Standing on the top of the cliff, looking into the distance, a gray cloud suddenly rose over the northern forest. This gray cloud instantly dissipated in the dusk sky like blue smoke.
Aung San said that it was a swarm of bloodthirsty hummingbirds. Although each hummingbird was extremely weak, the population was extremely large, and it flew like a puff of smoke.
Surdak thought about his life at the Forest Farm in Handanar County. The largest herd there was the red-eyed hyena. The tall fir trees soared into the sky. It was very different from Invercargill in the White Forest Plane. In comparison,
There are more monsters here.
I don’t know why, but at this moment Suldak thought of a lot of life in the forest camp.
When the second team goes out on patrol, they will also camp in the wild like this.
Aung San put a nearly-gnawed deer leg in his hand over the campfire to roast, carefully scraped the last few tendons on it with a knife, and put it into his mouth.
Like the veterans in the cavalry battalion, he also doesn't like to waste food. He can always finish the portion in front of him. His style of doing things is deeply favored by the cavalry in the cavalry battalion.
There is a deep ravine under the cliff. Aung San said to Surdak:
"If we want to continue going north, based on my experience alone, I can no longer guarantee that we can safely lead you through the territory of those gregarious monsters. From here on, we have entered the hinterland of the Invercargill Forest, and the further we go north
, you will have a greater chance of encountering high-level monsters, and they will definitely not be as easy to deal with as the iron-backed man-bear."
“Can we see the red ants?” Surdak asked Aung San.
Aung San said with a wry smile: "If you want to see the ghost-striped red ants at this time, you have to go to the Dark Worm Valley, and then walk north for two days to see that huge valley. We need a few experienced people."
The Invercargill Monster Forest Guides are the only ones who understand this Monster Forest.”
“Can you take me to visit them?” Surdak asked.
Aung San hesitated before saying: "They are very repulsive to outsiders. Many slave traders came to Invercargill before. They not only hunted warcraft, but also hunted indigenous people, so the indigenous tribes here are very wary.
I can try to contact you, but there is no guarantee that this will happen."
“Then how have they resisted the tide of beasts all these years?” Surdak asked Aung San curiously.
“Their shelter is on the top of the snowy mountain in Dodan Canyon. As long as they climb over the thorns and rocks rising into the sky and enter the snowy mountain at the top, they can avoid the beast tide.” Aung San explained bravely.
Suldak nodded, looked back at the Duodan Canyon in the distance and said, "This is really a good choice."
…
The Ironback Bear is a second-level monster, so its fur can be used as a base material for primary magic patterns and can be obtained from a trading house in exchange for money.
The magic core inside the skull of the bear's head is also very valuable. Gulitem is a little confused as to why Surdak must put the bear's paw into the magic sealing box. The Northlanders he and Andrew hunted a few days ago
The same is true for bears, who left their paws behind.
If you want to eat meat, wouldn’t the tender bear ribs be better?
Under the treatment of Surdak's Holy Light, the wound on the ogre's shoulder that was scratched by the iron-backed man-bear's claws has quickly begun to heal.
"The last time you and Andrew met the man-bear on the border, we didn't see you injured." Suldak used water to rinse the wound on the ogre's shoulder. The wound had scabbed quickly and was not ulcerated or inflamed.
There is no poison in the claws of the human bear, and the wound does not cause much laceration.
"That's different. When we found it, the man-bear was still sleeping in the hole..." Gulitem held a bear thigh in his hand and said vaguely while chewing it.
"Let me tell you, don't use your brain when fighting. If a snake lizard scratched you with its claws like this, the poison on the claws would have spread to the entire arm." Samira sat on a branch nearby.
, holding a piece of linen cloth to wipe the fine steel arrows in the quiver, and said.
Gulitem laughed without hesitation and said: "If it were a snake lizard, I wouldn't fight like this. I killed so many salamanders in the lava mines of Pudu Mountain, and I couldn't deal with such a big reptile.
I know how experienced I am.”
Samira has a slender figure and excellent balance. She can lie steadily on the horizontal branches of a big tree.
She hung the quiver of arrows and the 'Painting of Withering' on the twigs of the horizontal branches, supported her chin with one hand, and looked at Surdak who was treating the ogre's wounds under the tree, her light red eyes falling on the mass.
