The cave was dark and pitch black, with only faint glows from the fluorescent moss, so dark that one could hardly see one's hand in front of one's face. However, the creatures living here had long been familiar with their surroundings and had mastered dark vision. As long as there was no light at all, they could see clearly.
abyss.
This is the land of the abyss.
Countless demons were born here, as well as many creatures of other races. The existence of the dimensional wall is a river that weak creatures cannot cross in their entire lives. Therefore, they can only choose to live here until death.
Lily was carrying a heavy baggage and walking towards a plain, her steps were heavy and her movements were slow.
As an underage cat, she is only about 1.3 meters tall, with a rosy face, and it is obvious that this kind of transportation has been going on for some time. The most eye-catching thing is the cat ears on her head, which are orange and even have some beautiful lines outlined on them.
She was just a child. Compared to those tribesmen who could fight against the goblins, she was nothing more than a little kitten.
However, Lily had no complaints about the heavy physical labor. At least compared to before, their lives were much better now. They no longer had to worry about being cold or hungry. Especially the enemies around them no longer harassed the tribesmen, and most of them even often came to share the work with the tribesmen.
The reason for all this is because of Sister Fulla’s strength.
Lily was still young and didn't even have the concept of a demon lord, but she witnessed her people go from wandering without a fixed place to owning a cave of their own.
In the abyss, whether it is demons or dark creatures, they all live in caves. After all, this is a gathering place for lunatics, and those gorgeous buildings will be the first targets of attack. It is precisely because of this that caves have become a hot commodity. Without a certain level of strength, it is impossible to live there for a long time.
Lily clearly remembered that they had been in a state of transition since she was old enough to understand, moving around and stopping all the time, and had no home of their own.
But all this changed after Sister Fulla became the demon lord. They now had a cave with an area of more than 10,000 square meters, which even had an underground spring that could meet the tribe's daily water needs.
The resources in the abyss are scarce, and both food and water are targets of competition among various forces. It is said that the previous residents here were a powerful tribe of ogres, but under the suppression of Sister Fulla, most of the ogres became slaves, and this place naturally became the territory of the cat people.
Lily didn't find it hard to carry the luggage. From the moment the cats were born, their fate seemed to be determined. They would either become food or die early after their bodies were drained of all their strength. The only part of their lives that remained was their union for the purpose of reproducing offspring.
As for those old cat people, in order to save some food for their tribesmen, they will choose to go into the wild when they are unable to do heavy work. Everyone knows that only death is waiting for them, and there is no hope of survival at all.
Children from poor families have to grow up early.
Growing up in such an environment, Lily has learned many ways to survive. When she was as tall as her tribesmen's legs, she had already become an expert scavenger. She possesses amazing talent. In the words of her sister Fulla, if her nutrition and training can keep up, she can become a famous master assassin.
Lily was only thirteen years old. She didn't care about the so-called master assassin. She just looked at the cave behind her with a little reluctance. To her, she just couldn't bear to give up such a good living environment.
There is a water source in the cave, and even a small house of her own. Although it is only five square meters, it is the only room that belongs to her in her life. In the past, she often slept on the ground, on trees, or even in the mud.
"It is said that she can never come back here. I promised to help Weiwei dig up her house the day after tomorrow, but it seems that there is no way."
The caressing palm was placed on Lily's head, startling the little girl who was still thinking. She turned around quickly, and after seeing a familiar figure, she whispered: "Grandpa Merck..."
A cat with a long white beard nodded slightly at Lily. It looked like an old cat, with its ears even drooping down, making it look a little decrepit.
This is the witness of the cat people.
It was he who overcame all difficulties and recommended Fulla as the new tribe leader. In the history of the cat tribe, there has never been a precedent of a female being a tribe leader. Therefore, some so-called high-ranking members of the cat tribe spoke out to stop it, wondering how could the rules of the cat tribe be tampered with.
But that time, Grandpa Merck, who was kind and smiling at everyone he met and had great prestige in the tribe, raised the stick in his hand and hit those opponents. He stopped the violence only when he was completely exhausted, panting.
