Chapter 26 – Incomplete Flame (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

The next day, one by one, the little warriors woke up as they immersed themselves in practicing the totemic power.

After a night’s practicing, most of them could skillfully use the totemic power in their bodies.

Through that night, Shao Xuan had also gained a lot. After getting familiar with how to use totemic power, he tried the same way to deal with that “egg” shrouding the totem. It turned out that the method worked!

When using the totemic power, the shining light on that “egg” would fade slightly, while when using the power of the “egg”, the totem would be covered by the dazzling light of it totally. However, no matter which kind of power Shao Xuan used, the totem was always being shrouded in the egg, and that was something that could not be changed.

Even though he could not switch the powers in the blink of an eye, but at least with sufficient time, Shao Xuan could use those two powers freely. As a result, when Shao Xuan opened up his eyes again, he didn’t see anymore skeletons.

Seeing the familiar world again made Shao Xuan more than thrilled. It would’ve been so creepy if he could only see skeletons from now on. Luckily he still got to see the varied colorful world filled with life and vitality.

Smoothing that major problem out, Shao Xuan felt pretty relieved. Then, he saw some familiar faces, the kids from the orphan cave, Mo-Er, Sai, and some other kids that he had met before.

It was good to see their facial expressions, for a vision filled with only skeletons was so dull and dreary.

This time, Shao Xuan finally could see Mao’s glare. However, even though he could see that now, he ignored it after a single glance.

Mao felt very angry for being ignored by Shao Xuan like that. He wanted to have a “nice chat” with him, but then the Shaman came inside, so Mao could only keep his hatred to himself, for no one dared to be presumptuous in in front of the Shaman.

The Shaman asked how they felt, and after he made sure there was nothing abnormal, he said that they will be excused to leave. As for the other things, they could only try to adjust themselves during later hunting missions. The master initiated the apprentices, but they could only sharpen their skills through their own efforts. Even if they had the same starting point, warriors from the same awakening year could be in totally different levels as time went by. No one could become a great warrior only by bragging.

If we say that the Chief managed the material life in the tribe, then the Shaman would be in charge of the spiritual life in the tribe. The Shaman’s duty was heavy and important!

Not far from the stone room, some people were waiting there for those newly-awakened warriors. Among which Shao Xuan noticed a familiar figure. Actually, it was hard not to notice him, for he seemed to stand out a lot with that giant boar head. That was the proud wimpy kid with the excessive boar head as his decoration!

Mao also noticed him, and the anger in his face immediately faded away, as he walked towards that direction with a smile.

“Have you become a totemic warrior, big brother?” The kid with that boar head asked.

“Of course! Hey, look, who am I?” Mao looked even more proud.

They turned out to be brothers, no wonder Shao Xuan felt familiar when he saw Mao earlier.

Those little warriors left one by one. Shao Xuan intended to leave, but unexpectedly, he was stopped by the Shaman.

“Wait a second, Ah-Xuan.”

The Shaman came towards him and passed him a patterned plate, “You did a good job keeping Caesar. In the future, you may approach me if you have any trouble.”

Early in the morning, the Shaman had already asked about the recent situation of Caesar, and the general happenings and events of Shao Xuan during the past year. In fact, the fish thing did not raised much attention in the mountaintop, and since the Shaman had been working on the plant and herb, he did not pay much attention as well. Only this morning, did he know a thing or two about people down the mountain. However, the Shaman was much more interested in Caesar than in the fish. He knew that he was negligent, and he wanted to make amends since the kid had done such a good job keeping Caesar.