Chapter 168, 12 years of absence
The vast grassland, the vastness.
It's late summer and early autumn, and the grasslands on September 3 are verdant and green, and there is no indication that a great natural disaster is coming.
But Panda knows, and anyone who knows the inside story knows that the Great White Disaster is already a sure thing, and it is impossible to avoid it.
This is not only the result of the divination of the shamans of the various tribes of the grassland, but also the common result of the divination of the spellcasters of various countries. In particular, in the Duchy of Leighton, a five-day ritual was held by a group of mages led by the Dragon Lord himself, and the same result was finally confirmed.
Starting in late autumn this year, there will be an extremely large-scale cold wave outbreak. The blizzard brought by the cold wave will cover most of the grassland.
As for the outcome of such a catastrophe, it is not necessary to know the result - similar things have happened many times in the past years, and each time the result is similar. It's like different actors remaking a classic old movie over and over again in different eras.
Panda hopes that this time there will be a different plot and a different outcome. Even if it's an old bottle, it's time to fill it with new wine.
That's why he came to the vast prairie to try to convince his fellow people, who were known for their stubbornness and aggressiveness.
"Although the Chief (Averine) swears that I have a good face among the bears, I really don't think so. Walking alone among the grass that was enough to make a child have no roof, the panda couldn't help but say to himself while checking the system map to make sure that he was not going in the wrong direction, "The last time I came to the grassland, it was more than ten years ago! From the spring of 777 to the summer of 789, it was more than 12 years! Can an old relative who has not seen each other for 12 years have such a big face?"
Completely different from Avrilne, he has no confidence in himself at all.
Although the panda people are a legendary race, when facing the bear people, there will be no bloodline suppression when the dragon people face the lizard people. Yuneruo can rely on just "come with me" to pull the lizardmen of several villages without hesitation to abandon their homes and follow him to the Sea Dragon Islands to open a new home, he pandas really don't have the ability to do this.
"Well, if only it was the lizardmen who needed to be convinced!" he muttered again, "it would be fine to find Yunero like that." ”
However, there are no lizardfolk tribes in the savannah.
It is said that once upon a time, the lizardmen also inhabited the grasslands, but they were unable to defeat the large number of orcs and eventually retreated to the south of the continent. At present, they mainly live in the Everglades and South China Sea Islands in the southeast of the mainland.
That's fine, after all, the lizardmen really don't adapt to the cold climate - maybe the main reason why they left the grassland back then was not that they couldn't beat the orcs, but that they couldn't withstand the unbearable cold wave like a creditor coming to the door, right?
The panda muttered in pieces as he trudged through the weeds that were too high.
Although the weeds were a hindrance to walking, he could be sure that he was in the wrong place.
In the grasslands, the grass around the living area of races such as centaurs, half-sheep people, and pig-headed people is generally not high. Because they eat grass themselves, they are very keen to harvest the weeds around them, whether it is drying them and burying them in the cellar, or chopping them up to make grass sauce and putting them in vats, in short, they will never let the weeds near the tribe grow too high, it is a complete waste.
Grazing plus their own harvesting, near the tribes of these races, the height of the weeds generally does not exceed the boot uppers.
But races such as tiger people, lion people, and bear people are different, and they mainly eat meat, and occasionally mix some young grass or grass sauce to balance their diet. Although they also graze, they rely only on the herd, so they have a relatively limited diet, and their ability to restrict the growth of wild grasses is greatly reduced. In particular, some grass species that livestock do not like to eat can often grow to the height of one person.
This is the kind of meadow that the panda sees now.
There is no doubt that if there is an orc tribe nearby, it must be those fierce and powerful carnivorous people.
Probably...... It was the bear-man "Gray Giant Palm" tribe he was looking for.
The panda trudged through the grass for about half an hour, and finally found what he was looking for.
A gray totem pole carved from a huge tree trunk rarely seen in the grassland, with a bear's paw carved at the top.
Although the panda can't tell what the tribe in the distance is coming from from those tents that look like the same style, if he doesn't understand this totem pole, then he is mentally retarded.
The panda is certainly not mentally retarded, he has a very high IQ, more than eighty percent of people.
However, when he came to the Grey Giant Palus tribe and met the bearmen with gray or black hair who were about half a head shorter than himself, he began to doubt his own intelligence.
According to his thoughts, he is an outsider, and he doesn't even know anyone here. No matter how hospitable the people of the Gray Giant Palm Tribe are, at most they allow themselves to stay overnight and serve themselves a bowl of hot soup and rice when the sky is over, even if they are kind to home. It is definitely not easy to start with this tribe and gradually convince the bears to go to various tribes.
As it turned out, he was wrong.
When the first bear-man saw him, his gaze was puzzled at first (the panda guessed that it might be because of his peculiar coat color), but after only a few seconds, the clumsy-looking bear-man showed a sudden realization and hurried over.
Because of his eagerness, Panda misjudged his intentions at first—he mistakenly thought that the buddies had come to verify with their fists whether they were eligible to stay overnight, according to the tradition of the grassland.
Just as he was about to take on the challenge, the bear man asked aloud, "Are you called Panda?"
The panda was stunned for a moment, nodded subconsciously, and asked, "Huh, I haven't been here before......
The bear man became more and more excited, turned around again, and ran towards the tribe, shouting as he ran: "The dragon slayer is back!
Then there was a jubilation in the tribe, and at least thirty or fifty men, men and women, young and old, came running to welcome him.
Only then did the panda understand what was going on, and he realized that he seemed to be ...... At least in this tribe, it is highly valued and popular.
It was the exact opposite of his suspicions, but it was exactly the same as what Ivil said.
(Sure enough, she was right!) It seems that I have been away from the grassland for too long, and I have been cut off from this news for too long, and I have no idea about the situation on the grassland...... )
The panda sighed secretly, but also had a little more confidence in the goal of his trip.