Chapter 51 – Just one touch (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

Flaming Horns tribe.

The life inside the tribe was just as calm and peaceful as always.

Early in the morning, old Ke tossed Caesar some meat and bones, then grabbed a stoneware and began polishing it as he sat there. He looked the same old way, without any facial expression or any words. However, people familiar with him could still figure it out that old Ke had been not quite himself lately. For example, you could see it from the wooden box at the corner for waste residue. All the residue after carving off stone flakes or pieces of failed crafted items went directly there.

Old Ke used to have far less wasted there.

Caesar who was gnawing on a bone lackadaisically in the corner seemed to be skinnier than before. It was not because of old Ke not willing to feed him, he got skinnier because of its low spirit and loss of appetite. So he seemed boney now.

Caesar’s ear moved a little and looked at the window as he was chewing on the bone slowly. Soon, a person came in through the window from the outside. Before he landed, he pushed off with a finger against the ground and with that strength he flipped in the air as if avoiding something.

“What?” Ge landed steadily and he looked around his surroundings. By the window was the trap he triggered on his last visit. Originally he was prepared for something new popping out from the ground, however, unexpectedly there was nothing at all.

This is not right!

Ge squatted down as he narrowed his eyes and scanned the room, not letting any detail escape his sight.

Caesar stared at Ge with a bone in his mouth, for he didn’t understand why this person had to roll over when he came in.

After confirming there was no other trap, Ge finally stood up. In fact, the few traps that he triggered before were still the way he left them, and old Ke did not even bother to clear the scene.

“Hey, how’s everything going, old Ke?” Ge came to old Ke’s side and handed him a few animal meat chunks and two fine stone cores which he pulled out from a hide bag, “My son is joining the next hunting mission, hence I need your help to craft something for him.”

Old Ke did not respond to his words, while he continued on working on the stuff he had at hand.

Ge didn’t mind at all, because he knew old Ke had already heard that. He just put the things aside and dragged over a stone stool as if he were in his own house. Ge gazed at the stone sword that old Ke was working on and said, “Ah-Xuan and the others have probably already started hunting at the first location. What do you think he will bring back from his first hunting mission?”

Old Ke hesitated for a moment at Ge’s words. But he kept silent as he continued on crafting.

Seeing old Ke like this, Ge finally ascertained what old Ke was worrying about.

When kids went on their first hunting trip, their elders and relatives would naturally worry. So most of the parents chose to go out with their children, for at least they could have the chance to look after their own kids. Personally joining in the battle was better than trusting the kids to others’ attendance after all.

If old Ke weren’t injured, he probably would’ve taken Ah-Xuan out during the first hunting mission this year, however…

“Don’t worry. Ah-Xuan is a quick-witted boy who got awakened at such a young age. Let alone that he is favored by the Shaman! He will be fine, and you should just patiently wait for them to return on the Path of Glory. Didn’t you give him your tooth sword? He’ll be fine. He told us to rest assured, right? He knows better.”

At the same time, on the other side of the mountains, away from the tribe, Shao Xuan, who “knows better and told them to rest assured”, was sighing at the tooth sword.

After confirming the Thorn Black Wind’s death, Shao Xuan pulled out the sword. It took him a lot of strength to do that, for the knife was stuck in the Thorn Black Wind’s skull.

According to the traces on the ground and the Thorn Black Wind’s condition, Shao Xuan suspected perhaps the giant beast had hit on a huge rock when it got flushed by the avalanche. Later, it rolled down the mountain, and the Thorn Black Wind got buried here deep. The broken bones on its body should be caused by the hit, while the tooth sword stabbed deeper into its skull during the process.