"Eric, why did you come back so early today?"
"Eric, how is your inspection? When will the Leopards leave the back mountain..."
"Eric, two more clan members were injured today..."
Eric is the grandson of the patriarch of the race, and also the youngest and strongest warrior in the clan. He is warm-hearted and kind, and the clan members like to ask him for help when there is anything in the clan.
This time the leopard orcs interfered with their race, Eric volunteered to go to the back mountain to check, and everyone was very concerned.
However, before the successive questions were finished, the clansmen were stunned when they saw the petite female behind Eric, and all their attention was turned to Ji Xiaoou.
Eric's race belongs to reindeer, and they are generally relatively large. Both males and females are tall and strong.
And Ji Xiaoou stood beside Eric, not reaching Eric's chest.
She was small, with a small face, and a neck so thin that it would break if twisted.
Unlike their hair-covered body, she has smooth skin and no hair on her body, making her look like a minor.
Facing the doubts in the eyes of the tribe, Eric took the initiative to explain: "Her name is Ji Xiaoou, and I met her in the back mountain. She got separated from her tribe, so I invited her to stay in the tribe for one night, and wait Leave after the danger in the back mountain is resolved."
The danger naturally refers to the orcs of the leopard family.
The clansmen didn't speak, they looked at Ji Xiaoou, and then at each other with wary eyes.
This female doesn't seem to be of the same race as them, and she dresses weirdly. Will she cause any trouble
It's no wonder that these clansmen think too much, it's really that too many members of the clan have been injured recently, and everyone is in danger.
Eric noticed everyone's mood, and quickly said: "She is a herbivorous species like us. You can smell it, she smells like catnip."
As soon as these words came out, the reindeer orcs shrugged their sensitive noses, and they really smelled the fragrance of grass.
Putting down all guard in an instant, he showed a friendly smile to Ji Xiaoou.
"In that case, why don't you come and live in my house, my house happens to have a spare room."
"My family has newly planted corn this year. I wonder if this female likes to eat it? I'll go and get some."
"What's your race? You look like a teenager, your hair hasn't grown yet, your parents will worry."
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The reindeer family is friendly and kind-hearted.
Once they realized that Ji Xiaoou was not threatening to them, they all became extremely enthusiastic.
Ji Xiaoou forced a smile, tightly held the catnip sachet around his waist with his fingers, and quietly hid it behind his back.
In the end, Eric declined the invitation of the tribe and brought Ji Xiaoou back to the place where he lived with his grandfather.
Eric's grandfather is named Bo Rui, who is the oldest and most famous patriarch in the clan.
Eric's parents died early, and he brought Eric up hand in hand.
"Grandpa, I brought back a new friend." Eric pushed open the fence door with a cheerful tone.
A hunched old man was drying mushrooms in the yard, and he slowly turned around when he heard Eric's words... Well, Ji Xiaoou thought, if he hadn't also had a pair of antlers on his head, she might have regarded him as a An ordinary old man.
Before the old man could see who was coming, he greeted: "Eric, come and help me dry these fresh mushrooms, winter is coming soon, we have to store some food..." Turning his gaze, he fell on Ji Xiaoou next to him , stop immediately.
Eric introduced very skillfully: "Grandpa, her name is Ji Xiaoou, she is a new friend I met in the back mountain..."
No matter how shocked Ji Xiaoou was at this moment, she knew that if she wanted to survive here, she had to assimilate with them as soon as possible.
So he stood respectfully and obediently called out: "Grandpa."
The smile on Patriarch Bo Rui's face disappeared, and the fresh mushrooms in his hand spilled all over the ground, his eyes looked back and forth at Ji Xiaoou. After a long silence, he slowly picked up the fresh mushrooms that fell on the ground, "Oh... new friend."
Eric nodded and continued: "She lost her clan, Grandpa, can we find a way to help her find her clan?"
Patriarch Bo Rui is a good old man in the race, and he will never refuse anyone who asks him for anything.
Eric's helpfulness is inherited from him.
But this time, he took a deep look at Ji Xiaoou, and responded unexpectedly: "We can't help her."
Eric was surprised, he didn't expect Grandpa to refuse so simply, "Why can't I help? Every race has its own place of settlement, as long as you know which race she belongs to..."
Patriarch Bori interrupted calmly: "Her race is not here."
Ji Xiaoou's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Eric's grandfather.
But after he said this, he didn't say anything more, turned around and walked into the wooden house without saying a word, with his hands behind his back.
Eric scratched his cheek and comforted Ji Xiaoou: "Don't worry, it may be that too many things have happened recently, grandpa just said that to protect the safety of the people. Don't worry, since I promised to help you find The Hui people will not go back on their promises.”
Ji Xiaoou nodded and smiled at him absent-mindedly, "Thank you, Eric."
