Following Craig and his guards, a group of people came to a strange residence.

The house is essentially a chalet left over from before the war, but it seems to have undergone some clever expansions and renovations to make the house more spacious.

The house was filled with all kinds of loot, and Andy saw a lot of animal skins, including a bear.

A simple fireplace was lit and the warm temperature spread.

Craig sat on a throne in the room draped in various furs, and like a king, he extended his hand to invite Andy to sit down in the seat below and enjoy the dried melons and fruits on the table.

"You guys go out first, I want to talk to this friend of mine alone."

After Craig's request, the other guards bowed and exited the house without hesitation.

They don't worry at all that Andy will be bad for Craig, because in their eyes, Craig will beat Andy as easily as a chicken.

After everyone had withdrawn, Craig began to speak formally with Andy.

"Andy, is what you said true? Are you willing to arrange firearms for us? ”

Andy grabbed some jerky and chewed it, Blackfoot's beef jerky was pretty good, and he felt that if Blackfoot was willing to shift the center of trade away from the slave trade, Blackfoot Village would be able to produce excellent products everywhere.

"That's right... But I need to know who that young man really is, and I need to talk to him about something. ”

Craig was silent for a moment, as if feeling a little embarrassed.

"That man... What does it have to do with you? He's just an ordinary black-footed man, no one in our village looks more special or better-looking, and as far as I know, he doesn't have any magical skills. So... Why do you want to have more contact with him? Tell us about your reasons. ”

Andy was speechless, could it be that he was going to start with the new plague virus and Tibbetts prison? What if you scare Craig into saying that the person has a deadly virus on them? However, it now appears that the infection of the strain in Tibbetts' prisoners will not have a huge impact in the short term, and there are no facts to support his allegations. That young man can be received and protected by Craig, who has a high status in Blackfoot Village, presumably his identity is not simple. If you are an outsider who is considered to be talking nonsense and disturbing order, I am afraid that not only will you fail to achieve your goal, but you will be hostile and driven away.

After thinking about it, he could only fool the past.

"I.... I have an extremely important thing to say to him, and this matter has nothing to do with me and him... I don't want to hurt him or do anything bad... Anyway, it's very important to me. ”

Craig frowned, visibly unhappy with Andy's simple explanation.

“.... That alone wasn't enough to convince me, but since you said you didn't mean anything, I think I can trust you based on how you've behaved in Blackfoot Village for so long. But since you asked, you had to exchange your contributions, and we said okay, if you help Blackfoot get firearms, I'll fulfill your request...."

Craig plays with the skeleton hanging from his waist, which Andy guesses may mean something unusual to him.

"The young man you're going to meet has actually just returned to Blackfoot from outside, but he's very sensitive, and I was going to introduce you to him after you helped us with this, after all, you're a good outsider and a trustworthy outsider.... Your request is in line with my idea, so let's start talking about my plans. ”

Craig's ten fingers were folded into a tower, and his swarthy face was very serious.

"Most people don't know that we've suffered some big losses..... The hunting teams of Blackfoot Village were once more invincible than they are now, but now we need to be more cautious. A few years ago, a powerful tribe came from the west, with the two-headed bear as a tribal totem, and their army once arrived near us, and I know that they once established a stronghold somewhere in the south.... At the time, we didn't know anything about the power of firearms, and we just thought that the firearms in their hands were just more beautiful, not much different from the ones we had made ourselves. ”

Craig held out an arm and pointed to a corner of the room.

Andy turned his head to look and saw a pair of torn clothes and a helmet hanging in a corner of the room in the dim light of the fireplace. The dress was dirty and torn, but there was still a pattern on the chest that could be distinguished from the stains, and Andy could clearly see that it was actually an NCR soldier's uniform.

Andy turned to look at Craig.

"You've been at war with them?"

Craig nodded.

"A small group of warriors from the Two-Headed Bear tribe came to our territory and happened to crash into our hunting party.... We were three times as many, but in the end we had a miserable victory... I didn't dare to make this public, it would be a huge blow to Blackfoot's self-confidence, and at that time... If our tribesmen are shaken, the bull will swallow us in one gulp. ”

"What is a bull?"

Craig's face trembled, and he was actually a little frightened.

"Bull .... The bull is a great group, and its founder once came to us when our village was surrounded by a herd of enemies. That was many years ago, and I wasn't the leader of the Blackfoot hunting team at the time, so I didn't know much... In short, under his command, we managed to resist a combined offensive of several times more powerful enemy than ours ... Ramon, the Blackfoot Chief at the time, had hoped that man would become Blackfoot's War Chieftain, but he refused the invitation.... It was only with a few warriors and a few other companions who were willing to continue following him that he left Blackfoot Village and went farther east into the distance, saying that he wanted a greater conquest. ”

Craig reached out a hand to his face and regained his composure.

"We thought we'd never hear from that man again, but it's the opposite.... Almost shortly after the two-headed bear tribe appeared near us, the bulls also came... They were dressed in neat and distinctive shining armor, and each and every warrior was brave and fearless .... Because of the past relationship, we received them... They are very strong and very ruthless, that red golden bull banner ... That kind of discipline ...."

"They keep asking us to join them.... I've seen them fight, it's not at all the same order of magnitude as ours, give them some time, and all the tribes, big and small, will be crushed by the hooves of the bulls one by one... We're like lizards that don't dare to move in the face of deathclaws..."

Andy looked at Craig with a fearful look on his face, learning for the first time from the others about the other side of the Great War that turned Ashrid Fortress into an abandoned fortress.

"So... What happened next? ”