Chapter 83 - Joining (1/2)
Chapter 83 Joining
The slaves of the Giant Tiger Tribe had just entered the Big Bear Tribe when they were already discovered. They had been noticed by Xiong Ye, who had led his people out to go hunting.
Xiong Ye was actually a little confused when he suddenly saw such a large group of people-where had all these people come from? What did they want to do?
He should’ve been a little wary, but these people looked so miserable. They were all scratched up, wounded, and thin to the point of starvation-not only that, many of these people didn’t even have a proper piece of animal hide wrapped around their bodies.
When faced with a group of people like this, he couldn’t even work up the urge to be on guard… He sent someone to inform the priest even as he asked the people who had appeared, “Who are you?”
These slaves had spent a long time in the Giant Tiger Tribe and not only had they suffered from brutal oppression, they hadn’t been allowed to show even the slightest hint of rebellion. Now that Xiong Ye asked them this, they immediately shared their story. They even knelt down in front of Xiong Ye, “Lord, please don’t kill us…”
Xiong Ye: “…..” Why would I kill you?
“Follow me back to the tribe.” Xiong Ye finally said. He didn’t know what he was supposed to do with these people, so he might as well bring them back to the tribe.
He knew that the tribe was short on people, but he wasn’t sure if so many people would be a little too much…
Hearing that Xiong Ye was willing to bring them back to the tribe, these people were all overjoyed, “Thank you Lord, thank you!”
This man was willing to bring them back to his tribe. Did that mean that he didn’t mean to kill them? Or perhaps, even if he planned to kill them, he didn’t plan to kill all of them?
That was great!
Hope ignited in these people’s hearts, and they began to whisper to each other, “We… Is it possible that we’ll be able to live on?”
“Will they give us food to eat?”
“Even if they don’t give us meat, maybe they would still give us some vegetables?”
……
They had had no meat to eat within the Giant Tiger Tribe and could only eat a variety of vegetables. That was bad enough, but the people of the Giant Tiger Tribe would also berate them, and some members of the tribe would torture them for enjoyment.
They didn’t even dare hope that they would be able to eat their fill now. They only wanted to be fed something, anything, no matter what the food was, and not get beaten.
Most of the people in the group felt this way, but Hou Shi’s woman was tugging on Hou Shi’s sleeve, “Hou Shi, ask him… How is our baby doing?”
Hou Shi replied, “We’ll talk about it later. We’ll be able to see little Hou when we get to the tribe. There’s no need to be anxious.”
Hou Shi’s woman nodded. They had encountered the people of the hunting team first. Xiong Ye was alright, but Zhu Zhan who was standing beside Xiong Ye was really too tall. He was even taller than Hu Tian, which led to the new people fearing him subconsciously. Because of this, even though she wanted to inquire for news about her son, she didn’t dare to speak up out of fear of being beaten.
These people stumbled as they walked, their steps uneven.
They hadn’t walked for very long when someone collapsed to the ground.
They had long been at the end of their ropes, so someone would always collapse every now and then.
The slaves who were walking together all noticed the fallen man, but nobody went to take care of him. Many of them had collapsed during this journey only to never wake up again, to the point where some small carnivorous dinosaurs even stalked behind them, waiting for the chance to eat any corpses left behind… They were already accustomed to death and didn’t concern themselves over these fallen people at all.
Even if those people might be their relatives.
On the other hand, Xiong Ye was shocked. He went over to check out the situation and discovered that the collapsed person was burning hot, with festering wounds across his body. He really couldn’t stand it anymore and picked the man up.
“Lord…” Some of the people who saw this scene were dumbfounded, “Lord, this person has a fever and is going to die…”
People who had a fever like this might infect others, so the Giant Tiger Tribe would just kill them off and throw their corpse away… Now, if this sick person passed his illness to the people of the Big Bear Tribe, would the Big Bear Tribe drive them away?
“It’s fine, we just need to bring him back and cure him.” Xiong Ye said.
These people had seen too much of the Giant Tiger Tribe’s attitude where they didn’t even bat an eye when they killed. Now, when they heard Xiong Ye’s words, they were so touched that tears filled their eyes, “Lord, lord, you’re really a good person!”
These people felt that they would most likely be able to live on. That was great!
They had already been completely exhausted, but they were now full of hope for the future. They even recovered some strength, and their walking speed picked up.
And at this time, the person that Xiong Ye had sent to find the priest had already returned.
“Xiong Ye, the priest wants you to bring the people to the place where we make pottery!”
“Alright.” Xiong Ye nodded and led the people there.
The place where pottery was made? What was pottery? These people were puzzled, but nobody dared ask any questions and could only follow behind silently.
They walked for three hours before they finally arrived at the place where the pottery was fired.