Chapter 33 Finding A Common Ground
Miguel was surprised by the bulky man's words and the action of his group members.
'Fight for it? What is this bastard talking about?" He thought to himself.
He observed the bulky man's expression and that of his group to know if they were being serious about attacking them, and taking away the Boar's meat. And he was perplexed when he saw his serious the expression on their faces were.
Miguel actually found it be ridiculous. With just a glance, he knew that there was no way that Miguel and his group would be able to just 'whisk' the Boar's carcass away.
The Boar was as tall as a small car and with just a glance, it looks like it weighs at least a ton or even more.
Thinking about this, Miguel just couldn't come up with a conceivable theory on how the bulky man and his group were going to carry the whole carcass away.
Yes, he took into consideration that they might be as strong or even stronger than the boy and young lady that killed the Mutant Boar, but even with, he felt that it was too out reach.
Miguel narrowed his eyes as an idea popped up in his head. He felt like he already knew what the bulky man and his group were actually after.
He smiled and slowly walked towards the bulky man, and stood close to the Mutant Boar's carcass.
Grewishka flinched slightly when he saw the man's action. The reason why he put up a thug act and asked the man, and his group to fight for the Boar's carcass, was because he wanted to frighten them.
But who would had believed that not only did his tactics not work, but it actually seemed have given the man courage.
Grewishka immediately thought of what to do next but just as he was about to speak, he heard something that surprised him a little.
"Look here, boy. There's no way you and your group can possibly carry this back to your base or wherever you want to carry it to," Miguel said, pointing to the Boar's carcass.
He looked at the bulky man intently in the eyes and continued, "Why don't we do this? I will call the people who killed it and they decided what to do. Honestly, the Boar's meat would be too much for even us and it wouldn't be good to waste something as precious as it, in the world's current apocalyptic situation. Right?"
Miguel smiled meaningfully at the bulky man, studying his expression and wanting to hear his reply.
"But if you really do insist on us fighting for the meat, then we can go ahead with. The question is are you sure you would win?" He added, and walked back to his group.
He continued watching the bulky man, waiting for a response.
A heavy and slightly oppressive silence enveloped the two group, and it heightened by the rain drenching the two of them.
Grewishka was looking at Miguel and his group, deep in thought. He was trying to assess the situation, stimulating in his head, scenarios that would follow any response that he would give.
He thought about it and after nearly a full minute, he sighed and looked back at his group. He could see that they were ready to fight but with how empty their stomach is, would they even be able to put up a fight?
Though he felt that he might be strong enough to carry the Boar, carrying it back to the base with how rough the terrain is was completely different.
Though he saw how exhausted Miguel and his group looks, he still didn't like his odds.
Grewishka doesn't want to lose any of his men. With the world already gone to shit and danger lurking at every corner, the more manpower they, the safer they are.
Also, with Miguel's group having something of such high stake on the line, who knows what they would do to keep it.
Grewishka sighed again when he thought of this. He knew that there was only one thing he can do. He can't continue putting on an act, as he has no idea what would happen if he continues to fake it.
With the current situation of the world, one can no longer fake it till they make it. Everyone has something on the line.
"Fine. You're right, old man. We can't take it all, what we actually want is just two of its leg. Can you help us to tell the original owner this?" He said, after a few moments of silence in deep thought.
Hearing this, Miguel smiled, while inwardly letting out a sigh of relief. He was happy that he won't have to fight the bulky man and his group, but for him to ask for two legs, wasn't that a bit too much for all of them.
Miguel thought about it but no matter how he did, he still can't understand why they would need two legs of the massive Mutant Boar.
The Boar's legs looks nearly as thick as a tree trunk, each one a meal that could feed dozens.
'How does a group of 8 people intends to eat so much?' Miguel asked himself.
The only explanation was that there were still a lot more people back at their base. This was the only explanation Miguel could think of.
It seems like he wasn't the only that had this thought, as he could see the surprised expression on their faces, followed by furrowing of brows.
Miguel smiled and was about to go talk to Ves but when he turned, he saw her walking out of the building.
"You can have the two legs but if you come back here next time and try to pull what you just did today, trust me, you will have yourself to blame for whatever happens to you," she said, and immediately walked back into the building, without bothering to listen to anything any of them had to say.
Miguel was slightly taken aback by Ves' sudden appearance but her words made him smile. He turned to look at the bulky man and smiled meaningfully at him.
From the stiff expression on his face, Miguel was sure that he also could feel it—the peculiar aura around Ves that's similar to that of zombies.
Miguel didn't bother to continue wasting time with the bulky man as he got his group to bring what they would also use to dissect the Boar and transport it into the building.
He knew that he can't leave the Boar's carcass outside for you long as it would attract the other beast to the area. And with how world have changed and the strongest among them is currently seriously injured m, things would get troublesome if any monster are to come, attract by the blood of the Boar.
Grewishka immediately got his team to get to get to work and they started dissecting the Boar. This was the same with Miguel and his group.
As the two teams dissects the Boar, they couldn't help but think of how much the world has changed and what type of horrifying monsters they are going to see in the future.
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