Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1190 Harpy
Aiwass's hunch was correct.

It was only the afternoon of the next day...that is, the afternoon of June 23rd, that he received the news from the messenger who came to collect the debt.

"It has already burned down the Paradise City? Is that true?"

Aiwass exclaimed softly.

Sitting in front of him was a half-dressed female harpy.

She was wearing only a loincloth similar to that of a sumo wrestler, and no other fabric. However, her face, shoulders, and chest were painted with red and black paint, making her look like a priest of an Indian tribe.

"Of course it is true, Lord Aiwass. My sisters and children have first-hand information. I flew to you as soon as I learned it - I knew you would be concerned about this."

The female harpy smiled softly and humbly, but there was some unbridled wildness in that smile: "I still have a lot of top-secret exclusive intelligence about the rebels. As long as you want, I can give it all to you... If you pay some extra price, I can also prevent others from getting the relevant intelligence for a few days. Or... a few weeks, a few months? It's up to you, sir."

The look she gave Aiwass was so fiery that it even gave Aiwass a headache.

It was the first time that Aiwass realized so clearly what a "very low" and "naked" gaze meant...

——She was clearly craving for her own body. Her gaze was almost like a tongue licking Aiwass's face.

Although he knew what the harpy was like, it was still the first time he came into contact with one in person.

Strictly speaking, modern harpies are not the winged beings of ancient times who could float in midair with their power. Their appearance is not as handsome and beautiful as that of the winged beings, but much thinner. They do not have decorative ear feathers, waist feathers, and ankle feathers, and their wings do not spread from the waist or back, but from the arms, looking like the long sleeves of a dancer. Their feet are not the five fingers of the winged beings like those of elves, but strong eagle claws.

The harpy are also called the harpy - of course, there are men among the harpy tribe, but it is a typical female-dominated society.

The biggest reason lies in the harpy people's special way of reproduction.

Regardless of the male's race, whether it is harpy, lizardman, human, troll or elf... the offspring they give birth to will eventually be harpy; and if a male harpy gives birth to offspring with a different race, he will not be able to give birth to harpy, so he cannot expand the population and can only exist as warriors, mages, pharmacists or educators.

Because female harpies have a special way of giving birth, they will first let their offspring develop inside their bodies for a period of time, then lay an egg, which will continue to develop outside their bodies, and then breastfeed after hatching. Therefore, giving birth to harpies is not painful, and it does not delay their actions or work. The race born in this way will be transformed into harpies, just like successfully growing seedlings in soilless cultivation and then planting them in soil...and male harpies naturally cannot lay eggs.

The special body structure of the harpy makes them unsuitable for labor, and they are not good at standing or sitting for long periods of time. In addition, the child mortality rate of the harpy is very high, and not all of them can fly... Those who are born weak, obese, or lack a sense of balance are easily excluded by the tribe, and may even be thrown off a cliff during "compulsory flight training."

This also led to the fact that although the harpy people worshipped fertility so much, their population has always ranked only around third in the Parthian region.

Except for those who deliver letters and couriers, and serve as scouts for the armies of good masters or slave knights, the main job of most harpy men is plundering - the ability to fly freely in sandstorms is perfect for jobs such as theft, robbery or kidnapping.

Because the harpy people have a naturally low fertilization rate, more than 90% of the eggs in a harpy family will be infertile.

Because of this special reproduction mode, the harpy people's sense of shame is different from other races - since it is low, they win by quantity. In addition to goods, they also kidnap foreigners to give birth to children for them.

Except for the knowledgeable scholars and doctors who would stay, the others would be killed and eaten after mating, hence the name "Harpy". As for the legal harpy living in the Oasis City, as free people and unable to plunder, they would randomly catch people on the street to mate with them by "seeing eye contact". Or they would simply open a brothel and then have sex with the customers.

——Although the harpy people are not as good-looking as their ancient ancestors, that is only compared with the winged people and elves. Compared with the average standard of humans, they are still much better, and their figures are much better.

Based on this fertility model, although you may not know who the father of the child is, at least the mother of the child is definitely you, because you laid the egg yourself.

The more fertilized eggs a harpy lays, the higher their chances of winning encounters, success rates of robberies, or their own charm and fertility. The more "children" they have in the tribe, the greater their influence and power, and therefore the stronger their status within the population.

Every time a fertilized egg is born, the harpy will draw an extra rune with red paint on the body where it can be seen by outsiders. The black is the mark of the child's death, and the red must be covered with black - because the harpy believes that the strength and health of the child is related to the personal abilities of its parents. Therefore, the harpy will also plunder the blood of the strong to produce stronger offspring, and use more offspring to radiate more territory.

This is equivalent to a medal that humans wear on their bodies. And these runes that are as hard to wash off as tattoos can indeed bring them special power... They are rune marks from the path of love.

The harpy is a race with two mainstream paths: love and authority. Only a few particularly thin harpy may strangely mutate into the path of wisdom. This means that they, like the dragons, moon children, and werewolves, do not need to master a profession to obtain the power of the path - because they themselves are the life of the path.

In order to show the runes on their bodies, harpies will even boldly take off their clothes. To harpies, clothes are even a proof of incompetence. Because they don't have too many "runes" on their bodies, they wear clothes to cover them. However, from the aesthetic point of view of other races, the originally smooth and soft wheat-colored skin with so many hideous and wild marks will look a bit scary.

For example, this female harpy in front of me...

She had long curly red hair and brown skin. She was not ugly, with regular features, thick eyebrows, a high nose and big eyes. She could even be considered cheerful and beautiful, like a bold mercenary captain - if she appeared in front of Aiwass in normal clothes.

But she was topless at the moment, with more than thirty runes painted on her skin, four of which were black. This meant that her children could probably form two football teams, and only four had died so far.

This also means that she has about the fifth level of power and can really summon storms and thunder.

In most harpy tribes, this can be considered an existence at the level of "Great Chief", and it is even possible for him to command more than 20 tribes at the same time, and his influence can radiate to more than ten oasis cities.

Aiwass didn't know her name. But the postman and media organization "Desert Voice" was obviously under her control. There might be a chieftain of the same level as her, or there might not be... But she should at least be the second-in-command of this organization, so Aiwass would meet her in person.

It wasn't her who had contacted Aiwass before. The harpy had only eight runes on her body, which meant she was probably a third-level transcendent. It was obvious that she had reported the matter to the higher-ups, so the boss came directly this time.

Aiwass coughed softly and asked gently, "How much money do you want? Or do you want water?"

Putting aside other things...at least as far as the reward is concerned, Aiwas is still quite confident.

Whatever she wanted, Aiwass could give it to her.

"I have no shortage of money or water. I am the chief of my tribe and the best warrior. I can catch the best lamb and pull it into the air. I can fly faster than an eagle and catch a falcon in mid-air. I can also see the fish in the river from the sky and rush down to catch it."

She smiled, revealing her sharp teeth: "I want a child from you. I don't want anything else."

(End of this chapter)