Chapter 181: "First Contact"
Boom!
Boom!!
The heavy hooves of the mammoth slowly fell, and in its elongated shadow in the setting sun, the group of the Warong tribe got closer and closer to each other, looking nervously at their fellow people running in the distance with torches. X
"What's that? red smoke on the branches...... Could it be the 'flame' that the Three-Tails Guardian is talking about?"
"Shut up, get closer and get ready to line, I don't think they look like they're welcoming us. Licking his chapped lips, Mao hurriedly subconsciously clenched his weapon, his slightly narrowed eyes full of vigilance.
Uh-huh!!
Mammoth Manman also noticed the apes running over, although they couldn't remember their names, almost all of them were familiar, and a trace of doubt flashed in its small eyes, as if it was curious about what they were doing here.
The few apes who came over were only a gathering team, and there were only eight people with two flame messengers, but because of the deterrent power of the torches in their hands, they were able to frighten the team of the Warong tribe that was almost four times their size.
When the collection team approached, they didn't speak first, but followed behind the Warong tribe about ten meters apart, carefully observing each of them, as if they wanted to find familiar faces inside.
The gathering team didn't speak, and the apes of the Warong tribe didn't dare to speak.
In the distance, they didn't feel it, but when the flame messenger with the torch approached, the fear of the flame in their nature made them almost can't help but run, especially when they heard the burning torch "crackle, crackle" with the high temperature, and shivered.
The two groups of apes stared at each other with big eyes, one group was afraid that there were many people on the other side, and the other group did not dare to speak rashly out of fear of the flames, and a confrontation situation was formed for a while.
The mammoth didn't care about this, and walked straight towards the banyan forest, it only obeyed Li Hang's wishes, as for the ape's thoughts and practices, as long as they didn't fight, it was not worth waking Li Hang up.
Boom!
Boom!!
As Manman entered the banyan grove, more and more apes gathered around, some of them were flame envoys who looked after the fire, and some of them were low-ranking people, holding young branches and young leaves, ready to please the old and weak and sick of the mammoth.
But no matter what their identity, after seeing the group of strange apes behind the mammoth, they all put down their work and followed the collection team to surround the apes of the Warong tribe in the middle.
The more apes gathered around, the more nervous the apes of the Warong tribe became, they didn't have the heart to look at the bad and good of the surrounding environment, but just followed the pace of the mammoth mechanically, for fear that if they fell behind, they would be caught and killed by these strange apes with unkind expressions.
Boom!!
Under the altar in the center of the banyan forest, the mammoth's stout four hooves bent up and knelt on the ground, quietly waiting for Li Hang, who was lying on his back, to wake up.
"Look, is it a guardian beast on the back of the mammoth guard?" After the mammoth squatted down, the ape who was far away saw Li Hang's figure and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Guardian Beast, is the Beast back?"
"It's really a guardian, it sleeps on the back of the mammoth guard, is it the stranger it brought back?"
"Yes, if it weren't for the Guardian Beast, how could the Mammoth Guardian come back with the Strange Ape. ”
......
The apes of the Desolate Banyan tribe were in an uproar, and they immediately started talking, and their eyes softened a little when they looked at the people of the Warong tribe.
Uh-huh!!
Seemingly dissatisfied with the loud noise of the apes, Manman hissed in a low voice to warn them not to disturb Li Hang's sleep.
The mammoth was afraid that Li Hang would be woken up, but its own low cry was louder than the noise of the apes, and Li Hang's ears on his back trembled, he closed his eyes and yawned, and stood up lazily.
After licking the heart of his claws and wiping it on his face a few times, Li Hang turned his gaze to the surrounding apes.
"What's the matter?" Li Hang looked at the two groups of apes in Jingwei and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "It's all your own people, what are you doing here?"
After a moment of silence, the apes of the Banyan tribe looked at the stone ball with the highest prestige among the flame bringers, due to the absence of the leader.
"Eh, Guardian Beast, where did they come from?" Shi Qiu was uncomfortable for a while, so he had to stand up and ask softly.
"Oh, you haven't known each other yet!" Li Hang turned his head to look at the Warong tribe, "Mao Hurry, this is the Banyan Clan, you will live here and accept my protection in the future, you lead the clansmen to say hello to everyone first, and when everyone comes back, I will give them a detailed introduction." ”
Without waiting for a quick response, he flicked his tail and crouched down on the mammoth's back again, and soon fell asleep again.
Before going to bed, Li Hang let out the roll without a trace, let it hide its body, carefully observe the communication between the two groups of apes, and wake himself up if there was any conflict.
As soon as the "three-tailed ......" opened his mouth to say two words, he saw Li Hang disappear into the thick hair on the mammoth's back, and Mao was helpless, so he had to calm down and turn his head to show a stiff smile.
Perhaps because the apes in this large area all had the same ancestor at the earliest, the two languages were barely able to communicate, although there were slight differences between them.
"Hello fellow Banyan clansmen, I am the leader of the Warong tribe 'Mao Kuan', and these are my clansmen. ”
As he spoke, he pointed behind him, "We were all rescued by the Three-Tailed Guardian Beast during the escape, so we came here and accepted the protection of the Beast. ”
It was still early, and the apes of the hunting team had not yet returned, so the apes of the Banyan tribe once again looked at the stone ball, who told him to be more popular than the leader when distributing the barbecue.
"Ahem, this, my name is Shiqiu, and I am the flame envoy of the Banyan Clan, specializing in barbecue. ”
Due to his lack of experience, Shi Qiu was a little nervous at first, but as soon as he talked about his duties, he immediately raised his head proudly. "You should be very tired along the way, come over and I'll roast some meat for you first, let's talk while we eat." ”
So, the two groups of apes, who should have gone through some bumps and bumps to accept each other, were generously entertained by Shiqiu, eating delicious barbecue around the fire, and chatted after a while.
Halfway through, the collection team went out and took back the berry root pieces that had fallen before, and by the way, passed the news of the guardian's return to several nearby teams.
Approaching the banyan forest, the collection team was mainly female, and when they learned that the guardian had returned and brought back a group of strangers, they immediately sped up the work in their hands, and they couldn't wait to go back and see it immediately.
They had heard that most of the strangers were stout men, and how could this not make the hearts of these single female apes tickle.