Ashley held her bow, lowered her body's center of gravity, and moved forward slowly in the snow.
Her three close friends and Shipari were scattered not far from her.
In Ainu society, many people like to hunt alone. Even if they hunt in groups, usually only two or three people will do so together.
According to Ainu's hunting practices, it is rare for five people like Ashley and the others to act together.
Since the "disappearance" that caused the loss of a large number of young men in Qina Village, many women in Qina Village have had to pick up bows and arrows and do hunting work that should have been done by men to supplement their income.
Domestic use, to support the house that is broken due to the lack of men.
Ashley, her three close friends, and the Shipali who just invited Ashley to go hunting and is now not far away from Ashley, all have been together since the "disappearance incident" occurred.
A woman who had to pick up a bow and arrow.
Although Ashley is still young, she is not lacking in hunting experience.
Ashley has never hunted ferocious beasts like bears and wolves, but he has bullied many easy-to-bully animals like deer and rabbits.
As long as you can hunt, you basically won't have to worry about food in this land full of wild beasts.
Therefore, when the villagers of Qina Village moved to Heyezhe, they never worried about food.
If you enter any forest, you can find a lot of prey.
Every one or two days, the village chief of Chepuke will organize some villagers who can go hunting to hunt some prey so that everyone can eat fresh food.
There are still many injured villagers in their team, so they need fresh food to replenish their bodies.
Just now, the village chief of Chepuke summoned the hunters, including Shipari, and asked them to take advantage of this lunch break to hunt some prey and come back to replenish everyone's food, which was about to run out.
After receiving the summons from Chepke, Shipali approached Yaxili and others, and then there was the scene where Shipali led Yaxili and others into the nearby woods for hunting.
The main reason why Shipari found Yaxili and others was to train the young people in these villages.
Although with Ogata's help, they were saved from the worst outcome of the village being wiped out, their village also suffered heavy casualties, making the situation in Qina Village, which already had a small number of young adults, even more precarious.
Many villagers who are still alive now have more or less a sense of worry, and Shipali is one of the many villagers who has a sense of worry.
For the future of the village, Shipari has decided to give more exercise to the young people in the village from now on.
Ashley and the others had only been in the woods for less than 10 minutes when they encountered a prey—a rabbit.
This rabbit was next to a bush not far in front of Ashley. He was gnawing on the grass on the ground with his head lowered, completely unaware of Ashley who had quietly sneaked not far away.
Looking at the fat rabbit not far away, Ashley swallowed.
She likes cute rabbits the most.
Especially their heads are Ashley's favorite.
Ashley felt that there was no food in the world that was more delicious than rabbit heads—especially the brains inside.
Every time he sucked the brains from the rabbit's head into his mouth, Ashley felt as happy as if he was floating in the sky.
Reminiscent of the taste of rabbit brains, Ashley felt saliva secreting rapidly in her mouth, and made Ashley subconsciously swallow the saliva secreted rapidly in her mouth.
Hipali, who was not far from Ashley's side, turned his head and winked at Ashley.
He looked at Ashley and said, "Ahili, come on."
Ashley, who understood the meaning of Shipari's eyes, nodded.
Then he quietly took off the mountain knife he carried with him.
Hunting rabbits does not require a bow and arrow at all.
Firstly, it is because the rabbit is too small to aim the bow and arrow.
The second reason is because there are easier ways to hunt rabbits.
Ashley aimed at the top of the rabbit's head, and then threw the mountain sword in his hand, both sheathed and saber, above the rabbit.
This hunting method actually takes advantage of the rabbit’s living habits.
After throwing the object above the rabbit, the rabbit will mistakenly think it is being attacked by a bird, and then plunge into the snow, unable to move.
This method of rabbit hunting is widely spread in various countries.
Ashley's accuracy was very good, and her sword accurately hit the upper position of the rabbit.
Then the rabbit immediately stupidly burrowed into the snow beneath it.
After the rabbit burrowed into the snow beneath him, Ashley immediately stood up and pounced on the fat rabbit.
Ashley's hands held the fat rabbit firmly.
Then one person and one rabbit started fighting fiercely on the snow.
But a rabbit is just a rabbit after all. In a fight of strength, there is no way it can be a human opponent.
Ashili controlled the rabbit's body with her right hand, and then grabbed the rabbit's head with her left hand.
With a crisp "click" sound, Ashley broke off the rabbit's head forcefully.
