The antelope group returned in about a week, and they were obviously much happier than when they left the forest before. The original serious and regular team discipline also loosened at their own speed, and the originally small team was stretched It is very long and sparse, and almost all of them are the figures of Antelopes as far as the eye can see.
Of course, in the case of a large number, there will be no orcs who will attack them, but the antelope is also in the recipe of the orcs after all, and it does not mean that they cannot catch them if they do not personally take action.
A female gazelle just crossed the Chishui River and fell into a snow pit. The snow pit was very deep. The female gazelle screamed and wanted to get up, but the snow on the wall of the pit had long been frozen solid. No matter how hard it struggles, it will only fall back to the bottom of the pit time and time again.
A baby-like call appeared at the entrance of the cave. The mother gazelle raised her head and saw her immature child standing at the entrance of the cave and circling anxiously. jump down.
The female Antelope hurriedly stopped it, and after hearing her mother's voice, the little Antelope became quiet, but it still stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at its mother, calling out to her, hoping that she could climb up quickly. None of the Antelopes passing by wanted to come over to see what was going on, and some with their juvenile Antelopes even yelled to remind those children jumping around to stay away from that dangerous place.
Antelopes will leave their mothers to live alone when they become adults. Males, like cheetahs, will not raise their children by themselves. They will not take the initiative to help their companions when they are in danger like locusts, so this will It's normal for no one to care about the female gazelle that fell into the snow pit.
It wasn't until the antelope group was all far away from this area that an adult strong male antelope came over. It coldly glanced at the female antelope at the bottom of the pit, lowered its head slightly, and gently arched its thick antelope horns. It arched the small antelope's body, and made a sharp short sound.
The little antelope trembled, looked at his mother for help, and finally turned around when the male antelope started to move for the second time, chasing behind the group of antelope dragons with slightly heavy steps.
The male antelope yelled at the female antelope at the bottom of the pit, and then walked away.
Only a bunch of messy footprints remained in the vast snowfield, and the helpless cry of the female antelope.
A few orcs stood quietly on the tall ice fence, with wide white cloaks tightly wrapped around their bodies. If you didn't look carefully, you might think it was just a few ice sculptures in the snow field.
A few curious young antelopes came to the wall, lightly touched the wooden stakes buried on the ice wall with their antelope horns, looked up at the orcs on the wall, and suddenly ran back in the group.
"Chen Qi, you really guessed right, it really was the antelopes who came back first." Carlo excitedly broke the silence first.
"I don't know if those traps can catch the gazelle." Ake licked his lips. Fresh meat tastes much better than iced ones.
"Will the antelopes know that we dug those snow pits?" Ali was a little worried.
"I probably know." Aze quietly looked at the male antelope who was walking behind the team and suddenly stopped. expression.
The male antelope raised its head and let out a long, deep voice. The antelopes that had been scattered in the distance began to slowly gather in the middle, and returned to the forest in an orderly manner just like when they left.
After the antelopes had completely left, Aze and Ake climbed down the wooden piles and came to the Chishui River. They found that only two of the three snow pits dug had caught their prey, both of which were adult female antelopes. There was a mark on the edge of a snow pit that looked like it fell down. Obviously, the gazelle got up again at the last moment, and luckily it didn't fall into the hole.
Worried that it would arouse the anger of the antelopes and dragons, there are not many snow pits, and the distances are far away.
The two swiftly took out the antelope dragon at the bottom of the pit and filled the snow pit. The locust dragons would come back soon, and that group was not something they could afford.
The two dealt with Linglong by the Chishui River, and then caught a few huge shrimps back. They were tired of eating crucian carp and mackerel these days, so Chen Qi asked them to see if they could still catch those. Kind of giant shrimp. Thanks to the gift of the two Antelopes, enough bait attracted all kinds of fish, and the two caught all the giant prawns unceremoniously.
The speed of the locust dragons was slower than that of the antelope dragons, and it took a full week to see them slowly appearing in the sight of several people.
A Li's expression became more and more serious every day since he saw the antelopes and dragons coming back, and the unconcealable worry made everyone else feel worried.
The day after the locust dragons left, Aze finally found A Li, "I'll go find Uncle Azhang."
Ali didn't answer, but turned to look at Chen Qi. Chen Qi nodded, "We've already discussed it, and it's not an option to wait now. In case Ah Zhang encounters any danger, it would be good if A Ze came to meet him."
A Li looked at the two gratefully, the corners of his eyes were red, since A Zhang left, he couldn't calm down for some reason, he always felt that the other party would encounter some troubles, as the days passed, this kind of Not only did the feeling not subside by half, but it became more and more serious. In addition, even the antelope dragon and the locust dragon had all returned to the forest, so Azhang, who was going to follow the locust dragon group, was nowhere to be seen. Think more. "Then please."
Ali looked at Aze solemnly, "I will help you protect Chen Qi."
Ake jokingly bumped into A Li's shoulder, "Uncle A Li, have you forgotten that I am also a female? With me here, I will definitely not let anyone here get into trouble."
A Li smiled, and the atmosphere in the room became a lot easier because of this.
Chen Qi had already prepared things for Aze, and after breakfast, Aze packed his bags and left. So from this day on, apart from A Li, there was also Chen Qi who had been guarding the wall for a long time. Of course, Chen Qi did not directly move to live in the watchtower like Ali did. He is still very confident in Aze's strength, but the other party lived alone in this wilderness plain for several years before meeting him. , the understanding of this place is much deeper than that of Chen Qi, a half-hearted person who came here.
