Hei Shan’s expression was not very good. He waited patiently for all the tribesmen to be gathered in front of the boulder before his eyes swept over his fellow tribesmen one by one.
“Chief.” Seeing that Hei Shan hadn’t moved, Hei Wu next to him reminded him.
Hei Shan returned to his senses, he coughed slightly, and walked a few steps forward, without making any obtuseness, he went straight to the subject.
“This land is no longer suitable for us to live in.”
As soon as Hei Shan said this sentence, it caused an uproar- it took a while before everyone calmed down, waiting for Hei Shan to continue.
A bit of sorrow flashed in the eyes of Hei Shan. Although he was not born in this land, he suffered from the constant migration of the tribe before he came here, but in the long days since he became the leader, he had deep feelings regarding the land they built a life around. But he is the leader, even if he is sad, he must hide it well and not show it on the surface. He can’t make people worry or even panic because of his emotions.
“You have also seen that our tribe has been submerged by the waters of the distant big lake, the waters of the Heihe river, and the tears of the Beast God. Last night, the Beast God punished our tribe and took away one of our warriors.” At this point, Hei Shan looked at the warrior’s partner. The woman hid her face and wept, but stood firmly in the forefront, waiting for her leader to continue.
Hei Shan beat her heart to the woman and made a warrior’s etiquette to express his apology for not being able to protect his tribe. The woman bit her lower lip and shook her head gently.
“Da Wu used his life force to ask the Beast God, what did we do wrong? Why did the Beast God flood our home? Why did the Beast God take away our warriors? The Beast God replied to Da Wu that we, the Black Panther tribe, have already lived in this land for too long. We don’t belong to this land so we should go back to the homeland that should belong to us.”
Hei Shan’s words became more and more passionate, “I believe our warriors have felt it. It is now more and more difficult to hunt prey. When we first came to this land, we were able to hunt around the tribe enough to survive the winter. And then year after year, our hunting grounds have been getting farther and farther away from the tribe. Even if we can guarantee that our tribesmen in the tribe will not starve to death in the winter, our partners and the warriors who can’t fight can’t fill their stomachs anymore.”
Hei Shan pointed to Luka standing in the forefront, “Luka has become a partner with the woman of our tribe, the daughter of Da Wu, a child blessed by the Beast God, A-Chun, and has become one of us. He is the son of the leader of the Kruger Lion tribe, there is a fertile grassland at the junction of the Kruger Lion tribe and the Black Forest. Luka promised that he could let our Black Panther tribe get a territory in that grassland.”
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Sure enough, Hei Shan continued, “So I discussed with Da Wu and a few experienced warriors.” Hei Shan paused, Da Wu and the warriors who had discussed with them all stood in front of the crowd and walked towards everyone.
“We decided to lead all the people back to our original homeland, opposite Changfeng Mountain, under the Beast God Mountain, before the arrival of winter, and pray again that we could be accepted by the Beast God, and hope that the Beast God can bless our tribe so we can continue to develop safely, smoothly and prosperously.”
Hei Shan left the boulder after speaking. Although the decision to migrate the entire tribe was made in a hurry, it is not a trivial matter. Even if Luka led the way, and most of the dangers could be avoided, the Kruger Lion tribe is still too far away from here. They used to send people to the Liger tribe to exchange for some stone salt, and even the fastest of them would take more than half a year to come back and forth. What’s more, most of their members this time would be ordinary people who could not transform, as well as children and the elderly who need protection.
The winter food hasn’t been collected yet, and there are only two months left before winter comes. This time period was not suitable at all so even when he said that he wanted to move the tribe in a single go, Hei Shan, as the leader, naturally had to consider all aspects.
“Da Wu, did the Beast God really say that we can only migrate now?” Hei Shan rubbed his eyebrows. This is not the first time he has asked, but only when Da Wu gives him answers time and time again can he feel a little relieved.
“Chief, this is just the beginning. First, we were flooded and then thunder struck. The Beast Gods have given us enough hints, not to mention that the king of the human-faced bird is about to hatch. They need a lot of food to feed the young king. As far as the birds are concerned, what food can compare to the beastmen warriors? They will no longer be afraid of our tribe. They will rush into our tents in winter, kill our warriors and feed them to their young king, eat our ordinary people and children, and also ruin our fertility tree.”
“But Wang Mingming, who was the king of those birds back then, had an agreement with us…”
“It was A-Lu who had an agreement with the king of the Human-Faced Bird, he is not of our clan.” Da Wu interrupted the other party, “And the former king of Human Face Bird is dead, even if the young king has inherited his will, do you think a fierce beast will abide by such a long-term agreement?”
