Geronimo's face turned red and white for a moment.

The horse beneath him seemed to sense his master's uneasiness, snorted, and took a step back.

The bee and falcon stood to his left and right, and quietly took a step back.

It's not that they're not brave, it's that they, like Jerónimo, have a lot of doubts in their hearts.

That turtledove, why is it so arrogant?

Yes, since your own tribe can rush to hear the news, why do you think that there are no reinforcements from other tribes coming?

The bee involuntarily looked left and right.

I only saw the quiet mountains and forests around me, and there were no birdsong or wild beasts in the forest.

The breeze blows through the treetops, and the leaves rustle with green waves, as if to indicate something!

"Turtledove, you misunderstood!" Jerónimo smiled and said, "I really don't mean what you say, I just ...... I just really want to support you! ”

"Take off your crown of feathers and get out!" The turtledove scolded coldly.

"Icardove, I really ......", Geronimo let go of the gun he had been holding, a little at a loss.

"Are you questioning me?" Turtledove asked, narrowing his eyes.

Geronimo hesitated for a moment.

Then, slowly, he raised his hand and removed the crown of feathers from his head, keeping only three feathers for himself.

The rest were thrown to the ground.

"Turtledove, you see, I really didn't think about it...... Sorry I'm late! He said apologetically.

"Go back to your tribe, Jeronimo, and don't let me misunderstand again!" The turtledove turned, walked back to the stone where he had sat earlier, and waved his hand down the hill.

Ignore Geronimo.

The parrot reached out and pinched the turtledove's shoulder.

Fifteen served a plate of peeled apples and a silver flask.

The turtledove closed its eyes slightly, and rested as if no one was around.

Jerónimo stopped talking several times, but finally turned the horse's head silently.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw the hundreds of colorful tribal warriors he had brought with him, and then thought of the group of soldiers on the top of the mountain covered in jet-black blood.

"Bee, let's go!"

"Chief?" Falcon is actually still a little unwilling.

"Let's go, Hayabusa!" "I'm not afraid of him, I'm just, I just don't want to go to war with him at this time. ”

……

After Geronimo led the team back, the turtledove let out a long sigh of relief.

His soldiers, who can still stand up now, are only more than a dozen people around him.

The rest had to sit on one side and rest on the ground.

Last night's battle drained everyone's energy. At this time, anyone can easily knock them down.

Moreover, these clansmen, who had just gotten their muskets, were not skilled at all. Although they did practice it - thanks to Anderson, they didn't use muskets as sticks. But that's about it.

It is impossible to recover your strength in an instant.

It is impossible for a soldier to form a fighting force in the blink of an eye.

It will also take time to absorb the results of the battle.

It's just that the more at this time, the more you can't show your timidity.

"Turtledove!"

The parrot suddenly knelt down in front of the turtledove.

"I'm sorry, Icardove, I shouldn't have gone to Geronimo! I never thought he would be such a person! ”

The parrot could feel exactly how dangerous the situation was.

The moment Geronimo took off the feathers on his head and turned the horse's head, the parrot was sweating all over his body, and one by one it was flowing downward.

The feeling of coming back from the dead almost suffocated the parrot!

He needed to pretend to massage the turtledove to hold the turtledove's shoulders in order to gain the strength to continue standing.

Now, he finally can't hold it anymore.

Towards the turtledove, he knelt down.

The turtledove kicked the parrot -

"Get up, don't kneel again!" The turtledove's voice was also faint, but with a hint of irresistible firmness.

Jeronimo crouched up.

"I'm sorry, turtledove! I always do the wrong thing. ”

Parrot said.

"You asked me to find information from Mescarero, but I accidentally attracted;"

"You told me to go to the Big Tree Tribe to buy potatoes, but I bought a bunch of sprouted ones and came back;"

"Anderson asked Lieutenant Big Tree to come up the mountain, but the white flag I was in charge of didn't know anything about it;"

"I didn't find out until they were almost in the ditch when this white army arrived;"

"Even this time, alas, if I hadn't gone to find Jeronimo, I wouldn't have brought so much danger to the Horde!"

"I'm sorry, turtledove!"

The parrot sat on the ground in discouragement.

At the end of the battle, everyone was celebrating the victory. Only the parrot hid on the side, not daring to come and meet the turtledove.

Because he felt that he was simply useless.

It will only cause trouble for the Horde.

"Don't babble, parrot!" The turtledove interrupted the parrot's broken thoughts. "In this battle, no one has let me down!"

"Really?"

"Well, including you, parrot!" Turtledove said. "You know what? Last night, before you arrived, even I was almost in despair. However, when they heard the sound of your wooden flute, all of them mustered up their courage and resumed the battle, and at last defeated the white army. ”

"Really?"

"Yes! Parrot, your appearance is the turning point of the battlefield! ”

The parrot's eyes were a little confused, but they soon let out a light. It was the second time he had heard the turtledove say such nice things to him.

The first time he said it was last year, when Turtledove was so happy that he picked him up and picked him up when he heard that he could speak eighteen Indian languages. "Hey, parrot, you're a fucking genius!"

"Really? I only brought one reinforcement ......", the parrot was still a little embarrassed.

"But that reinforcement brought us victory! Listen, parrot! After experiencing this battle, you need to understand that we Indians are weak and weak, but as long as there is a breath of air, you must not give up hope! Even if it's really the end of the road, even if it's really the end of the road—"

The turtledove looked into the distance, crossed the dense forest, and saw that the sun had dyed the green forest golden.

"—Even if one day, we will face an enemy that is even more powerful than today! They'll have artillery, they'll have machine guns, maybe even tanks and warships, and we'll have only bows and arrows and stones—"

"Parrot, even then, you have to fight to the end! Don't give up until your body becomes shattered! ”

The turtledove suddenly remembered the four-legged serpent, the gray-haired old man of the tribe, and the many people who let out their last roar in the night.

"This never-ending war has just begun, parrot!"