Chapter 125: "The Ape Tribe"
Li Hang listened to the introduction of "Reincarnation" to the mission, and looked at the long-haired ape kneeling in a circle.
"Apes, primitive times?"
"Complete the quest, reward 5,000 reincarnation coins, and unlock the battle experience seal of the guardian beasts of the past generations.
After the mission fails, the host will lose the chance to return to reality, and the life will be depleted at a hundredfold flow rate until death, and mission 2 will be released after the completion of mission 1. ”
"It shouldn't be difficult to protect the ape tribe, right?" Li Hang thought, and just as he was recalling the description of the information contained in the blood-colored demonic qi, the leader of the apes with long feathers on his head suddenly stood up and walked into the crowd.
He walked up to a kneeling female ape, lifted the ignorant young child next to her, and strode towards Li Hang despite the crying of the ape child.
"Wow~Wow~~"
The surrounding apes all turned a blind eye to this scene, except for a few children who were also young and frightened by the cry, most of the apes' faces were full of anticrisy and joy, and even the children's mothers looked proud.
"Patron Saint, please receive the blood food offered by the Banyan Clan!!"
Before he could understand what was going on, the ape-man leader in front of him suddenly pulled out a dagger made of sharpened bones from the animal skin around his waist, and stabbed it directly into the ape-child's chest.
Boom!!
He didn't have time to think, so he pounced on it in an instant, slapped the bone dagger with one claw, picked up the child, and kicked the ape leader on his hind legs, and returned to the earthen platform.
The ape child was so frightened by this change that he cried, Li Hang put it behind him, and his two tails came out of his body silently, gently wrapping around him to comfort him.
The leader of the apes took a few steps back, rubbed his stuffy chest, and found that there were a few bloody marks left by the kicked paws of shame, and there was a faint sting.
He took a few steps forward and knelt down with a puff, "Guardian, please forgive me for being presumptuous. "Turn your head," all come closer, and let the guardian beast choose. ”
"......" Li Hang's expression was sluggish.
"The beast spirits, the Banyan tribe are all here, please choose and enjoy. ”
Li Hang's thinking didn't turn around for a while, he was stunned on the stone platform, and even teasing the child's tail stopped stroking, but fortunately, the child was afraid to come quickly, and happiness came quickly, and he was happy to play with himself.
Seeing that the "guardian beast" did not move, the apes did not have a trace of impatience, and waited quietly in place, as if they had no complaints about their fate that might be eaten.
In fact, Li Hang was not in a daze, but in the frenzied recollection of the blood-colored demonic aura, the duties and rights of the guardian beast.
"Oh!!"
After a long time, Li Hang recovered from the information he had obtained, and let out a long sigh, "Is this a guardian beast or a slave owner." ”
Looking at the dense apes under the earthen platform, I really didn't know what to say for a while.
In that demonic aura, there is only one description of the duties of the "guardian beast", that is, to protect the apes within the area of this banyan forest, so that they can have a safe habitat. And if it encounters an irresistible danger, the guardian beast can also escape on its own.
But the opposite power is more powerful than the emperor.
Let's put it this way, except for not being able to eat too many apes at once, the guardian beast can completely take what it wants in the tribe. Even for every five babies born, one is in ownership and belongs to the "offering" of guardianship.
This kind of regulation, which is even harsher than slavery, can be accepted by the apes, but Li Hang really can't adapt to it.
Since he didn't adapt, he didn't have to adapt, and the mission didn't stipulate that he had to accept blood food anyway.
"I am a natural beast, protect the Ru clan, all stand back!" Although their language was different from anything Li Hang had ever heard, with the help of the language of nature and the dissolved throat bone, the apes could understand it.
The apes hurriedly retreated, although they were a little surprised that Li Hang could speak, but there was an inexplicable sense of righteousness, what was wrong with the guardian beast being able to speak? In the stories I heard when I was a child, the beasts could communicate with the apes, not to mention the beast spirits.
As for why the previous guardian beast didn't speak, it must be that His Excellency the Lion King didn't bother to talk to them.
"Guardian, what sacrifice do you need, we'll prepare. ”
It was still the head with a feather on his head who spoke, he bowed his body, and asked cautiously, he was about one meter five tall, and he was already a very conspicuous big man in the entire ape tribe.
Li Hang knew in the memory of the guardian beasts that the so-called sacrifices, in addition to themselves, were mostly hunted beasts and insects, and they couldn't eat enough by themselves, so each guardian beast needed to hunt for it by itself in order not to go hungry.
From this point of view, it seems that there is no need for the guardian beast to take care of the home for the apes, after all, the boundless power is exchanged for the protection of life.
And these rights are dispensable for the guardian beasts, even if they are too lazy to hunt, these apes will not be able to eat for long.
In fact, the biggest advantage of the guardian beast to protect the apes is that they can obtain faith, which is not an ethereal thing, but a magical power that can really help them enhance their demonic energy.
In this world where there is no cultivation at all, even if a beast accidentally hits and produces a demonic demonization, it is difficult to go further.
I don't know which ape ancestor discovered that sincere prayer can help demon beasts cultivate, coupled with a large number of intelligent subordinates who can also act as bait and helpers in hunting, so the survival mode of harmonious coexistence of guardian beasts and apes can continue.
"If you don't have a big medicine and spiritual things, forget it first, don't rush to pray first, and talk about it tomorrow!
The big medicine and spiritual things that Li Hang said were all rare things in this world that could help demon beasts cultivate, and this was also what he saw in the message left by that demon qi.
"Guardian, you came too suddenly, all the spiritual objects and medicines before were sacrificed to the lion king, please give me some time, we will go out to find it now. ”
Hearing Li Hang's words, the leader was taken aback, he glanced at the male lion beside Li Hang who had shrunk into a mass of dried corpses, and hurriedly said.
"I said no, forget it, you all disperse, take this child away. Li Hang waved his paw absently, "By the way, who is that, wait a minute, it's you, the one with hair on your head, what's your name?"
"Iwa, my name is Iwa!" the leader of the apes seemed to be a little uncomfortable talking casually with the guardian beast, his body stiffened, obviously a little restrained.
didn't see his nervousness, Li Hang jumped off the earthen platform, looked around, turned his back to "Yan", and said: "Then I'll call you Ah Yan, you can take me around, by the way, talk about the situation in the tribe." ”
"No, I'll take you to see it!" Leader Ah Yan followed Li Hang in stride, bowed down, and introduced as he walked.