Chapter 65: Totem

The rhinoceros was walking slowly with his people when he suddenly heard a very low roar in the distance.

"Stop. ”

As soon as the rhinoceros waved his hand, everyone immediately stopped.

"This is the sound that the Ban hyena makes when it hunts for food. ”

The hyena affirmed.

Because he followed the hyena pack for half a month to hunt the class hyena during the coming-of-age ceremony, he knew some of the living habits of the class hyena very well.

Even through the current barking of the class hyena, he can simulate in his mind the ruthless appearance of the class hyena not opening its mouth at this time and letting out a low roar.

"Don't make a sound, surround them, and we'll wait for them to lose. ”

It's rare to encounter prey fighting while hunting, so rhinos are not prepared to make more efforts to hunt two animals.

"Yes, Chief. ”

The rhinoceros people are also veterans of hunting, so they naturally know what to do at this time.

A group of people scattered, all of them lowering their footsteps and slowly surrounding the hyenas and Pingtou.

"Damn. ”

When the interval got closer, the rhinoceros realized that it was a never-before-seen animal that had never been killed before, several times smaller than the hyenas. That's why I couldn't help but be surprised.

This small animal looks very fierce, but because of its petite stature, even if it is flexible, it gradually falls into disadvantage.

Watching the flat-headed brother fight with the hyena pack, the rhinoceros's eyes were full of brilliance.

Suddenly, he thought of a solution to the problem that had been bothering him for a long time.

"I'm going to save him. ”

At this time, the scene in the field was already very dangerous, and Brother Pingtou was about to fall into the mouth of the class hyena, but suddenly saw the rhinoceros stand up and waved his hand at Brother Pingtou.

"No problem, Chief. ”

A man next to the rhinoceros with his hands on his knees and bright eyes grinned.

Seeing that although Brother Pingtou was thin and small, he had the courage to swing his claws at a prey that was several times stronger than him.

Their group of primitive people with the surname of lions and totems have long been unbearable.

At this time, the leader finally gave the order. The porcupine couldn't help but bend its bow and shoot it directly into the mouth of the Ban hyena.

You know, the reason why he is called a porcupine is because his archery skills are almost invincible in the lion tribe.

At this moment, the porcupine was prepared, and suddenly carved a bow like a crescent moon, and an arrow shot out like a meteor, and shot into the mouth of the leader of the class hyenas.

"Whew. ”

The arrows of the porcupine seemed to be a signal, and when they were fired, the warriors of the hunting party rushed out of the ambush in all directions like tigers out of the gate.

The people of the rhinoceros tribe were outnumbered, and they rushed out unexpectedly and took the lead, so the class hyenas were quickly dealt with by the people of the rhinoceros tribe.

Brother Pingtou looked at these people in confusion, and couldn't figure out where they came from.

"Don't be afraid, little one. I have no ill will. ”

Beast language is a very practical skill inherited by the lion tribe, officially because of the help of beast language, so the rhinoceros will be able to lead the tribe to gain a firm foothold here so quickly.

"Ha, ah, ha. ”

Brother Pingtou doesn't care if the rhinoceros is malicious or not. Just open its mouth wide and make a low voice to warn the rhinoceros.

"Huh. It's okay. Someone will take this little guy with you. Let's go back. ”

The rhinoceros looks like a good old man with a smile on his face, but he is very decisive in doing things, and he doesn't care whether the flat-headed brother wants to be or not, he directly asks the flat-headed brother to take him away.

"Well, Chief. ”

The hyena took the initiative to come out of the way.

They all watched Brother Pingtou's battle just now, so they admired Brother Pingtou very much.

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The group quickly packed up their things and returned to the humble gathering place they had set up.

"Porcupine, you go and arrange to prepare all these foods, let's have a good meal today. ”

"Hyena, you hold it and come with me. ”

"Yes, Chief. ”

Both of them answered at the same time.

"All right, hyena. Put the little one down. You go out first. ”

The two walked all the way to the place where the tribal elders were, and after saluting the tribal elders, the rhinoceros continued to command.

"I don't know what happened to the chief. ”

The power structure of these steppe tribes is broadly divided into chiefs, hunting leaders, and tribal elders.

The patriarch is responsible for managing the clan, the hunting party is responsible for hunting for food, and the tribal elders are responsible for passing on knowledge.

The rhinoceros' tribe lost its surname, which caused a split in the tribe, and the leader of the hunting party did not come with them.

Therefore, the rhinoceros is also the leader of the hunting party for the time being.

"That's right. ”

The rhinoceros first told the elders about the situation encountered during the hunt today, and then focused on the bravery of Brother Pingtou. Then he stared at the elders with burning eyes.

"Chief, do you mean that we will continue to move to the settlement, but in order to stabilize the hearts of the tribesmen, do you make this animal the new totem of our tribe?"

The elder sitting at the head understood what the rhinoceros meant, but still asked rhetorically with some uncertainty.

The rhinoceros tribe now has two options because it has lost the honor of the "lion" surname;

One is to defeat the tribe that took away their honor and regain their surname;

One is to choose a new animal to use as their totem as well as their surname.

The former is a bit out of reach, after all, the tribe that defeated them may not be able to defeat them when the Rhino tribe is in its heyday, not to mention that the lion tribe is now losing troops and splitting.

And the latter is difficult to say, easy to say.

The difficulty is to persuade these primitive people who are unwilling to give up the glory of their ancestors, and would rather split and come to the barren land, obey the orders of the leader, and then change the totem and surname.

If it is easy, as long as there is a good reason to convince them, then the matter can be easily promoted.

"Yes. I believe this little fellow will conquer the warlike tribes of the clan. ”

The rhinoceros nodded heavily.

As a leader, he is not like those ordinary primitive people, who only think about whether they can be fed and clothed today.

There was more to him than that.

Take faith, for example.

A tribe, if there is no faith. That's not going to be able to live on the land of Africa.

After all, in the culture of primitive people.

If two tribes go to war and one of the tribes defeats the other, but because neither tribe believes in totems.

The defeated tribe can only die with the tribe, and cannot surrender and merge into the victor's tribe at all.

Therefore, even in order to strengthen the tribe, the rhinoceros has to find a way to establish a totem as soon as possible.

And then pass on the tribe.

"If the leader has a way to convince his subordinates, then we old fellows won't hold the leader back. ”

The Great Elder is also one of the rights holders of the tribe, and naturally knows the current situation of the Rhino Tribe, so under the Rhino Swearing, he still decided to support the idea of the rhinoceros.