No Beast Girls on the Western Front

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By the way, where's Ruby?

Payne looked around and saw Ruby sitting against the truck tire, one hand on the backpack next to her and the other pinching the bridge of her nose.

"What's wrong with you?" Payne asked.

“Paine, have you ever ridden a horse?” she asked.

“I’ve ridden it.”

Have you ever ridden a galloping horse?

"Uh...no."

“Then please magnify the bumpiness you felt while riding a horse a hundredfold.” Ruby frowned, pressing her hands to her temples. “Ouch… my head is about to turn to mush…”

Payne: "..."

It seems like another piece of useless trivia has been added.

Chapter 102 CI. If only it were a trip.

As Payne gradually regained consciousness, he felt as if he were lying on a boat, his body swaying slightly.

My head felt like it was resting on a bouncy pillow, which was quite comfortable.

The roar of an engine gradually grew louder, accompanied by the occasional sound of brakes.

Suddenly, Payne felt as if he had returned to a summer vacation during his college years, when he and three good buddies went on a road trip to another city.

The situation then was so similar to now: a group of people were traveling in a car, with the highway stretching endlessly in front of and behind them...

But he soon woke up—there's no such comfortable pillow when sleeping in a car.

"Grace?" he called tentatively.

"What is it?" A gentle older sister's voice came from above.

Back in the day, when Pine was in college, he never even considered having a girlfriend.

Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. His age has not increased, but he is now surrounded by a group of beast-eared girls.

Sighing inwardly at the impermanence of life, he asked, "What time is it?"

His hand, the one with the watch, was grabbed and then put down. "I'm sorry, you just taught me how to read a watch, but I've forgotten how..."

So he reluctantly sat up and glanced at his watch.

"It's almost noon..."

"Hey, you're finally awake! Let me lie down... my butt's almost numb from sitting so long..."

Just as Payne sat up, Camerissie grabbed his spot and lay down on the aisle, letting out a long sigh of relief.

Since they were forced onto the truck in the early hours of the morning, the truck has been driving non-stop for nearly ten hours without stopping even once.

Not only did they skip breakfast, but because the truck roof was very low, the twenty-odd people (and animals) had to sit in their seats the whole time. The aisle was so narrow that it could barely fit two people. When they got tired of sitting, they could only lie on the floor and rest their heads on their companions' feet.

But Pine actually has a lap pillow!! ...

Note: They envied the lap pillow, not the orc's lap pillow.

Payne, oblivious to all this, simply stepped over the two men lying on the ground, ran to the front of the car, and yelled at the top of his lungs, "How much longer until we get there?!"

The driver shouted at the top of his lungs, "We'll be there when it gets dark!"

"What about food?!"

"We won't stop along the way! The higher-ups said you should each eat a packet of emergency rations!"

So Payne stepped over the two men on the ground and returned to his seat. "I bet something's wrong in Minston."

Everyone agreed with this guess, but Camerissiere, who had already given up, still had questions: "Then why didn't you send us over in the first place? How many days have passed before you frantically mobilized troops?"

Albert argued, "Perhaps the situation wasn't so urgent at the beginning, or the generals were overconfident and thought they could handle it. You know, they've always been that kind of inexplicably confident."

Everyone was very satisfied with this conjecture.

But regardless, it is true that Minston was in trouble and they had to go put out the fire.

Humans are generally so worried that they can't even eat, but the dog once again demonstrated its carefree nature, seemingly unaffected.

Alfa sat upright in his seat like a bodyguard, while Lacey, sitting at the back of the car, rested her hands on the side panel, sticking her head out to look at the scene outside, her tail wagging back and forth.

"What are you looking at? You seem to be having so much fun."

Payne rubbed the dog's head and then stuck his own head out of the car.

They were traveling on an asphalt road. Outside the road were vast grasslands dotted with trees and houses, and herds of cattle and sheep were grazing leisurely, creating a peaceful and serene scene.

It was so peaceful it didn't feel like a war at all.

If this vehicle weren't a troop carrier, but a tour bus, and if its destination weren't the Minnesota front, but some man-made tourist attraction in Minnesota, how wonderful that would be.

When will this war ever end...? Sigh...

Payne sat in the back of the car with Lacey for a while, until his body stiffened, before he shrank back with a sigh.

Just as he was about to open a bag of emergency rations to feed his loudly protesting stomach, Stephen quietly crept over and whispered, "Boss, can I go down for a bit?"

Payne rolled his eyes at her. "What are you going down there for? To go for a run? No way. Don't you even know what time it is..."

