Chapter 6 – I’m Poor
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Hei Shan took Luo Zhen and Lu Zhan to a clearing outside where they were preparing to distribute prey, there were many people there, and the smell of blood was also very strong. In the middle of the clearing were the piled-up corpses of beasts as tall as a hill, and the beasts looked strangely shaped, and most of them, Luo Zhen couldn’t recognize what kind.
Several strong men with stone knives were dividing the meat, the stone knives are not very sharp so some bones and skin and the like can not be cut by stone knives alone, one of them turned into a black panther more than two meters tall on the spot, and with a claw stretched out, they abruptly tore the beast apart, and then let his companions distribute it to the clansmen waiting on the side.
A few hairy children with bare asses ran happily on the blood-stained ground, they’ll accidentally fall and roll into the bloody mud. They’ll wipe it casually on the grass next to them, and continue to play. There is also a woman holding a child sitting next to her, not minding the gaze of others, and breastfeeding the baby in her arms, the baby is wrapped in animal skin, and the body is black and thin, Luo Zhen only glanced at it and awkwardly withdrew his gaze.
Seeing the leader bring a stranger over, the people in the clearing brushed down their movements in their hands, especially the single warriors who had been scattered and squatted next to them to rest, they all stood up, intentionally or unintentionally showing their muscles, looking at Luo Zhen with extremely hot gazes, everyone knew that the arrival of foreigners proved that some of them could become another’s partner.
“Chief.” The man who transformed into a panther to help tear up his prey reformed into human form and walked to Hei Shan to salute, but his eyes looked curiously at Luo Zhen, who was two steps behind Hei Shan.
Hei Shan nodded to him, but did not mean to introduce him, but turned to Luo Zhen and said, “Here are the best warriors in our tribe, you can choose one of them to be your partner, he will guard you, be loyal to you, and form a partner contract with you.”
Once the words of the Hei Shan fell, and those single warriors who were interested in Luo Zhen all stepped forward, some people were also excited enough to directly transform, others saw and secretly scolded that person was cunning, and then quickly began to transform. A black giant panther appeared in front of Luo Zhen, and the giant panthers also roared up to the sky, wanting to let their future partners see their powerful side.
But for Luo Zhen, a modern person who has only been to the zoo a few times, this feeling of being surrounded by wild beasts only makes him subconsciously want to escape, probably because primitive people do not have any cleaning habits after the panthers opened their mouths and roared, Luo Zhen was attacked by bad breath and took a few steps back, and hit Lu Zhan, who was still holding a large pile of fruits behind him to see the excitement.
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Luo Zhen smiled a few times, and the expression on his face was as reluctant as he was, he looked at Hei Shan, “Do I have to choose a partner now?”
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Luo Zhen quickly shook his head, “I just think that I just came to your tribe, so I don’t seem to need to be in such a hurry.”
“We don’t have tents for foreigners to live in, and your partner will take you back to your common home.”
“Only warriors in our tribe have the ability to build houses.” Lu Zhan behind him explained in a low voice, “After all, animal skins only belong to warriors who hunt prey.”
A black panther standing beside Hei Shan seemed to see Luo Zhen’s reluctance, lowered his head, and gently rubbed Luo Zhen’s calf.
Luo Zhen did not feel comfortable avoiding the black panther’s overtures, he looked around at the more than twenty tall black panthers that surrounded him, leaving aside that these people were all men, just the identity of their beast, in the case of the disparity in strength between himself and the other party, Luo Zhen did not want to challenge what it was like to be with the beast.
“Are you a warrior too?” Luo Zhen asked Lu Zhan behind him, he had been with the other party for so many days, if he wanted to choose a random person in this tribe, at least he wanted to choose someone whom he was quite familiar with.
Lu Zhan didn’t expect Luo Zhen to open his mouth to ask himself, and the leader, Hei Shan on the side had already answered on his behalf, “Of course, A-Zhan is also a single warrior of our tribe, if you choose him, you can also become a member of our tribe.”
Luo Zhen was overjoyed in his heart, but Lu Zhan withered in his expression, “I’m not a warrior, I’m just a half-beastman, I can’t transform so I can’t raise a partner.”
“Half-beastman?”
“The half-beastman are also warriors of our tribe, Luo Zhen was brought back to the tribe by you, and you naturally have the opportunity to choose.” Hei Shan did not explain the meaning of the half-beastman to Luo Zhen, he glared at Lu Zhan with displeasure and spoke in a strong voice.
When the other black panthers who were still showing themselves heard this, they all took a few steps back in unison, and did not rush to Luo Zhen, several black panthers even turned into human forms to stand aside, and a few children with snot sat on the ground tilted their heads curiously to look at this and that, although they still don’t quite understand what is happening now, every time the leader brings a stranger to everyone, it indicates that the stranger is going to become one of them.
Lu Zhan was obviously not very willing, he had not even spent a day in the tribe but it was already time for him to find a mate, and some warriors of the same age as him had already been the fathers of several children.
