Chapter 107 – Contes (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

When the task was completed, Shao Xuan allowed the already impatient Chacha to fly away.

If you thought about it, you’ll find that Shao Xuan was taking advantage of the rules, and it was a form of bullying the others. However, now it was under a special occasion. The other party was constraining the twins to do things that were beyond their power. In the past, all the kids would make an exception, and no one had really climbed the stone tree in such a season.

Meanwhile, Shao Xuan knew the twins well. They had a persistent character. Although they had Chacha help them now, but after winter ends, the first thing they would do would be to climb up the stone tree to touch their stone plates which had their names. That would provide them with a sense of relief, which meant that they were qualified, right and proper.

As expected, when Chacha flew away, Ah-Guang gave a slight ‘hum’ at Meng’s gloomy face and said: “If we do not awaken by the end of this winter, we will climb up again. Just wait and see!”

Ah-Yang nodded by her side: “I promise to do so as well.”

Although Chacha already flew away, the earlier situation had left an image in many people’s hearts. The impact may not be very deep, but in the future when they encounter similar tasks, they might think of this again.

Kids accept new things better than adults. Altering people’s minds should always start with kids. Also, by the end of this winter, Shao Xuan planned to take Caesar out for a few hunting missions. He hoped that people would gradually accept his way of training wild animals.

The pictures that the ancestors painted on the walls in the stone room of the orphan cave consisted of scenes which showed that they hunted with hounds. Perhaps one day in the future, that grand scene will reappear. The Shaman also held the same opinion.

“Okay, now since things are handled, I’ll head back.” Shao Xuan said to the twins.

“Don’t go brother Xuan! Later we will have a duel, and I’ll also be joining the contest!” Said Ah-Guang.

Kids from Meng’s side instantly began to yell at Ah-Guang’s words.

“You can’t join the contest Ah-Guang!”

“Yes, indeed! You can ask Ah-Yang to take your position!”

“I agree! Ah-Yang, how can you allow your sister to join?”

Earlier when they were messing with the twins, they did that out of two reasons. Firstly, the two parties were fighting over the training place, of course they would like to do something to upset the other party. Secondly, and more importantly, Ah-Guang was a girl and was born with strength. And if a girl with that strength entered the combat, Meng would have no proper person to fight with her. Now that someone said that Ah-Yang should fight the combat instead of Ah-Guang, many other kids began to second the proposal.

It was a best of three game, and each party would send out three kids for the combat.

Shao Xuan, Mao and the others were watching the combat from afar.

The non-awakened kids had a very simple way of fighting each other. No stone tools allowed, as they would fight empty-handed. All the moves were learnt from their parents and other adults. However, due to the lack of real hunting experience and the lack of body strength, together with the fact that they were wearing too many clothes…the momentum of the fight was very much weakened.

Shao Xuan stood aside, watching kids from two opposite parties fighting each other. With that many clothes, they looked like fat dumplings colliding with each other. Shao Xuan almost laughed out loud, but the combat was something serious in the eyes of all the kids here. So, Shao Xuan tried hard to control his facial expression.

As Shao Xuan expected, two breaths after Ah-Yang joined the battle, he hit his opponent to the ground three times. On the fourth time, he punched his opponent on the face as he pinned him down on the ground, until his opponent admitted defeat. It seems like Ah-Yang had been holding back his temper for quite some time, and now he finally let it out.

Looking around, Shao Xuan found that aside from those who had known Ah-Yang well, all the others were looking funny.

In the end, Meng was the only one that won in his party. The other two, both were defeated, which meant that for the next twenty days, they should not enter the training place.

There was one merit about people in the tribe, which was that they won’t find any excuse for failure. Also, after the defeat, they won’t play dirty to set traps against the winners. If they fall, they rest and then stand up from where they fell. If they lose, they improve themselves and then fight back in the future.

The twins cheered with the others, and began discussing about bringing more stone tools to the training place.

The young warriors who were watching the combat intended to leave as well. But just when Shao Xuan was about to turn around, he heard someone from the other party shout: “Wait!”

“What? Do you have anything to say after being defeated? Unless you want to fight with someone, Lei?” Mao sneered.

This ‘Lei’ that Mao talked to was the one who was standing behind Meng earlier.