As I was about to sprinkle garlic powder and parsley on the fur-less Shiplani, the words uttered by the Shiplani begging for their lives piqued my interest.
Ancestors.
Surely, it couldn’t mean the King Seonjo from the Joseon Dynasty; it must refer to some shamanistic essence imbued with ancestral significance from the Shiplani.
Olga once mentioned that among the intelligent beast folk in her previous world, many worshipped their ancestors and animal spirits. Essentially, devotion reflects the measure of intelligence and civilization.
Of course, judging by how concretely this devotion manifests, it seems the Shiplani’s civilization level barely exceeds that of prehistoric humans. Nonetheless, hearing the term ancestors made it impossible for me to just let it slide.
“Hehe, lead the way.”
– Ugh…
– Caw…
“Do it.”
– Caw…
Well… it looked a bit sad to see them all stripped down to their Sphynx-like appearance, especially as they were hastily being covered in the seasoning and garlic powder I had just sprinkled.
But what can you do? They shouldn’t have made humans their primary diet.
Let me reiterate, just because they walk on two legs and talk doesn’t mean they possess humanity. They are high-risk B-class monsters that make humans their food.
[Is that the Saint…?]
Well, it seems like there’s nothing uncomfortable about the view for the audience.
[Not a saint, but more like a slaughterer, lol!]
[Oh, the saint wants meat, haha!]
[If you don’t want to die, you better offer your ancestor’s bones!]
‘Chronichewa’ donated 10,000 won!
Dude, it feels like watching the Mongolian cavalry wipe out some weak little tribe back in the day.
The Shiplani, perhaps out of sorrow for having to guide me to their precious ancestors, followed the path with teary, doll-like eyes.
‘KawaiiHorned’ donated 33,000 won!
Streamer, but why eat meat when there are elves around?
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[Isn’t it?]
[Wait… come to think of it…]
[What? Elves don’t eat meat?]
[It’s common knowledge that elves are vegan.]
[Isn’t it funny that we’ve been streaming for a while now, and you’re just asking that? LOL!]
[Did anyone even read the title? It literally says meat-eating camp, dude! LOL!]
As anyone who knows would tell you, there were individual elves on Earth even before the Great Forest transitioned to it.
Among the returnees, there are very few elves who made it here, but those who did either became hunters or used their excellent abilities to adapt to modern society.
Elves who couldn’t adapt sometimes retreated to uninhabited islands or remote mountains and forests to live as natural beings. Regardless, information about elves had disseminated widely among people.
Naturally, it was common knowledge that elves love nature and generally avoid a meat diet, which aligns with their vegan lifestyle.
“That’s right. As the title states, I plan to eat Shiplani meat with Olga today.”
– Caw!?
– Ugh!!
– I said I’d spare you! I said I’d spare you!!
“Shia, since they stopped moving, do you think we can continue dissecting here?”
“Really? The ones who’ve stopped wouldn’t need their legs, right?”
At my words, the Shiplani guiding me froze in terror, but under Menelapie’s glaring gaze from behind, they hurriedly continued moving on.
“Hey, streamer… no, Shia unnie…”
However, it seemed Olga felt a bit uneasy about how harshly I was treating the Shiplani.
Although I had resolved to try meat today, Olga is an elf. At their core, elves are those who love nature and life—harmless? vegans.
It’s not strange for her to feel pity for the seemingly sentient Shiplani, but I would need to persuade her thoroughly.
“Must you go this far just to eat meat?”
“Of course, Olga.”
Though I mentioned it was for the manifold health benefits and whatnot, as the meat came closer, Olga’s resolve seemed to waver.
However, I had no intention of letting her go.
After all, we’d have to live together moving forward, right?
I’d already laid the groundwork, saying that I’m the only one in the guild and the country who could be entrusted with the elves, so it was a settled fact that I’d have to be with them, like it or not.
But do you know how hard it is to be with elves, forced to eat vegetarian food while shedding tears on the inside, stuffing my face with leaf wraps?
