Chapter 5: The Power of the Wild
Every time the snow season approaches, a large number of animals begin to gather along the river, preparing to migrate to the "place where the sun sets", a phenomenon that the tribes of the steppe call "the praise of U-Cja'ar". Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoEvery year during the fire season, the creator god "Ben-Mao'ol" breeds enough prey for the tribe to hunt for a living, and sometimes causes forest fires to drive out the fleshy animals to be hunted by hunters. During the snow season, the god of the underworld, U-Cja'ar, gathers the animals and gives the tribe a chance to hunt to survive the bitter cold and snow.
The hunters of the "Ka-Sin-Ki" tribe gradually got used to working with Hado - Hadu roughly pointed out the radius of his ability, and the main hunters only operated within this range as much as possible, and at most only went out of the circle when necessary. In this way, a simple battle formation is formed: Hado is in the middle of the schedule, and the hunters divide and cooperate to hunt.
Only before the arrival of the snow season can the various tribes of the steppe be at peace with each other for a while: everyone chooses the prey they need on the river beach close to their tribes, without interfering with each other. This is the time when hunters are most focused: the migratory animals will only stay by the river for a maximum of three days, and their vanguard has already begun to set off. Sometimes, even if the hunters happen to run into the warriors of their great enemy, the Mo-Ruq-Fa tribe, they will not be distracted from the so-called revenge: this is the time to hunt a good feast for the people. Similarly, the "Mo-Ruq-Fa" tribe, known for its raids and raids, will not come out at this time to provoke the hunters of other tribes, after all, their tribe has a larger population, and it is necessary to focus all their attention on hunting at this time.
This time, though, things are different.
Hado and the leader led a group of hunters to the river, and they could see that the large animals of the forest that did not migrate also came out to have a picnic—brown leopards, fangs, border bears, thylacines, and brown-haired foxes, all running out in small groups to hunt for food. In terms of the medical level and longevity of human beings in this era, they will not go to compete with dangerous animals for food if it is not necessary. Hunters wouldn't bother these larger, more dangerous animals if they were normal, but for now, they have Hado. Even if you are slapped hard by the side bear, you will recover immediately, instead of breaking bones and internal bleeding as you used to and die soon.
Hado motioned for the group to stop near the river beach and began to build a hunting strategy from what he had learned. The first problem he encountered was the lack of language: even if he knew more symbols and meanings, and knew how to pronounce and express them, it did not mean that his people could understand them. The steppe tribes of this period had not yet developed such directional designations as "southeast, northwest", at most "Fo'ol" (sky) for "up" and "Bam'me" (land) for "down", and even words such as "front, back, left, right, and right". On weekdays, everyone attacks and retreats collectively, and the leader points to where to fight, and the leader says to go, and there is no place where there is no need to use the word of direction.
But the clever Hadu came up with a good idea: he divided the hunters around him into three areas: front, middle, and back, and when describing the front, he turned one hand over with the palm facing forward, meaning the front, the palms of both hands facing each other some distance away from each other to indicate the middle, and the palm of the other hand facing his chest to refer to the back. Then he planned the responsibilities of each part: the front protrudes out of the circle, mainly to provoke the target prey, and when pursued by the prey, run from both sides of the battle formation to the rear of the battle formation, meet the enemy in the middle, kill the prey and carry it out of the battle formation, and the rear defense against the threat that may come from behind. The three parts will rotate as the hunt progresses, the hunter in the front runs to the rear, then the hunter in the middle becomes the front, and the hunter in the back goes to the middle to replenish. As long as the main combat power in the middle is in the circle, Hadu can ensure their safety.
Originally, Hadu wanted all the hunters in the battle array to use the original warriors of his tribe, but the leader made a different decision - he thought that since he had absorbed the warriors of the "Mo-Ruq-Fa" tribe, he should send them to this hunting and killing feast, and on the other hand, it would be a deterrent to the other surrounding tribes, especially to let the "Mo-Ruq-Fa" see that their former warriors were fighting for "Ka-Sin-Ki" Hunting, the second is to let the warriors under Hado's control protect Hado, and the third is to let the naturalized warriors know that they too need to contribute to the tribe.
Hadu was also ready to try his skills to see how good he was in battle—and was scolded by the chief—and if he had a good one, it would be a great disaster for the tribe, and the leader would have no way to explain it to his people.
After a while of comparing with the hunters in the war, everyone understood Hadu's deployment, walked back and forth a few times to adapt to the change in the position of the battle formation, and continued to walk towards the river. In their direction, there was a predatory bear: a bear half a man tall, its thick limbs and sharp claws warning the other creatures around it.
That's right, Hado and the others are going to hunt bears, which is one of the few "necessary situations". When the first snow falls in the season, "Ka-Sin-Ki" worships the god of hunting, "A-Bu", and an important and crucial sacrifice is the border bear, mainly the fangs, paws and tail of the border bear. At the same time, at this time of year, the warrior who successfully hunts back the border bear can "amicably" challenge the leader, and if the challenge is won, then the warrior can get a divine voice from the old patriarch, and there is a threshold to compete for the position of leader.
