Chapter 1098 The Revenge of the Old Bearskin
Meng Chao felt that the soldiers sent by the Big Horn Legion to lead the rat people to escape from the Demon Cave must have been carefully selected, specially trained on their eloquence, and had their stories carefully polished countless times.
Only then can it be said so vividly and fascinatingly.
In just a few words, the round bone stick seemed to lead everyone back to that thrilling night.
Everyone held their breath and stared at his mouth.
Even though I knew he was safe and sound, I was still worried about what happened to him at that time.
"At that time, a bloodthirsty lizard that looked like a mad dog suddenly jumped out from the grass and bit my calf hard. Its fangs penetrated my flesh and blood, and its body weighing hundreds of kilograms was all hung up.
On my lap."
The round-bone stick continued, "I watched helplessly as two vicious lizard warriors walked towards me, carrying big sticks studded with snake teeth, with ferocious smiles on their faces.
"Their eyes didn't fall on my head, but on my knees.
"It seems that they don't want to beat me to death with a stick, but they want to smash my knees and take me back to the town to slowly process it."
"ah……"
Some impatient rat people in the crowd couldn't help but ask, "What happened next, how did you escape from the lizard warriors' pursuit?"
"Later, it was Old Bear Skin who saved me!"
The round-bone stick smiled and pointed at the tall, taciturn warrior, "You may see that he doesn't like to talk much, but he has the ability to imitate the cry of totem beasts and attract totem beasts from a distance.
"Old Bearskin joined the Big Horn Legion a few years before me. At that time, he was sent by the Big Horn Legion to the junction of the Bloodhoof Clan and the Darkmoon Clan to find people like me who were desperate but unwilling to wait for death.
The rat people, filled with anger from their master and eager for resistance and revenge, developed into recruits of the Great Horn Legion.
"He saw the unusual movements of a large group of lizard warriors at the foot of the mountain, and knowing that they must be hunting down rebels and saboteurs, he quietly followed the team.
"Old Bearskin alone cannot of course compete with a large number of lizard warriors, so he used his own ability to cleverly attract a totem beast and crashed into the encirclement of the lizard warriors.
"The value and threat level of the totem beast is obviously much greater than mine.
"For a moment, all the lizard warriors were caught off guard by the totem beast and fell on their backs.
"Old Xiongpi took the opportunity to touch it quietly and wiped the neck of the bloodthirsty lizard biting my calf with a knife, saving me."
"I see."
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Some people were not satisfied and continued to ask: "Later, how did you escape from the lizard warriors?"
"It all depends on Old Bearskin!"
The round bone stick said, "Old Xiongpi is an experienced hunter. He is simply the embodiment of the mountain forest. He can sniff out all the streams, swamps and totem beast caves in the entire mountain forest with just a lift of his nose.
"As everyone knows, we rat people are usually not allowed to go hunting in the mountains, except for those with extraordinary talents who serve as guides for clan warriors.
"Old Xiongpi was such a guide when he was in his hometown.
"However, the guide's meal is also very unpalatable, even more dangerous than cleaning the lizard cage, because the clan warriors always ask the guide to go deeper into the forest in order to hunt more brutal and powerful totem beasts.
"Sure enough, if we encounter a totem beast, the clan warriors can rely on their skilled combat skills and powerful totem armor to fight the totem beast.
“But an unarmed guide often has a narrow escape from death.
"Three generations of Lao Xiongpi's family, together with his wife, are the best guides in their hometown. Their reputation has even spread to nearby towns. Many clan warriors go hunting in the mountains and ask them to lead the way.
"This year, the heir to the chief of the wealthy clan who ruled the local town wanted to complete his coming-of-age ceremony in a glorious way. He wanted to kill the most powerful totem beast and give it to his father as a gift.
"And his father, the chief known for his cruelty, also sent a large number of troops to escort him.
"Such an elite team naturally needs the best guide.
"The old Xiongpi couple and their children, a family of three, were recruited by the hunting team and came to the depths of the mist-shrouded mountain forest.
"It's a pity that God was not kind. On the day they entered the mountain, the sky seemed to have been poked by the horns of a giant beast, and it rained heavily day and night.
"Heavy rains have triggered flash floods, making the mountains and forests, which are usually full of dangers, more unpredictable and violent.
"Even among the hunting team, many people were washed away by flash floods. The remaining clan warriors were exhausted and in extremely poor condition after wandering around for ten days and a half.
"At this time, the storm still showed no sign of letting up. There was lightning and thunder among the dark clouds, making it difficult to tell whether it was day or night. The tempers and totem power of the clan warriors had become extremely unstable. Some even just drew their swords. There will be thunder and lightning striking near him.
