Chapter 13: A Thousand Miles Away
(PS: I'm going to have one change today, I wanted to have two changes, but people are drowsy and coming, and I'm not energetic, so this chapter has more words.) )
When Hao Qi and Yun Qingqing had just started searching for the ancient ruins, and had not had time to start excavating, they were extremely far away from this ancient ruins, in the boundless darkness, more than a dozen small black shadows flickered on the ground of a fluorescent stone vein, and the body that appeared from time to time seemed to be a creature walking on two feet, with a height of about one meter seven or more, and a body of less than two meters, and the human form could still be seen between the beats, but it was not very clear in this darkness.
There were about a dozen creatures in number, and they ran in the darkness as if they could see the darkness with their naked eyes, and they easily bypassed any dangerous places, and they seemed very familiar with this place.
At this time, the creature running in front suddenly raised an arm, and all the creatures behind it immediately stopped, silent, orderly, they all squatted slightly to look ahead, and at this time the leading creature turned its head, revealing a human face, but the ears of this human face were slightly pointed and long, and the skin was dark, the face was handsome and bewitching, and there were tattoo-like lines on the face.
"Tracked, the position is within two kilometers ahead, remember, we only have twenty breaths of safe hunting time, once exceeded, then we must retreat immediately, and then be silent for three days, and then track again...... Think about your family, think about your people, the ice season is coming, the tribal food is only two-thirds of what it used to be, this is the sixth failure, how many more failures can we have?"
The first creature also spoke with his mouth, but the words he said did not make a sound, or rather, but this sound was beyond the audible range of most creatures, it was a hissing sound similar to the sound of the wind, very subtle, mixed with the subtle wind sounds around it, and only these creatures that followed it could hear and understand, and others would not feel that there was a sound coming from it at all.
After the leader of the creatures spoke, the rest of the creatures were silent, and although they did not answer or speak, the atmosphere was condensed, and everyone knew each other's determination......
That's right, because of an accident more than half a year ago, a tribal warrior died, resulting in the tribe's food reserves this year are much lower than in previous years, the ice season is coming, and the tribe's food reserves are only two-thirds of the same period in previous years, which also indicates that one-third of the tribe's people will not survive the ice season this year, it is likely that there are their relatives, friends, and even parents and children, and maybe even them...... Although they have seen a lot of such things, it does not mean that they have to accept it peacefully, it is still too late, this time it is still too late, as long as they can hunt successfully, then ......
The leader creature was very satisfied with this atmosphere, he turned his head to look ahead, as one of the big warriors of the tribe, although he is a new big warrior, but his strength is also in the forefront of the big warriors of the tribe, not only that, as a famous genius of the tribe, he was promoted to a big warrior at a young age, so he has more hard work and aggressiveness than other tribe warriors, or other tribesmen, it can be seen from this hunt that when the hunting team led by other big warriors is looking for ordinary creatures, ordinary plants, and at most fierce creatures, the target he chose is a wounded mad creature, And he chose the best way to fight, although he has failed six times and has not been killed, but the six attacks, each time has made this mad creature injured and bleeding, and exhausted, none of his team members have died, up to now, this mad creature is already weak and exhausted, the reason why he just said that is more is actually to improve morale, and according to his own estimate, it is very likely to kill this mad creature this time, if you can't kill it this time, you will definitely be able to kill it next time!
Think about it, the meat of a mad-level creature, each of them can take at least about 1,500 catties of meat away, sprinkle the potion configured by the great wizard of the clan, these meat will not exude the flesh and blood aura that attracts other level creatures, and at the same time, it can also draw out its muscles and bones, the best tendons can be used to make a good bow for big warriors, and the best bones can be used to sharpen cutting weapons or protective shields used by big warriors, so that the clansmen can hunt more prey next year......
The leading creature thought a little preoccupied, judging from his appearance, if it was changed to the eyes of a human being, he would probably be a young man in his twenties, at this moment he was only slightly absorbed for a moment, and immediately woke up, he stared closely ahead, and then waved his hand back slightly, and in the next moment, his whole person had already pounced on him first......
"Arthurd, what are you thinking? ”
In the secret cave, a group of dark-skinned, slightly long pointed ears, handsome faces, with an indescribable sense of bewitching, and at the same time have more or less tattoo marks on their skin, or humanoids, they are excitedly eating pieces of barbecue meat the size of an adult's arm, a total of a dozen people, male or female, they are so edible.
The one who was closest to the bonfire, and the fattest piece of meat in his hand was a young man with a resolute face, who seemed to be a little stunned when he held the piece of meat, and a young woman next to him, who was also closest to the bonfire, suddenly asked.
