Chapter 506 (1/2)

Before The War

To the visitors from the three tribes, the Flaming Horn’s answer could be shortened into one sentence: “Mind your own business.”

Flaming Horn’s fire seed’s having odd changes? That’s our problem, what’s that got to do with you?

Should we invade Wanshi? That’s also our problem, what’s that got to do with you?

The people from the three tribes were frustrated with the Flaming Horns’ attitude towards them. They felt helpless, not knowing what to do next. Metal wares? The tribesmen did not even take a second look at them. Fire seed? Their lips were sealed. Conflict with Wanshi? They did not intend to accept any help!

Huang Ye and the rest could only report this frustrating news to their own tribes, then examine other better ways to open Flaming Horn’s mouth.

While these people were thinking about how to get the stubborn tribesmen to spill their secrets, there was also a discussion within Flaming Horn.

“Everyone has adapted well,” said Ao. They were indeed more powerful after the fire seed merging. Everyone was more energetic, they were much calmer and used to it now. The warriors anticipated the day they could show off their new power.

When Zheng Luo and the rest arrived, they had seen the Wanshi tribesmen. They knew that if they were just half a day late, perhaps the results would have been different. Many would have died. They could not forget about this just because the battle did not happen.

Additionally, the Wanshi tribe had also destroyed their old haunt before they arrived. To this day, many warriors remembered the anger they felt when their homeland was vandalised, when they saw stone pillars in pieces, obvious that they had been tampered with very recently. Their fire pit was dug into a messy hole too. The fire pit was the most sacred spot of the entire village!

To the tribesmen, vandalising another tribe’s fire pit was the equivalent of forging blood enmity, it was the declaration of war. If the chief hadn’t stopped them, everyone would have invaded Wanshi a long time ago.

It had been a long time since then but everyone remembered. They hadn’t known much about this ‘new world’ when they first arrived, that was why the chief stopped them from acting on impulse. Now, the time was right. Flaming Horn was whole again, it was time to take revenge.

The warriors were adapted to life after merging with the fire seed. Weapons were prepared. Wares made of metal, bones and horns were all ready. It was time for war.

However, they still had to be prepared. The elderly, children and women whose totemic power had not awakened had to retreat into the forest, somewhere safe. This was to prevent outsiders from invading their village. There were also guards stationed at the wanderer’s settlement to prevent wanderers from conducting any suspicious business. They also had to stop false rumours from spreading.

“The giant clawed bear and the bone beast will be together. What will you do?” Shao Xuan asked Duo Kang.

“Kill them all together!” Duo Kang did not think much into it, making chopping motions with both his hands. He turned to see several people staring at him with blatant disapproval on their faces.

“If you only have a few people with you, don’t you think it’ll be difficult to fight two fearsome beasts at the same time?” asked Shao Xuan again.

A giant clawed bear didn’t just have an enormous body, it was muscular and had thick skin, aggressive and powerful. It was one of the most aggressive type of giant bear. Then the bone beast would be even more difficult to deal with than the bear.

Duo Kang’s mind raced. He slapped his thigh. “Wait! We should lead the bone beast away, then focus our efforts on dealing with the bear first. Then, we will chase after the bone beast. We need to set up traps beforehand so it will fall right into it!”

When Shao Xuan was on the other side of the ocean, he had used a trap to catch a bone beast. Many people’s jaws dropped at that feat. Duo Kang could clearly remember the shock he felt when he saw them dragging a whole bone beast.

Although Shao Xuan’s situation was different from the current one, Duo Kang and the rest had an idea of what to do.

When Zheng Luo’s people arrived with Shao Xuan, they encountered the Wanshi people with slave masters and their slaves outside the forest. From that day, they understood that the relationship between Wanshi and the slave masters weren’t great either, they often had conflicts.

Flaming Horn wasn’t afraid of these people but if there was a solution to keep the number of deaths low, why wouldn’t they take it? Why should they force anything? Not accepting help from other tribes did not mean they would force their way in.

On a cloudy day, at noon, just as a large layer of cloud blocked out the sun, a long spear dipped in blood flew out from the Fearsome Beast Forest. Like a bright flash of light, it flew high in the air, in a red arc towards the Wanshi tribe.

Thud!

The long spear landed near the gates of the village walls, one-third of the spear was lodged deep in the ground.