720. Indigenous Elders
Walking into a circular stone room, the indigenous old man sat cross-legged on the stone platform, and a bonfire was lit in the middle of the room, and a lot of ashes were piled up in the fire pit, and the room was only about thirty square meters.
At the top of the circular cave hung rows of animal meat, blackened by smoke and fire.
There is also a doorway in the stone wall on each side of the room, which looks like it should be a living room.
Aside from the smell of fireworks, Surdak didn't smell anything in the room, and it is estimated that these natives should have a place to go to the toilet.
The old man was surrounded by a thick animal skin, which had been dressed in oily and shiny, and it was no longer clear what kind of monster leather it was.
He wore a crown of colored feathers on his head, his face was wrinkled, his eyes were cloudy in the light of the fire, and he had a cane at hand, and when he saw Surdak and the others entering, he beckoned them to sit down.
A young native girl was adding wood to the fire, and when she saw Surdak and Samira, there was no panic on her face, and she looked at them curiously with big amber eyes, smiled sweetly and turned away.
His wise eyes fell on Surdak, smiled slightly, and said in somewhat stiff imperial Chinese:
"You are the commander of the Empire? Tell me what you came for. ”
Unexpectedly, this indigenous Grand Elder could actually speak Imperial Chinese.
Surdak sat down unhurriedly and said directly, "I'm here to ask you to send the most experienced hunter in the tribe to take us to the Dark Worm Valley to the north. ”
The elder turned to look at Aung San and asked him a question in the indigenous language, which Aung San quickly replied respectfully.
The Native Elder nodded.
He turned his head to look at Samira, smiled at her and said, "I haven't seen an elf in fifty years."
Samira looked at him warily and did not speak.
"If you want to investigate the Dark Worm Valley to the north, not only will I not let my children die, but I will give you advice, but if you just want to see the ghost-patterned red ant nest from afar, then it doesn't matter......," the native elder said after a moment of silence.
He kept staring at Surdak, his gaze seemed to look through his eyes and into his heart.
Surdak hurriedly said, "I just want to see the red ant nest. ”
Fearing that the native elders would not agree, he continued:
"In return for this expedition, I can provide you with some iron and salt for your daily needs."
The native elder stabbed the fire with his cane, and the bonfire burst into flames, revealing Surdak's clear face in the blazing light.
He said to Surdak:
"No, I need it...... And that's not all! We can make a deal, the beast tide is coming, and we need some warm cotton clothes and quilts, felt tents, grain-based grains, and flint stones, which I can exchange for your favorite magic cores. ”
"Yes, and I can trade at the price of Dodan Town." Surdak said.
The native elder waved his staff and continued:
"In addition, I have a small request, don't alarm the devils in them for the time being, we are not ready, we want to hide in the mountains, we need more food......"
"That's no problem either." Surdak promised.
The native elder nodded, then spoke an indigenous word to the tribal warrior sitting beside him:
(Darekle, you go and call Leto and Baalmule, and ask the two of them to be guides for these Imperials.) )
The native warrior glanced warily at Surdak before replying in the native language:
(Yes, Honorable Great Elder!) )
After saying that, he got up and walked out of the stone room.
The native girl who had just walked out walked in barefoot with a wooden tray full of fruits, and she placed it in front of Surdak and sat down beside the native elders.
This indigenous girl can only be regarded as delicate, and her figure is quite concave and convex, especially wearing leather armor, her chest shows a rounded lower arc, as if her whole body exudes youthful vitality, but there are some dark spots on her cheekbones, and her eyes are very flexible, looking at Surdak boldly, her eyes are full of curiosity.
"It's been a long time since the Imperials have been willing to come and sit down with us, and those Imperials prefer to point sharp arrows at us, like monsters in the forest, to grab my child and take it out of Invercargill......" said the native elder as he looked at the campfire in front of him, his eyes gloomy.
Surdak had a headache thinking about opening a mine in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest, and thought that if he really wanted to open a mine, maybe these natives could help, so he said: "I am different from them, I am more willing to respect your life, and I also want to find some opportunities for cooperation without going against each other's wishes." ”
"I can see it...... There is no discrimination in your gaze that is deep in your bones. The Native Elder nodded in acknowledgement.
