Chapter 63: Arthur
At dawn, Ansu followed the group to a glade with large and small domed treehouses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThese treehouses are woven of vines and leaves, and can fit roughly three people together. Smoke rose from the settlement, and light smoke lingered in the trees, blending with the morning mist and wafting gently among the leaves.
At a cursory glance, there are about 200 people in this settlement, and they must be used to migrating through the jungle, and everything they have built is easy to tear down and move. Some are cooking food, some are making weapons, and some are fabricating pottery, making wood, bone, and stone tools. Although the sun had not yet fully risen, these people had already begun their day's work.
Ansu found that these people all had a red tattoo painted on their bodies, which was not on the people who went to the funeral yesterday. They crush a fruit that flows out of a red juice and apply it to their bodies so that it does not disappear for days. Some people also smeared this juice on their two fangs, which looked hideous and terrifying.
An Su and Li Kai hid after the operation for a while, but did not find any of their partners. They quietly retreated.
"How? Captain, do you want to ask? Li Kai asked.
"They probably weren't there." Ansu muttered, besides, this jungle tribe doesn't seem to be easy to get along with.
"I know." Suddenly, a voice came from the top of the tree, although it was in the federal language, but it was definitely not one of the six of them, who was it?!
An Su and Li Kai looked up suddenly.
A man with the same blue-faced fangs was sitting on a branch looking at them condescendingly, holding a delicate crossbow in his hand. Although he looked like those people, he was painted with white patterns. The young man raised an eyebrow and fell lightly from the branch, barely making a sound.
"Hello, I'm Arthur Sama, and I belong to the White Sama clan." He lowered the crossbow in his hand, and looked at An Su and Li Kai who were full of vigilance with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "The witch has been looking for you, please come with me." His gaze swept over An Su and Li Kai's faces, and his smile deepened, "Don't worry, I'm here to help you." Please come with me, it won't be good if you'll be discovered by the hunters of the Red Sama clan. ā
"Who did you learn your federal language from?" An Su stared at him tightly, his eyes suddenly rolling, "Also, who made that crossbow?" ā
"Our shrine maiden-sama." Arthur respectfully placed his hands on his chest, as if saluting some ethereal presence. Ansu noticed that the necklace around his neck was very similar to what he had seen on the corpse before. The tusks of what is supposed to be some kind of large animal were split into two necklaces. Ansu looked at the crossbow in his hand, and the degree of refinement was not inferior to the one he had seen earlier. The corpse must have some connection to the person in front of him who claimed to be of the White Sama clan.
"What's your shrine maiden's name?" An Su asked, and his heart couldn't help beating a few beats faster.
"Lira." Arthur's tone became unusually soft as he said the name.
"How did you know we were coming here?" An Su narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone was a little lower. The appearance of this Sama, she did not think it was just sudden, but seemed to be deliberate. Fluent in the federal language, with a crossbow made in lira, no matter how you look at this person, it is not simple.
"Because some time ago I saved a man like you." Arthur shrugged his shoulders, unmoved by Ansu's suspicions, "Besides, I've been helping the shrine maiden find you, calculate, it's been seven or eight years." He counted on his fingers. Mikomi-sama has been looking for them, always, all the time, for the upcoming encounter.
An Su and Li Kai quickly glanced at each other, that person should be Simon!
"Okay, let's go with you."
"Captain......" Li Kai pulled An Su, although what this person said is reasonable, but who knows what this person has in mind? Since watching the Sama funeral ceremony last night, Li Kai has become a little more wary of this race.
"Let's go see first, if he dares to play any tricks...... An Su coldly hooked the corners of his lips, put his palm in front of his neck, and made a killing motion.
Li Kai nodded, didn't raise any objections, his eyes kept staring at Arthur's back, he and the captain were more than enough to deal with a hairy boy!
Arthur felt a chill in his back, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, how did he feel like he was carrying two tigers now, no, he was being forced forward by two tigers?
About a dozen days ago, Arthur, as usual, went deep into the jungle again after the hunt was completed. This time he was not for the tribe, but for her - the lira.
Arthur found Rila on a hunting trip with her brother when she collapsed on the edge of the river soaking wet, and she crawled out of the water, with traces of her crawling behind her. But perhaps to the limit, Rila climbed the riverbank and passed out. At the time, Arthur thought she was dead, but when he went to check, he found that she was still breathing. Arthur had never seen anyone like this, with milk-white skin and sun-kissed blond hair, but no fangs. After washing her face with river water, his breath was robbed of her beauty. Lila has a beautiful face that is considered to be a vase, but no one dares to underestimate her, otherwise she will not know how to die. She specializes in crafting all kinds of weapons, including, of course, hidden weapons.
Traditionally, hunters are required to hand over their prey to the tribe, but Arthur believes that Lira is not the prey, and argues with the patriarch before leaving her alone. The beauty of the lila conquered the heart of the young man of White Sama, who offered him as a goddess of the jungle. For a long time, Lira did not speak, and remained quietly in Arthur's treehouse. Until one day, Lira suddenly handed him a crossbow.
Arthur's fingers rubbed his crossbow arm, and his heart became infinitely soft. The improved weapons and traps of the lira greatly increased the efficiency of hunting, and they did not have to settle down with their prey everywhere. Build houses, set up defenses, domesticate prey...... With the help of the lira, Bai Sama was able to live comfortably in the jungle without having to move around the country. Lila also gained the respect of the White Sama people. However, all this aroused the jealousy of the Red Sama, their arch-rivals, who tried to attack the White Sama many times, but unfortunately they could not break through the defenses set up by the Lira. If it weren't for the despicable tactics adopted by the Red Sama, they might not have been able to attack once.
But it was such a time that Arthur lost almost everything. (To be continued.) )