Chapter 109: The Hippopotamus Tribe
Under Leon's order, the two scouts bowed their heads to each other and apologized with grievances in their stomachs.
This made a group of fat macho men feel very embarrassed.
The leader scratched his head, waved his hand and said, "This... In fact... We are also at fault, we shouldn't have come out to chase without asking, in fact, we thought you were swamp water demons..."
"Big Brother Ironskin, the swamp water monsters only come out at night!" Someone immediately retorted: "They just peeked into the bath..."
He immediately received a slap on the head from his companion: "Listen to Brother Ironskin!"
"Obviously," muttered the forcibly suppressed man with his head shrunken.
Leon couldn't help laughing, he could see that although this group of beasts looked fierce and terrifying, they were more honest and simple than the bear hammers, and they were definitely not bad people.
"I want to meet with the elders of your tribe, I don't know if it's okay?" asked Leon tentatively.
It seems that the other party should be the orc aborigines here, judging by their words, deeds and dress, they are very primitive and backward, and it turns out that Salling is not a wild land without people as the outside world legend says.
It's just that for Leon, this is a small trouble, if you want to build a Saar territory here, you can't drive these natives away in the name of the territory, right?
So Leon wanted to talk to the other tribe leader and try to find a win-win solution.
And in Leon's heart, he also has some eyes on these fat and fierce men - as long as they are strictly trained, they are definitely the best warriors for the hoplites!
The big guy called Ironhide scratched his head desperately, scratching his dandruff and flying everywhere.
"Alright then!"
Leon left the two disputed scouts behind to gather the rest of the party, and together with Rose, he made his way to his tribal camp led by a group of half-naked hunks.
Their camp was small, nestled in a forest not far from the Great Falls, surrounded by dozens of crude houses made of rough logs and branches and leaves.
"Big Brother Tin is back!"
There were quite a few other people in the tribe, all of them fat and bloated, and those round little children rushed over with cheers when they saw Tin Hide and the others returning.
The women of the tribe were similar in appearance to the adult men, and they covered their chests in animal skins, two houses larger than watermelons, and busied the camp with their terrible fat buttocks, and some of them carried disobedient children and whipped them with branches.
Laughter, cries, shouts and the roar of a nearby waterfall mingle to bring life to this primitive tribe deep in the forest.
Leon and Rose, who walked into it, were undoubtedly different, and everyone looked at them curiously, but there was no malice in their eyes.
A few chubby kids, naked and covered in black mud, gathered around Rose, who had probably never seen a figure like the Leopard Maiden.
Undeterred by their curiosity, Rose pulled out a few pieces of candy wrapped in confetti from her backpack and handed them to them.
These candies were not the products of the Hammer Tribe, but Leon brought them back from outside, and they were not many and expensive, and more than half of them were given to her and Xueni.
Those little farts with little ** were very polite, stretched out their little black hands and grabbed the candy, and stuffed it into their mouths without hesitation, without even tearing off the wrapping paper and biting it was crunchy.
They had probably never tasted candy before, and they all had a silly smile on their faces, and they were screaming to express their inner joy.
As a result, this aroused the strong jealousy of several other little ones who did not get the candy, and immediately threw the lucky ones into the mud, reached out and pulled them out of the other party's mouth, and the scene of chaos was immediately chaotic!
At this moment, Zi Rose was really dumbfounded, she didn't expect that her friendly actions would actually lead to a "war", so she was so anxious that she shouted: "Don't fight, don't fight, I still have it here!"
"Stop it!"
The macho man was suddenly furious, turned around and picked up the children who were fighting one by one, and gave each of them a ** potsticker on their buttocks, forcibly suppressing the riot.
"It's... It's..."
After the crackdown, he rubbed his big hands together in embarrassment and stammered apologies to Rose.
"It's okay..."Rose wanted to laugh, but she was afraid of hurting the other party's pride, so she held back.
"Welcome, guests from afar!"
At this moment, an old voice came.
I saw an old man with dark skin and gray hair walking out of a wooden house, he had a similar physique to the others, but the sackcloth on his body and the staff in his hand showed his unusual identity.
Shaman Elder of the Tribe!
In this tribe, the majesty of the elders was unquestionable, and the ironhide and the others immediately saluted each other, and the mischievous children became much more well-behaved.
"Hello Elder, I am Leon, the lord of the Sal Territory, and I have taken the liberty to visit your tribe, please forgive me!" Leon stepped forward and saluted.