Chen Qi simply couldn't help but wanted to see the other party's safe return as soon as possible, so he climbed to the fence every day to guard for a while.
Aze traced along the footprints of the locust dragons. He did not expect to find that the footprints of the locust dragons passed the front gate of the lion wolf tribe after walking for a few days.
"Aze?" A figure jumped down from a tall locust tree. Ale's eyes were surrounded by heavy dark circles, and his face was also thinner. His childish eyebrows and eyes had lost their previous vigor. . Seeing Aze, the other party was obviously a little surprised, "Are you here to find Uncle Azhang?"
It was almost half a day's journey away from the lion and wolf tribe. I didn't expect that there would be a female guard of the lion and wolf tribe in such a far place. Aze looked at him in surprise, "Why are you guarding here?"
A Le smiled bitterly, and briefly explained to him. It turned out that after the avalanche, the patriarch of the lion wolf tribe believed that the incident was caused by the arrival of the locust dragon. Although the locust dragon had come once before, the speed of the locust dragons was not fast that time, so it did not cause the tribe to panic. Pay attention, but this avalanche caused them to lose several male sons, so they have to be vigilant.
And the locust dragons have come more than once, this is the second time, in case they come again next time, at their sudden madness, the locust dragons have already arrived by the time the guards near the tribe find out, so the tribe decided to stay in the forest Extend the cordon between the tribe and the tribe, so that even if the locust dragon comes again, there will be enough time for the people in the tribe to evacuate for refuge.
Aze did not expect such a thing to happen to the lion wolf tribe. The number of males is small, and it is a loss for every tribe to lose males, not to mention losing several at one time, and many were injured. "Is there anything wrong with the people in the tribe?" The tribe Aze mentioned naturally refers to the people in the Yanshan tribe.
Ale shook his head, "The house where our tribe lives is just outside the area covered by snow, everyone is fine except for being a little scared." After a pause, "If you want to find Uncle Azhang, you can go to the tribe to find him , he was recently discussing with the patriarch of the lion wolf tribe about our tribe, but there is still some time before the end of winter, and it is impossible for Uncle Azhang to pick up the tribe right now. I will stay here to guard, so I won’t send You went to the Horde."
A Ze nodded in understanding, patted his shoulder, and seeing A Ze's figure getting farther and farther away, A Le climbed back to the top of the locust tree.
The lion wolf tribe was obviously much messier than what he had seen before the winter, and the orcs guarding the gate would not come here to intercept the orcs, after all, there was no so-called registration here.
As soon as Aze stepped into the tribe, he saw Ai Li, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Before the other party found him, he quickly dodged to a corner to hide. Ai Li obviously looked haggard a lot, and his whole person felt gloomy, and his footsteps were hurried, as if he had lost interest in the things around him.
Because of the avalanche incident, many people in the Lion Wolf Tribe were injured. Azhang stayed here to help take care of these wounded people during this time. He followed the method Chen Qi taught before. If the wounds were too large and could not stop the bleeding, he would sew them with bone needles. In fact, the people here naturally don't deliberately set aside some catgut like Chen Qi did, so what Azhang uses for them is thread made from cocoons.
Fortunately, every time Chen Qi treated the wound, he would tell them to use boiling water to burn everything that touched the wound, but even so, many injured people still had a fever due to the infection of the wound. It took several days for the fever to subside. Fortunately, no one lost his life because he could not stop the bleeding.
A Ze found A Zhang at the tribal center. He was standing at the door surrounded by several people, and everyone seemed to be asking about something. Aze found that Ai Li was also among those people, but Ai Li was obviously not as enthusiastic as the others. After getting the answer he wanted, he opened the curtain and entered the room.
After Azhang finally got rid of the crowd, Aze greeted him, "Uncle Azhang."
Seeing A Ze, A Zhang was obviously stunned, and hurried over, "Why are you here? Did something happen at home?"
"It's fine at home, everyone is worried about you, so I'll take a look."
Ah Zhang felt relieved and rubbed his aching forehead. He had been busy day and night in order to go back early, and he was already exhausted. "Sorry for worrying you. I planned to go back today, but I didn't expect you to come here."
Aze hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Are the people here okay? Are you going back now and their patriarch agrees?"
"It's okay, I've stayed here for too long, and I'm not from their tribe." Azhang sighed, "I've already taught them what I know, and they can handle the rest by themselves. "
Seeing Aze's hesitant expression, Azhang smiled, "Don't worry, I haven't mentioned Chen Qi's matter to anyone."
Hearing the answer he wanted, Aze's frowning brows relaxed, "Since it's all right here, let's go back early, Uncle A Li is waiting for you by the fence every day, and he will not come back if you don't come back." I don't want to come down."
Azhang's heart warmed up, and he went back to the house to get his animal skin backpack, greeted the people in his tribe, and left with Azhang.
In a corner that no one noticed, a male with wrinkled eyes quietly watched the two leaving, until the two were completely out of his line of sight before turning back to the house not far away.
In the room, a child less than two years old was lying on a stone bed covered with thick animal skins, his legs were wrapped in thick white bandages.
After feeding him the rice berries, Ai Li frowned when he saw Xiongzi coming in, "Father, where have you been? How can you leave Ah Yan at home alone? What if something happens?"
"What can happen at home?"
Ai Li frowned even deeper, even with a trace of boredom. Didn't Ah Yan just stay at home and have an accident
"I saw Azhang follow Aze just now." Xiongzi sat by the fire, as if he was talking to Ai Li, and seemed to be talking to himself naturally.
Ai Li paused for a while when he cleaned up the rice berry shells, but did not reply.