Sure, though they’re vegetables, elvish crops taste glorious.
Elvish crops are indeed extraordinarily delicious compared to regular vegetables!
But still, no matter how tasty the veggies, eating without meat feels like an unbearable emptiness!
In any case, I could never stand to see elves just munching on greens indefinitely after having been handed all this trust.
“But those Shiplani are also living beings… and we learn that life is precious…”
‘KawaiiHorned’ donated 10,000 won!
Isn’t that the same one who wanted to punch that Shiplani corn?
“…KawaiiHorned, I swear I’ll deal with you when I meet you.”
‘KawaiiHorned’ donated 5,000 won!
Not meeting you, nope!
“Hey…!”
[What the hell is this, is the Scam Clan ganging up?!]
[Shouldn’t we block them or something? LOL!]
[Ugh, what bullshit;]
[Ugh;]
[Can we ban those two?]
“Well, you know… cute Olga could feel that way.”
[You can bet there’s gonna be a controversy section on the gallery master wiki about favoritism!]
[Does the streamer endorse scams?]
[No way, LOL! An elf can engage in scams? That’s too much, LOL!]
[So should we ban that meat soup guy? LOL!]
“Hey, everyone who donated less than KawaiiHorned, stay quiet.”
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[Oh LOL, so this is a saint…?]
[Look at that favoritism, damn!]
[I thought you wouldn’t give donation reactions, but you have this kind of favoritism?]
[LOLOLOLOL]
“Turns out KawaiiHorned might be like that guy the master calls ‘dad’ or something?”
[What a twist; I knew it would be ridiculous, so I’m out. Disconnecting.]
“Ah! Saints are beings who incite miracles based on faith and belief. And KawaiiHorned, under the name of donation, is giving me tremendous faith and belief, you see? They’re not just a simple soup. They’re an ardent believer! Right, Menelapie?”
“If Shia says so, then it must be true.”
“See! Even the hero agrees!”
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[This is unreal.]
[If you don’t want to be in a group stream, silence yourself! LOL!]
[Come on, only saying what you think…]
“Heh heh heh, anyway, Olga, do you think the elves’ plant-based eating signifies their respect for life, while my consumption of meat indicates a disregard for it?”
“…..”
Olga couldn’t refute that.
Being in the Mank Family, it seems she found it hard to outright deny my meat-eating.
Actually, most elves tended to hold a stricter stance on meat than Olga did.
“Then, Olga, let me ask you in return. Do you understand what a big war it is to grow vegetables?”
“Huh? A war?”
At my words, Olga tilted her head, clearly not understanding.
“Farming isn’t just about indiscriminately clearing land and spraying pesticides. There are many people pursuing sustainable, eco-friendly farming too. But those eco-friendly farmers all agree that farming is a war.”
[That’s right.]
[Current farmer here. What the streamer said is spot-on.]
[Farming really is a pain in the ass, LOL!]
[Seriously, all that countryside healing talk is total bullshit. Every day is a battle, for real.]
“I don’t understand. How can the act of growing crops, done with love for nature, be considered a war?”
Oh dear, Olga.
You understand one thing but miss another.
“Olga, farming is about chasing away deer that munch on the crops. Striking moles that ruin the roots with a shovel. Blocking wild boars that keep coming down to the fields. Even with eco-friendly traps that don’t use pesticides, you’ll end up with the bodies of small creatures piling up everywhere. So how can farming be seen as cherishing life?”
“But elvish farming practices are different from humans!”
“Do elves simply chase away deer instead of hunting them? I know all about that. But do you think the deer chased away by elves just live happily ever after?”
“Isn’t it better than killing them?”
“No. Those mountain beasts chased away by you are coming down looking for food. If you drove away all those beasts, you’re not sparing them; you’re leading them to starve to death.”
“Hah…!?”
Olga’s face was painted with astonishment as if she hadn’t considered this before.
“Farming is about conquering nature and standing upon it. It involves clearing lands unsuitable for farming and overcoming environmental conditions. Water must be sprinkled where it doesn’t rain, and all that devours crops must be excluded. What else would you call that, if not war?”
