Not long after Suldak left, three old people filed out of a partitioned cabin surrounded by leather inside the cave.
These old natives were all wearing decent clothes, with some gems hanging on their bodies, and they were holding canes made of polished black wood, with a large and magnificent gem inlaid on the top of the canes.
The three old men, accompanied by the indigenous chief, sat around the firepit where they had just talked with Suldak.
The charcoal fire in the fire pit has not been extinguished, and the iron pot above is still bubbling. An old man skillfully scooped out the boiling hot soup from it with a wooden spoon, and poured it into three wooden cups in an orderly manner.
The old man's eyes were always chasing the face of the old man in the middle, but unfortunately he couldn't see any clues from that face.
The indigenous chief, Ilmatum, was sitting at the bottom. At this time, he was fishing out a ghost-striped worker ant's leg from a soup pot. He sucked it hard and swallowed the juice inside. This kind of monster food can also strengthen the body.
It is also a rare good thing among indigenous tribes.
The young native named Su En and several other young people in the tribe squatted at the entrance of the cave and refused to leave.
All the women were driven outside the cave to bask in the sun, and the cave suddenly became quiet.
"He wants to exchange some benefits for the children in the tribe to fight for him. Maybe once he goes to the battlefield, he will never come back." The old man sitting in the center said with a heavy tone: "They still have to cross the hills.
Mountainous area, occupy Invercargill Forest, but how can it be so easy to expand territory to the north? Go north and reach the Worm Valley, which is an insurmountable mountain. Needless to say, you should understand how dangerous it is there."
Hearing what the great elder said, the elder sitting on the right immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's too dangerous outside..."
At this time, the leader of the Ilmatum clan sipped the soup in his hand, rubbed his big sticky bear paw-like hands on his thigh, put down the soup pot in his hand and said: "But the follower beside him also
He's not from the Empire. Judging from his status, he should be very high. There are patterns on his armor..."
"It might not be a bad thing if our young people can go to such an army to learn how to fight!" The elder sitting on the left side of the great elder was silent for a while and finally said.
Chief Ilmatem also forced out an ugly smile and said:
"When the ant wave comes, even if we hide in the shelter of Thorny Mountain, people will die one after another every day. The outside world is full of dangers, but how can we be the same here?"
He touched his belly with his hand and said, "To be honest, I want to make some transactions with them."
He looked at the rows of simple display racks deep in the cave, and then said: "Exchange our herbs and animal skins for some sophisticated weapons. As long as we have sophisticated enough weapons, our tribal warriors can still hunt down those soldier ants.
"
After saying this, he touched the magic crystal necklace on his chest and said: "Sometimes I wonder, what is the use of these things? They can only be made into pendants when left here, but in their eyes, this
The things seem to be very precious. Since they are of no use to us, I would rather exchange them for some sharp arrows..."
The elder on the left sighed and said: "A few years ago, we were still fighting the Empire. We old guys have experienced those difficult days. We lost in weapons and equipment. If the weapons and armor had been
The imperial army is half well-equipped, we may be able to drive them to other places, or we may be able to block them in the city and not dare to come out."
The great elder lowered his eyelids and said: "The hatred in the hearts of today's young people has become much lighter, and they have forgotten who drove us here."
The elder sitting on the left continued: "Let young people learn the fighting methods of the Chinese. Even if we go to war again in the future, it will do us more good than harm!"
At this time, the young man named Su En who was sitting at the entrance of the cave said:
"Grandpa, I also want to see the outside world."
The great elder raised his head and looked at that childish face. He couldn't figure out when his eyes became so determined.
Thinking that life on this mountain is also full of hardships, and if he joins the imperial army, the situation may not be much worse, and he may even be able to open up a new world, so the great elder nodded and said:
"Su En... Hey, since you all want to do business with the Green Empire people so much, then do it. They need leather, medicinal herbs and magic crystals. These require people who understand the market. Let Su En do it!"
The young native said loudly and excitedly: "Grandpa, I will bring back those sophisticated weapons."
Seeing that Su En was rarely in such an urgent mood to do something, the great elder nodded in agreement.
The leader of the Ilmatum tribe also said expectantly: "Su En, they probably haven't gone too far yet. It's probably not too late for you to chase them now."
Su En stood up excitedly and said loudly to his companions: "If you are willing to go with me, let's leave now..."
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Suldak led the cavalry battalion just as he was about to leave Stonehenge, he saw more than twenty young natives jumping down the mountain from a distance, shouting "woo woo" from their mouths, like a group of
A monkey that goes down a mountain to steal corn.
After reining in his horse, Suldak raised his hand to ask the cavalry in front to stop first, then turned to look at the young natives who were running towards him.
Surdak once said the same thing to the great elder of the Dakuni tribe.
It's just that the great elder of the Dakuni tribe was worried that his power would be divided and was unwilling to let the warriors from the tribe come out. Of course, Surdak did not force it too much.
At least he can still trade magic herbs with the Dakuni tribe. Although the entire Invercargill Forest has been destroyed by ghost-striped red ants, Surdak does not believe the words of the indigenous people. If the magic herbs are
The place where it grows is the Warcraft Forest, which has long been dug up by the adventure group in Duodan Town.
In order for the adventure group not to be able to dig up a single plant, at least the place where these herbs grow must be very secret.
He felt that there was a different atmosphere in this indigenous tribe, and thought that a material transaction was needed to strengthen mutual trust, and then there would be unexpected gains.
Unexpectedly, before leaving Stonehenge, a group of young indigenous people ran down the mountain screaming.
Seeing as they looked like this, they must have obtained the consent of the leader of the Ilmatum clan. Surdak felt that this trip was really worth it.
More than two dozen young natives, wearing tattered animal skin clothes and carrying hardwood bows behind their backs, stood in front of Surdak's horse with excitement on their faces.
Su En stood at the front of everyone and said to Suldak in the Imperial language he had just learned: "I want to join you..."
He only knows this sentence, and it was taught to him by the leader of the Ilmatum clan before he left.
These young indigenous people all have slightly reddish skin. Although their bodies are a little thinner, their muscles are very strong. They only panted slightly while running all the way down the mountain. No need to test their physical fitness to know that they are very good.
Surdak leaned over and stretched out his hand, saying to the twenty-three young natives: "Welcome."
Seeing their confused faces, he realized that they could not understand the Imperial language, so he jumped off his horse, pointed at Aphrodite's ghost-striped male ant, and personally led them onto the back of the huge ghost-striped male ant.
They are sitting on it.
The cavalry battalion then set off back to Dodan town.