Chapter 22: Reclaiming the Hunting Grounds
"I want to help them. These were the first words Diana said as she sat down.
After two days of galloping, the group of six finally reached the tribe of Palchi before Huron's sun chariot returned to the divine realm, and the elder leader of the tribe personally walked to the door of the tribe's camp to greet the last hope of these tribes. After welcoming everyone into the tribe's camp, the enthusiastic orc old man insisted on a grand bonfire to celebrate the willingness of the professionals to save the tribe in danger. It was also the first time for the three girls to step into the orc tribe, and they felt extremely curious to see everything around them.
Completely different from human society, orc tribes cannot be villages or towns, they can only be described as camps. There were no buildings, no streets, nothing in the human world. There is only a special scenery here that belongs only to the orcs and the grassland.
The client's tribe is small in terms of numbers, with a population of only over 100 people, but there are more than 1,000 head of livestock, and the space in the camp for livestock is larger than for people. More than 100 people live in huge tents in special families. Each family is a tent herd, and there is a pen belonging to the family on one side of the tent, and according to the number of animals, all the animals of the family are kept in the pen after returning from grazing. The tent groups in the whole camp are very scattered, and there are often more than 100 or 200 meters or even more independent space between each tent group, which makes the sparsely populated tribe occupy a large area, and often the members of the tribe want to visit each other, they have to rely on horses as a means of transportation, otherwise if they rely on walking, once the tribe is slightly larger, visiting a friend will be exhausted in the camp.
There is no overall fence around the perimeter of the tribal camp, and each tent group is surrounded by rough wooden fences with animal skins, forming a relatively independent space, and the purpose of these animal skin walls is only to prevent the wild beasts of the grassland from accidentally entering it, and in fact can play a very little defensive role. At the heart of the camp is a large empty meadow where any major events and celebrations take place. Including today's tribal-scale bonfire.
Before it was dark, a bonfire had been lit in the center of the pasture, and the leader of the tribe, an elderly cow man, was being pulled aside by Palch and whispering something. As he spoke, he looked at Lina's position. After this, the Ox Clan Patriarch became more respectful to the members of the Adventure Party, and it was clear that Palch had reported to the Patriarch about Lina leading the wolf pack to hunt the Chief, which was unprecedented, even though the Druids could affect animals. But that is only an influence and a small amount of taming, and it is absolutely impossible to completely integrate with the animals, and such a peculiarity will inevitably be treated more cautiously by the patriarch.
On the campfire in the center of the camp, several grills were set up, the most conspicuous of which were Diana's prey, the stag that had been an adult, and the other grills were steppe sheep that the tribe's orcs had temporarily slaughtered. For the guests of the tribe, this kind of reception is already of the highest standard, and even the leader of the tribal alliance can only get this kind of reception when he comes here in person. As a guest. The group of five didn't have to do anything, and after being ushered into the seats belonging to the distinguished guests, they could sit down and watch the members of the surrounding tribes go about their work.
"I want to help them. Because it was important, Diana repeated: "Those children need help." ”
"What the hell happened the night before?" asked Catherine cautiously, "Can you tell us first?"
"Absolutely. Diana nodded and said, "However, I'm tired, let Lina explain it to you in detail, I'll tell her, I'll go rest for a while, and I'll see you tomorrow." ”
In Marcia's field of vision, there was only a blink of an eye. I felt like there was a different person in front of me. In his senses, it was no longer a humanoid beast that could show its claws and teeth at any time, but a human wearing the skin of a beast trying his best to pretend to be a beast.
"I'm back. Lina tried her best to imitate Diana's appearance, maintaining the majesty of the wolf king. Shen Sheng said: "It's already to the tribe, everyone is moving quickly." ”
"There's nothing wrong with your body. Catherine was most concerned about this matter: "I have never seen you let them replace you for a long time, I remember you said that it will deplete your mental strength and make you tired, is it okay for so long?"
"It doesn't matter, this has nothing to do with time, it mainly depends on the number of times and physical condition. Lina moved her body. Nodding and saying, "There is no problem, it's just that the muscles are a little sore, well, and the palms." ”
"I can't help but hurt. Catherine rolled her eyes, recalled Diana's actions all day today, and said with a wry smile: "You ran crazy for a day today, and now you still have the strength to move, so rejoice yourself." ”
"Yes, that's right. Pannith smiled wickedly, leaned over and said, "I'll tell you a story, a very interesting story about your actions today." ”
"Thanks, I don't want to hear it. Lina glared at Pennis, "You don't have to tell me. ”
"Dear Mr. Pannis. Catherine put her hand on Pannis's shoulder, gritted her teeth, and said, "I think it's time for us to talk again." ”
"I was wrong. Pannis's attitude of admitting mistakes is always so upright and quick: "Please forgive me. ”
"You're so noisy. Vivien, who had been sitting with her head down, suddenly raised her head and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't interrupt my train of thought, this calculation is very complicated, and if you make a mistake, it will be all over." ”
"What are you doing? Lina leaned in and asked, "Is it still about the improvement of that recipe?"
