Chapter 218: Time and...

"These are dried fish I made from fish I caught in the lake. Try some."

Bai Yu handed over the box she was carrying and said, "There are quite a few small fish and shrimp in the lake. You can catch some if you like. If you don’t have the tools, you can come to me and I can help."

Lin Yun blinked. "Okay, thank you."

The two chatted for a while and learned each other’s names.

"Then I won’t bother you any longer."

Bai Yu waved her hand. She had only come to pay a visit, and since the other party was busy, she should not stay too long.

After seeing Bai Yu off, Lin Yun closed the courtyard gate and went back to her work.

In the afternoon, she called the two little ones, and they went to the roundabout together. As soon as they approached it, they saw a group of natives gathered around, looking at something.

"Tsk tsk, knowing full well that Monster City hates humans the most, this person still dares to wander into the Western Continent. Doesn’t he know that the Fairy Tale Forest is the closest place to Monster City?"

"Who knows? Maybe he was just passing by?"

"His luck is really bad, running into giant rats on their way to the official housing office."

"But I’m dumbfounded that he actually dared to fight the giant rats."

"You bet he’s asking for it."

...

From the middle of the crowd, the sounds of shouting and fighting could be faintly heard. Lin Yun thought it over and decided to go and take a look.

As she watched, the person being beaten seemed a bit like a survivor. The bottle he was clutching tightly in his hand looked very similar to the racial perfume she had bought from the points mall yesterday. Lin Yun took hers out and compared. Oh ho, he really was a survivor.

This poor guy... Could it be that he had stopped using racial perfume after finding out there were humans here, just like Yao Anna?

What she did not know was that Shi Yu had not refrained from using it because he knew there were humans here. He simply had no points at all. He could not afford racial perfume. The bottle in his hand had been empty since yesterday. He had wanted to try rinsing it with water, but before he could, the giant rats who noticed him had grabbed him, thrown him onto the road, and beaten him. Shi Yu had had all his points and items stolen, and facing the tall, strong giant rat tribe, he could only take the beating.

"All right, this isn’t Monster City. Don’t go too far."

Aisha appeared at the edge of the crowd and spoke up to stop them.

The giant rats hated humans the most. Although the elves were officials, Aisha could only speak up after the giant rats had vented their anger, to prevent them from becoming enraged and killing the human.

The rats stopped what they were doing and looked toward the voice. The crowd automatically made way for Aisha.

"What, do you have a problem with that? Shouldn’t the Fairy Tale Forest also fall under the jurisdiction of Monster City?" Rat Da said arrogantly.

Aisha frowned. Tsk, she really hated dealing with the giant rats. They were always like this, so arrogant and domineering.

"The Fairy Tale Forest is not under the jurisdiction of any city. It is independent. Don’t always think that Monster City can govern all the towns in the Western Continent."

Aisha glanced at him casually, her eyes conveying a clear warning.

The giant rat was speechless. Of course he knew that the Fairy Tale Forest was not under Monster City’s jurisdiction. But since their leader wanted to become the new city lord, they naturally had to find a way to bring the Fairy Tale Forest under Monster City’s control. Only that way would the giant rat leader have a better chance of taking over. They had originally intended to use words to make everyone acknowledge that the Fairy Tale Forest belonged to Monster City, but to their surprise, nobody bought into it.

"I know you don’t like humans, but I hope you can restrain yourselves a bit and not go too far."

Aisha could not be bothered with these giant rats, but if they kept making trouble, she would have no choice but to arrest them.

Rat Da glared fiercely at Aisha. If residents had been allowed to lay hands on officials, he would have loved to punch her twice. Unfortunately, the other party was both an official and an elf, which made it even harder to act. Just wait. Once their giant rat leader became the new city lord, he would definitely make his leader remove all the elves from the Western Continent!

"Let’s go!"

Rat Da left that one sentence, but before leaving, he kicked Shi Yu on the ground. The giant rats following behind him also stepped on Shi Yu as they passed. Shi Yu, who had already been badly beaten, was knocked unconscious by the kicks.

Aisha shook her head helplessly and left without realizing that Shi Yu had fainted. The crowd that had gathered dispersed when they saw there was no more excitement to be had. Only Shi Yu remained lying on the ground, his fate unknown.

Aisha remembered Lin Yun, and as she passed by, she stopped to greet her.

"Ms. Aisha, that human has fainted," Lin Yun reminded her.

Aisha glanced back at the unconscious Shi Yu. "I’m sorry. I can’t handle this."

The relationship between the elves and the giant rats was somewhat complicated. She could only warn them about many things and could not interfere in many others. That was why she had left immediately after stopping Rat Da and his gang.

With that, Aisha left.

Lin Yun frowned. Was this difficult to handle? Hadn’t she just stopped the giant rats? She glanced at the unconscious man and sighed. Well, they were from the same place after all, so she would lend a hand.

She slid off Sang Biao’s back and walked toward Shi Yu. Just as she helped him up, she saw Miss Rabbit arrive.

"Lu You!" Miss Rabbit called out.

Lin Yun looked over. "Why are you here?"

"Sigh, I heard that the giant rats were bullying a human, so I came to see if I could help in any way. I never expected it to be true..."

She had already noticed the person leaning on Lin Yun’s shoulder, who seemed to be in bad shape.

"Let’s take him to the side first. It’s not good to be on the main road," Lin Yun said.

Miss Rabbit agreed and quickly came over to help Lin Yun sit him down on a bench by the roadside. While he had been beaten, he had used his arms to protect his head, but he had still suffered some injuries to his face.

"Tuan Tuan, go back home and get some medicine."

Lin Yun gave Tuan Tuan a wink, signaling her to go back and find Qiangwei. Tuan Tuan immediately understood what she meant, turned around, and ran off.

"Lu You, you’ve already chosen where you’ll stay?" Miss Rabbit realized.

Lin Yun nodded. "Yes, but I still need to look at furniture and such. I’ll invite you over to play once I’ve set everything up."

"I see. If you want to choose furniture, you might have to go to Monster City. The furniture here at the roundabout isn’t very nice."