"It stands to reason that such bad weather is not suitable for hunting at all. The safest plan is to withdraw from the mountains and forests, wait until the rain has passed, the clouds have cleared, and the fog has dispersed, and then we can regroup.
"This is what Old Bearskin suggested to the chief's son.
"He told the chief's son that in the deep mountains and forests, heavy rains, lightning and thunder would greatly stimulate the ferocity of the totem beast, making the totem beast's danger level several times higher than usual.
“And their team, which was originally fully staffed and well-equipped, was washed to pieces due to flash floods.
"Now that we are short of men and horses, it is really not suitable to advance with little force. Otherwise, the roles of 'hunter' and 'prey' will change places at any time, and the whole army may even be annihilated.
"It stands to reason that this is the experience of a senior hunter.
"However, the response he received was a merciless whip.
"The son of the chief wanted to make a big splash at the coming-of-age ceremony. He has been wandering around the mountains and forests for ten days and a half. Why is he willing to return without success and become a joke in the family?
"The chief's son angrily rebuked Old Bearskin for being a cowardly and lowly person who didn't even have the courage of a Turan warrior.
"The more 'cowardly' Old Bear Skin became, the more the chief's son wanted to cultivate his 'courage', so he forced his family of three to walk at the front of the team to find the totem beast's lair.
"In the end, after another three days and three nights of hard work, they did find the totem beast's lair.
"However, the totem beast, which had been trapped in the storm for more than half a month, was stimulated by the lightning and thunder to stimulate the totem power in its body. As Old Xiongpi had guessed, its ferocity and fighting power have skyrocketed several times higher than usual. times.
"This exhausted, outnumbered, and disorganized hunting team was no match for the wild totem beast. They were quickly killed and their armor was thrown away. They were thrown off their backs.
"When I didn't see the totem beast, the chief's son had his nostrils pointed in the sky and was arrogant. He kept talking about 'brave', 'courage' and 'glory'. But now he was so scared that he pissed himself. With the few clan warriors, his head was broken.
He ran away towards the foot of the mountain without looking back.
"They did run away, but Lao Xiongpi's family of three couldn't run away. His wife and son were brutally attacked by the totem beast one after another. Even he himself had his face torn open and almost half of his skull blown off.
"When Old Bearskin woke up from the severe pain, he found himself deep in a swamp, with the mud covering his shoulders and almost covering his mouth and nose.
"Fortunately, he was not discovered by the totem beast and escaped with his life.
"Finally struggling out of the swamp, Old Xiongpi wandered around for a long time, but only found the belongings of his wife and son.
"Old Bearskin was filled with grief and anger.
“Although both guides and hunters have extremely dangerous jobs, the day they enter the mountains, they realize that they may die at any time.
"But it was obviously an avoidable disaster, but because of the chief's son's insistence, his closest relatives were killed.
"It happened that the son of the chief who caused this disaster, the guy who talked about 'glory' and 'courage', abandoned them and was the first to run away!
"Old Bearskin was furious and determined to take revenge.
"He knew that in such bad weather conditions, it would be difficult for the chief's son to escape from the forest without the help of a guide.
"So, he endured the pain all over his body and followed the clues left by the chief's son when he escaped in the mountains and forests.
“I don’t know how many hardships I endured along the way, and how many times I was exhausted and wanted to close my eyes and just fall asleep.
"But every time there was lightning and thunder, the phantoms of his wife and children would always appear in front of his eyes, injecting new power into his body.
"Finally, after three days and three nights, Old Xiongpi found his enemy in a cave deep in a mountain col.
"Old Bearskin knows that with his own strength, it is impossible to defeat the chief's son and the clan warriors who protect him.
"Spurred by anger and desperation, Old Xiongpi chose to imitate the totem beast's courtship sound, making the most piercing cry in the mountains and fields, attracting the vicious totem beast to him, and then led him to rush into the wild.
Entered the cave where the chief's son was hiding.
"As expected, the hungry totem beast showed its power in the cave, killing all the frightened and demoralized chief's son and others.
"Old Xiongpi originally thought that he too was doomed and would soon be reunited with his wife and children.
"Unexpectedly, fate played a big joke on him again. Just when the totem beast killed the chief's son and other clan warriors, a flash flood broke out, rushed into the mountain col, destroyed the cave, and carried the old bear skin down to the foot of the mountain.
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"He hugged the half-empty tree and drifted with the current. When the rain passed and the sky cleared, he found that he had miraculously survived. He was rescued and brought to a house made up of rat warriors. He was warm and strong.
Chapter completed!