"Uh...no, I just wanted to get some grass to eat..."

With this plausible reason, Payne's attitude indeed became less resolute.

Emergency rations are already unpalatable enough for humans, and even more so for animals.

So Payne poked his head out again and looked around.

There were several trucks ahead and behind carrying soldiers from B Company. As long as they didn't run too far and get noticed by others, they would be fine.

Moreover, fully loaded troop transport trucks can't run fast on this kind of road anyway, so Stephen only needs to run a few steps to catch up after he finishes weeding.

With that in mind, Pine agreed to her suggestion, and Stephen jumped out of the car with a cheerful neigh.

Then Pine realized that he had been too conservative:

This guy didn't stop at all! He kept running, bending down to pull up grass and putting it in his pocket, and he didn't even slow down much!

Payne stared in disbelief as she stuffed all her pockets full, then easily jumped onto the cart and happily shared the grass with the cattle and sheep.

This guy not only carries heavy loads and runs fast, but his balance and off-road ability are also top-notch!

Because helping to pick grass was a way to demonstrate her abilities, she spared no effort and went down nearly ten times in half an hour.

If Payne hadn't warned her to save some energy for the night's battle, she could have easily fed the three herbivores.

Humans and carnivores who witnessed this scene expressed their envy: "How wonderful, they can survive simply by eating some roadside grass."

The three herbivores responded in unison: "Have you ever experienced the agony of having to eat grass for several hours a day?"

Indeed, this is the case. Because grass has very low nutritional content, horses, cattle, and sheep still have to eat emergency rations. Chewing some grass is only to neutralize the unpleasant taste.

Cattle and sheep are better off because they can ruminate; they can swallow the food whole first and then chew it slowly.

However, horses are not ruminants, so even if they become beast girls, it is normal for them to eat grass for 4-6 hours a day without special feed.

This is why they always look for something to eat whenever they have free time.

So humans and carnivores stopped envying each other and stood on the same side as herbivores again.

When will your car run out of gas? Hurry up and let us out for a rest...

Chapter 103 CII. Crossfire

Just as the soldiers could hear the booming of artillery fire, the car finally came to a complete stop with a long screeching sound of brakes.

"We've arrived! Good luck!"

At the driver's shouts, the soldiers eagerly jumped off the vehicle, some rubbing their backs, others their buttocks, and some even lay flat on the ground.

"I never imagined that sitting in a car all day could be so tiring..."

"Get up. It's so dark. Are you afraid the truck won't run you over?"

Payne scooped up Xiao En, who had fallen to the ground, and looked him over in the bright moonlight.

In this open field where dozens of trucks and hundreds of soldiers were haphazardly mixed together, their company commander, Belyenk, was with several other company commanders, listening to an unfamiliar officer speak to them.

Not long after, the company commanders returned to their respective companies and assigned tasks to the platoon leaders and squad leaders.

Due to the special nature of the Payne Beast Girl Squad, he was also called over by the company commander and heard the objective of this battle:

"The enemy is attacking Minston from the front. Our mission is to flank them, catch them off guard, and force them to retreat."

"If they refuse to withdraw, then we'll just break through and divide them up."

Then Payne received a mission that wasn't really a mission:

"There won't be a chance to get more ammunition this time. Just follow behind us and do whatever you can."

Payne expressed his concern: "It's already evening, do we really have to launch an attack now?"

"That's the order. Do you have any other ideas?"

Payne had intended to leave, but the company commander's last words seemed to inspire him, and he looked thoughtfully at the flash in the distance.

Even at night, the battle in the distance continued, with countless firelight flashing on the horizon, illuminating plumes of black smoke rising into the air, and thunderous roars resounding incessantly.

Minston should be near these flames, but due to the intense fighting on the front lines, the city is under blackout and its location is completely unknown.

After a while, as the soldiers began to line up, an unfamiliar beast tamer walked over with several beast girls carrying huge backpacks, wandering around in front of the different formations while saying:

"If you have any valuables on you, you can leave them with me. If you come back alive, you can take them back from me."

Payne was familiar with this kind of thing; he often had soldiers store their belongings before launching a large-scale attack.

These kinds of chores were initially assigned to animal girls, and he had done them several times.

Since carrying so many supplies wouldn't allow them to fight, Payne said to Ruby, "Give our stuff to them."

Ruby hesitated for a moment: "Aren't you worried they'll hack the stuff?"

Unless they are deserters, the possibility of them packing up and running away is indeed not high.