Threaten

After this trip, Silver had become even steadier than before. In the past, he merely had a cold nature. Now, there was an added hint of maturity and restraint, making one unable to read his emotions.

Though, he no longer asked about the problem of getting a spouse, and even fended off a lot of trouble for Bluepool, keeping the tribe in good order. It would appear that he had become the second-in-command in the tribe.

He was extremely talented and had become a three-striped beastman in his early twenties. At the age of 30, he had earned his fourth animal stripe.

At this time, there were about 10,000-20,000 adult mermen in the tribe, more than half of which were still stripeless. 40% were one-striped beastmen, and only a few hundred were two-striped beastmen. As for three-striped beastmen, there wasn't a single one.