CH 8

Chapter 8: Moving house

“Mino, how does Little Black Tortoise compare to the vicious beast you remember?” Mu Liang turned his head and asked.

He needed a reference to get an idea about the strength of a level 2 rock-armor tortoise.

“Little Black Tortoise?”

Mino was stunned for a moment before she realized that it was the tortoise’s name.

She bit her lower lip, pondered for a while, and uncertainly said, “In terms of size, Little Black Tortoise should be better.”

Mu Liang nodded. The advantage of the Rock tortoise was its size.

Its disadvantage was also its size, which meant that its speed was slow and it was not flexible enough.

The rock-armor tortoise’s talent, ‘Earth Rock Burst’, could barely make up for the disadvantage of its large size.

“Mu Liang, can I climb on its back and take a look?”

Mino blinked her blue eyes and eagerly asked.

“Of course.” Mu Liang said with a gentle smile.

He passed on the thought that the two of them wanted to get on the tortoise’s back.

“Oww~~”

The rock-armor tortoise let out a low cry, and suddenly the long rock spines on the side of the tortoise’s shell contracted. The ground rumbled and a block of rock formed a stone staircase.

“Wow! Little Black Tortoise can understand our words?”

Mino’s beautiful eyes flickered with amazement as she looked at the two-meter-high rock staircase.

“He can understand my words.” Mu Liang took the lead in walking towards the rock stairs and climbed onto the rock-armor tortoise’s back.

The rock spines on the back of the rock-armor tortoise had also contracted, leaving a seven or eight square meters empty flat area in the center of the tortoise’s back.

There was a circle of half-meter long rock spine on the edge of the tortoise shell, which formed a natural fence.

“Thank you.” Mu Liang praised the rock-armor tortoise with his thoughts.

“Oww~~”

The rock tortoise happily responded to the compliments.

“Little Black Tortoise is really very smart.”

After Mino climbed onto the tortoise’s back and turned around, she found that the rock stairs had retracted back to the ground.

Mino looked at the flat shell and jokingly said: “Mu Liang, do you think we can build a house on the back of Little Black Tortoise?”

“It doesn’t seem… Impossible.”

Mu Liang had a flash of inspiration and felt that what the girl said was possible.

Since he would be taming more and more animals in the future, it would not be convenient for him to stay in a place of human gathering.

He couldn’t just sleep out in the wilderness as well.

This was especially true for the rock-armor tortoise. Its current size was very big. If it continued to evolve, it would certainly grow even bigger.

The back of the tortoise was very large, and it was just enough to be used as a place to live.

Mino looked at Mu Liang’s thoughtful appearance and hesitantly asked, “You don’t really want to build a house on the back of a tortoise, do you?”

“Not yet. This place is still too small.”

Mu Liang came back to his senses and chuckled lightly, “However, it’s okay to build a wooden shelter for the time being.”

“Are we really going to live on the back of a tortoise from now on?” Mino confirmed excitedly.

“What do you think about having a moving home?”

Mu Liang folded his hands, raised his eyebrows, and said, “We don’t have to rush.”

“This is simply…… Fantastic.”

Mino jumped up happily and said longingly, “When the time comes, we can travel around like explorers.”

Maybe she can look for her sister while traveling as well.

“Mu Liang, if we create a fire on the tortoise shell, will it burn the Little Black Tortoise?”

“No. It’s protected by stone.”

“Mu Liang, if we bring a lot of things up here, won’t the Little Black Tortoise feel too heavy?”

“Even if we add 100 more of you, it won’t even feel heavy.”

Mu Liang leaned against a rock spike and watched as the girl excitedly planned.

Suddenly, he felt that having such a lively and cheerful girl with him seemed to be quite good.

Mino shouted, “Mu Liang, let’s hurry back to the camp. I want to take down the wooden shelter and bring it here.”

“There’s no need to be in a hurry.”

Mu Liang shook his head in amusement and reminded her, “Don’t forget about the thieves’ attack on the camp.”

“Uh…… I was so excited that I almost forgot.” Mino spat out her tongue in embarrassment.

She came to Mu Liang’s side, grabbed the edge of his clothes, and weakly said, “If it’s too dangerous, let’s…… Let’s just leave tomorrow.”

Although the young girl was kind, she was also very selfish. She only cared about the people around her.

Mino didn’t want Mu Liang to take any risks.

“There is no danger.” Mu Liang looked up at the gray sky and saw a beam of sunlight shining down in the distance.

Soon, the sun was blocked by clouds once again.

Mu Liang was just going to give a reminder to the people in the camp. Whether they believed it or not was up to them

He was going to leave with Mino the day after tomorrow.

In a world like this, even kindness depended on ability.

“By the way, how is your relationship with the people in the camp? Do you have friends?”

Mu Liang did not know much about the girl’s social circle.

“I only know a few people who have caught small lizards together with me. My relationship with them is okay.”

Mino looked into the distance and indifferently said, “As for the others, I hide from them.”

“Partners?” Mu Liang asked softly.

“They should be…… Probably.” Mino’s eyes were a little erratic as she scratched her cheek.

She thought of those few people who caught the small lizards together with her. They didn’t catch as many small lizards as she did, so they wanted to snatch her small lizards.

Since the young girl was a mutant, the outcome could be imagined. Those people were beaten by her until they cried. She had even robbed them a few times.

After that, those few people kept avoiding her.

“They don’t seem to be your partners.” Mu Liang saw the girl’s performance and understood what was going on.

It was also clear from this that the young girl had a hard life.

He was Mino’s first friend.