70. Rush to the rescue
On the frozen Gumu River, after a scuffle, the outcome has been decided.
"Give me my partner back or I'll break your neck." Ao Bai said coldly to the patriarch of the Raptor tribe, Scar.
The dying captive eagle was tied up and lay firmly at his feet, and the little white dragon unexpectedly infiltrated the ancient wood river of the Raptor tribe according to the established plan, and shot down Scar while the eagle orcs swooped down.
The dragon-shaped Ao Yang was very leisurely suspended on the Gumu River, flicking its tail slightly, and the ice in front of it was already red with the blood of the eagle people, and there were several injured eagles fluttering on it.
Scar knew that the White Dragons would definitely come to save the mermaid, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, after all, they only caught the merfolk yesterday.
"You dare? This is the territory of our Raptor tribe, you merfolk—" Scar said with a pale and trembling face in pain, sweating the size of a bean, and a look of inwardness. He didn't want to lose his momentum: the head of the dignified clan, he was shot down by the little white dragon in ambush when he was dealing with the evil dragon Ao Yang swooping down just now, and it was really difficult to accept the order of the little white dragon in a threatening tone at this time.
"Hmph~" Ao Bai sneered after hearing the captive's words, he originally grabbed the other party's throat from behind, and had already broken the other party's shoulder blades and arms, and now he buckled the other party's neck and twisted it flexibly, and then unceremoniously smashed the mandible of Scar, and then the abdomen, directly beating the patriarch of the Raptor tribe to temporarily faint.
Seeing this scene that made the eagle man's blood surge, the eagles hovering and staying in the sky above the Gumu River and on the surrounding big trees were all extremely indignant and anxious, and there were all kinds of angry scolding voices.
- Dragon! Two dragons!
- Let go of our patriarch!
- Don't want your mermaid anymore?
As soon as Ao Bai heard that they dared to threaten him with their own mermaids, his body, which had just stopped, moved again: Ao Bai simply kicked Scar and the several eagles he caught into the icy Gumu River one by one, splashing a large area of water.
"Listen!" Ao Bai's eyes were bloodshot and full of anger, and he issued a warning with an expressionless face: "If you despicable birds can return Ji Mo to me immediately, then it will be enough to kill these eagles today." But if anything happens to my partner, no matter how disgusting I am, I'll find a way to slaughter you. ”
The big white dragon looked at his brother appreciatively and nodded slowly. He always felt that Ao Bai lacked toughness and determination, but it was understandable: a little prince dragon who grew up in the safe and rich Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, the big trouble and pain that Ao Bai encountered when he grew up should be the Sicilian Sea, which was difficult to transform and was assigned to the remote Sicilian Sea.
About land orcs? Ao Bai's idea should be based on what he learned in the East China Sea before: stay away and don't interfere with each other.
But not now, with that attitude: his merfolk have suffered a lot in the talons of the land hawks.
Seeing that the little white dragon was decisive in the face of the eagle man today, and did not hesitate to attack, Ao Yang felt that his brother should be able to defend the Sicilian Sea.
The Gumu River was covered with a thick layer of ice, and the exposed water surface was chiseled by two white dragons, and the river water was cold and biting.
Scar, who was already unconscious, was suddenly awakened by freezing when he was thrown into the river, desperately struggling and fluttering to get ashore, and then looking at the tribesmen next to him who were also choking on the river and breathing painfully, the patriarch of the Raptor tribe, who had always been arrogant and conceited, dared to think and fight, finally began to reflect on himself a little
- Was it really wrong to go to the Holy Lake to attack the dragon and avenge Terry and a few injured people? But if I, the patriarch, do nothing, I will inevitably chill the hearts of my people and lose my prestige and support.
Alas~ It's difficult, my people and I fought with the beast tribe and the evil dragons of the holy lake, how many times I really can't count, I didn't expect to catch a mermaid this time to make such a big fuss and hurt the lives of so many eagles, the white dragons are like crazy, and they dare to leave the holy lake in the cold season and come to the ancient wood forest.