“…That can’t be!”
“Olga, by now you should realize: the cabbage, radish, potatoes, and corn on your dining table… were all born from piles of dead lives blessed by the Great Forest!”
“Whoa…!”
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[That’s a bit…]
[No matter how you slice it, comparing humans and elves is funny as hell, LOL!]
Yet, the chat began to flood with mixed reactions, and Olga became silent, eyes glued to the screen.
To her, this was probably world-shattering information!
“Our elvish agriculture and the act of growing crops were rooted in such barbaric and terrifying wars…?”
“That’s right, Olga. Vegetarianism and meat-eating are fundamentally the same! We eat to survive, and there’s no ethical dichotomy in doing so for enjoyment!”
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“In other words, both meat and vegetables are survival methods inherent to adapted races! While elves insist on vegetarianism, my preference for meat is fundamentally the same!”
[Nope, not quite.]
[Comparing meat to vegetables might be a stretch…]
[Suddenly throwing a moral dichotomy in there, LOL!]
‘Kusotori’ donated 69,000 won!
Just stop already!
“Have you ever seen anyone scold a person for eating lamb, beef, pork, or chicken? Have you ever seen anyone taken by the state for it?”
“…Uh, no, not really…”
[Why the hell is he talking about this now?]
[I knew this would happen, LOL!]
Indeed, even the elves, while they don’t prohibit meat eating, prefer to do so voluntarily, living off dewdrops in the mornings.
“But when it comes to growing hallucinogenic mushrooms or extracting opium, or growing weed and wanting to wrap it up with cabbage in the garden, that’s when the police will show up from the human nations. If it’s in large quantities, they’ll haul you straight to jail! So isn’t this proof that the nation recognizes meat as being healthier than vegetables?”
“Th-That’s true!! Thinking about it that way, you’re right! I haven’t really seen anyone get arrested for eating meat!”
While it might not be completely unheard of, in terms of significance, the chances are slim to none!
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[What sort of consciousness stream dialogue is this?]
[The saint’s making sense. Just using those lips to twist people’s consciousness, LOL!]
[Wow, what a load of nonsense; but with that voice and appearance, it feels like sage advice, huh?]
[LMAO!]
BANG!
“Yikes?!”
“You’re fine, Olga.”
Those who believe that when a human dies, their soul goes to heaven.
Some believe they reincarnate based on their deeds in life. Many have faith in the concept of karma.
With many humans, diverse beliefs about the afterlife and shouldering one’s soul proliferate.
But what about a monster’s soul?
Monsters might harbinge hostility toward humans, and while they might exhibit malignancy, there occasionally exist monsters with souls.
If souls didn’t exist, the Lucky Bladed Centipede would never have been named ‘Yane’ by Shia or undergone the ascension process at all.
In short, monsters sometimes have tales of their afterlife.
Mana and malignancy, swirling together, formed a singular belief system from the remnants—the hunger and desire of countless Shiplani converging into a physical embodiment of primordial faith.
Compared to humans, what born of such desire was trivial and indistinct.
Still, despite its weakness, the desires and beliefs of millions—tens of millions of Shiplani dwelling here symbolize the mysterious and the faith that doesn’t waver.
This is precisely what the Shiplani refer to as their ancestors.
Wowwwww!
A great entity radiating blue light appeared in the dungeon’s underground space.
[What the…? Is that thing flying??]
[What’s going on here…]
[I’ve never seen anything like that before!]
[Not listed in the Hunter Wiki!]
[Isn’t that the evolution of the Shiplani?]
“Wow, it’s a flying Shiplani!”
The entity shaped like Shiplani wasn’t a biped but rather walked on all fours, its basic form matching that of a Shiplani.
Resembling a deer, it bore a gigantic set of horns and wool, but the gluttonous eyes gleaming with hunger and desire were unmistakably predatory, even for a spectral being.
“By the way, Shia, it possesses a physical form in its spectral state, but… do you think we can eat it?”
