It took a couple of hours to get to where the poachers were last located. But, I managed to get there… and saw that they had set up a camp.

Once I got there, I saw that there were a few tents set up, various animals either in cages far too small for their sizes, or being killed for their pelts, claws, or whatever the poachers wanted from them.

I could see around five people, all armed with guns around the camp. But there were definitely more inside of the tents.

Annoyingly, they were already somewhat alerted to my presence.

The Lion Buffalo… Lyfallon, and the swarm of Brodents weren't exactly subtle.

Especially since the Lyfallon was the size of a truck, with bright orange fur, a neon green mane, and a pair of wicked horns, each reminiscent of a pitch black corkscrew. Yeah it was an eyesore, and more importantly… I wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of that. Sadly for these people, they're going to be.

And so, it didn't come to a surprise to me, when the guards started shouting about the swarms of 'locusts' and a man on a giant monster, causing four more men to come out of the tents.

I wasn't even surprised when they began to shoot at me and my chimera with what I believe are AK47's, though I may be wrong about that.

But it did make it easier to feel a lot less guilty about what I was about to do to them.

I telepathically ordered the Brodent Swarm to… well, swarm the men, and keep them distracted while the Lyfallon I was riding on descended upon them.

They fired wildly into the swarm of skittering and flying Brodent's, but they were eventually overwhelmed, getting vicious scratches and bug bites from the various Brodents. All of which, I made sure were venomous. But not deadly.

Just a lot of irritation. And hopefully some weeks or months of hospitalization.

Meanwhile, me and my Lyfallon were working in tandem, to absolutely destroy the cages that previously held the animals.

The Lyfallon was breaking them apart by ramming into the steel cages, while I was ripping them apart with my bare hands. My new super strength was honestly really growing on me.

Then the newly freed animals had started to attack the poachers, and I could feel the sheer rage they were feeling at their captors.

There were elephants, lions, zebras, rhinos, giraffes, monkeys, snakes, gorillas, and even a hippopotamus.

And they were pissed.

They started to stampede into the poachers, the Brodents buzzing out of the way before they did so.

It wasn't a pretty sight, but from the moans and groans, I could tell that they were still alive. If only barely hanging on.

So, after the justifiably pissed off animals had their fill, I had sent most of them off… except for nine.

I wanted to make sure that these poachers were punished for what they had done, after all.

So, with the animals' express permission after I explained what I wanted to do to the men. I fused them with the men.

There were now three snake men, two giraffe men, a lion man, a rhino man, a monkey man, and an elephant man in front of me. All delirious from the pain they were going through.

I wanted these men to be permanently reminded of their crimes, and exactly why they shouldn't poach. Even if being granted the abilities of these animals may initially seem to be a boon to them.

They'll never be able to reacclimate into society with their newfound appearances. So, until they either truly repent for their crimes, or serve their time within prison. I wouldn't be defusing them.

It would also act as a fairly terrifying warning to other poachers. To never step foot within Zambesi again, when it comes to their criminal ways.

And finally… I honestly wanted to see if I could do it. And now that I know that I can fuse humans and animals together… well, that unlocks a whole new avenue of power usage. Maybe Ken would like being fused with a lion or something like that? At least, on a temporary basis if he doesn't like it… that is, if he accepts the idea.

After waiting a while for the men to stop groaning in pain, and actually get a sense for their surroundings, I grabbed one of the giraffe men by his now long neck.

"You're going to tell me everything about your operations" I said with a growl, hopefully doing a good imitation of Batman, and it seems that I did, as the sheer fear in the man's eyes told me everything I needed to know.

"I-I" The man stuttered as he looked around, his eyes widening in horror as he saw his colleagues, before looking down to see his now brown and yellow spotted skin, "What did you do to me!? Who are you!?"

"I am the B'Wana Beast. The Protector of Africa and its inhabitants. Which includes its indigenous wildlife… and what I have done to you, is something that may be undone if I get my answers. So speak!" I demanded, as I shook him by the neck ever so slightly.

The giraffe man started to babble about a man named Zakari Ivor'i, the largest Ivory Poacher within Africa. He had apparently hired them to 'do the grunt work' and get him some ivory. They got the other animals, purely because they were there, and they wanted more money.

The other animal men had started to regain their senses at this point, so I decided that I had enough information, and got on the back of the Lyfallon.

"W-wait!" The giraffe man shouted as he saw me beginning to leave, "W-what about fixing this!?"

"Hey, I said it may be done. Not that it will be done! Maybe's not a definitive yes!" I said with a grin, as I rode off, returning to the Zambesi Tribe, the Brodents following behind me, but not before I gave the newly-made animal men the middle finger, "Au revoir, assholes!"

And with that, another chapter ends.

Hope you all enjoyed the action of the chapter.

And before anyone says anything about it. Yes, the SI fusing the poachers with animals as a punishment is a dumb idea. That's the point. The SI isn't the smartest person around, sure, he's smart. But he's not god. He does dumb shit in the heat of the moment.

He just has to grow from it.

Anyway, the next chapter's going to be an interlude. And will hopefully be done tomorrow.