Every time the eagle people in the Gumu Ice River struggled to swim to the bank of the river, Ao Bai would stop them with a blank face and throw them back into the river, he was determined to teach the eagle clan a lesson: These despicable and shameless races, you don't like the dragon, you can trouble me, why do you attack a mermaid female again and again? Ji Mo is not a single fish that you can bully!
Seeing that one of the eagles had stopped struggling and slowly sinking to the ground, his friend desperately swam over to hold up his young friend.
"Enough~~!" Scar mournfully stopped speaking.
The eagle orcs who were anxiously watching around were all silent: some wanted to save their brothers' lives, but they didn't dare to swoop down and get close to the two evil dragons; Some people want to open their mouths to return the captive mermaids, but they are worried that they will be blamed by the dead Terry's family, Jiang Shu and Su Ya and other females, and at this time, if they say the wrong thing, they will be squeezed out by the entire tribe.
"Figured it out?" Ao Bai asked unhurriedly, his face was extremely ugly: since Ji Mo was taken away, his heart was like being fried in boiling oil in a stone pot, he couldn't be at peace for a moment, he couldn't close his eyes for a moment, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he couldn't help but think about the torture that Ji Mo might be subjected to when he was caught in the Raptor Tribe, and he couldn't imagine his horror and hopelessness, especially since he was still in a special physical condition and was pregnant with a cub......
Scar soaked in the ice river, treading the water hard, perhaps because of the ice, but the wounds and broken bones on his body were now numb: this was a very terrible sign, maybe the numb nerves of the limbs had died?
"Enough!" Scar shook his head unbearably, deciding that he couldn't make a mistake again and again, today's fiasco had made him completely understand that the evil dragon was not afraid to leave the holy lake, but he was not completely enraged before, which caused him to feel that the dragon was "nothing more than that", and actually rashly went to kidnap the evil dragon's partner.
Ao Bai resisted the urge to tear the other party apart in his chest, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Huh?" What about Ji Mo? ”
All the eagle people are waiting for the order of the patriarch, the hierarchy of the eagle clan is still very strict, and the power of the patriarch is very large.
“…… Showawei, go back and bring the captive merfolk here. Scar finally gave the order in exhaustion, and when he said this, he knew that he would soon not be the patriarch of the Raptor tribe.
Sure enough, there was an eagle who immediately objected:
- Patriarch, the mermaid was caught with great difficulty.
- Yes, that's the mermaid we met last time we were picking up salt off the coast of Sicily, and I saw his tears turn into pearls.
- Patriarch, you can't return the mermaid to the dragon, he is already from our tribe.
Ao Bai glared viciously at the eagles hovering high in the air, if he could reach them, he would definitely shoot them down without hesitation, and then stuffed them into the ice cave for them to calm down and remember what they had just said.
"Alright, let's wait, how can any land orc want to die and not want to live?" Ao Yang sneered and said that while he was vigilant around him, he always involuntarily thought of Qingzhe and Xitu who were sent back to the tribe, and he didn't know if the words taught to them were accepted by the beast tribe. Being questioned and excluded from isolation is already certain, but it is not clear how Cheng dù is. This made him feel very uncomfortable, and he only hoped that the Eagle Clan could hand over Ji Mo as much as possible, and then find a way to bring Qingzhe and Xitu back.
If it was a mistake to forcibly detain a land female and cub, then he was wrong in the first place, and now he is bent on making a mistake.
"Well, I hope we come in time, Ji Mo hasn't been tortured yet." Ao Bai couldn't hide his worry and said nervously.
The little white dragon has a lot of scars on his body, all of which were injured in the melee with the Eagle Clan just now: since it was his partner who was kidnapped, even if the eldest brother helped, he had to carry the biggest attack and pull all the hatred points on himself, no matter what the price was, let the Eagle Clan get an unforgettable lesson, lest their ambition not die, settle this account on the head of the eldest brother, and go to the trouble of the eldest brother in the future.