The young man at the head came back to his senses, he looked at the extreme depths of this cave with a little satisfaction, there was a storage point dug out by a group of their talents, it was all large pieces of meat, almost no bones, all the fattest and fatty muscles and fat layers were selected, the meat here alone was enough to fill one-third of the reserves in the clan, and it was really a mad creature that had the most meat, but it was a pity that the meat that was left behind, if there were enough people, if they could take it all back to the clan, it is estimated that no one would starve to death in this year's ice season......
"I'm thinking that this year's ice season will probably be over. The young man named Arthurd spoke, and as he spoke, he took a big bite of the flesh in his hand, and almost half of the fat flesh was fat, which was the fattest part that the accompanying hunting party had deliberately cut off in order to praise his exploits and recognize his glory, and he ate it with great pleasure.
The young woman also looked at the meat and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, you can get through it, thanks to you, you actually thought of such a way to track down the crazy creatures, otherwise you have to fight with human lives...... I don't know if this method can be promoted?"
"I can't promote it. Arthurd shook his head and said, "You have to find a mad creature that has been injured, and it can't be a mad creature with poison, or agility, or a superability...... But I'm going to continue to study these creatures and try to find their patterns, patterns, and find a way to hunt them safely, so that the survival rate of our people will be greatly improved, and we will have more extra time......"
The young woman was stunned for a moment, she sighed and said: "You still haven't forgotten those legends, Arthurd, you are a genius, a genius that has never appeared in our tribe, not only our tribe, but all the tribes of our black-eared bloodline, large and small, can become a great warrior before the age of thirty like you, and you are also a person who is proficient in writing, mythology, and wizarding, there is no such person at all, if you can give up those boring legends, maybe you have become a warrior king now." ”
"No, you're wrong. Arthurd shook his head and said: "Maybe I am more suitable for martial arts than ordinary clansmen, and I have a better memory and more flexible brains than ordinary clansmen, but I am not a so-called genius, I have seen real geniuses, and I have seen those few real geniuses when the Black-eared Great Clan gathers once every ten years, such as the one who creates a move on the spot, such as the one who can crack any attack of the enemy, and the one who reads a book at a glance and memorizes it backwards...... They're real geniuses, I'm not geniuses, I just want to know more, and then I want to see that, and if I give up all those boring legends in your mouth, I'm not a great warrior now. ”
This time, not only the young woman, but also the surrounding clansmen shook their heads with a wry smile, because Arthurd's words were what he had said to anyone for many years, even to his parents, to his two older brothers and a younger brother, to his two younger sisters, even in the face of the patriarch and the great wizard, even in the face of the great patriarch and the chief priest of the Black-eared Lord Tribe, his words had not changed from beginning to end......
"I want to see the sun!"
Arthurd's eyes seemed to be shining, and he said seriously to the people around him: " In the mythology of our Haul tribe, in the poems we inherited history, and in the few words and books that have survived, all show that our Haul tribe is not a pure Drow elf, otherwise we would not have been at war with the Drow tribe in the north, we are a hybrid of humans and Drow elves, so it is possible for us to pass through the Despair Layer, and it is also possible for us to go to the surface world, where there is sunlight, where there are plants all over the ground, where there is no poisonous water source, where the land is full of honey and milk...... I want to see the sun, I want to see it no matter what! I want to see it even if I die!"
"But you tried. An old hunter couldn't help but say, "You have to go to the Despair Layer every year, where the way up is the way to the surface world, but you, like us, no, like all the creatures here, can't pass through at all, you've tried!"
"That's right, I've tried, probably because we have half of the Drow Elves in our veins, but it's not something that can't be solved!" Arthurd glared at the team member, and he said fiercely, but not against the team's anger, "As long as we can go to the ancestral ruins, as long as we can enter them, then we must be able to get some proof from there, or the sigil, or the bloodline purification ritual that our ancestors left us...... In short, as long as we can go to the ancestral ruins, then we will definitely be able to return to the surface world! This is what is recorded in the most precious ancestral book of the Hale tribe, I have seen it with my own eyes, I have touched it with my own hands, I can recite it backwards, do you think our ancestors will deceive us!?"
When it came to the ancestors, everyone stopped talking, for them, for all the people of the Black-Eard tribe, there was no more respectable existence than the ancestors, they had not read the book, they were not qualified to see it, only the literate people and the great warriors were qualified to see and touch, but since the ancestors said so, maybe it was really possible......
"So, to return to the surface world, the first step we have to do must be to return to the ancestral ruins!"
"Definitely!" (To be continued.) )