Chapter 13: The Lost People
Huang Quan flipped the ogre's corpse over and examined it up and down, finally landing on the hunting knife he was holding.
The style of this hunting knife was different from that of other ogre weapons, with an extremely sharp blade, a row of serrations on the back, and deep blood grooves carved into the blade.
Most of the weapons used by ogres are crude and bulky, and some even use rough wooden sticks as weapons. But this hunting knife is different, it is extremely well made, especially those serrations, which are evenly distributed and have very little error.
This is not a weapon that can be made by ordinary hands, and it is only possible to create such a hunting knife if the industrial processing technology reaches a certain level. Moreover, the style of the hunting knife is quite similar to the portable multi-purpose saber prepared by the empire for warriors.
There may be a coincidence in the style, but there can be no coincidence in the workmanship and materials. Behind these seemingly uncivilized cannibals, most of them have a fairly developed civilization.
If you only look at the level of science and technology, Huang Quan has not yet put this hunting knife in his eyes. However, hunting knives are only a window, and this civilization may only be able to make hunting knives, or it may be able to make many other things.
What really worries Huang Quan is the power that the gray oil sludge represents.
Huang Quan took the ogre's hunting knife, wiped it clean with a blade of grass, handed it to Haruka, and said, "This knife is much better than the one you use now, you can keep it." ”
Haruka took the hunting knife and played with it for a while, showing joy, and she also saw the excellent quality of this hunting knife.
"You wait for me here, I'll go back when I go." After that, Huangquan walked into the long grass and disappeared in an instant.
Haruka knew that he had gone to inspect the corpse of the cannibal that had been shot, so he waited where he was. Looking around at the corpses of ogres everywhere, she suddenly had a strong sense of unreality.
In the past, even if two of the most powerful hunters in the settlement encountered seven ogres, they would only have to escape. If it weren't for the corpse of the cannibal right in front of her, she would never have imagined that someone would be able to take out so many cannibals so easily.
Yao was suddenly curious, what method did Huang Quan use to kill the cannibal?
Holding her breath, she walked over to the sludge-smeared cannibal corpse and stirred the corpse with a twig. She still remembered that Huang Quan was just a simple side step, giving way to the pounce, and then the ogre fell to the ground and stopped moving.
The ogre's corpse was turned over, revealing a thin line of blood the length of a palm under his ribs. It was a wound, and the incision was extremely smooth.
An image immediately appeared in Haruka's mind, when the cannibal flew into the air, Huang Quan, who passed by him, and the knife in his hand was already stabbed under its ribs. The knife pierced through the gap between the ribs and pierced it directly through the heart.
When the ogre falls to the ground, it is actually dead. It's just that Huang Quan's move was too fast, and Yao didn't even notice that he had made a move at that time.
The girl examined the other cannibals one by one, and the deaths were all exactly the same, all of them had a thin knife under the ribs, and then the knife was fatal. Only the cannibal she killed herself, the chest and abdomen were so rotten that they were almost pounded into meat sauce, and I don't know how many knives she stabbed.
Haruka's face flushed.
She originally thought well, she wanted to use the three tricks taught by Huangquan to instantly get close to the ogre, kill the enemy with one sword, and then retreat to safety. But I didn't expect an accident in the first step, I didn't control the distance well, and the force was too strong, and I hit the ogre directly, and the next two steps naturally fell into the soup.
Fortunately, this ogre has probably never encountered this kind of battle, and was knocked to pieces, and he had no ability to resist for a while, so he was stabbed to death by her.
"I also know how to reflect on my mistakes, which is good." Huang Quan's voice suddenly sounded behind her.
Yao was startled, quickly stood up, and looked back, sure enough, it was Huang Quan standing behind him, but I don't know when he appeared there.
"I, I didn't control it just now."
"You're already doing a good job of practicing regularly."
After listening to Huang Quan's praise, Yao's heart settled down a little.
