Chapter 13: Five Years Later

Five years later......

It's still that Chitie Village, it's still that open space, it's still those children, it's still that formation, and many positions in the team have been vacant, and the children of that year have grown into boys and girls, and their faces are no longer immature as they were back then, but a little more youthful and calm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

At the front of the line, Tie Li looked at the children in front of him who had grown up, and the position that was nearly a third of them empty, and his heart was mixed.

Tie Li cleared his throat and raised his hand to press, "Everyone be quiet." ā€

Tie Li took a long breath and exhaled again, and then said slowly, "Five years ago today, Chitie Village was attacked by a goblin. That time, I felt the precursor of a crisis. ā€

"At that time, I made a decision to let the children in the village who were over 8 years old go with the hunting team to fight."

"In the first year, the effect was very good, the children got enough exercise, they also had enough fighting skills, with the protection of the hunting team, the safety of the children was guaranteed enough, and there were many injuries, but most of them were only skin injuries, at most they were only minor injuries."

"In the second year, I started having the children hunt in groups of three in safer areas on the outskirts of the village, so that the fighting skills they learned in the first year could be put to use. In those two years, the income of the hunting team in Chitie Village was extremely considerable, and the children gradually began to grow up. ā€

"Then I made a very painful decision: let the children team up in a group of three and go hunting in the hunting team's range." At this point, tears flickered faintly in Tie Li's eyes.

"In the third year, our children have made great progress in terms of physical, mental, and combat skills, far more than the previous two years combined, and almost half of them have reached the standard of first-class barbarian archers, which is very surprising to me." Tieli paused, then said sadly, "That year, there were forever seven fewer people in your team, and five of them will not return to Chitie Village. ā€

"In the fourth year, things have improved, but there are still four lovely children who have left us."

"In the fifth year, that is, the year that has just passed, Chitie Village lost another child."

"The number of casualties is decreasing every year, which means that the strength of the children is steadily rising, which is very gratifying, which proves that you have not wasted all these hours and that all the sacrifices are worth it."

Tie Li turned and said, "When the first bad news came, it was like a bolt from the blue, and I almost fainted, and at that time I could choose to let you continue hunting in a safe area near Chitie Village. If you do, your casualties will always be fixed at 1, but I don't do that. ā€

"Because Chitie Village is now facing a huge crisis. When a crisis comes, no one will be spared, so I have to be so cruel. In the past five years, Chitie Village has suffered a total of 65 goblin attacks, of which we have successfully resisted as many as 47 attacks, and the greatest credit is the strength of the children. ā€

Tie Li looked at the children below and said with relief: "The strength of all of you has reached the standard of a first-level barbarian archer, and even a second-level existence, you have made a lot of efforts in the process of defending the village, you are all the pride of the Red Iron Village!" ā€

"Kitty can't grow up under the protection of their parents forever, and only by taking the first step can they embrace the vast sky. It is only through brutal battles that you will be transformed. ā€

Tie Li changed the topic and said, "You may still be wondering why I let you participate in the actual battle so early. The children below nodded in agreement.

"I'll answer this question later, I'll ask you first, do you know why Chitie Village is called Chitie Village?" When the children below heard this, they shook their heads.

Tie Li said slowly: "Chitie Village is composed of two major tribes, Red Bow and Iron Barbarian, you may wonder, why is this small village of a few hundred people now called a combination of two major tribes?" ā€

Tie Li replied to himself: "The original Chitie Village used to be the master of the Enchanted Forest, but unfortunately we had a traitor, and that person was the good brother of our Chitie Village chief at that time, and one of the strongest people in Chitie Village. That man united with foreign enemies, and the inside and outside joined forces to severely damage Chitie Village, and Chitie Village was in a slump from then on. Speaking of which, there was some chatter below.

Tie Shan ignored the voice below, and continued to lose his mind a little: "At that time, the head of Chitie Village dragged his seriously injured body, and fled to an isolated place with more than ten villagers to hide and establish a small village. This hiding is more than 200 years. ā€

"For more than two hundred years, Chitie Village has lived a life of secrecy and secrecy, and you may not understand how much we have spent these two hundred years. And now, Chitie Village is facing unprecedented challenges. ā€

"Our place of peace was discovered by the Goblins five years ago, and our enemy, the wicked traitor, the damned bastard, is looking for us. It is now likely that he has learned the location of Chitie Village through goblin channels. ā€

"Over the past two hundred years, although Chitie Village has grown to a considerable scale, we are still vulnerable to our former enemies. You are the last hope of Chitie Village, and I hope you can always remember that you were once a member of Chitie Village, even if Chitie Village no longer exists. At this, there was an uproar below, obviously shocked by Tie Li's last words.

"Yes, I made you stronger not to protect Chitie Village, but to allow you to survive and preserve the last hope of Chitie Village."

"I know it's hard for all of you to accept this fact, but the reality is cruel, you are the last spark in Chitie Village, after a while I will send you away from Chitie Village and send you to some small and medium-sized tribes, where it will be safer, you have to survive, try to survive, become strong, and don't live up to my hopes." Speaking of this, Tie Shan's face turned a lot red.

Suddenly, Tie Li seemed to think of something, and said viciously: "You must always remember this name, Shi Man, he is a sinner in Chitie Village, a traitor, a bastard, a bastard who sold his soul. ā€

After saying this last sentence, Tie Li raised his hand at the children and said, "Okay, that's all I have to say. Go, the squads set off to hunt, hunt well, get stronger, survive well. ā€