Chapter 667 A Delayed Repulsion (2/2)

“It’s good for us that the robbers are attracted by the people there.” Zheng Luo smiled as he thought about the bad things that were going to happen.

It was apparent that everyone was thinking the same way.

Regardless, since there had been movements there and it had already been a year since the disaster, they knew that whatever was coming was unavoidable. Even though it wouldn’t affect the Flaming Horns too much during this time, they still had to make necessary precautions.

After the meeting, Shao Xuan descended the mountain. Caesar ran up and down the hill wildly, as if he wanted to let everyone know the change that had happened to him. He even went to show off to a few other fearsome beasts in their tribe before he went home.

Seeing Caesar’s change, Old Ke was also quite satisfied. He smiled cheerfully.

“It’s a good thing that you got your eye back.” As Old Ke thought of something, he asked Shao Xuan again, “Caesar’s eye probably wouldn’t have any problems in the future, right?”

“Judging by the look of it now, it’ll be fine. The repulsion wasn’t severe during the merging process. Just follow the Jing shaman’s instructions, and there shouldn’t be any other problems after the merge,” Shao Xuan replied.

“How incredible! It is exactly the same as before. His vision is the same too, right?”

“We’ll have to judge from his performance during future hunts.” If he performed the same as before, then it was definitely not a problem.

Even though they followed the Jing shaman’s instructions and knew that there wouldn’t be any problems afterwards, Caesar’s case was still different, so they still had to observe him for a few more days.

With his right eye regenerated, the amount of food Caesar brought back from his hunts was a lot more than when he only had one eye. Before, he could only catch those slower fearsome beasts that were not good at hiding. Now, all of the prey he brought back were ones that were usually hard to catch. He also didn’t have as many new injuries as before. From this, they learned how much Caesar’s movements were limited without both eyes.

As soon as people thought there were no problems with Caesar’s newly grown eye, something happened to him.

He was cheerful for the first two days, but he was slowly growing impatient. He no longer ran up or down the mountain. He only laid in front of his house and sometimes scratched his eye with his paws. After all, he wasn’t human, so his paws were not as flexible. Every time he reached out to scratch his eyes, he had to tilt his head at a weird angle.

After Shao Xuan checked him, he noticed that there were no unusual symptoms with his right eye. It was the same as when it first merged, and Caesar was not only scratching his right eye but his left one too.

“What’s wrong with him?” Old Ke asked anxiously.

“I don’t know.” Shao Xuan was also frustrated when he saw Caesar like this. The merging process was so successful, but why was this happening now? Was it a delayed repulsion?

As an Elder, Shao Xuan didn’t need to patrol the grounds, and he also didn’t need to go to the Flaming River Trading Point. All he needed to do was stay at home, watch over Caesar, and check in case something happened to his eye.

On the fifth day after the merge, Caesar became even more impatient than before. He rubbed his eyes more frequently and sometimes even roared in a low voice. He seemed very frustrated, probably because his paws were not as flexible and couldn’t reach the part he wanted to scratch, so he rubbed his face against the ground instead.

Shao Xuan couldn’t identify the cause behind this. He speculated that it was a late repulsion, a side effect after the merge but it affected both of the wolf’s eyes. However, every time he checked Caesar’s eyes, he noticed that nothing was abnormal about them, but Caesar was growing more irritated. At first, he was only pounding on the ground furiously, but now he was banging his head on the ground. Sometimes he even purposely ran into a tree.

However, besides these strange behaviours, nothing much changed on Caesar’s body. There were no signs of any repulsive reactions the Jing shaman mentioned. The wolf’s eyes were both normal. It only looked a little fierce sometimes because he was so frustrated. Sometimes when some tribespeople came to visit him, they would also be startled by his glare.

Days passed by slowly, and Caesar continued to run into the tree, but it happened even more frequently. Later, as if running into a tree was not enough, he even ran directly into a mountain. Blood spilt from his head. Even if fearsome beasts recovered fast, his body couldn’t tolerate such actions. He was running into objects on purpose every day.

His self-torture made a lot of people in the tribe worried. They realised that the Jing tribe’s True Eye didn’t work as efficiently as they had expected.

Shao Xuan went to Gui Ze for some medicine. Gui Ze had been personally trained to be the next shamaness, so she knew enough about medicines and illnesses, but even she had never seen a case like Caesar’s before. Without any knowledge of the sickness, she could only prepare some medication to help alleviate the pain or strengthen his immunity. However, Caesar’s condition did not improve even after taking these medicines.

“What should we do?” Gui Ze passed all the medicine she prepared for Caesar’s self-induced injuries to Shao Xuan. She went through all the written records that the ancestors left behind about different types of sicknesses. None of them matched with Caesar’s case. After all, their ancestors’ notes were mostly about humans, and rarely about curing fearsome beasts.

“I want to bring him to the Jing tribe and see whether the Jing shaman can help him.”

Shao Xuan had just finished speaking. Lang Ga hurriedly rushed up the mountain to look for Shao Xuan. “Caesar ran away!”

“He ran into the mountain again?” Shao Xuan asked.

“No, he ran away from the tribe, into the forest. He didn’t seem very well when he left!” Lang Ga was in charge of patrolling today. He even followed Caesar as he passed by their patrolling team. As soon as he noticed something wrong, he ran over to inform Shao Xuan.

Shao Xuan’s expression suddenly changed. He set down the medicinal bag in his hands and followed Lang Ga down the mountain, towards the direction Caesar departed.