After successfully stopping the rabbit from flapping, Ashley stood up from the snow while holding the fat rabbit in both hands.
"Everyone! Look! I caught it!"
Shipari and Ashley's three close friends quickly gathered around.
"Ashili." Shipali cast an appreciative look at Ashely, "Well done..."
"Well done! That mountain knife was thrown very accurately!"
Before Xipali finished speaking, a sudden female voice spoke on her behalf to praise Ashley.
And this female voice did not come from any of Ashley and the others.
But it came from the depths of a nearby forest.
Ashley and others were all startled by the sudden female voice. They quickly picked up their weapons and turned to look at the place where the female voice had just sounded.
Deep in the nearby woods, at an unknown moment, a girl wearing a bright red dress appeared.
This girl has no facial tattoos on her face yet and is looking at Ashley and others with a smile.
Behind the girl were three men of different ages.
Without exception, these three men were all wearing bright red clothes like the girl in red.
Seeing Ashley and others raising their weapons, the girl hurriedly said:
"Don't be nervous. As you can see, I am also an Ainu. I just passed by here by chance."
"I was planning to come back from hunting for dinner tonight."
"I just found that rabbit too."
The girl in red looked at the lifeless fat rabbit in Ashley's arms.
"I originally wanted to hunt this rabbit, but it's a pity that you beat me to it."
Seeing the girl in red staring straight at the fat rabbit in her arms, Ashley immediately held the already dead rabbit tightly in her arms like a mother bird protecting her chicks.
He stared at the girl in red with a look that was not scary.
If Ashley were a cat, her hair would have exploded by now.
Use your actions to tell the girl in red: Don’t take my rabbit if I don’t give it to you.
"I won't snatch your rabbit." The girl in red looked helplessly at Ashley, who was protecting the food. "Since you killed the rabbit, it naturally belongs to you."
"I just witnessed the whole process of you hunting that rabbit."
"Your accuracy is very good. At such a distance, you can still accurately throw the sword above the rabbit."
"When I was your age, my accuracy was not as good as yours."
The girl in red looked at Ashley with only sincerity in her eyes, without any trace of hypocrisy or affectation.
After receiving the sudden compliment from this strange girl, Ashley, who was already shy, continued to maintain her guard while muttering softly:
"Thanks……"
At this moment, Xipali, who was standing next to Ashley and had been staring at the girl in red, suddenly shrank slightly, as if he remembered something:
"Big red clothes...are you from Heye Zhe?"
"Huh?" The girl in red looked at Xipali, "You can actually recognize us from our clothes. It seems that you are quite familiar with us, Heye Zhe."
"That's right, we are from Heye Zhe."
"I am Esuma of Heyezhe."
"Which village are you from?"
The girl in red, who called herself Aisuma, moved her gaze and glanced at Ashley and others.
"In my impression, there doesn't seem to be a village near here."
…
…
Ogata was holding his sword and leaning against the big tree behind him. While he was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt someone approaching.
Even if he is sleeping, he can still remain alert to his surroundings and can keenly hear all the strange noises approaching him - this is what Ogata has unknowingly cultivated after being a ronin for so long.
Passive skill".
Judging from the sound of footsteps, the person approaching Ogata came from directly in front of Ogata.
Ogata slowly opened his eyes and looked directly in front of him - the person directly in front of Ogata was Omachi.
"What's wrong?" Ogata asked.
"It's convenient to wake you up." A-Machi said in a half-joking tone, "As long as I get close to you within a certain range, you will wake up automatically. There is no need to wake you up or shake you."
Ogata looked around.
"Are you going to continue setting off?"
"No." A-Machi shook his head, "A bunch of guests came."
"guest?"
"Well, suddenly a group of people from Red Moon Fortress visited."
After hearing the term "Red Moon Fortress" from Atachi, Ogata's brows immediately frowned slightly.
Atachi told Ogata everything he knew so far.
Just now, when Ogata was taking a nap against the big tree with his sword in his arms, Omachi was not far away, listening with interest to Aizan as he continued to tell the heroic epic passed down from generation to generation by his Ainu nation.
It was the first time that Atachi came into contact with the epic story genre, and he was full of interest in it.
A-machi has a body that doesn't matter whether she takes a nap or not, so after cleaning her and Ogata's dishes and pots, she quickly found Aizan and asked Aizan to continue telling her about their Ainu
A heroic epic of man.
Aizan, who is talkative and loves to talk to others, is also very happy to continue telling A Machi about the heroic epic of their nation.