“Menelapie, you said that being picky is harmful to one’s body.”
“Ah, I see… I might have been mistaken.”
“Okay, it’s fine, Menelapie.”
“Uh, um, unnie… it’s coming toward us!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
“Huh?”
“Ugh.”
[Whoa, it’s huge!]
[Girl, are you okay?]
[Why are we worrying about that? LOL!]
[Is that also a potentially S-rank monster?]
[The Centipede Dragon is a 5-second drop for the Gallery Master!]
The awakened ancestors, spotting the intruders, charged toward them.
As the Ancestor shifted into an aggressive stance, Shia had smoothly drawn her tentacles from her waist, ready for anything, while Menelapie stood guard in front of Olga, preparing to unleash her aura in defense.
However, the Ancestor did not choose the three as its targets.
BOOM!
“Shit, is that a Shiplani!?”
– Kweeek!?
– Gack!
– Woooon!?!
– Ggyaaaah!
The Ancestor, grounded by the Shiplani’s massive antlers, crashed headlong into the Shiplani that had led us here.
[Huh? Why is it attacking its own kin?]
[Wait, what?]
THUD, SMACK!
– Kweeek!
– Ancestor!?!?
– Why!?
– Gweeek!
– Ancestor, damn it!!
Accelerating to 130 km/h, the Ancestor slammed into each of the Shiplani, which had led them, and those impaled on its immense antlers let out distressing wails of resentment before meeting their demise.
Shiplani limbs shattered upon puncture.
Some launched into the air and splattered headfirst.
And still others hung limply from the Ancestor’s horns…
Today, Shia and Menelapie were thoroughly bewildered by the unexpected attack on their kin.
WOOOOOONNNN!!!
Shortly thereafter, as the now-silent Ancestor bellowed in a chilling cry, Shiplani corpses began to be absorbed into its horns and mouth.
“Oh… oh no!! My Shiplani….”
It was as literal as it sounded.
Given that Menelapie and Shia had been plucking fur and seasoning the Shiplani with kimchi powder and garlic, they were all being devoured by the Ancestor.
Shia witnessed the hollow demise of the seasoned Shiplani, her expression coming undone in shock.
“Is, is that Ancestor absorbing the Shiplani?!”
“Ah, I’ve also been dismantling diligently here…”
Maybe it was a natural outcome.
The core belief and desires of the Shiplani circled back to fundamental gluttony.
The desire to reproduce and multiply, the yearning for mates, the insatiable need to gorge upon their food.
Though the Shiplani are intelligently endowed monsters, their desires remain primal, and the enormous quadrupedal Shiplani brought forth from those crude yearnings turned out to be utterly ferocious.
It seemed they wouldn’t even hesitate to indulge in their kin’s flesh if hunger threatened them.
Thus, the Ancestor, born of that very hunger, would surely treat its kin without reservation.
“Boohoo… hoo…”
And once the last of the Shiplani had been ripped away, Shia knelt in sorrow as she witnessed the plight of her beloved Shiplani.
“Waah, those bastards… how could you! My Shiplani… how terribly could you be so cruel?!”
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“You monstrous beast! How could you do that to the Shiplani?!”
LOL!
“How could you… they were my Shiplani! You ruthless fiend?!”
LMAO!
First time watching the Meat Fairy acting like this, haha!
And so, with renewed determination and a solemn face, Shia vowed to the Ancestor, which had brutally murdered her beloved Shiplani.
The expression that Shia wore while glaring at the slaughtering Ancestor seemed fairer, more divine—reminding Menelapie of the time when she had steeled herself in preparation to face the Demon King in his castle.
…Well, that was only in Menelapie’s eyes.
Even as Olga sighed next to her, listeners were surely quite bewildered.
“Ancestor! You are evil! I’ll get my revenge for my Shiplani, mark my words!”
LMAO!
“Isn’t that just the horse that’s fallen with you?”
ROFL!
“I recognize that insanity. It’s the familiar nonsense again…!”
