Chapter 584: Demons
After meeting Pema, Yuan Dou and his party didn't have to rush forward anymore, and through Pema they were enough to have a preliminary understanding of the world. Pema is very kind, and she is not on guard against the three of Yuandou, and she has endless words about Yuandou's problems. Through Pema's help, Yuan Dou has a deeper understanding of the world.
According to Pema, they called the planet the Blue Star. They live like the Earth in ancient times, facing natural disasters and other biological threats at all times. Throughout their lives, they are constantly fighting for survival, sometimes a food crisis, sometimes a punishment from nature, and sometimes a threat from those large animals.
Pema also tells Yuan Dou that they are not the only intelligent beings on the planet, and that there are many other creatures who are also intelligent. However, she didn't know what kind of intelligent races there were, but she was categorical about other highly intelligent creatures.
Pema and her race are not the overlords of the planet, and their survival depends on teamwork. They are a people who live in the forest as a village, their food is derived from plants, and they live by eating a blue fruit. That thing Yuan Dou had seen before, and he had tried. However, it didn't taste very good, so it was excluded from the recipe by Yuan Dou.
Yuan Dou is most concerned about the technological level of this planet, but it is very unfortunate that Yuan Dou understands that this planet is very primitive, according to Pema. The only race that uses tools is still their race, and it's still a cold weapon.
After spending a few days with Pema, and thinking that the two had become acquainted, he finally asked her the question of why she was here. "When we met you, you were chased by the shell beast alone, didn't you say that you live as a tribe, why did you appear there alone?" Pema called the giant pangolin, as well as the carapace-clad creatures that Yuan Dou had encountered earlier, a shell. Since there is such a statement, there must be shellless beasts, but the shellless beast Pema has never seen it, as if there are only shelled beasts living in the forest. Hearing Yuan Dou's question, Pema looked a little depressed, and his drooping head looked like a puppy that had been abandoned, which made Yuan Dou feel sympathetic. Yuan Dou hurriedly waved his hand, "It's okay, if you don't want to say it, you can not say it, I didn't force you, I just care about you." Although Yuan Dou was comforting her, it was obvious that these words gave her the courage to speak out about the injustice that had happened to her.
Pema slowly recounted what had happened to her, and at this time only Pema was telling in the hollow of the tree, and everyone else was attentive to the listener. Pema is a tribe from the north of the forest that uses the blue tree as its totem. She used to live an ordinary life, but it changed after a major event happened in the tribe. She is very young and, according to her, she is just coming of age now. And her adult life was very unfortunate, in their tribe, the old leader died, and a new leader was about to succeed him. This was originally something that had nothing to do with her, but she was very unlucky to be chosen as the sacrifice due to the sacrifice required for the new leader to succeed to the throne. The object of sacrifice is said to be evil spirits such as demons, but this is the custom of their tribe, so she has no room for resistance.
The person who was chosen to be the sacrificer, Bema, did not know the situation, and was vaguely sent to the place of sacrifice by the tribesmen. However, Pema had a very loving parent, and before she was taken to the place of worship, her parents told her to let her run away. She listened to her parents, and after being taken to the cave where the sacrifice was held, she secretly ran out when the guards had left. The sacrifice was not completed, and she escaped. However, her parents' words did mislead her, and her parents let her leave not to let her escape from the sacrificial cave, but to let her escape from the tribe. Unfortunately, she didn't understand at the time, and she fled back to the village as soon as possible, which hurt her parents. When the people of the tribe learned that Pema had returned, they were terrified and feared that the demon would punish him. Of course, in order to appease the demon's wrath, Pema was once again captured, and this time she had no chance of escaping. But then her parents stepped forward, and for the sake of Pema, her parents betrayed the entire tribe and secretly released her. Her parents were killed, but Pema had to escape.
Pema left her tribe, and she was chased by the shell beast because she was forced into a forest she was unfamiliar with, inadvertently encroaching on the shell beast's territory. In Yuan Dou's view, what happened to Pema was the ignorance of life, and no matter whether the sacrifice had any effect or not, Zai Yuan Dou thought it was a self-deceptive move. If the weak must wag their tails and beg for mercy, then what is the point of living? As for the truth or falsehood of the demon, Yuan Dou originally didn't believe it, and only thought it was a powerful creature. However, Pema was convinced of the demon's affairs, and Yuan Dou couldn't help but doubt, could it really be a demon again?
"Pema, did you really see the demon?"
"I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I felt its power," Pema said, with a scared expression, "It was the first time I entered the sacrificial cave, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything. Yet I felt a pair of eyes watching me, a pair of blood-red eyes looking at me from the top of my head. I'm pretty sure I can't see at all, but I just feel like I'm being watched. Pema's words made Yuan Dou confused, he looked at Lian Yan Ye Xi, the two of them obviously couldn't understand the same as him.
Mototo approached Pema. "Don't be afraid, now that you're with us, we're not afraid of demons." Yuandou's words seemed to have the opposite effect, and Pema obviously regarded Yuandou's words as a prophecy of doom, and stared at him very nervously. Yuan Dou scratched his head, "That, you have also seen our strength, we won't let you get hurt, don't worry!" ”
"Believe me, there really are demons," said Pema, "and it's very powerful, like a god." ”
"Hungry, I see, I'll be careful," Yuan Dou said, "Forget it, let's not talk about that." ”
"yes, we won't encounter a demon either, so let's forget about it!" Lian Yan said.
Seeing Lian Yan's help, Yuan Dou immediately changed his tone. One more thing he cares about is that Pema looks weak but is really good physically. Her energy level was in Ye Xi's glasses, and she was almost catching up with his body value. "By the way, Pema, are you the best of your people?" This was obviously impossible, but Yuan Dou didn't want to believe that his hard-earned body was defeated by ruthless nature like this. Pema shook his head, and Yuan Dou sighed, "Are there many people in your tribe who are more powerful than you?" ”
"I didn't mean that," said Pema, "I mean, I'm not in charge of fighting, I'm not in charge of strength at all." ”