When A-Machi was enjoying what he heard, suddenly a villager who was in a hurry came running up and said something to A-YZAN, and then A-YZAN's expression changed drastically.
When A Ding asked what happened, Aizan said: A group of people from He Ye Zhe came and they are now at the Chief of Chepke Village.
As for the purpose of coming and why these Heye Zhe people are here, it is not yet known.
All I know is that the group of people who suddenly came to visit He Yezhe were quite large, numbering over 40 people.
Heye Zhe is the place Ogata will go to next, and maybe he will stay for a long time.
Suddenly, more than 40 people from He Ye Zhe came to visit. Atachi felt that it was necessary to inform Ogata of the matter quickly, so he planned to wake Ogata just now.
After listening to Atachi tell the whole story, Ogata's brows furrowed even more.
Although they were already very close to He Yezhe, it was not surprising to meet He Yezhe's people in the wild.
But there were more than 40 people from He Yezhe visiting in one go, which was a bit surprising.
If we are going hunting in the wild, more than 40 people are obviously too many.
"It is said that many people are watching the group of people from Red Moon Fortress who suddenly visited." A-Machi added silently.
After a moment of silence, Ogata picked up the sword in his arms and stood up from the ground.
"Atachi, let's go."
"Let's also go and see these unexpected guests."
…
…
"So that's it..." Chepke nodded gently, "So you're here to kill the gold diggers..."
"That's right." Aisuma, who was standing in front of Chepke, said, "Although a few escaped, fortunately we killed most of the gold thieves."
In front of Aisuma, stood several senior officials from Qina Village headed by Chepke.
Behind Aisuma, there were more than 40 young adults wearing bright red clothes like her.
Around Aisuma stood the villagers of Qina Village who had heard the news and came to join in the fun.
Chepke let out a sigh of relief.
"I understand why you are here."
Chepke cast a somewhat admiring look at Aisuma in front of him.
"I never expected that Chanup's daughter would personally lead people to hunt down gold diggers... When I saw you last time, you were only this tall."
Chanup gestured to his belly button.
"I didn't expect to be so tall and beautiful now."
"I really hope that the girls in our village can have such courage and ability as you..."
Aisuma let out several hearty laughs.
"Anyone can do something like encircling and suppressing gold diggers, it's nothing special!"
Others don't know who Aisuma is, but Chepke, who has some personal relationship with Chanupu, knows who Aisuma is.
Aisuma is the eldest daughter of Chanup, the man who leads the entire Heyezhe.
To put it simply, Aisuma is the princess of Heye Zhe.
Chepke and Aisuma were not very close, but Chepke often heard about Aisuma's affairs.
As the village chief of Heyezhe, Chanupu is a very powerful warrior.
Whether it's hunting or fighting, he's good at everything.
As the eldest daughter of Chanup, Aisuma has perfectly inherited her father's genes. She has shown extraordinary hunting talent and leadership charisma since she was a child.
It is said that Aisuma's hunting ability is so strong that she can shoot down swallows flying in the sky with one arrow.
Not only that, Aisuma's character is also very approachable, so approachable that no one would think that she would be the princess of Heye Zhe.
As a woman who is stronger than most men and trustworthy, Aisuma has a very high status among her peers.
And her father Chanup often broke the convention that "men are superior to women" and "women only need to do textiles", and always entrusted Aisuma with important responsibilities.
Just now, after meeting with Chepke, Aisuma told him all the reasons why they were here.
It turned out that some time ago, a young man from Heyezhe was out hunting and by chance, he discovered a large number of gold thieves panning for gold by a creek.
After discovering this group of gold thieves, the young man immediately returned to Heyezhe and reported the matter.
They, He Yezhe, have always had zero tolerance for gold diggers, and there would be no reason to let them go once they encountered them.
So Heye Zhe immediately organized a "punitive team" headed by Aisuma and composed of more than 40 outstanding elites to attack the gang of gold diggers who appeared around Heye Zhe.
Led by the outstanding hunter who discovered the gold thieves, the expedition team quickly found the traces of the gold thieves and followed the traces to find them.
Soon, the expedition team found them.
When the expedition team found the gold thieves, they happened to be resting in a dense forest.
Dense woods - this is an excellent location for a raid.
So Aisuma did not hesitate much. After discovering the gang of gold thieves in the dense woods, she counted the number of gold thieves and immediately directed everyone to launch a raid.
The gang of gold diggers didn't notice Aisuma and the others at all, so Aisuma and the others' raid was quite successful.
