Chapter 92 – Boomerang (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

When the rainy season ended, it was Ta’s hunting team’s turn to go out hunting.

This time, Shao Xuan was in Mai’s hunting group. Before they went out for hunting, every one gathered together on the mountaintop to sing the Song of Hunting. Ta said nothing when seeing Shao Xuan. He was in a bad mood, but still, he dared not to act it out obviously.

Perhaps, the Shaman had already talked to him, which left him no other choice but to swallow his anger. He would be considered disrespectful to the Shaman once he revealed any traces of dissatisfaction.

Ta had no choice but to take a deep breath and carry on. He assumed that they could gather more plants even without Shao Xuan’s help. At the very least, some warriors in the advance group also knew how to set traps if setting traps was required. Unless the ancestors would only bless Shao Xuan, and turn a blind eye to the real elites of the tribe? He did not believe that.

The others in the hunting team were also staring at Shao Xuan curiously, especially those young warriors. Apparently, they were mocking him secretly, and their looks seemed to say: Look at that! I knew that this guy would get kicked out from the advance group! I knew it!

Lang Ga worried that Shao Xuan might think too much, and he kept comforting him all the way up to the mountaintop. However, he had no idea that Shao Xuan did not care about it at all. And he was the one who made the proposal.

Caesar and Chacha were both left in Old Ke’s place, so was the remaining food. There was still something stored in the ice cave near the mountaintop, so there was no way that they would ever starve.

This time, the hunting period for them was relatively tight, so right at the end of the rainy season, Ta quickly summoned the hunting group leaders, and had them be prepared for the next hunting mission.

They had to be back to the tribe before the full moon, because at that period, the ferocious beasts in the forests would become even more irascible. So, based on the experiences they had in the past, whichever hunting team had the mission, it should be return before the full moon. The sooner, the better.

Last time when Shao Xuan was hunting with Mai’s hunting group, they stopped at the second location because they had found the ancestors. However, this time, the hunting i the first and the second location was smooth. So, Shao Xuan followed them to the third location.

There were a lot of lakes in the third location. Since the rainy season had just passed, some lakes became even larger, and there were some new smaller lakes around.

In the tribe, Old Ke was not as worried as the last two times. After careful thinking, Old Ke found that it was because this time, Shao Xuan did not say the words “rest assured” before he set off.

Well, it was true. This time, the hunting mission went quite smoothly, and Shao Xuan tried with his full ability. He assisted the others, filled the leaks, and set a lot of traps. He was no longer a walk-over character. In fact, Shao Xuan was very satisfied with this fruitful, enjoyable hunting trip.

The only difference there was from the earlier hunting trips was that, as the time went by, the moons at night became brighter and brighter. At night, the forest was a little shiny as if it was covered by a layer of silver silk. The vision was not as dark as well. But similarly, nocturnal animals and ferocious beasts tended to be more irritable. Roars and cries of beasts and other animals could be heard, both day and night, and they were more frequent than before.

After twenty days, the hunting team returned to the tribe.

Because of the frequent riots of ferocious beasts, many people in each hunting groups were injured. Luckily, they were well prepared for the unpredictable accidents. Only three of the warriors were badly injured, even though many others were hurt as well. Considering the tough situation that they were all in, three was a lucky number. Fortunately, no one in Mai’s hunting group was severely injured.

When they were heading back to the tribe, Shao Xuan noticed that the river’s water-level dropped a lot as they reached the river in the mountain foot area.

The fish fences were still there. The first fish fence was near the river surface originally. When the rainy season ended, the rising river dropped again, and it was only a little higher than it was before the rainy season. So, the first fish fence was in the water.

However, now after twenty days, they returned, only to find that the water-level dropped sharply, and it was even lower than before!

“It’s almost the full moon, and the river would drop more in the following few days.” Said Lang Ga.

At second thought, Lang Ga smiled, “The fish fences that we made did not catch anything in the rainy season, but they might work after this full moon.”

The peculiar thing about this world were the two moons at night. They only become full moons once in a year, when they would move to each other’s direction, until they met, overlapped, separated, and then went in different directions.

When the moons were full, it was the time for them to overlap.

Last year at the same time, Shao Xuan was spending most of his time in the orphan cave like the other kids. They were nowhere near the river, so naturally, they did not see the rising and sinking tides. Although many people began to start fishing after the rainy season, but they were not allowed to touch the water when the river dropped. They needed to remain in the caves.

After taking care of the game, Shao Xuan took Caesar and Chacha back to his place.