Chapter 114: Better Suggestions
"So that’s why they’re coming after us?" Karl raised an eyebrow with a scoff. "How pathetic. They were the ones who sought trouble, and now they’re looking for revenge? Bunch of morons," he scoffed.
"So annoying," Luka added. "They probably think we’re a joke or something and are aiming to look down on us."
"We can’t give them the chance to do any of that. Are they trying to make us go hungry or something? We can’t let them have their way," Eris shook his head.
Azure nodded. "I think we should go down to their tribe and teach them a lesson."
"Maybe setting their houses on fire would do the trick," Eris suggested.
"Or stealing their food and making them go hungry instead," Luka suggested with a smile—a smile innocent enough to deceive anyone.
While they contemplated a plan to take down the hyena tribe, Sunnie’s system beeped.
[Ding!]
[Tribe Building System Notice]
[New Task Alert!]
She stared curiously at what the system was about to present in their current situation.
[With the Tribe having no means of obtaining crops, herbs, vegetables, and ingredients for preparing essential meals, it’s time for the Host to elevate the tribe’s resources.]
[The Host is now recommended to expand the tribe with an agricultural space.]
[The Host should create an agricultural space and farm on it to develop abundant resources for the development of the tribe.]
[This way, the tribe will have a bountiful source of meals that will continue serving them all as the tribe grows!]
Sunnie raised an eyebrow, staring in amusement. The system wanted her to farm now?
[System Task: Host should farm for survival at a moment like this.]
[Farming Task activated.]
[The system will provide the Host with procedures to follow for a successful farming period.]
[If the Host follows the steps successfully, the land will have a bountiful harvest with benefits!]
[If not, the Host and her tribe will starve.]
"....." Sunnie blinked. She wondered what the system meant by starving. How long?
[First Step: Host should find a perfect land for farming!]
[The task begins now! Good luck, Host, on your agricultural endeavors!]
Sunnie sighed as she turned to the rest. Her husbands were still speculating on which punishment was most appropriate for the hyenas.
[Ding!]
[Husband Taming System Notice]
[Host! Your husbands are deviating and plotting to get wild again!]
[Host is tasked to put her husbands under control and tame them so they’d refrain from causing chaos!]
With that, Sunnie interrupted them. "We won’t be doing any of that."
There was silence as everyone stared at her.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Luka blinked.
Sunnie cleared her throat. "I mean exactly what I said. No one will be doing anything like that. We won’t be going over to their land to destroy or take anything."
Eris raised an eyebrow. "We won’t? Why? But that’s the best way to make them stop. I mean, they started it first, so we should show them how it ends."
But Sunnie said, "We won’t be doing any of that, and that’s final." She spoke with authority, and everyone went quiet.
But Karl folded his arms, approaching her. His eyes were cold as he stood before Sunnie, glaring deep into her eyes.
"And who do you think you are to tell us what to do?" He questioned her. "What they did also affected us, so why won’t we retaliate in the way we want?"
Sunnie smiled as she stared into his eyes, confident. "Who am I? That’s easy. I’m Sunnie. And that should be enough reason for you to listen."
"That doesn’t give you a reason to control us at all. You might have others bow to you, but I’m not easy to control, Miss Sunnie." His eyes were cold and heartless.
Sunnie almost panicked but stood her ground as she said, "I’m not trying to control anyone here. This isn’t a dictatorship government land. I’m simply stopping you all from making a dumb decision."
She added, "Okay. Let’s say you go and destroy their land and take the few things you can get, then what? Will that miraculously bring the ruined crops back? Will the little you get there feed you forever? That’s a dumb move."
Karl clenched his fist as he asked, "So? Do you have any better plans then?"
Sunnie smiled as she walked past him, staring at everyone. "Of course, I do have a better alternative."
Everyone stared at her.
"Instead of wasting time crying over ruined ingredients and stuff, we could make our own." She stared at them. "We could farm our own source of food—one that will dedicatedly and efficiently feed us for as long as it exists," she announced.
There was silence as they looked around for a while and stared at Sunnie.
"Farming?" Eris asked.
"Yes," Sunnie explained. "We’ve already made a stream for water, so doesn’t it make sense to have a farm too? Our own farm where we can plant and grow our own meals. Produce what we want to have and have it whenever. That sounds like a safer option."
The women slowly nodded.
"Yes, it’d be more convenient as well..."
"It’s a good idea. Then we can easily produce what we want without fearing if it’s safe to consume or not."
They all agreed with this.
But Little Black seemed worried. "As much as it’s a good idea and all... I’m also worried about the idea."
He explained further, "I mean, this is an evil forest, and it’s no secret that most crops don’t do well here at all. It’s extremely hard to even find any growing here... and I’m speaking from experience."
He added, "Plus, most crops that even grow here are not consumable and are unsafe to eat because of the land. So how possible is it to start a farm around here and expect to gain edible crops and ingredients from it?" He expressed, worried.
As he said so, everyone slowly nodded to his words, which were without doubt a considerable fact. Even Sunnie thought the same.