“Half-beastman are people who can’t be fully-transform.” Lu Zhan did not want to deceive Luo Zhen, so he stretched out his hand, his left hand was quickly covered by hair and in a moment it turned into a huge beast claw, the beast claw only extended to the elbow and did not extend towards the rest of his body, while a pair of huge furry beast ears also appeared on the top of Lu Zhan’s head. Unlike the rest of the Black Panther tribe, Lu Zhan’s hair was white, and there was only a handful of black hair at the tip of the ear.
“You can also see, that this is the limit of my beast form, I can’t go out hunting, even feeding myself is a problem- you would only starve with me.” The subtext is obvious, if Luo Zhen has to choose then he should not choose him, he should choose a powerful warrior who can completely transform.
Luo Zhen obviously didn’t care if Lu Zhan could transform or not. In fact, for him, Lu Zhan, who could not transform into a full beast, made him feel more intimate than those beast-man who could turn into a huge black panther in the blink of an eye. And what about not being able to hunt? This man’s face did not change color when he lied- as if he hadn’t seen him every day before, he could carry a whole beast back, and he could run so far on his back. If they hadn’t spent all that time together then maybe he would really believe that he couldn’t hunt.
Seeing Lu Zhan’s resistance, Luo Zhen was even more satisfied, after all, he didn’t want to make such a lifelong choice in this other world so hastily, he just wanted to have a relatively safe place for him to settle down temporarily, and when he learned about this world later, he didn’t even know if he would leave the Black Panther Tribe.
“It’s okay, I don’t dislike you for being unable to transform, I think it’s just right for the two of us to be together.” Luo Zhen held the other party’s half-beast hand and gave him a wink, wanting the other party to agree first.
Lu Zhan’s eyelids twitched, his eyes were full of disgust, of course, he concealed it well, and no one saw it except Luo Zhen. Lu Zhan withdrew the hand that was held by Luo Zhen and flicked it gently, and the beast’s claw quickly returned to the shape of a human hand.
Lu Zhan coughed lightly twice and pulled the animal skin clothes on his body, obviously, it was a hot day but the others did not seem to be surprised to see Lu Zhan dressed so lightly, “I am not in good health, even my share of food needs to be exchanged with the tribe, and according to the rules of the tribe, if I can’t win the fruit of the fertility tree for you within three years, you will still be driven out of the tribe.” Lu Zhan seemed to be very down, and his voice was a little lower when he said it.
Hei Shan, on the side, frowned after listening, but he did not open his mouth to interrupt the two of them, this rule has been handed down from the time the Black Panther tribe was established, even if he is the leader, it can not be changed, but the number of their tribe is not large, the fruit of the fertility tree ripens every year, although it still needs to be fought for, but in fact, it is not too scarce. Lu Zhan’s worry in the eyes of Hei Shan is more like he was not confident at all, after all, his father is a foreigner, and his father and mother abandoned him when he was a child and left the tribe.
A young man named A-Lie walked up to Lu Zhan, patted Lu Zhan’s shoulder comfortingly, and smiled to show a mouthful of big white teeth, “Don’t worry, there is only a bunch of single beastman in our tribe, now it is only Hei Yumao that still need the fruit of the fertility tree, maybe within three years, if we warriors can’t find a partner then you won’t have to challenge anyone to get a fruit of the fertility tree.”
“You’re the one who won’t find a partner.” One of the beastman, who was also single, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at A-Lie as he scolded him with a smile, “Lu Zhan, don’t worry, if you accept this man as a partner, next time, let A-Lie go up instead of you to accept the challenge.”
“Indeed.” Hei Shan nodded.
After receiving the leader’s affirmation, a bunch of single beastman was coaxed, and those black panthers who had still maintained their beast form also transformed back into their human bodies, apparently tacitly acquiescing to Luo Zhen’s choice of Lu Zhan.
Seeing this, Lu Zhan could only swallow the words of rejection back into his stomach, but he still said to Luo Zhen without hesitation, “I’m very poor, the poorest person in the tribe, the kind that can’t eat meat for half a month.” After all, he has long been an adult, and his ration can only be hunted by himself, if he can’t join the hunting party to go out hunting then he can only pick some fruits nearby and come back to exchange meat with the people in the tribe.
However, Luo Zhen did not understand the poverty that Lu Zhan mentioned, in his eyes, the entire Black Panther tribe was quite poor, and on the way back he actually saw several wild vegetables that could be eaten, so even if he needed to find food by himself, he was not very worried about starvation.
For him, just letting him stay for the time being is the most important thing.
“It’s okay, it’s not a big deal, I’ll find food to feed you.”
Oh, so Lu Zhan is half beastman!
The more I find Lu Zhan as a conman. LOl, like those good in sales talk abd can even convince you to buy ir sell something. 😜
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I was already laughing at his evasion. The last sentence just made me 🤣🤣🤣 bruh, do u know how u sound to the other tribesmen before you speak
I can’t… The development is so fast suddenly they are an (official) couple XD