Chapter 242 - Only once (2/2)

The wanderers did not understand why the Flaming Horns tribe went to the dangerous Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest. It was a tribe with so much potential, that it would certainly be able to get a good safe place, much better than some other small tribes in the central region. Although it was a small tribe, within one or two decades, the number of its members would double. Why did they want to go to such a dangerous place?

Even if they had a few ferocious beasts, so what? In the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest there were millions of ferocious beasts, even the big tribes in the central region were reluctant to go in the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest!

They just wanted to have a better life, instead of ending their lives together with those of the Flaming Horns tribe!

Two days ago some had left, but not so many. But tonight, maybe they were aware that they would soon arrive at the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest. This may be their last chance to leave. If tomorrow the people of the Flaming Horns tribe people noticed so many people had left, would they be angry?

“He Er, what do you think? Should we leave? Maybe tonight is the last chance. If we don’t leave this time, after entering the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest, we cannot run away.” One person asked He Er .

The people of the Flaming Horns tribe had said that along the way they had hunted a few beasts. Even some large beasts in the mountains on the way were scared by the ferocious beasts of the Flaming Horns tribe and ran away. The remaining beasts became food for the warriors of the Flaming Horns tribe. Those beasts had been chased away, and at least for a short while they would not come back. As long as they return following the route of the Flaming Horns tribe, it is much less likely for them to meet those dangerous beasts.

Go now and return following the route. They will be safe!

Over the past two days, some of them had also specially collected the excrement of those few ferocious beasts so that they could be safer after using these ferocious beasts’ excrement to scare the beasts in the mountains.

He Er did not answer, and then the man next to him poked him and asked, “Go ?”

He Er clenched his teeth, laid down again and whispered,“I won’t go! I do not want to go back! I believe in Yan Zhi and the others.”

Several people around were silent, and then laid down one by one. Well, let’s bet on it!

They made up their mind and layed down again, but they did not fall asleep. Listening to the sound made by those who were leaving, each of them opened their eyes wide and were in daze.

In the dark, where the fire light was not shining, the night guard was leaning agaisnt a tree. He was looking disdainingly at those who were running away, but did not stop them.

The next day, they continued the journey. Nearly a third of the wanderers had left.

Obviously, everyone could notice this at a glance, but it seemed that the people of the Flaming Horns tribe people did not know it and even did not mention it. Strangely, no one told the wanderers about the stories of the ferocious beasts again.

Some were clever and realized that the Flaming Horns tribe gave them a test.

When Yan Zhi and the others saw He Er and his friends, their tight faces relaxed. Fortunately they were still there.

The Shaman had planned to test the wanderers in advance, and no one dared to tell them the truth. Even when Yan Zhi saw the restless wanderers, they could do nothing but feel worried.

Shao Xuan got on the Shaman’s carriage holding a fully-written animal skin roll.

“More than seventy have left. Six of them are wanderers of the Flaming Horns tribe.” Shao Xuan said as he handed the roll to the Shaman.

They didn’t care that wanderers from other tribes left, but they felt disappointed because some of the wanderers of the Flaming Horns tribe, who were treated well by the warriors, left. Although the warriors hadn’t fully trusted them, they helped them a lot. Some of the warriors gave the food they had saved to them over the past two days.

But some of these people still left. Fortunately, it was a small number.

The Shaman took over the animal skin roll and did not read it. Instead, he closed his eyes and showed no disappointment or grief on his face. But the people familiar with the Shaman knew that when the Shaman had no facial expression, it was the most horrifying. Even the two team leaders here became anxious.

Shao Xuan did not interrupt the Shaman’s silence, quietly waiting for him to make a decision.

A moment later, The Shaman opened his eyes and said, “Let them go. But they can never come back again.” Although he spoke gently, he still showed his anger and aggression.

Shao Xuan had expected the Shaman to answer like this. He nodded and said, “I got it.”

The names of those who left or stayed were recorded.

There was only one chance. The Shaman of the Flaming Horns tribe only placed trust in them once.

Those who joined them later felt the chief was the decision-maker in the Flaming Horns tribe, which was common in many tribes. They thought the Shaman couldn’t make the final decision. But those who grew up in the Flaming Horns tribe understood thesupreme authority of the Shaman in the tribe.

Since the Shaman made such a decision, Ao, the chief, or any others could not object.

Going down from the carriage, Shao Xuan looked at the sky.

“The weather is not good.”

After leaving from the Shaman, Shao Xuan went to another carriage. The disabled and the women who had not awakened stayed in this carriage. Even though these people could not move much, they were busy sewing the animal skin boots with the tools brought here and some animal skins placed here by the warriors after their hunts.

Putting down the skins and a few rolls of linen threads, Shao Xuan said to them, “Please make some long boots, the children will also need them.”