Chapter 61: Chapter 61 Wolf Pack Territory.
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Now, both she-wolves were crawling on the snowy ground, vying with each other to show submission to Su Lin.
They even wagged their tails desperately and emitted pleasing scents.
It signaled that they were willing to mate with Su Lin, willing to bear his wolf cubs.
But Su Lin was utterly indifferent to these actions and expressions of the two she-wolves.
This made them think that what they were doing was not enough.
So they hurriedly lay down and rolled over to expose their bellies,
which rarely happened in the Wolf Clan because that was where their defensive power was weakest.
Sharp Claw Spikes could easily rip their stomachs open with a single swipe.
Exposing their bellies was an action taken only when showing loyalty to the Lead Wolf or the Wolf King.
The not-so-intelligent Wolves didn’t play double games; they were straightforward.
If they showed submission, then it was true submission.
Especially under the premise of absolute deterrence,
the submissive Wolves wouldn’t even contemplate the idea of rebellion.
Because, once they rebelled,
it was either death or expulsion from the Wolf Pack.
Either outcome
was unbearable for the ordinary Wolves.
“Awooo!”
Su Lin looked at the two submitting she-wolves,
howled softly to accept their submission and loyalty,
signaling them to get up,
and then swept over them with an authoritative gaze.
After the two she-wolves rolled over and got up, they both continued to crouch in front of Su Lin.
No one knew what the new king would do with them.
A new Lead Wolf meant a new order.
The she-wolves all desired to secure a better position within the new Wolf Pack.
At the very least,
to allow them to heal their injuries properly.
Otherwise,
underneath the icy skies and snowy fields,
with the injuries inflicted by Xiao Hui, survival would be difficult.
At this moment, Xiao Hui,
too, walked over and glanced at his boss.
After seeing no objection from his leader, he ate the wolf heart lying on the ground.
Then, baring his teeth, he strode over to the two she-wolves and
harshly swiped his claw at each Wolfess as retribution for the recent fight,
and simultaneously to declare their status within the Wolf Pack.
Next,
Su Lin assigned ranks to the two she-wolves who had submitted.
In the Wolf Pack,
new members must start as Hai Wolves.
These two were no exceptions.
Su Lin promoted Xiao Hui to the only Beta Wolf in the Wolf Pack for now.
As for Cousin, Wolf Sister, and Grey White Little Wolf,
who were left behind in the cave,
Su Lin had not yet assigned them to any ranks.
“Awooo!”
At that moment,
Xiao Hui, now promoted to Beta Wolf, was jumping around excitedly.
The joy was so overwhelming that it dwarfed the pain of his wounds.
Only at the end did the two she-wolves break through Xiao Hui’s defenses,
taking a chunk of flesh with their bites.
But such wounds were nothing to Xiao Hui, who had strong Impact Resistance.
His failure in the fight was due to a lack of experience.
He got disoriented by the intense pain, and it was clear he needed more training for the future.
But Xiao Hui wasn’t the least bit discouraged now.
He snarled at the two Hai Wolves crawling on the ground with their forelimbs over their heads, flaunting his presence.
The Beta Wolf in a Wolf Pack is like the Lead Wolf’s right-hand man,
possessing a status and prestige second only to the Lead Wolf.
Having proven his strength with the bloody battle just now,
the two she-wolves did nothing but whimper in acceptance of Xiao Hui’s bravado.
Having subdued this small Wolf Pack,
Su Lin didn’t stop there,
he went on to delineate the boundaries of this territory anew.
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Among a few wolves,
Xiao Hui was the least injured, with only skin and flesh torn by bites.
The two wolfesses were more severely wounded, but not fundamentally damaged,
and with food and some time to rest, they were still able to recover.
After lying down and licking their wounds to regain some physical strength,
Su Lin began to mark the boundaries of the Wolf Pack’s territory with them.
He had hunted down two Grizzly Bears in this area,
naturally including the territory of the two Grizzly Bears as well.
The territory of the two Grizzly Bears was not small,
and added together,
the range of Su Lin’s rule reached about seven hundred square kilometers.
This was roughly comparable to the territory governed by the Wolf Father’s clan.
It could be said that an area spanning more than thirty miles in radius was his hunting ground.
In this region,
the arrival of the warm season meant that prey was not scarce.
Without disturbing the ecological balance, it would be no problem to sustain thirty to forty members of the Wolf Clan.
Su Lin assigned each wolfess their respective scouting areas.
They were responsible for patrolling daily,
and then they went to the den to report back to him.
Su Lin did not fully incorporate them into the Wolf Pack and bring them back to the den,
because their potential and strength were both too poor.
Although incorporated into the Wolf Pack,
he only planned to assign them to some peripheral tasks.
“Awoo! Awoo!”
The two wolfesses did not feel anything amiss,
both repeatedly howling softly, expressing submission to Su Lin’s orders.
Then,
as Su Lin patrolled the territory,
he casually hunted a few Arctic Rabbits that leaped out of their holes, and along with the corpse of the male wolf that had been killed,
he gave them to the two wolfesses as a reward for joining the Wolf Pack.
Flesh from the same species provided limited Evolution Points due to identical Genetic Fragments,
so Su Lin generously gave away the male wolf’s carcass.
This made the two wolfesses respond with pleasantly surprised howls.
After all, usually,
the effort they had to put in to hunt an Arctic Rabbit involved a considerable expenditure of Physical Strength in pursuit and interception.
Tender Arctic Rabbit Meat was also something they had not tasted in a long time.
As for the carcass of the male wolf,
perhaps there was a sense of sorrow in cannibalism.
But in times of food scarcity, survival took precedence.
Now that the Wolf Pack territory had been delineated,
Su Lin returned to the den with Xiao Hui in tow.
Meanwhile, after having their fill, the two separated wolfesses set off to their respective areas to begin their scouting tasks.
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It did not take long,
before they reached the den,
and the Cousin squatting at the entrance howled softly at Su Lin.
Now the Cousin, standing on a rock, was almost the same height as Su Lin.
Su Lin responded to the Cousin with a howl,
and then swept his gaze over the den,
noting the sleepy Wolf Sister and the Grey White Little Wolf lying on top of an Arctic Fox pelt, sound asleep.
The Little Lone Wolf curled up in a corner of the den,
was stirred by the fresh blood scent from Xiao Hui’s wound,
and the injured little creature immediately struggled to rise from the ground.
Upon seeing Su Lin and Xiao Hui return,
it let out a sigh of relief, and the wounded wolf body slowly lay back down.
Su Lin just glanced at the Little Lone Wolf and withdrew his gaze.
Just how much fighting power and potential the Lone Wolf possessed,
would have to be seen after it recovered from its injuries.
If it was still viable,
Su Lin would not mind promoting another Beta Wolf.
Now back in the den, he lay down at his own spot to rest.
Xiao Hui licked the wound on its flank,
then snuggled against the Grey White Little Wolf and once again fell into a deep sleep.