"Is this the pce?"

  "Yes, this is the stro group of demihumans aside from the one I manage."

  Behind the bushes, Misako and the others, including Lambda, quietly observed another demihumalement.

  flicts among the demihuman races were on, with various groups typically divided by species. Lambda's group, for example, sisted of demihumans resembling felines, such as tiger, cat, and leopard tribes, while this group was made up of e demihumans.

  "...Has the power of the demihumans really diminished so much retly?"

  "What?"

  "Nothing."

  As the former Dragon King, Farkonia had never paid much attention to the demihumans, but pared to Misako, who had long been in seclusion as part of the demon race, she still had some knowledge of the demihumans from ba the day.

  At that time, there had been some retively powerful demihumans who had united several tribes. In the end, they succeeded in gathering most of the demihumalements together, and in terms of numbers, they were even parable to the present-day tus Empire.

  The leader of this group, who could have been called the "King of Demihumans," seemed to have been a member of the tiger tribe. However, unlike ordinary tiger demihumans, this one ecifically from the "White Tiger Tribe."

  The cssification of demihumans was incredibly plex. "Cat Tribe" and "Tiger Tribe" were just broad categories, with many subgroups within them, such as Shadow Cats, Water Snakes, Wind Leopards, and so on. The White Tiger Tribe held a special status among the demihumans.

  If Farkonia remembered correctly, the most notable differeh the White Tiger Tribe, aside from their appearance, was that all of them were exceptional individuals—without exception.

  This articurly rare situation. Special individuals among the demihumans were not only superior in talent, growth potential, and strength, but also possessed a unique ability. The White Tiger Tribe, which had nearly uhe demihumans, had the power to trol and enhaheir subordio a certain degree. Additionally, by ing blood, they could greatly enhaheir strength, even enabling them to fight against dragons, despite a difference of two ranks in power.

  Farkonia g Lambda, from the tiger tribe—though more specifically, the "Bck Tiger Tribe" due to his bck fur and skin.

  But now, it seemed that the demihumans had fotten the finer distins withi and tiger tribes.

  "Let's go. It's time to talk to them."

  ...

  Ihe e demihumalement, a group of demihumans wielding crude ons shouted various slogans.

  Because of this, they did not immediately notice Misako and the others approag them.

  "So, are you beastmen or something...? No, I guess demihumans could be sidered beastmen to some extent."

  After all, demihumans were humanoid beings with animal traits, so the term "beastmen" was irely inaccurate. In some otherworldly works, demihumans in this world were indeed referred to as "beastmen."

  "Who... Who are you!?"

  Finally, the e demihumans noticed Misako and her panions and were armed. Some of the closer demihumans even jumped aside, trying to maintain what they perceived as a safe distance.

  "...Wait, fox ears? Are you from the Fox Tribe?"

  The wolf demihuman who had been leading the t earlier looked at Misako, particurly fog on her somewhat inspicuous fox ears, and asked.

  "Why is a child from the Fox Tribe here? This is not a pce for you. Go bae!"

  "...No, wait, Chief! We don't have clothes like that here. Maybe she's an outsider."

  Several of the demihumans, notig the unusual attire, offered this specution.

  "If she's an escapee, there's no way her clothes would be so . So, the only expnation is that she's here to seduce us!"

  "A child sedug us? For urpose?"

  "Only humans could make such clothes! Look at the people with her!"

  "What!? Humans again!"

  "Ahhhhhh! I will never five you, humans!!"

  The situation quickly spiralled out of trol. The demihumans raised their ons, as if preparing to charge at any moment.

  "Hold on!!"

  Suddenly, Lambda let out a loud roar, halting the demihumans iracks.

  "You... You're that bck tiger? What are you doing here?"

  The leader of the wolf demihumans gred at Lambda with suspi and hostility in his eyes.

  Leaving aside the frequent flicts over resources betweeribes, the e and feline demihumans had never gotten along. It was clear there would be no friendly greetings, especially in such a teuation.

  "Listen to me first. This person is from the... 'Abyss Alliance', a demon. She is here to help us demihumans."

  "What Alliance? A demon? You expect us to trust her to help us demihumans? Just look at this little thing!"

  "Hey! Stop talking!"

  Notig the dangerous words ing from the wolf demihuman, Lambda quickly interrupted.

  He had been through situations like this before. While it might have been satisfying to watch the wolf demihuma beaten up, Lambda was more ed about the potential sequences. If things got out of hand and he didn’t stop it, he could easily get dragged into the mess himself.

  "Hmph! If you wao stop, I’ll stop. But you're saying that these weak women and children want to help us demihumans? Maybe they should grow a bit more before we talk."

  Clearly, by 'grow', he was referring not only to their size and age but also to certain... attributes that Misako and Veridith did not possess, while Arymm, at least, had a slight hint of them.

  As for Farkonia, in their eyes, she was fihough they still despised humans.

  Demihumans like Veridith and Farkonia, whose strength was on par with that ons, could easily hide their dragoures. Unlike dragons who had transformed into humanoid forms and still showed their tails and horns, beings like Farkonia, being a green dragon, could blend in naturally, thanks to their i shape-shifting abilities. To demihumans of their level, it was impossible to detect the difference.

  "Help us? Why don’t you go solve the human problem instead? But judging by your appearance, I bet you’re just talk—"

  Bang!!

  Before the wolf demihuman could finish, a loud crash echoed, and the spot where he had been standing was now occupied by a golden-haired, slightly bck-haired girl, who had just raised her one finger.

  Bang!

  A few seds ter, another sound rang out, and a figure fell from a great height, crashing into the ground and creating a rge, human-shaped crater.

  "...Arymm... you..."

  "What's wrong? 't I vent a little?"

  "...Fine. As long as they're not dead, I suppose it's fine."