"Probably not, even if the eagle people have wings, they have to inhabit the Sicilian continent, and it is impossible to stay in the sky forever, they are not stupid, how dare they offend the two dragons at once? Doesn't the Raptor tribe also have females and cubs, hum~" Ao Yang stretched his waist and twisted his strong dragon body arrogantly and casually, without fear.
The little white dragon stood on the ice, his body was firm and straight, his heart was still anxious, and he swore that if Ji Mo had anything to do, he would have one more goal in life in the future, that is, to fight to the end with the Eagle Clan, and not to destroy the Eagle Clan, and swear not to be a dragon.
After Skar's order, the eagle named Showa Wei hesitated, but finally could not resist the patriarch's order, flapped his wings and turned around and flew in the direction of the tribal treehouse.
The little white dragon watched the two eagles fly away with anticipation, imagining that Ji Mo would be brought to his side safe and sound in the next moment.
When Ao Bai and Ao Yang rushed to the Gumu Forest overnight, they had already learned from the Captive Eagle about all the entrances and guards of the Raptor Tribe, as well as the distribution of the wooden houses and the location of the cages, and they all felt that it was very inappropriate to use human form to leave the water and then touch the tree house to find the location of the cage to save Ji Mo, not to mention that they couldn't be sure whether the Captive Eagle was telling the truth or a lie.
Fortunately, under the careful arrangement, the capture eagle was used to lure out a few eagles guarding the mouth of the Gumu River and captured them along the way, and the progress was quite smooth.
There was silence on the Gumu River, and the dragon and the eagle were waiting, waiting for Showa to bring the captive merfolk.
*****
It took a long time for Ji Mo to really regain his mood after being beaten, and he lay down and slept for a while wrapped in animal skin mattresses, until the slightest ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the cage and hit his eyes, and Ji Mo woke up.
Finally feeling that his lower abdomen was not so swollen and his lower back was not so sore, Ji Mo slowly sat up, and after carefully covering the animal skin mattress and ensuring the temperature of his abdomen, he realized that something was wrong.
- Huh? Why is my line of sight suddenly so narrow?
Puzzled, he raised his hand and touched his eyes, and couldn't help but gasp with a "hiss", and then grinned in pain and affected other injuries on his face.
Ji Mo couldn't help but feel the swelling of his left eye, and laughed at himself in bitterness:
Tsk~ Fortunately, I wasn't blind. Why is it so ridiculous for the females to hit people here? Specialized in slapping in the face? Still like to scratch with your fingernails? Plus tugging on your hair? Hahaha~!
But, then again, thankfully the females in the morning were just fighting with women, and if they were a little more aggressive and kicked me in the stomach, it would be really over, and the child would still be able to survive......
It's okay when I'm not awake, but now when I open my eyes, I feel that the injured eye keeps secreting physiological tears, and I can't stop it, and the cheeks stained with tears are called the cold wind, and it's really uncomfortable to fidget, and what makes him hate even more is that he actually dropped a pearl in this ghost place?
Foggy~ Labor and management don't want it at all, labor and management don't want to cheap this group of despicable, shameless and hateful birds.
The mermaid did not dare to make a sound, and could not stop her tears, so she hurriedly collected the small pearls that had fallen, and hid them all in the pockets of the animal's skin clothes.
So, while hiding pearls, Ji Mo had to raise his sleeves to wipe his tears from time to time, and he looked very pitiful when he sat there: his nose was blue and his face was swollen, his hair was messy, and his tears kept falling and condensed into pearls.
While he was desperately trying to figure out a way, the conversation of the guard eagle man suddenly came from the location of the cell door:
"What does it smell like?"
"Hmm~ It smells weird, it smells good."
"What are the merfolk doing inside?"
"I'll see...... Hey~ The mermaid is crying, there are really pearls! ”
Immediately, the cell door slammed open, and two bored eagle orcs who were in charge of guarding the captive mermaids rushed in with greedy eyes in their eyes.
- Hurry up and grab it, the merfolk don't have the ability to resist anyway.