Huang Quan said again: "Do you want to go back now?" ”
Yao nodded, his face was worried, and said, "It's not a good thing that a cannibal has appeared so close to the camp, and I have to report it to the elders." ”
Huang Quan nodded and said, "It's really not a good thing, on the way back, you can tell me more about the cannibal." ”
Moments later, the two appeared outside the camp, and Huang Quan also knew something about the cannibals.
Cannibals are also mostly tribal, often wandering in groups. All living creatures in the forest are their food, and so are the people in the settlement, which is why the people in the settlement call them cannibals.
The camp is not the only settlement, there are several similar settlements within a few days' journey, large and small. Small settlements have about 100 people, medium-sized ones have hundreds of people, and large settlements are said to have thousands of people. But a settlement of this scale, Haruka has only heard of it, and I don't know if it's true or not.
All settlements speak the same language, so it is said that all settlements have a common organization called the Lost Front, and the settlement people are also the lost people.
Haruka didn't know what the Lost Front did, she only listened to the elders talk about it occasionally, and she had never encountered any related personnel.
The Lost People's worst enemy is the cannibal.
For some reason, these cannibals see the Lost People as the most delicious food, and they will do whatever they can to catch them. Once the cannibals discover the traces of the settlement, it won't be long before countless cannibals will swarm in.
Once the lost people fall into the hands of the cannibals, the men themselves will be eaten, while the women will be humiliated and eaten again.
The ogres are not all completely unintelligent, and there are various divisions of labor between them, such as the cannibals seen today, most of them are the lowest warriors, and the mortared ogres are hunters, which are of a higher order.
Before entering the camp, Huang Quan asked, "Is there any one among the cannibals who has intelligence?" ”
The low-level warriors encountered today are uncivilized compared to the settlers, and are only a little better than complete beasts.
Haruka thought for a moment and said, "I heard the elders say that there are indeed wise cannibals, and they are all extremely powerful and able to fight the most powerful samurai in large settlements. However, this kind of cannibal is a big shot, and it is easy not to fight. ”
Huang Quan nodded, and there was another layer of shadow in his heart.
As soon as he returned to the camp, Haruka went straight to the central mansion to report the encounter with the man-eaters. Huang Quan stopped by the pool, he was still half an outsider, and he was not qualified to enter the central house.
In a matter of moments, the central chamber erupted with clouds of steam, and a rapid and piercing whistle sounded continuously, and all those who were in the valley came out of the room and gathered in front of the central chamber.
Surrounded by the crowd, the elder walked out of the central room. He lifted his cane and paused the ground, and everyone fell silent, waiting for what he had to say next.
The elder's face was heavy, and his voice was much lower, and he said, "I have bad news for you, that on the edge of the hunting ground on the other side of the ravine, an ogre has appeared. ”
"Cannibal!"
The news exploded like a bomb in the crowd, instantly making everyone lose their cool.
The elder kept using his cane, which slowly quieted the crowd.
He glanced at the people and said heavily, "I think everyone knows very well what it means to have an ogre so close. Next, all the children, as well as the women who were not warriors, were not allowed to leave the camp. When the hunter is out hunting, he should speed away from the camp, especially in that direction, and try to harvest the prey in the distant hunting grounds. All samurai stopped hunting and divided into three groups, taking turns patrolling around the camp, and if they encountered man-eaters, they were sure to lure them as far away as possible before killing them, so that they did not discover the location of the camp. ”
Several people in the crowd punched their chests at the same time and said, "Elder, don't worry. ”
Huang Quan glanced at it and saw that there were only six samurai who punched their chests with their fists, and two of them were obviously old. This is all the high-level warriors of the settlement, and Boulder and Greyhawk are among them.
The six samurai should also be divided into three groups, with only two people in each group, with such a configuration, if you encounter a team of cannibals, not to mention seven cannibals, even if you encounter five, you will probably not be able to defeat them.
So in fact, their real mission is to find a way to lure away the ogres, and as for what happens next, it's up to luck. If you're lucky, you'll be able to get rid of the ogres and return to the camp, but if you're unlucky, you'll be able to turn into food for the cannibals.
But knowing the possible fate, all the samurai faces were tragic and resolute, and no one was a little shrunken or hesitated.