"Is this the new name here?" the shaman smiled and made an inviting gesture, "Please come in and talk!"
Shamans can only be held by the wise, and they are of the same race, and this tribal elder obviously has more insight and wisdom than the stupid iron skin.
"Kids, get ready for the campfire and food, we're going to welcome the most distinguished guests!"
The elder's room was undoubtedly much cleaner and tidier, and the heads of tigers, leopards, bears, bulls, and beasts hanging on the walls were the best decorations, and Leon and Rose sat on thick animal skin cushions and exchanged friendly views with each other.
The shaman's name was Ug Hebo, a rare hippopotamus among the Bimon beasts.
The tribe of Uger originally lived in the swamps of the west, and their lives were inseparable from rivers and lakes, and the marshes were their natural home.
But later, with the appearance of the demon clan, they were forced to migrate to the big forest, and the population decreased year by year, and now the entire tribe is only more than 170 people.
Because the river that connects to the lake contains the red mud necessary for the hippopotamus, the Uge tribe migrated here a year ago and settled here.
"I beg your pardon if you offend your territory, but this is the last home we can find. Elder Ugg finally said apologetically.
"I also just got this territory, I have no intention of driving out any of the tribes that originally lived here, our orcs are originally a family!" Leon smiled: "Your tribe can live here as long as they want, and I will not use the obligations and responsibilities of the people of the territory to demand from you." ”
"But please understand that we have decided to build a territory next to the small lake, and in the future there will be a castle or a city, and the situation here will undoubtedly change. ”
"But I believe that this change will be beneficial to your tribe, and we are willing to provide protection to your tribe and any beast in the forest at all times. ”
In the course of talking with Elder Ug, Leon knew that in addition to his tribe, there were two or three other small tribes in this large forest, and they belonged to the primitive aborigines like the Ug tribe.
Occasionally, there will be orc mercenaries who will enter the forest to adventure, and it is through the communication with these mercenaries that Elder Ugg has some understanding of the outside world.
But he has no intention of taking the tribe out of the mountains, because the living habits of the hippopotamus are very different from ordinary orcs, and they also prefer to live freely.
It's just that this kind of life is not safe, and the Uger tribe is always facing the threat of swamp water monsters.
The swamp water monsters can be said to be the land of the hippopotamus race, they are barely a side branch of the demon race, and their status is almost the same as that of the goblin tribe attached to the elf race.
Swamp water monsters and hippopotamus also live in the water, lurking in the water during the day and only moving on land at night.
They are ruthless and warlike, excellent in water warfare, quick in the forests on land, and adept at sneaking up on their opponents under the cover of night, making them very difficult.
Since the swamp water demons have always wanted to kill their enemies, the Uge tribe that is hostile to them still refuses to let go, and repeatedly comes to harass them, although they keep migrating and hiding.
"As long as we are not allowed to leave the forest river, our tribe is willing to do our part for your territory!" Elder Ugg laughed.
He wasn't a fool with a tendon, how could he not understand the kindness that Leon was trying to express, it was definitely a good thing for his tribe.
A verbal agreement was reached, and the atmosphere between the two sides became more harmonious, and Elder Ugg called in some of the most powerful warriors in the tribe and introduced them to Leon one by one.
There are one hundred and seventy-seven clansmen of the Ug tribe, and the total number of adult warriors is sixty-one, and there is not a single warrior, and Iron Sheet is the strongest warrior in the tribe, probably at the level of a fifth-level barbarian warrior.
However, the innate ability of the hippopotamus clan in the water is beyond the reach of most low-level samurai, they can lie underwater for three days and three nights to breathe on their skin, eat raw fish and shrimp to replenish their physical strength, and low-level water monsters also have the power to fight.
The reason why the Uger tribe lost to the swamp water demon was not because their combat ability was not good, but because the number of enemies was too large, and the tigers couldn't stand the wolves!
As night falls on the forested hills, a bonfire is lit in the forest camp by the small lake, and the hippo warriors grill the whole blackthorn porcupine they have just hunted on the fire, and the air is filled with the unique aroma of barbecued meat.
All the members of the Uger tribe and the team led by Leon's rose sat around the campfire, and the women of the tribe brought out their own fruit wine.
They put on their straw skirts and danced, and the sound of the accompanying bangbang drums was transmitted far away to express their welcome to Leon and the others.
The night was not destined to be peaceful.
(To be continued)