Chapter 19: Mountain People
After a scramble for his life, Lawrence fled from the barren snow-capped mountains to a place where he could see green grass.
The temperature here is no longer bitterly cold, and although there is still a slight chill in the air, it should be much warmer if you continue down the hillside.
Lawrence looked behind him, where there was only the dark shadow of the mountains.
At this time, the moon is already scarce, and you can see a large number of stars, which is beautiful.
"I've lost food and supplies, and it's already dark, so let's find a place to get something to eat first."
Lawrence walked down the stream, and there was nothing to sleep for a day, and now there was no need to go to the mountains, but only to find food to eat a full meal, and then go in the direction of home.
Thinking about going home, Lawrence quickly trotted all the way to find the animals that couldn't sleep at night and came out to drink water as fast as he could.
After running for half an hour, Lawrence had no luck but to slowly walk down the river and find a wooded area to rest and sleep.
The trees here are mainly birch and cedar, and there is nothing to eat.
Instead of wasting your energy trying to find food that doesn't fill your stomach, it's better to sleep peacefully and wait for a day or two to get home tomorrow.
Half an hour of running is already Lawrence's biggest attempt, and it will be worth the loss if he continues to try.
After a little rest, it was quickly dawning.
A fishy smell woke Lawrence, who opened his eyes and found a wild boar looking for food standing near a tree more than a dozen meters away.
The boar was more than two and a half meters in size and three or four meters long, about the size of Lawrence's single toilet.
It's a big animal, no matter where it is.
Lawrence judged that it was a juvenile boar, and that an adult boar could grow to more than five meters tall and seven or eight meters long.
And the one who hunts this big boar is the earth storm bear that is more than seven meters tall.
The boar discovered Lawrence's existence early on, one moment looking for hazelnuts and berries in the woods, and the next looking up at the man.
Soon the boar noticed that Lawrence had woken up, and the pig and the pig began to look at each other.
Lawrence frowned, picked up the spear in his hand, and yelled, "Get out!" ”
The boar quickly turned around and ran away like a frightened piglet.
Lawrence quickly walked back with his spear and sat down next to the tree where the residual heat was still there.
This is the classic case of ten years ago, when the barbarians in the very primitive era scared off the big wild boar.
Ten years ago, the barbarians basically had no prey to fear except for the Earth Storm Bear.
Even if it is a land storm bear, there are Kroda bear hunters who specialize in hunting this kind of bear hunter who can eat for more than half a year and produce various weapons and armor materials.
Lawrence was still thinking about hunting a prey and eating a full meal last night, and now Lawrence just wants to sleep, and he doesn't even bother to make a fire, let alone cook again.
Now even if the Earth Storm Bear comes out, as long as it doesn't interfere with Lawrence's sleep, Lawrence doesn't bother to care about it.
After another two or three hours of sleep, even though the surrounding trees were broken by the big boar to look for food, Lawrence, who had long been accustomed to the sound of falling trees in the lumberyard, did not open his eyes to the big boar.
The big wild boar also had a certain amount of wisdom not to provoke the man who exuded a dangerous smell, and consciously avoided him more than a hundred meters away.
Wild pigs are much smarter than ordinary domestic pigs, even smarter than dogs like Hurricane, but they are lazy and slow to learn things.
They can only grasp the things they are interested in, and they can't learn what others teach.
Lawrence was still sleeping after dawn, replenishing his heat where he could reach the sun.
Lawrence's plan was to sleep until noon, and then run straight in the direction of home at noon when the weather was good, which would save a lot of energy.
In a daze, Lawrence heard a lot of gibble sounds.
At first, I didn't care, it didn't feel like it was moving around me.
As the sound grew louder and louder, accompanied by a pig-killing roar, Lawrence opened his eyes and reached for the iron spear in his hand.
The iron spear was no longer cold, and the sun was shining on it with a warm touch that had not been felt a few days ago.
Lawrence got up from the ground and walked towards the forest in the distance.
Behind the obstructive and chaotic growth of trees and shrubs, there were a few old dead trees, the trunks of which were like pigs gnawed, full of holes and bitten marks.