Because of this, of course, the "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" was very active in joining the battle. But Hado knew that this man was thinking in his heart, and he would not let his plot succeed, so he deliberately chose a group of older and more experienced hunters when choosing the composition of the battle formation, and assigned the conspirator to the logistics team. With the approval of the chief, "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" could only pinch his nose in frustration and obediently go to the logistics side to organize weapons, dry rations, and guards.
The battle formation came to the side bear about 30 paces away, and sensing the threat of the hunters, the side bear leaned down and let out a rumbling roar in warning. Suddenly, the hunters in the front shouted in unison, "A-Bu_Qi_Yam. !", meaning "the god of hunting protection", and then a group of six people roared angrily and rushed towards the border bear. Undeterred by the strange dwarf creatures, the bear stood up and roared in return, then lunged at the hunter in front of it. The hunters scattered to both sides, and the spears with stone spearheads cut through the fur on the side of the bear, and although it did not hurt the bear, the slight sting made it angry, and it turned its sharp claws with its strong paws to the nearby hunters.
Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, the hunters in the front immediately followed the route that had been set and detoured back to the rear of the battle formation from both sides, and the 12 hunters in the middle hurriedly filled their positions and attacked the side bears together. Bian Xiong angrily slapped one of the hunters who rushed up, and vigorously knocked him out, Hadu immediately moved in the direction of the hunter who was injured and fell to the ground, and he also leaned over to launch a plunder, and then in the blink of an eye, the hunter just shook his head, got up and screamed and rushed to the back of the side bear, and with a strong blow he inserted the stone knife in his hand into the back of the side bear's heart. The bear's rough skin and thick flesh did not seriously hurt him, but he was even more ferocious, waving his arms to disperse the besieging hunters. The wounded and physically exhausted hunters turned to the back of the battle formation to receive treatment from Hado, and the hunters, who had been waiting in the middle for a long time, immediately came up to fill in for the wheel battle.
In such rounds of hunting, the border bear was covered with scars, and several serious knife wounds were also bleeding. In the end, the side bear, who was too injured and exhausted of physical strength, fell to the ground dying. The hunters all stopped and looked at Hado: they all knew that without Hado, the siege would not have gone so smoothly and easily, and they would not have survived the battle intact. Therefore, all the hunters decided that Hadu would complete the final kill - inserting a stone knife into the heart of the border bear, which was a successful hunt for the side bear.
However, Hadu did not step forward directly, but looked at the leader - he did not want to challenge the leader, but wanted to give the leader the opportunity to kill the side bear, so that the leader could strengthen his position even more. The leader smiled and walked over to Hadu, patted him on the shoulder, and said that he understood his thoughts, but instead of stepping forward to kill the bear, he untied the stone short knife from his waist and shoved it into Hadu's hand. The leader leaned down and whispered a few words to Hadu, the meaning was clear: challenging the leader is a mechanism that should be in the tribe, and it is also the discipline of the god of hunting, so that more capable people can lead the clansmen, so that the clansmen can survive better.
Hearing this, Hadu nodded firmly, grabbed the stone knife tightly, and walked over to the side bear. The hunters on either side of him approached and vigorously turned the bear over so that he lay on his back with his chest facing up. The blood on the side bear's body flowed, and he could see that there was only air out but no air intake, and he was about to die. Hadu held the stone knife tightly in both hands, found the heart of the border bear, and was about to insert it into the heart of the border bear, when suddenly, a longer stone knife "poked" into the chest cavity of the border bear.
It is "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo". He ignored the leader's orders and ran over from the logistics team to grab the merit without authorization. !
The hunters around him roared at him angrily at this, and "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" himself pointed to the stone knife stuck in the bear's heart, shouting and retorting proudly. Hadu also looked angrily at the annoyance who had come to stir up trouble, and he turned to look at the leader, hoping that he would immediately announce the punishment of this person who disregarded orders, but saw the leader's face indifferent and calm, as if the leader had known that the greedy "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" would come to steal the credit.
The leader's move is very clever: although according to the ritual system of the clan, the hunter who hunts the border bear can challenge the leader, but there is a premise - that is, the leader must accept the challenge. If the leader does not accept the challenge, it will enter another process: the hunter who made the challenge will feel insulted, and he can pick a few like-minded hunters and duel directly against the leader and his guards. But the problem is that now "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" has run out to grab the merit, and the loot that the hunters who participated in the hunt for the border bear "sacrificed" to Hadu, so that the merit grabbing directly made this stunned young man stand on the opposite side of the hunters, and no one would be willing to stand on the side of "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" to help him at that time.
