Chapter Twenty-Four: The Cannibal Tribes
In a clearing in the jungle, the dozen or so captured captives sat on the ground with sore legs, their faces pale, and they all knew that what awaited them was going to be terrible.
A human thigh was roasting on a nearby bonfire, and the poor corpse swayed gently like catkins like catkins hanging from the tree with a body that had cut off limbs and cut out internal organs.
A few people sitting around the fire cut off the baked parts with stone knives and threw them directly in their mouths to chew on them.
Hidden nearby, Tooth and Fire were stunned by the terrifying scene in front of them, what kind of people are these, how can people eat their own kind, the two of them have never heard of such a terrible thing when they are so old.
"Jianya, let's go, these people are terrible." Fire tried to calm himself down, but the fear in his heart still made his voice tremble.
Although Jianfang is also a little afraid, as the best warrior in the tribe, Jianfang's state is much stronger than fire.
"Go, go back and inform Lang that these people are too dangerous near the tribe." Jianya whispered, hunched over and quietly stepped back.
After the two of them retreated to a safe distance, they ran wildly in the direction of the tribe.
It was nearly an hour and a half away, and it only took half an hour to go back, and after seeing the tribal wall, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the ground gasping for breath.
When Wang Lang saw the two running back in a panic, his heart sank, and he guessed that something bad might have happened.
Wang Lang asked them to bring two bowls of water, and after pouring a few mouthfuls of water into Jianya and Huo, he said after breathing steadily: "Lang, something is wrong. ”
"What's going on, speak slowly." Wang Lang asked with a solemn expression.
Jianya told what had just happened, and Wang Lang's face was very ugly after hearing it.
"How many of them are there?"
Jianya recalled carefully and said, "There are a lot of people who have been tied up, and I have only seen five of those who eat human flesh. ”
"Only five? What kind of weapons did they use? Wang Lang asked.
"Well, there are indeed only five people, but I think they should be the warriors of that tribe, since they appear here, it means that their tribe is very close to here, and their weapons are stone axes and spears." After Jianya finished speaking, his eyes were full of worry, the fate of the tribe was in Wang Lang's hands, and he didn't know how Wang Lang would deal with this matter.
Wang Lang didn't know what to do at the moment, although there were only five people on the other side, there were only seven men on his side, and women were completely useless in this situation.
For those who are about to be eaten, although Wang Lang wants to sympathize with their suffering, but if he wants to be a savior, he must also have that strength, the life of every member of the tribe is precious, Wang Lang doesn't want the heart of the Holy Mother to overflow the lives of the tribe members.
The unknown tribe is obviously extremely barbaric, belonging to the barbarians among the barbarians, Wang Lang doesn't want to have any intersection with such a group at all, but now these people are like a sharp blade hanging over the head of their tribe, and they don't know when they will bring disaster to themselves.
Wang Lang pondered for a while and said: "Let's not act rashly for the time being, you and Huo bring some food to follow them, try not to be discovered by them as much as possible, don't do superfluous things, first of all, we must ensure our own safety, I want to know what the strength of their tribe is, we will discuss what to do next after you come back, no matter whether you find their tribe or not, remember that you must come back before noon tomorrow." ”
Jianfang and Fire nodded, rested for a while, took two of the best bows made from the tribe, took a little dried meat, and carried the animal skin quiver containing a dozen arrows on their backs, before leaving, Jianfang told the tribesmen about the harvest of the trap and told the prey where it was hidden, and the two gradually drifted away under the gaze of the tribesmen.
It was originally a very celebrating thing for the trap to be rewarded so quickly, but this sudden accident seemed to weigh a heavy stone on everyone's heart.
Although the people of the Wang Lang tribe are also out-and-out barbarians, they are still very afraid and disgusted by cannibalism, in their traditional concept, people can kill each other, but for the dead, they should be buried in the ground, so that the soul of the dead can enter the afterlife.
And this jungle is rich in food, even if you are lucky enough not to catch prey, you can collect wild fruits and plant roots to fill your stomach, obviously these people, cannibalism is not because of lack of food, but out of instinct or they do not know a certain purpose, this is very terrible, a depressing and dull atmosphere envelops the tribe.
"Lang, we'll be fine!" Fanxing looked at Wang Lang worriedly.
As the leader, Wang Lang knew that he could not show any weakness at this time, and any lack of confidence would add more panic to the tribe.
Wang Lang pretended to be relaxed and said, "Don't worry, you will be fine with me." But I couldn't help but ask myself, "It should be fine!" ”
The two of them had bothered their spirits along the way, and when they approached the place where the people had stayed before, both of them slowed their steps, trying not to make a sound.
The two men lurked behind the big tree, and after carefully observing for a while, there was no sign of human activity, and then they dared to be sure that those people had left.
The two men looked at each other for a moment, nodded to each other, and the fire remained where it was, and Adamantia cautiously walked towards the still smoking fire.
There were some human bones scattered on the ground, and on the grass not far away, a broken skeleton that had lost its limbs and been torn and bitten lay miserably, and Jianfang walked over to look at the skeleton that there was not much flesh and bones, and it could be seen from the bite marks on the bones that some animal must have passed by here and found this low-hanging fruit.
Jianya looked around carefully, determined the direction in which the men were leaving, and waved his hand at the fire to signal that he could come out.
Those people were numerous, and the traces left were very obvious, and the two of them continued to follow these tracks.
It wasn't until nightfall that the two finally found them by a river.
The two men lurked in the bushes, looking at the firelight and shadowy figures in front of them, their muscles stiffened a little from tension.
The two of them carefully observed in the dark, not daring to make a sound.