Under the fierce attack by Aisuma and others, this gang of gold diggers was completely killed and injured, and only a few people managed to escape their attack and siege.
And these people who were lucky enough to escape were not always lucky.
Because before launching the attack on the gang of gold diggers, Aisuma counted the number of gold diggers first, so she knew exactly how many people escaped.
After wiping out most of the gold thieves in one fell swoop, Aisuma asked her subordinates to work in small groups to search around and pursue those who escaped.
In terms of their familiarity with the mountains and forests, the escaped gold thieves were naturally no match for the Ainu people who relied on the mountains and forests for their livelihood.
Under the pursuit of Esuma and others, the escaping gold thieves were caught one by one and killed.
It's a pity that a few people couldn't be found, as if they had disappeared from the world.
However, Esuma was not depressed. Although a few people escaped, their operation could definitely be regarded as a great victory. After all, they had killed most of the gold thieves.
Aisuma, who decided not to spend more effort and time looking for the remaining gold thieves who had yet to be found, gathered her subordinates and prepared to return to Heyezhe.
Then, on the way back to Heyezhe, Aisuma happened to meet Ashili and others who happened to be hunting outside in the nearby woods today, just now.
Then I learned from Ashley and the others that they were villagers of Qina Village.
No words can describe Aisuma's feeling when she found out that Ahili and the others were villagers of Qina Village.
Aisuma never expected that on the way back to Heyezhe, she would meet the villagers of Qina Village who were about to move into Heyezhe and become their new companions.
After learning that Yaxili and the others were villagers of Qina Village, Aisuma asked Yaxili and others to take them to meet the village chief of Qina Village.
Anyway, we have to meet later, so let’s take advantage of this moment to meet first.
So, there is the current scene - Chepke and Aisuma stand face to face, Aisuma tells Chepke why they are here, and Chepke praises Aisuma's courage and ability.
"I thought it might take a while before you could move the whole village to Heye Zhe." Aisuma said, "I didn't expect you to move so quickly."
"We are just about to return to Heyezhe now."
"Since our two groups happen to be on the same road, how about we go together? If we go together, we can take care of them more."
For Chepke and others who will soon live in Heyezhe and become a member of Heyezhe, Aisuma is their companion.
Chepke couldn't find any reason to refute Aisuma's suggestion just now.
"Of course." Chepke said, "I just wanted to suggest that we take action together."
"Then let's work together from now on." Aisuma smiled, "We can just get to know each other during this time of traveling together... huh?"
Before Aisuma could finish her words, she suddenly paused.
Because - at this moment, she discovered that behind Chepke, a pair of Japanese people were walking towards them at a leisurely speed.
This pair consists of a boy and a girl. The girl is very beautiful and the boy looks ordinary.
"Chief of the village of Chepuke." Aisuma asked, "Who is that couple?"
Chepke looked back: "Oh! They came just in time. Esuma, let me introduce them to you. Those couple are the great benefactors of our village."
"That man's name is Majima Goro."
"That woman's name is A-Machi."
Aisuma's eyes suddenly widened.
Their eyes were fixed on Ogata, who was walking towards them, and he thought to himself:
——Is he the Kazuto who killed about 40 white-skinned men and saved Qina Village... Well, the woman next to him is so beautiful, and her breasts are so big.
Her subordinates standing behind Aisuma also showed the same shocked expressions as Aisuma.
It's just that their thoughts are not exactly the same as Aisuma's...
——Is he the Majima Goro who beheaded more than 60 white-skinned men... Who is the woman next to him? Is she the wife of Majima Goro? Her body is so well developed...
——This person who looks ordinary and unremarkable can actually kill more than 80 people... Speaking of which, this is the first time I have seen such a figure of the woman next to him... I have never seen it before.
Women with such breasts are very fat.
——I thought that a man who could kill hundreds of people in a row and repel hundreds of white-skinned men by himself would be as strong as a bear... But the woman next to him has such big breasts... wearing
Such thick clothes can still have such a bulge there...
——The woman next to Majima Goro has really big breasts.
Esuma and others have different first impressions of Ogata.
But the first impression of Atachi is surprisingly the same.
Their sights were all attracted and blinded by the same things.
******
******
Let me sort out the Ainu who have appeared so far and will have many roles in the future.
【Qina Village】:
Chepke: village chief.
Aizan: Japanese translator, responsible for taking care of Ogata and acting as translator for Ogata and others