You should all understand the current situation. The original intention of establishing clan rules was to benefit the clan members. Now that everyone is almost dead, why still mention clan rules
Merck, against all odds, supported Fulla to the position of clan leader, and time has proved that his approach was right.
"Little girl, what are you thinking about?" Merck looked at Lily and said with a smile.
Lily put down her luggage, looked at the cave behind her with some nostalgia, and said shyly: "Grandpa Merck, I can't bear to leave our home. We finally settled here, and now we have to move away. What if there is no such convenient place? You know, the water source is in the cave. We don't have to walk more than ten miles to find water, and no one will be killed by the enemy on the road..."
Merck patted Lily's head gently and whispered, "Do you want to hear a story?"
The relatively young Lily looked at Merck and listened to her grandfather's stories about the past. These were the rare lights in the difficult life of her and her friends in this abyss!
"We didn't live here before. We lived in a vast forest, beside a river. There were countless fruit trees there. When we were hungry, we could just reach out and eat. There were also abundant fish in the river. Those big fat fish were so big that a little guy like you couldn't even finish them in three days."
"We live in built houses. In winter, we burn wood in the houses to keep warm. We don't have to endure the harsh cold environment, and no one in our tribe will freeze to death in the wild."
"The sun rises as scheduled, and a new day begins. Strong warriors go out to hunt, while the female tribesmen sort out everything at home. When the sun sets, the lakeside is filled with the laughter of children..."
Although she didn't quite understand what a river or a sunset was, it didn't stop Lily from listening with great interest. That was the world of her dreams, a city that perhaps could only appear in dreams!
Lily was inspired and said: "That must be the goddess's paradise!"
Merck's smile froze.
"Goddess? Maybe, but it seems that poor believers like us are not welcome there..." Merck thought bitterly.
The Goddess of Cats and Dance is a pleasure-seeking deity. Compared to the cat people living in the abyss, she seems to favor those believers who are handsome and good at singing and dancing.
Merck has lived in the abyss for sixty-one years. If it were not for Fulla becoming the tribe leader and successfully awakening to become a master of boxing to lead his people out of the predicament, he would have walked to the plains alone several years ago and started to redeem his people.
In the history of the cat tribe, the older members of the tribe needed to make sacrifices, because this was the deformed greatness brought about by poverty and hardship. Those elders would not refuse, because their fathers had also experienced all of this.
In the past few decades, he has never seen the goddess descend once, not even some miracle. Merck's faith has long been shaken.
When was it
When his wife died of hunger, when his son was beheaded in battle, when countless older brothers and sisters who were a few years older than him set out into the wilderness with just their belongings, he was disappointed again and again, and his faith was shattered again and again until it disappeared.
Merck is not pedantic. He knows that everything his people have now is not the result of the goddess's efforts, but a miracle created by Fulla and the man behind her.
He could not forget that just when his people were about to give up, it was the other party who sent food and weapons, and helped Fulla to defeat one powerful enemy after another, and become the demon lord who enslaved demons!
Sometimes Merck thought he was dreaming. How could the little girl he had raised become an extremely powerful demon lord
It was also because of this that when Fulla told him that she would arrange the tribesmen to a truly pure land, Merck did not ask any questions and directly issued an order to relocate!
They are heading to the human world!
According to the picture described by Fulla, it was a land that was countless times more beautiful and richer than the so-called Kingdom of God!
Merck had lost his faith, and he had no hesitation at all about leaving the land watched by the goddess. Over the past few decades, he had known that compared to charity, the cat people needed to fight for it with their own hands!
They are no longer the poor creatures driven into the wilderness by the goblins, but a cat tribe with a demon lord as their backer. Therefore, they do not need to ask the so-called gods for advice. They have the right to pursue beauty!
Merck glanced behind him. Not to mention Lily, even he himself had never lived in such a luxurious cave. But he believed in Fulla and the person behind the scenes whom he had never really seen. He firmly believed that the future of the cat people would be better. Therefore, he wanted to lead his people out of the abyss and towards a new world!