But Hadu didn't think so: he just thought that the damn conspirator had taken the opportunity to ask him about the usual hard-won combat techniques by challenging the leader, and he was not calm for now. As a blessed citizen of "A-Bu", there is one of the best and most direct ways to gain the recognition of the gods - to hunt a side bear alone. !
You must know that even the entire battle array is going back and forth to the wheel battle, which is tired of a group of experienced hunters, and it is simply impossible to kill the bear alone. When Hadu loudly communicated his decision to the hunters around him, everyone, including "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo", thought he was crazy. Only the leader calmly looked over and told him to be careful.
The hunters, who felt unsafe, were still protecting Hadu's side, and they were all clamoring to help Hadu sweep the formation - if Hadu couldn't kill the side bear alone, then it wouldn't be too much of a problem for them to have another wheel battle.
In fact, Hadu didn't go crazy, and he didn't go crazy as soon as his brain was hot, but he suddenly thought of one thing: since he could plunder the enemy's knowledge and consciousness, it shouldn't be a problem to plunder the power of the border bear. As a member of the hunter team of the future tribe, Hado's physical fitness will be his important asset, strength, speed, evasion, jumping ability, sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and recovery ability, if these physical qualities can be plundered from animals, then he can gain a powerful strength beyond the level of ordinary people.
Under the protection of his people, Hadu walked across the rocky beach by the river, waded knee-deep into the river, and came to the other side of the river. A well-fed bear was napping here, but its keen hearing made it immediately sense an impending threat. Bear opened his eyes and stared straight at the hunters with stone spears and axes, when Hadu motioned for them to stop. Under the anxious gaze of the hunters, Hadu began to approach the freshly fed and well-fed side-bear.
Fifty steps away from Bian Xiong, Bian Xiong had already issued a warning sound impatiently. Hadu ignored it, but continued to hunch his waist, grabbing the stone knife hidden behind his back with one hand, and leaned towards the side bear. As Hadu approached, Bian Xiong found that only this one bold little thing came to provoke him, and immediately felt ridicule and contempt, and immediately leaned over and yelled, and rushed towards Hadu.
Hado watched the oncoming bear intently, and when it was within 10 paces, he immediately activated his ability to plunder and plunder its power. Suddenly losing strength, the bear could not support his huge body with his limbs, and only heard a "pop", and the bear rolled forward and fell to the ground. It didn't even realize what was going on, and Hadu stabbed it several times in its loose pectoral muscles, and then stabbed it in the heart to end its life.
The hunters collectively lost their voices, they had no idea that Hadu would be able to take out the ferocious side bear so quickly. In fact, the direction of Hadu's plunder is relatively general, he not only plundered the power of the border bear, but also plundered the experience of the border bear's control of power. Otherwise, with the strength level of the side bear, Hadu would not be able to control the free movement of his body as soon as he got his hands on it, but would definitely fall to the ground unbalanced and unable to move.
On the other side, "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" looked at Hadu and the dead side bear with a grim face. He never thought that the young Hadu really had the strength to kill the ferocious beast alone, compared to killing the dying border bear, Hadu's solitary hunt was the real victory. He didn't stay where he was, and then he returned to the logistics team where he was supposed to be.
The leader happily summoned the hunters, who specialized in slaughtering their animals, to dismember the two bears and bring them back to the tribe - the bones were heavy and useless, and they could be left in their place to deter the other tribes. After they had dealt with the bear they had killed first, they walked towards Hadu. Hadu was still feeling the power he had gained, and he felt an experience he had never felt before: everything in his body seemed to be full of power, and a random punch could shatter a mountain and shatter rocks.
The hunter who came to dissect the bear's body cut open the bear's body with a long stone cut, and was suddenly frightened by the sight in front of him: the bear's body could no longer carry its heavy body because it had lost its strength and control over its strength, causing it to crush all its bones when it rolled forward. In the same way, the muscles of the border bear are all irrational, and the puddle is soft and collapsed.
Even at the sight of such an astonishing sight, the dissecting hunter still calmed down and dutifully completed his task. It is much easier and more efficient to hunt the two large border bears than to hunt the petite, nimble horned sheep and giraffes, and the meat drawn from one side bear is more than the meat of 20 horned sheep. The fangs, paws and tail of the border bears are cut off, and the rest of the meat is dried to become a hearty food during the snow season.
In addition to this, the hunters still hunted enough horned sheep and giraffes as in previous years, and when the group returned to the tribe with meat, the women picked a large number of berries and tree fruits from the nearby bushes, and it seemed that the snow season would not be as cold as usual.
The news of Hadu directing the hunting of a side bear, and the fact that he was personally hunting the side bear, spread among the tribe, and everyone behaved more and more respectfully when they saw him, and even his brother did not talk to him as casually as before. When he came back, he went to check the horses in the fence, and then took them to the river to graze on the weeds, and suddenly he felt a little cooler in his body, and he looked up at the sky.
It's snowing.