"Yes. Vivien nodded, "After the events of the last diary, I have some new ideas, and I have been calculating these days. ”
"Diary?" Several people were stunned at the same time: "Didn't you shoot it in the end?"
"It's because I didn't shoot it. A faint smile appeared on Vivian's immature face: "Later, I thought about it, maybe it's a good thing that I didn't take a picture." Before, I was a little bit astray, whenever I encountered a problem, I always thought that I had already thought about everything, and there was still no way, and then I studied other people's ideas, borrowed from others' ideas, and got inspiration from others. This kind of borrowing is actually not impossible, but the biggest problem is that I rely a little too much on this kind of borrowing and research, and even pin all my hopes on this kind of reference, which is very stupid in the academic field, not only will I eventually lose my ability to think, but also can easily be distracted by others for a purpose. Having figured this out, I'm starting to rejoice. Perhaps it was Lord Weston's glorious guidance that prevented me from photographing that journal and giving me this revelation, because it was not long after I realized it. I had a new idea. ”
"I think you've just made a breakthrough in the field of knowledge, come on, we'll give you our full support if you need anything. Catherine patted Vivien's soft hat and encouraged her before she said, "But don't think about that for now, and listen to it first." Something about the mission. ”
"Mission?" Vivien nodded, rubbing her face vigorously to make herself more sober, "No problem, say it." ”
"That's what the kids told Diana. Lina has been very serious these days, especially now: "At that time, the children said that they came from the mountains to the west, and in that location, there was only one mountain to the west. ”
"Is that our destination?" Catherine looked up at the rolling mountain peaks not far to the north, "That's a coincidence." ”
"I made sure to the kids that it was there. Lina nodded in affirmation of Catherine's thoughts: "The children's hunting grounds used to be in the mountains, many, many years. They say that there are always a lot of moving bones in the mountains, but those bones have their own range of motion. And there is no conflict between them. But since a year ago, the range of movement of the moving bones has become larger and larger, constantly compressing the living space of children. Although the children are very powerful and are not afraid of them, there are too many of them, and they can't be killed no matter how they fight, and the most important thing is that the prey are scared away by those bones, and the food is getting less and less, so they can only think about migration. ”
"Are they also disturbed by the undead?" Catherine said as she tapped her fingers on her shield and pondered, "And how do you want to help them?"
"It's actually quite simple. Just complete the task entrusted by this tribe as soon as possible. Lina accentuated the word "soon": "It must be fast, if it drags on for too long, based on the number of children, I'm afraid there won't be enough food for them to eat." When the time comes, there will be children who will starve to death. ”
"Lina, let me ask you a question. Pannis suddenly interjected, "Thinking about your identity, not Diana, do you think you can let those silver wolves help us?"
"Pannis. Catherine interrupted Pannis's question and said dissatisfiedly, "Don't make such embarrassing considerations. ”
"No, such considerations are necessary. Pannis said solemnly, "The silver wolves want to take back their living space. It is up to them to work on their own, not to sit back and wait for others to help. Indeed, this matter will be dangerous, whether it is for the silver wolf or for us, but it is precisely because of the danger that they should face it themselves, this is the law of nature, even if there are a lot of casualties afterwards, I think Diana will not mind if she knows about it. ”
Pannis's rebuttal made Catherine speechless for a while, in fact, Catherine also knew that Pannis was right, but as an older sister, she would rather work harder than make her sisters feel embarrassed. However, she also understood that she had no right or position to ask Pannis and Vivien to think the same way, but when the two didn't, she still had a faint sense of disappointment.
"No, I think you're bad. Pannis, who had already guessed Catherine's thoughts, immediately explained, "You can't think of Warcraft as people, let alone as domestic animals. They are bloody, and they must face danger and nature on their own, and we can only help. Otherwise, if we let them hide in a safe place all the time, and we face the danger ourselves, what is the difference between them and the cattle and sheep in the pens here?"
"Eldest sister, Diana also agrees with Pannis's words. Lina took Catherine's arm and leaned in, "Still, she asked me to say thank you to you." ”
"I'm sorry. Catherine sighed, shook her head, and said, "I'm really bad that I would misunderstand my family because of this kind of thing, and I would be disappointed because of this kind of thing." This is my fault, and I hope you can forgive me. ”
"Forgive? hey, hey, hey. Pannis touched his chin and smiled evilly: "Forgiveness is not without a price, unless you ......"
"I suggest you'd better go back before you say it. Catherine smiled strangely, "Think about it." ”
"I was wrong. Pannis didn't even look back, so he didn't admit his mistake with dignity. Looking back, he saw Vivien quietly retracting the thick ice gun that had almost hit him on the head.
"Heroes. Seeing that everyone began to fight, Palch helped the old leader and walked over: "The banquet will start soon, I wonder if you can take up a little time for everyone?" )