothing to do with me.

Nothing!

But no… I got greedy.

I wanted to kill her.

I wanted to show…you what kind of female she really was.” He said, looking straight in Hu Yan’s eyes.

His voice trembled as he raised his head.

“Hu Yan, you are such a good warrior… such a good friend.

But you were falling for her lies, just like I once did.

I just wanted to save you before it was too late.” He bit his lip hard enough to bleed.

“Because all females are the same.

They act sweet.

They act gentle.

But the moment they get tired of you… they throw you away like trash.” He clenched his fists so tight his knuckles turned white.

“I didn’t want you to end up like me.” He took a shaky breath, his words spilling out like broken pieces of his heart.

“Do you even know what she did to me?

That female I loved… she used me.

She marked me.

She mated with me.

And when she got bored, she let her other beast husbands beat me half to death.

Then she ripped off my mark and threw me into the forest like garbage.” He laughed again, but now it sounded hollow.

“I almost died that day.

My ribs were broken.

My bones shattered.

But I still tried to live.

I tried to heal.

I tried to be normal.” His eyes were filled with tears that refused to fall.

“But I couldn’t.

No matter how hard I tried… I couldn’t live normally anymore.” He looked down at his trembling hands, his voice breaking.

“Every time I saw a female, I felt rage.

Every time I saw a beastman obey his female like a loyal dog, I wanted to kill him.

I thought… I thought I was saving them.” He let out a bitter laugh.

“But maybe I was just killing myself.” His body slumped forward.

“I didn’t want to become like this.

I didn’t want to be a stray beast.

I tried, I really tried… But the pain… the loneliness… it ate me alive.

And unknowingly I am showing the sign of becoming evil.” He looked up at the sky, his voice nothing but a whisper now.

“Tell me… what did I do wrong?

I was just a young beastman who loved a female.

That’s all.

I just loved her.” He smiled weakly, his tears finally falling.

“And now look at me.

Half bald.

Broken.

Mad.

A monster.” CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Violet_Melody99 Dear Readers don’t forget to vote Power Stones and Golden Tickets!!