This was the only thought of the Hawkman at this time.
"Stop!" Ji Mo stopped sharply, he had already quickly gotten off the wooden bed, grabbed the pearl in his hand, and reached out of the gap in the cage to make a gesture.
He even kicked out the two pearls that had fallen to the ground with his foot, and the little beads didn't know where they fell.
"Don't mess around!"
"What do you do?"
The two eaglemen watched the incomparably precious pearl kicked out of the cage by the mermaid like that, and they were so distressed that they couldn't speak, and their eyes were full of anger and ruin when they looked at Ji Mo.
"What do I want to do? This is my pearl, I want to throw it away, can't I? Ji Mo smiled and stretched out his hand outside the cage again.
"Of course not, that's life-saving medicine!"
"Leave it to us at once, merfolk, be honest and don't go crazy!"
The two eaglemen threatened in frustration, thinking that they didn't know if they could find the pearl that had just fallen, and that there were many tree houses and towering ancient trees below, and they were very difficult to find.
Ji Mo smiled happily, with his blue nose and swollen face at this time, it was quite ugly.
"Ahem~ It's not impossible to give it to you, it's just ......" The mermaid dragged out her tone in embarrassment.
"Just what?"
"Give it to us, do you still want to be beaten?"
Ji Mo's face immediately changed, and he said coldly: "When your patriarch and clansmen come back, I will sue them: you beat me like this in private to make me cry pearls, and in the end you got a lot of pearls, but you hid them all privately!" ”
Dare to torture and abuse me at will? I want you to jump into the Yellow River and can't be washed away, and live in the suspicion and exclusion of the clansmen for the rest of your life!
The two eagle men only then woke up from the joy and excitement of seeing the pearl, their faces were ugly and nervous for a moment, and they scolded angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, it's clear that Jiang Shu and they beat you, and I didn't touch you." ”
"That's it, it's none of my business, Jiang Shu led people to beat you, you don't talk nonsense."
Pearls are life-saving medicine, and they have always been kept by the patriarch, and if the mermaid slanders like this, it is really unclear that it is a taboo to hide pearls privately.
"Heh~" Ji Mo laughed mockingly, "If you didn't deliberately let them in, I would have been beaten?" Well, I would like to sue your patriarch that you two are very dissatisfied with his arrangement in private, and do not take his orders to heart. ”
At this time, the two eaglemen were completely stunned, although they were angry and angry, and they couldn't really do anything to the captured mermaids, because the patriarch and the warriors had said that the lives of the mermaids must be kept and of great use.
"So, what do you want?"
Ji Mo was in a hurry when he got out of bed just now, and at this time, the whole fish was standing by the cage blowing the cold wind, shivering from the cold, and his stomach began to feel uncomfortable again, he chuckled in his heart, and said calmly:
"I don't want to do anything either. Go and get me two thick fur mattresses, and get me some hot water—don't try to play any tricks, if anything happens to me and the child in my womb, I'll take you two to the funeral." ”
Seeing the hesitant and unwilling appearance of the two eagle men, Ji Mo spoke again: "Let's exchange, you go and prepare what I need, and if I am satisfied, these pearls will all belong to you, and I will not complain to your patriarch." ”
“…… Seriously? "This mention yì has to make the eagle's heart move, these two eagles have very average qualifications, they are not even warrior eagles, and they may not be able to use pearls for the rest of their lives with their ability.
Ji Mo nodded heavily: "I mean what I say, but you must do it to my satisfaction, otherwise even if I die, I will let you die with me." ”
The two eagles whispered for a long time, and finally reached a cooperation, and after warning the captive merfolk not to mess around and be honest, they turned around and went out to close the cage again.
For a long time, there was silence all around.
Ji Mo didn't dare to tiptoe back to the wooden bed until he couldn't stand the cold, shivering and pulling up the animal skin mattress and wrapping it, he stood on tiptoe and walked to the wooden door, wanting to see the movement outside, but due to the design of the cage, he could only barely see a small wooden platform in front of the door through the gap.
