Chapter 323: Everyone Has a Job

That place had been specially chosen for him by Byeol before Byeol chased him away. The people living nearby were generally willing to feed him, so he almost never had to worry about going hungry.

Joo Joowon: "..."

Byeol jumped up and slapped Hwi across the face with his paw. "Idiot! It’s hunting!"

Hwi’s ears flattened against his head. He let out a pitiful whimper, as if saying, "I get it, I get it!"

Byeol looked at Joo Joowon with a worried expression. "Meow, meow!" You can’t let him do it!

To be fair, Hwi’s hunting skills weren’t actually bad. His large body hadn’t affected his agility too much. The only problem was that he couldn’t squeeze into some narrow spaces.

Back when they used to fight stray dogs, Hwi had always been their main fighting force.

However, he had one very fatal flaw. Although he was good at fighting, he also ate an incredible amount!

The food they caught while hunting wasn’t even enough to fill his stomach!

If it weren’t for this reason, Byeol wouldn’t have separated from him in the first place. One of the reasons Byeol had been brought back by Joo Joowon to receive treatment was that, without Hwi, their powerful fighter, it had become much harder for them to win against groups of stray dogs.

"Meowww!"

Hwi loudly protested against Byeol’s accusations. He wasn’t the same as before anymore, okay?

In the past, all he could do was rummage through garbage or catch a few mice. There weren’t many wild animals in the city, so they could only occasionally catch something big. Of course, he had gotten hungry quickly back then.

But now, he could catch prey several times larger than himself! How could he possibly still be the same as before?

However, Byeol completely dismissed his argument.

It wasn’t as if he had never experienced what it was like to go hunting with Hwi, only to end up going hungry for three days out of every nine.

The mice he worked so hard to catch would all be gobbled up by Hwi the moment he wasn’t paying attention. Hwi wouldn’t even leave a single bite for him!

And their poop-scooper was different from him, too. He was a picky eater and wouldn’t eat the food they ate. Everything had to be cooked before he could eat it. He was already difficult enough to feed, yet Joo Joowon still wanted to entrust such an important task to Hwi. Wasn’t that practically asking to starve to death?

As the two cats continued arguing, both of their fur stood on end.

Seeing this, Gaemi, who had been watching from the side, suddenly perked up.

She still remembered how the two cats had joined forces to kick her around like a ball. She was practically hoping for chaos. She wished they would start fighting right away!

"All right, all right!" Joo Joowon hurriedly stopped them. "I believe Hwi can do it. Besides, he won’t be the only one going out to hunt. Gaemi will be there, too."

Gaemi: "???"

With those useless subordinates of her, she couldn’t even keep herself fed. And now Joo Joowon expected her to support an entire group of them?

"You don’t have to go right now." Joo Joowon understood Gaemi’s confusion and added another explanation. "You’re the military commander. From now on, you’ll be responsible for the safety of the territory and leading our troops in any future battles against outside enemies."

Gaemi didn’t really mind. Although she didn’t understand why Joo Joowon had built the nest on the ground, it wasn’t as if she couldn’t set up defenses in such an environment.

After all, the ant queen had always been responsible for these kinds of things. She also didn’t have to worry about additional problems such as food. When she seriously thought about it, she was actually doing less work than before.

Not bad at all.

Joo Joowon also granted Gaemi the corresponding permissions.

These official positions could all be edited by the Lord himself. The Domain Core would automatically match them with similar positions and their corresponding permissions. The Lord only needed to grant the appropriate permissions to the people he selected.

Hwi and Gaemi were following different paths. Their current positions were also temporary arrangements made by Joo Joowon. Hwi was better suited to the path of a battle general. As long as he maintained his personal combat strength, that would be enough. There was no need for him to take care of other matters.

However, since they were currently short on manpower, Hwi naturally couldn’t just sit around doing nothing.

After arranging the positions of the three animals, only the three plants remained.

The translation function provided by the game could translate not only the languages of animals but also those of plants. However, unlike animals, plants had no vocal organs. Their way of "speaking" was fundamentally different from that of ordinary animals. Like ants, they relied on things such as pheromones to communicate.

However, even animals without vocal organs communicated through pheromones quite frequently. Plants were different. If they could "speak" even once a year, that was already quite good.

Therefore, even with the translator, it was difficult to say that it would be of much use to them. After all, they hardly ever spoke. What good would a translator be if they didn’t say anything?

However, Joo Joowon had never planned to assign them any work in the first place.

"Bomi, from now on, you can just stay in the garden with Songi. Songi should be blooming in the next few days. When that happens, I’ll have Gaemi come over to help you pollinate her."

Gaemi: "???"

I’m an ant, not a bee!

Joo Joowon had already used his star chart to make a divination. Songi had nearly accumulated enough energy, and judging from the fluctuations in her fortune, she should bloom within the next few days.

The cactus immediately perked up. Even its wriggling roots seemed much more energetic than usual.