On the white holy light, he whispered: "If we hadn't been brought out from the Maca plane, I'm afraid we wouldn't have the chance to see these great worlds."
Suldak didn’t know what made Samira feel, so he raised his head and glanced at the tree.
Samira was lying sideways on a branch of a tree, without a hood on her head. Her beautiful and beautiful face was particularly fair, with a pointed chin, making her face look very small.
"Are you homesick? After we complete this garrison mission, I'll see if I can get a portal pass for the Maca plane. I guess there is no war control there, so the portal pass should be easy to buy. By then
I’ll give you a month’s leave and let you go back to Wozhimala City to have a look.”
Suldak said as he used a hemostatic bandage to bandage the ogre's wound.
Samira did not answer. She turned her head and looked at the starry night sky through the gaps between the leaves, with a faint light shining in her light red pupils.
…
The indigenous people of Invercargill built their homes in the middle of the cliff, which could resist the attacks of many monsters.
This group of indigenous people still live in caves and burrows. With iron tools, they can dig ideal caves on hard cliff rocks. The men in the tribe will go out to hunt during the day and return to the tribe with their prey at dusk.
, you only need to block the only entrance to the cave at night, and the entire tribe can spend the whole night peacefully.
Aung San and the Surdak Cavalry Squadron rushed to the foot of a rock cliff. Two young natives stood on the crown of a big tree, holding short flying spears in their hands, and shouted to Aung San from a distance.
:
“Aung San, have you forgotten your promise to us?”
“Imperialists are not welcome here.”
After the two natives finished speaking, they quickly jumped off the tree and disappeared into the dense forest without waiting for Aung San's reply.
Aung San carefully led the horse and continued to move forward.
Surdak, Gulitem, and Samira followed him. The team continued to walk forward for 500 meters and came to a crack in a stone cliff. Several figures suddenly appeared from the crack in the cliff above their heads.
Ten bronze-skinned local aborigines.
The natives occupied the high point, hiding their bodies in the crevices of the rocks, holding hardwood bows, and pointing their arrows directly at the cavalry.
The eyes of these indigenous people are very sharp.
Aung San took two steps forward and shouted in the local indigenous language to the indigenous tribe warriors above his head:
(They are not slave traders, they are guests, do not point bows and arrows at them.)
One of the strongest indigenous warriors in the crowd on the opposite side emerged from a crack in the stone and stood barefoot on a large stone.
Pointing to a group of cavalry in front of him, he asked Aung San: (Are you living with them? That’s why you are helping them to speak? Isn’t this group of imperial people here to arrest our people?)
Suldak could not understand what Aung San was talking about.
Unexpectedly, Aung San pointed to the north of the Invercargill Monster Forest and spoke a string of Aboriginal words.
The strong indigenous warrior actually jumped down from the boulder. He only had a piece of animal skin around his waist, and his red upper body muscles were bulging. His chest, shoulders, neck, and face were all covered with totem patterns. You could tell at a glance that he was in the tribe.
It's very prestigious here.
But the look he looked at Suldak was full of distrust.
Suldak spread his hands to show that he meant no harm.
Ang San exchanged a few more words with the indigenous warrior before the indigenous warrior turned around angrily and got into the cracks in the rocks. The other indigenous warriors were still holding hardwood bows and aiming their arrows at the cavalry in the forest.
Aung San said to Surdak:
"That man, the number one warrior of the Dakuni tribe, didn't want to believe what I said. I asked him to inform the chief elder of the tribe that we could give them some help and wanted their people to take us into Inverka.
Let’s take a look inside the Dark Worm Valley in the Gil Forest, I think we’ll have to wait here for a while.”
Suldak sighed and said: "It seems that there is still a long way to go to reverse the bad impression these indigenous people have on us."
There are many young indigenous people standing on the stone cliff above their heads. These indigenous people are both male and female. Everyone is strong and strong. Almost all of them are wearing animal skins. There are also some raw ore and shell ornaments hanging on the ropes. Their faces are very similar to those of the Empire.
The people are obviously different, with amber eyes under their reddish-brown skin, their foreheads are very broad, and their long brown hair is woven together with some white and red feathers.
In a bush under the rock wall, a low and dense bush suddenly shook slightly, and no one paid much attention to it at first.