Can you escape now?
Ji Mo didn't have a bottom in his heart, he pulled the prison door, didn't move at all, and then reached out from the gap next to him and touched it indiscriminately, but he couldn't reach anything, the gap was only the size of a fist, and Ji Mo's hand was not long enough.
My heart was pounding and jumping quickly and nervously, and when I was gritting my teeth and hurrying to desperately pull the latch or latch that might be not far away, there was a sudden sound of eagles chirping outside, which was extremely sharp and piercing.
Oops, am I being discovered?
Ji Mo quickly left the wooden door and flashed to the other side of the cage, his heart beating violently, for fear of being beaten again.
After waiting for a long time, the fish found that nothing had happened, although the treehouse below was a mess, and from time to time there were eagle people who flapped their wings vigorously and flew away, but none of them came up.
"What are you doing~" Ji Mo sighed, only feeling a false alarm, he concentrated on the edge of the cage and looked out.
Roar roar roar ~~~~
It wasn't until a long and majestic dragon roar reached his ears that Ji Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and thought with tears in his smile: I see! That's not Ao Bai's voice, it's the eldest brother's. It's great that they came to save me so soon.
The tears in his injured eye still didn't stop, and he could only open a thin slit.
The crossing fish raised its eyebrows and watched the eagle people below in a mess, and the female and the eaglet all ran down, not knowing where to hide.
Not long after, Ji Mo suddenly had a thought: Will the two eagles who are watching me also go out to fight? Nobody cares about me anymore?
Escape! At least give it a try.
Ji Mo anxiously circled around the cage, he turned into a deep hidden mermaid's sharp nails, and tried to poke the wood of the cage: it was useless, the attack ability of the mermaid's nails was not so strong, and it was not a sharp dagger.
After a few more turns, before Ji Mo could think of a way, the cell door was suddenly kicked open with a strong kick.
A loud "bang".
Ji Mo quickly turned around and looked at the person who came.
Who is this? The traversal fish stepped back in disbelief, slowly leaned against the hardwood of the cage, and looked at the visitor: covered in blood, this was the first impression; Tall and sturdy, this is the second impression; Blind in one eye? This is the third discovery.
"Don't come here, I'll throw all the pearls out if I come here again!" Ji Mo repeated his old tricks, loudly stopping the other party's approaching footsteps.
It's a pity that the red-eyed dragon Rong Tuo was not threatened at all, he walked quickly to Ji Mo, bent down and sniffed hard:
"Is it a mermaid? How can there be a mermaid on land? ”
Yes? Not the Eagle Man of the Raptor Tribe? But how did he know I was a merfolk?
Ji Mo carefully moved a few steps to the side, without saying a word.
"Your partner is a dragon? Which dragon is it? Rong Tuo asked suspiciously, he didn't continue to approach the other party, but raised his eyebrows and questioned, the one-eyed dragon's hands were stained with the blood of the female and cub of the raptor tribe, and after seeing the mermaid in the ocean at this time, he finally regained a little sense.
"Did the hawkmen hurt you?" Rong Tuo asked again, he was not very angry with the mermaid, the one-eyed dragon knew that the mermaid was mostly timid and weak, not to mention the clan in front of him who had obviously been beaten and imprisoned.
Ji Mo kept retreating, not sure what the other party was planning, he nodded slightly: "Yes, I was captured by the Eagle Clan, who are you?" ”
At this time, the two guard eagles who had gone out to help Ji Mo find animal skin mattresses and hot water returned, and they did not know the tragic fate of the females and cubs hiding in the tree hole at the bottom of the tribe, but they were just hurriedly taking advantage of the chaos to make some gains.
Rong Tuo turned his head suddenly, revealing a bloodthirsty smile, and tangled with the two eagles.
Now is the time.
Ji Mo quickly dodged out of the cage, and just as he was running down the passage, Showa Guard, who had been ordered to come back, arrived, and the two eagles landed suddenly-