At this time, the native warrior led two young men into the stone chamber.
The two sturdy young natives, with hardwood bows and spears on their backs and animal skins, knelt at the feet of the natives elders as they entered the stone chamber.
Pointing to the two young natives, the indigenous elder said to Surdak:
"Their names are Leto and Baalmulle, they are the best hunters of the younger generation, and they are usually the most restless, they are familiar with the area of the Dark Worm Valley, and I will let them both take you to see the ghost red ant nest from afar."
Surdak hurriedly smiled kindly at the two indigenous young men.
The two young natives had a tense face, and there was little other expression on their faces.
Aung San said a few words to the two natives, and the two young natives answered honestly.
Seeing Aung San nodding, Surdak knew that the deal was settled, so he pulled out a small wooden box from his magic waist bag.
The wooden box was only a foot square and heavy, and when the lid was opened, it was found that it was full of polished steel arrowheads, and the eyes of the three indigenous warriors immediately became bright when they saw these delicate steel arrows.
Almost everyone in the tribe has a hardwood bow in their hands, but steel arrows are extremely limited, and many arrows are used repeatedly, and every time an arrow is shot, it must be carefully picked up, and the tip of the arrow is polished dozens of times until it can no longer be used.
In the Dakuni tribe, every warrior was destined to have a knife of his own, a fine hardwood bow.
There are no blacksmiths in the tribe, all the iron tools are bought from outside, Aung San used to go back and forth between the various tribes in the Warcraft Forest, helping them buy some necessary iron tools and salt from Dodan Town, and the tribe will also take some Warcraft materials and magic herbs to Aung San.
Although the indigenous tribes are in the Warcraft Forest, they don't often hunt Warcraft, and their usual life is to hunt some forest beasts in this forest.
More often than not, these indigenous tribal warriors are also prey in the eyes of Warcraft.
Monsters including the Ironback Manbear, the Moonblade Fire Wolf, and the Ghost Panther all hunt the tribe's natives.
Coming out of the Dakuni tribe, Aung San was followed by two heavily armed young natives, and when they came to the cavalry camp in Surdak, they became a little nervous when they saw this group of heavily armed cavalry.
The young indigenous warriors spoke a flurry of indigenous languages to Aung San.
Aung San said a few words, and one of the young indigenous warriors shook his head repeatedly.
Surdak looked at Aung San with an inquiring gaze.
Aung Sancai said: "Baalmul walked into the Demonic Beast Forest, the cavalry team will easily attract the attention of high-level demonic beasts, once they are targeted by those high-level demonic beasts, it is difficult to say whether they can withdraw safely." They want us to reduce the number of people we can go to the depths of the forest. ”
"Then Samira and I, and then bring the three of Gulitem, and the rest of the men will stay in place on the side of the indigenous tribe and wait for us to come back."
Surdak made a decisive decision.
So the young indigenous warrior Leto and six people, Baal Muller, Aung San, Surdak, Samira, and Gulitham, formed a small team and followed the zipline built by the Dakuni tribe in the valley, crossed a bottomless gorge, and came to the woodland on the opposite side of the cliff.
It is said that this 100-meter-deep rift valley is nearly 100 miles long, with only a few rifts in between.
Along the way, the eyes of the two young indigenous warriors were a little complicated, their eyes were full of hostility, but they were extremely loyal to the Dakuni tribe, unwilling to go against the will of the tribal elders, and their eyes were full of curiosity when they looked at Samira and Gulitham.
Looking at the hunting bow on Samira's back, which imitated the 'withered painting', I was so hungry that my saliva was about to flow out.
The two indigenous warriors walked barefoot in the front, and from time to time they turned back to exchange a few words with Aung San, and the group did not walk very fast in the forest, occasionally making detours, but they never encountered fierce monsters along the way.
One of the most thrilling moments was when he passed by the river valley and saw a group of swamp crocodiles lying by the river basking in the sun.
The group was less than a hundred meters away from those swamp crocodiles, and he could even feel the eyes of those swamp crocodiles fall on them, but fortunately no battle broke out.
The ogre Gullitham also knew that the hordes of swamp giant crocodiles were not easy to mess with, so he did not act recklessly......