Suldak thought there was a timid hedgehog hidden inside, and it wouldn't be surprising if there was a venomous snake hidden in the bushes.
But the branches and leaves of the bush were always swaying.
Samira walked over with light steps, pushed aside the branches and leaves of the bush, and saw three indigenous children who were only a few years old, shaking their heads and looking at her with big watery eyes.
The young indigenous warriors on the top of the rock obviously noticed what was going on below. When they saw the indigenous children, there was a commotion above.
Several indigenous warriors were a little excited and wanted to call on their companions to push back the cavalry in the woods below and rescue the indigenous children.
However, more people were unwilling to act rashly, and a dispute broke out among the indigenous warriors in the crevices of the rocks.
Samira ignored the young aboriginals at all. She just took out a few apples from her pocket and handed them to the aboriginal children. The aboriginal children stared at Samira with wide eyes and did not reach out to take the apples.
Suldak took out a baked wheat cake from a bag on the back of a cavalryman and threw it to Samira, who looked puzzled.
When the indigenous children saw the wheat cakes, their eyes showed some unconcealable envy.
Samira quickly tore open the wheat cakes and distributed them to several indigenous children.
The indigenous children took the wheat cakes, first put them in front of their noses and sniffed them vigorously, showing an intoxicated look on their faces. Then they couldn't wait to take a big bite, chewing hard, and handed over the berries wrapped in banana leaves.
Gave it to Samira.
Some indigenous children also took out a few green fruits from their arms and placed them in front of Samira.
This transaction was very pleasant, and the several indigenous children then retreated into the dense bushes and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that Surdak and his party did not harm the children, the young natives above them whispered to each other for a moment and put down the hardwood bows in their hands.
Not long after, the indigenous warrior emerged from the crack in the rocks and continued to exchange a few words with Aung San.
Aung San then turned to Surdak and said:
“They only allowed us to send two people to see their chief elder.”
Suldak glanced at Samira and said to her: "Samira, come with me!"
"oh!"
The half-elf archer quickly stood up and rearranged his hunting bow and arrow pot.
Suldak ordered a cavalry squadron leader behind him: "Rest here where you are, pay attention to vigilance, try to avoid unnecessary conflicts, and wait for my return!"
“Yes.” The squadron leader replied immediately.
The reply was a little loud, but the young indigenous warriors in the crevices were startled.
…
Aung San took Suldak and Samira into the crevices under the stone cliff. The passage in front of them became narrower and narrower.
At the narrowest point, Suldak had to lower his head and squeeze through sideways. The passage only extended less than twenty meters inside, and a circular stone chamber appeared in front of him.
Suldak thought this was a stone chamber, but when he walked in, he realized that he had guessed wrong. It turned out to be a patio that was narrow at the bottom and wide at the top.
There is even light shining directly from the top of the head.
Stone steps are cut out on one side of the patio, extending upward like a ladder to the sky.
Suldak raised his head and looked up. A group of indigenous children were on the patio, looking down from the cave. When they saw Suldak raising his head, they immediately seemed to be frightened and dispersed with a roar.
The indigenous warrior walked in front, carrying a bundle of wooden poles and spears behind him. He was extremely strong and climbed up the stone steps of the patio, looking back from time to time.
Aung San followed him, then Surdak and Samira.
As he continued to climb up, Suldak discovered that this vertical patio cave was actually just a foundation. The other caves relied entirely on the entire patio and were dug out in circles. The entire indigenous tribe lived in this rock patio. It felt like An inverted circular skyscraper.
Suldak passed through layer after layer of caves and saw pairs of eyes. There was curiosity, fear and hatred in those eyes.
After climbing nine floors in a row, we finally arrived at the cave where the great elder of the indigenous tribe lived. Two indigenous warriors were guarding the entrance of the cave. They saw the indigenous warriors walking up with Aung San and Surdak. One of the indigenous warriors also walked He came out and stared at Suldak with a wary face for a long time.
But then he realized that his stern gaze could not scare Surdak at all.
The indigenous warrior scolded him a few times, and then the indigenous guard walked back to his original position and stared at Suldak angrily.
The indigenous warrior led the three of them into the cave. The corridor seemed very spacious and the foot was very smooth. There were several oil lamps lit on one side of the stone wall. Under the dim light, there was a dark cave inside...