Exiled Villainess: They Threw Me Out, Now Every Beastman Wants Me novel Chapter 130

Chapter 130: Two Mates and Running Water

Calis was the first to snap out of his shock and clear his throat.

"What are you doing? And where did that also come from?"

Tera eyed the can and quickly dipped it back into space as she forced a bright smile. "I will explain later."

Calis’ eyes bulged as he watched the can vanish into thin air. He had barely even registered Tera’s response.

The minute passed, and Tera crouched back down and drove the blade of her hoe into the gap between two chunks of limestone that had been sealed together moments ago.

The limestone gave way like it was made of wet mud.

Tera’s eyes went wide. The hoe sank into the crevice with almost no resistance, and the space opened up.

’Holy shit, it actually worked!’

Before she could even react to her own success, a jet of water burst through the gap she had just opened and hit her directly in the face.

The spray was so sudden and so forceful that it shoved Tera backwards off her crouch. She landed on her backside with a spluttering yelp, water streaming down her face and into her mouth and up her nose.

"PFFT—GACK—"

Water still sprayed past her from the widening crack, and Tera sat on the ground, blinking.

Calis was at her side in an instant. His hands gripped her arms and pulled her up, his crimson eyes scanning her face.

"Are you well?"

He did not understand why she had reacted so strongly towards a little bit of water.

Tera spat out a bit more water that tasted faintly of minerals.

"I am fine." She wiped her face with a small smile.

The wolves had already descended on the opening. With the soil softener having weakened the calcium bonds throughout the structure, the hoes were now cutting through limestone and debris like they were slicing through packed clay. Chunks of rock that had resisted every strike minutes ago were crumbling under blows that would have previously just bounced off.

The wolves were shouting and digging with frantic energy as water sprayed in wild arcs from widening cracks across the entire face of the blockage.

Tera grinned, still dripping.

It worked!

More thin jets of water burst through the loosening debris, hitting the nearest wolves in the face and chest. Excited shouts erupted across the group, and wolves who had been digging with resigned duty were now striking the mound with visible eagerness.

The sprays reduced, but water started to flow, and soon enough, a chunk of rock the size of her head separated from the wall and crumbled to the ground in soft, powdery pieces.

It was Tera’s turn to look so stunned.

The soil softener had literally turned the rocks to cake?

At long last, the final wall of compacted earth gave way.

The debris crumbled inward, and a massive surge of water exploded out of the opening with a force that sent the nearest wolves stumbling back. The spray hit Tera square in the chest, drenching her completely.

The initial burst subsided within seconds as the water found the channel they had prepared.

It rushed along the rough trench, muddy and wild at first, carrying loose sediment and small debris with it. Then it steadied, the limestone-filtered water pushing the murk ahead of it until what flowed behind was clean and clear.

The water hit the dry stream bed and kept going, racing along the path nature had originally carved. The clear water that caught the first traces of light creeping into the sky.

Several wolves dropped to their knees at the stream’s edge, staring at the flowing water with wide, disbelieving eyes.

One scooped water into his hands and drank. His whole body went still.

"It is clean," he whispered. "It is so clean."

Others rushed forward, cupping water in their palms and drinking deeply.

They just knelt there, stunned by how much water was flowing past them. Some of them had spent their entire lives rationing sips from water skins and licking morning dew off leaves. The sight of an actual flowing stream was something several of the younger male wolves had never experienced.

"This tastes weird."

SMACK!

"Yes water or no water?!"

Tera chuckled and rested her hoe over her shoulder.

The sky above was shifting into morning, the deep blue-black bleeding into soft grey as the first pale fingers of dawn light reached through the clouds. Tera was stunned. They had actually worked through the entire night and had barely even noticed.

The wolves turned from the stream to look at the female who had led them here.

Calis stood still, water also dripping from his body as they all stared at Tera. The growing light spread across the sky behind her, framing her small, smiling figure against the brightening horizon.

For a breathless moment, it looked as though the sky itself was glowing around her.

A shiftless female had just handed them the world.

’Well, damn.’

’Hehe... this is very interesting.’

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