Chapter 306: Jade Statue
The reinforcements brought by Ana merged into the defense of Harom City as quickly as possible, which greatly boosted the morale of the villagers, but Cudi didn't know that Harrom City had received support, let alone that Harom City had a southern country as an ally behind it.
"Big brother, we can't stop here forever!"
The days of stalemate made Cudi's men increasingly impatient.
They fled from the territory early, and were not chased by the beasts as embarrassed as Chabu and them, but the people who left the territory were like duckweed that had lost their roots, and they could only get in and out of supplies, and they urgently needed to loot the supplies they needed from the village of Harom.
"Wait, something seems to be happening in the city."
The amount of information on both sides is completely unequal.
The refugees in the Wilderness and the troops of the Bluegrass-River Valley Line have allowed the Southlands to collect a lot of information about the Northlands, which can be passed on to each other in an extremely efficient way through the Hawks, and Ana's knowledge of the enemy is known.
And Cudi didn't know anything about the group of people hiding in the city, and the men sent out to investigate were quickly discovered, although no one was caught, but they could only flee back in disgrace.
"How long are we going to wait?"
Cudi and his men are unique in that they are neither tribes nor city-states, let alone nations.
These men were more like mercenaries gathered around him, and they would only serve him as thugs if they had to be beneficial, and if he could not give them what they needed, he had no doubt that this group of people would abandon him or even betray him.
"What an ungrateful fellow!"
Cudi secretly cursed to himself, if it weren't for him, this group of people would have been eaten by the beasts, and at this time he was not grateful to him, and urged him to attack Harom City.
Didn't you see that Harrom City is a hard bone, they are ready to fight, and now they rush over to find death?
Faced with pressure from within, Cudi was caught in a dilemma.
When did Cudi start distancing himself from the northern tribes? He sometimes doesn't know this question himself.
For as long as he can remember, he knew that the northern tribes were burdened with humiliation, and they were driven to live in the icy north, and later even lost their tokens.
Cudi felt deeply the incompetence of the northern tribes.
His ancestors used to be the guardian of the token, and when the token was lost, Cudi had not yet been born, but he knew that the clan that had made such a serious mistake was not severely punished, and they only knew that they were sad with the rest of the clan every day, but what was the use?
The northern tribes are such an indecisive, stupid and hypocritical place.
That kind of life atmosphere of hello, hello, everyone, can't make Cudi feel the so-called "camaraderie" at all, he feels more than that, it's the incompetence of this group of people.
I'm afraid that the gods knew what their group of people looked like, so they expelled them to the cold barren land to live, they are so weak, how can they expand the territory?
They can't even keep what they have!
"What exactly is a token of the gods?"
When Cudi was still very young, he had an idea in his heart, he wanted to form his own forces, he wanted to go to the south, find their lost tokens, and take them back at all costs!
"I haven't seen it either, the token was lost in the previous generation."
Cudi's father touched his son's head regretfully, of course he could see that his son's eyes were shining, he was different from everyone else, and this child would achieve a career in the future.
But so what, the leaders of the northern tribes have always been passed down from father to son, and it is impossible for a child of their clan to become a leader, and if this child is too dazzling in the future, it will also be a troublesome matter.
"And who else remembers what the token looks like? I'm going to ask! ”
Little Cudi didn't give up, and continued to ask, until he found an old man in the clan, and then asked the answer he wanted.
"The token is a jade statue, engraved with a woman."
The old man was Cudi's great-great-grandfather, he had seen the appearance of the token, and as Cudi asked, he told him everything he knew.
"Jade statue?"
The development of stone tools in the north is very developed, but the strength of jade is not enough, at most it is to look at the beautiful stone and do not know much.
The territory where they live is jade-growing, and there is a hot spring nearby, and it is precisely because of this hot spring that the place where they live is warmer than the hunting area, and it can be said that these springs are the foundation of the northern tribes.
Did this jade statue appear with the hot springs?
"You're still a kid, I don't know if I'm telling you this."
The old man was very hesitant, as if he had finally made up his mind after a great struggle in his heart.
Maybe he didn't tell Cudi the truth about the year, and when he died, no one would know about it again.
"What the hell is going on?"
Before Cudi came to inquire, he didn't think that there might be a hidden reason for the loss of the token, and looking at the old man's expression at this time, he had a hunch that a very important secret was showing him the tip of the iceberg.
"I don't know if the token was stolen or if I left on my own."
The old man's words were vague, revealing a strange feeling, and Cudi felt a chill down his back when he heard it.
What does it mean to leave on your own? Could it be that the jade statue will move?
"Didn't you steal it?"
Cudi's eyes widened in shock.
"You haven't seen that jade statue, you probably can't imagine it."
That jade statue looked too much like a living person.
The old man fell into memory.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this suspicion in his heart that the leaders of the northern tribes at that time did not desperately mobilize people to search for tokens.
The token was stolen and completely abandoned by the gods on their own initiative, and the severity was not at the same level at all, and the people were desperate enough to let them know the truth.
The old man had also heard from his elders that the jade statue was a whole piece of turquoise, with no color difference at all, and under the light of the sun and snow, the whole jade statue would emit a faint light.
Even if you look at that light from a distance, it will make people feel warm and comforted, not to mention their clan who have always guarded the jade statue and can get close to the jade statue every day.
But then the jade statue underwent some changes, and the color on its body gradually changed, and the elders of the old man once said a word.
The jade statue looked more and more like a living person.
"At that time, I was worshipping in front of the jade statue, and when I looked up, it seemed that the jade statue was watching me."
The old man who told this story did not find it weird, because the magical gaze made him feel as gentle as a mother.