Lawrence continued on, following the marks of pig's trotters and dung to find the battlefield ten minutes away from his sleeping position.
Between the woods and the meadows and rivers, a huge boar fell there oozing a large amount of blood, and a group of men dressed in animal skins, armed with stone spears and wooden spears, gathered near the boar's belly, but these hunters were not facing the boar's belly, but looking at their side vigilantly.
A young female hunter spotted Lawrence ahead of time and quickly pointed her spear at Lawrence.
The rest of the hunters also watched the dangerous-looking man warily, and not far away there was a hunter walking behind the wounded.
Lawrence looked at the men, who were either wearing hats like himself or had long hair, and it was impossible to tell if they were humans or elves.
There was a smell of blood in the air, and Lawrence found that his perception was still too weak, and if it was a witch, he would be able to smell the blood in advance and find the location in advance.
"Who are you?! What are you doing here?! ”
A fierce-looking woman stared at Lawrence and shouted as if she wanted to kill someone.
Lawrence had seen some of these women, but at that time it was not for himself, but for his enemies.
Not all women show weakness in the face of enemies, and some women will unceremoniously show their ferocity and violence to invaders.
Lawrence found that the other party was not speaking Luffin, nor Elven, but more like the language of the dark elves of Candace.
However, the Land of Stars has always forbidden others to speak foreign languages on the turf, and Lawrence's family rarely speaks foreign languages, so Lawrence is not sure of his own judgment.
"You hunted my prey." Lawrence tried to synchronize with these people.
These people can hunt the big boar without dying, and even the juvenile big boar must rely on special people, so there should be transcendents in it.
Lawrence said with a cold face: "This big boar is my prey. ”
The mountain people looked at the man who spoke a strange language with unkind faces, and soon the young woman who noticed Lawrence first said, "You say this is your prey?" That's impossible! Whoever kills is whoever's! ”
Lawrence found the witch who could talk, "It seems that you don't understand whose territory is here, this is my territory, so the prey here is also mine, you poached my prey, but you didn't give me thanks." ”
The fierce-looking woman and the rest of the group looked at the woman in her twenties, and at the same time looked at the man's expression carefully.
Amanda sensed the cowardice of her companions and shouted angrily at Lawrence, "You said this is your territory? Nonsense! You're not an elf at all! You are human! Barbarians who smell of filthy savagery! ”
Lawrence smiled, and for the first time was fooled with facts, declaring his barbarian blood.
"Then solve the problem in the barbarian way."
Lawrence restrained his smile and faced a dozen hunters with an iron spear that glowed cold.
"I am the King of the Mountains, Lawrence Raven Feather!" Lawrence raised his spear, "If you don't believe me, come forward and try it, and prove your stupidity with your blood and tears!" ”
Amanda gritted her teeth and looked at Lawrence, and the rest of the group was also indignant and wanted to kill the brutal barbarian.
Lawrence looked young, but his appearance at twenty-two or three years old was enough to deter the rest of the people, especially since he was physically strong and equipped with armor weapons that were several times better than the warriors of the clan.
Amanda quickly made the decision of a leader, "Give him the meat and we'll go!" ”
The woman next to her said anxiously: "Amanda! He's only one man! ”
Amanda said calmly: "The wolves will also give up their prey, this is not shameful, we can also find other prey, there is no need to compete with him, this pig is enough for him to eat for many days." ”
Amanda has already made a decision, this person can't take too much meat with him, and when the time comes, he can bring someone to bring the rest of the meat back.
If you fight this dangerous man now, you will definitely kill a lot of people, and this man is obviously a stronger wizard than his side.
Lawrence smiled, "How far is this from the Green Forest Kingdom?" Are you a forest witch who fled from the south, or are you an Agama mountain folk who have been here all along? ”
Amanda looked at Lawrence angrily, "What are you asking for?!" ”
Lawrence kept the victor's flirtatious smile and said, "Answer my question, I can give you this pig." ”
"It was our prey in the first place!" Amanda said stubbornly, and then quickly softened her tone and said, "You ask, I can answer your questions." ”
(End of chapter)