Hei Shan sighed and changed the subject, “But Luka has been a lone beast for so many years, if something happened to their tribe during this time…”
Da Wu knows the leader’s concern. Although Hei Shan said just now that he would bring his tribe back to his homeland, few people have seen the former Black Panther tribe’s territory near the Black Forest. The place is only a bit better than Changfeng Mountain as it is even stranger there.
“I have communicated with the Beast God. We will arrive at the destination safely and smoothly during the end of this journey. Since you are the leader and you are still worried then I can perform divination with the Beast God again tomorrow.” Divination will consume the life force of Da Wu which is why he can only use it once a day, and as he grows older, the number of times Da Wu uses divination has become less and less. If it weren’t for the tribal migration this time, Da Wu didn’t want to use such a thing.
Da Wu drew his eyebrows. He had been in this land for more than 20 years. He wanted to return to the Beast God Mountain for a long time. He finally met such an opportunity so he didn’t want to give up. “Chief, Luka and my daughter are getting married. You know that child, she is a child doted by the Beast God, as long as she is there, no matter what difficulties our tribe encounters, we can smoothly solve it.”
Hei Shan didn’t say much, it was a tacit understanding of Da Wu’s statement.
The migration of the tribe is undoubtedly like dropping a huge boulder in the calm water of the Black Panther tribe, but because the leader explained that it was the information that Da Wu got from the Beast God, not many people were worried. An old soldier wiped his tears secretly, his face was filled with excitement that could not be concealed.
The beastmen seem to have an inexplicable attachment to their homeland. Even if they don’t return to the place where the tribe lived, as long as they cross the Changfeng Mountain and get closer to the original tribe, it is enough reason for them to want to migrate immediately.
Hei Ya didn’t feel much excitement, but rather melancholy. When the tribe came to this place to settle down after all the difficulties, he was already able to remember things, and he naturally understood that such a long-distance migration was not a simple matter, not to mention that he was injured. In addition to the lost legs, they also have a child who has no self-preservation ability. This will become a burden for Jiao Zhu, and may even make Jiao Zhu fall before arriving at the place of relocation.
“Will you follow along?”
Lu Zhan was a little surprised, “Why ask?”
Luo Zhen shook his head, “I don’t think you want to leave.” Although Lu Zhan once told him that he wanted to go through the Black Forest and see the sea behind the Black Forest. Although this time, the tribe’s migration destination was near the Black Forest, Luo Zhen could see that he didn’t want to be with the people in the tribe. He felt that the other party was not willing to take the opportunity to leave the tribe.
“Then do you want to leave?” Lu Zhan asked without answering.
Luo Zhen tilted his head and thought about it for a while, then he shook his head gently, “I don’t know if you don’t want to leave then I might stay here too.”
Leaving aside the big lake from where he crossed over, he is not familiar with the other people in the Black Panther tribe, and he has already established trust with Lu Zhan. Compared to other people, of course, he wanted to stay with Lu Zhan more. What’s more, he also knew that Lu Zhan’s strength was more useful than others thought. With such a big man by his side, at least Luo Zhen could feel safe enough. This is why he chose Lu Zhan to stay with as well.
Lu Zhan took a deep look at Luo Zhen. It is undeniable that he felt very happy in his heart after hearing Luo Zhen’s words. Even his heartbeat’s speed was a beat faster than usual. He felt it booming, as if someone was beating it inside.
“Then where I go, will you go there with me?” Lu Zhan’s lips curled up slightly, and when one listened carefully, one could find that there was a less obvious meaning in the other’s words.
Luo Zhen nodded, “Of course.” He didn’t want to give up such a thick thigh until he had enough self-protection ability.
In addition to Luo Zhen and Lu Zhan discussing secretly on one side, Jiao Zhu on the other side was also talking about migration with Hei Ya.
“I’m sorry.” Hei Ya lowered his head deeply, feeling self-hatred for only dragging his partner, since he injured his legs and feet, he regretted his uselessness every day.
Jiao Zhu reached out and lifted the other’s chin, letting Hei Ya look straight into his eyes until he confirmed that the pupils of the other party were completely occupied by his figure, then he said, “You are my partner, my lifelong partner. You are not a burden. Let’s stay here, we have lived here for so many years. We are familiar with this land. I can support you and A-Shui.”
The first to be left behind on the road of migration will be people who cannot move. Jiao Zhu knows that Hei Ya’s legs will feel painful as long as he walks for a long time. When they ran here last night, Hei Ya’s legs were still red and swollen until now. There was no way he could cope with such a long-distance migration unless Jiao Zhu abandoned Hei Ya which meant that the only option was to stay.
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