For dinner, we ate stewed soup of wheat seedlings, corn kernels and fresh mushrooms.
Ji Xiaoou can accept both raw corn and mushroom soup, but raw barley is really hard to swallow.
Fortunately, Eric and his grandfather didn't care. Eric even thought she just didn't like wheat seedlings, so he gave her an extra bowl of mushroom soup.
After the meal, Eric went to his friend Carter's house to borrow wooden boards. There was an empty house on the west side of the yard, which was clean and ventilated, and could accommodate people as long as another bed was made.
After Eric left, Ji Xiaoou took the initiative to clear the table and glanced at the old man who was weaving rattan mats in the yard.
After a long time, she walked up to the old man hesitantly, and asked hesitantly, "Patriarch, why do you say that my race is not here?"
Patriarch Bo Rui weaved the rattan mat to make a bed for Ji Xiaoou, he paused when he heard that, "Where is your race, I think you should know better than me."
Originally, Ji Xiaoou only held a trace of luck in his heart, but after hearing what he said, he was even more convinced that he must know something.
He was right, Ji Xiaoou's race is not here, not even in this world.
"Then you... do you know how I should go back?" Ji Xiaoou endured and endured, but still couldn't help asking.
"I don't know." Patriarch Bo Rui replied without raising his head.
Ji Xiaoou lowered her head in disappointment, she was extremely disappointed despite the expected answer.
After a while, Patriarch Bo Rui took the initiative to ask: "Does Eric know your real identity?"
"I don't know, I didn't tell him." Ji Xiaoou shook his head and squeezed the hem of his clothes tightly. "Eric told me... Humans became extinct seven hundred years ago. Is it true?" Follow the reaction of Patriarch Bo Rui.
Patriarch Bo Rui nodded calmly, "It's true."
Ji Xiaoou's heart fell to the bottom of the valley.
Patriarch Bo Rui didn't know what to think of, his eyes cast into the distance, and the complicated antlers on the top of his head also lifted up, "Humans are the most intelligent and dangerous creatures in history. They have invented many impossible things and changed many things. Impossible, but unfortunately, in the end, he failed to adapt to the drastic changes in the environment and became a loser."
The old man's voice was far away, "That time seven hundred years ago, the climate of Boernia changed drastically. The seasons were chaotic, and the day and night were reversed. When everything was slowly adjusted, human beings also disappeared."
Ji Xiaoou was startled when he thought of the days and nights without dawn and dusk.
The result of the reversal of day and night is the loss of dawn and dusk. What about the chaos of the four seasons
Patriarch Bo Rui weaved the rattan mat and glanced at Ji Xiaoou, "Where are you from? A human survivor?"
Ji Xiaoou shook her head, "No." She explained to the old man how she came here, "I don't know how I came here, and when I want to go back, I can't go back."
She clearly remembered that when she fell from the cliff, there was a force pulling herself.
As if deliberately dragging her into this world.
The Borui patriarch didn't speak for a long time, until he saw Eric coming back from a distance, he said slowly: "This is the westernmost part of Boernia, if you want to know how to go back, you might as well go to the easternmost sea area , looking for a water turtle named Pat, he has the longest lifespan, maybe it can help you."
As soon as the words fell, Eric pushed open the fence door and walked in: "Grandpa, what are you talking about?"
Patriarch Bo Rui shook the rattan mat, and said in a kind voice, "It's nothing, go and make the bed quickly, it will be dark in a while."
Eric smiled at Ji Xiaoou, showing his teeth, turned around and carried the pile of wooden boards on his shoulders, and went to knock on it.
Eric was very efficient. He made a strong bed before dark, spread a rattan mat, a layer of cotton, and another rattan mat. The two rattan mats were sewn together to form a simple bed. mattress.
It was the first time for Ji Xiaoou to sleep in bed after coming here. Although she was not as comfortable as at home, she slept very peacefully.
After dawn, Ji Xiaoou made a decision.
Despite the uncertainty of the matter, she still wanted to visit the easternmost seas.
What if you find a way to go back? She had nowhere else to go anyway.
After making the decision, Ji Xiaoou was about to bid farewell to Eric and Patriarch Bo Rui, but found that Eric was not in the yard.
"He went to the corn field in the back mountain." Chief Bo Rui told her.
Ji Xiaoou asked about the general direction, and prepared to go there alone.
Patriarch Bo Rui wanted to send her off, but he was old and his feet were staggering, Ji Xiaoou hurriedly declined: "No, you can just sit here, anyway, it's not far from here, I can go by myself."
Patriarch Bo Rui was well aware of his physical condition and did not persist.
Ji Xiaoou put his backpack on and headed for the back mountain.
Only then did she realize that there were not only Eric's race nearby, but also argali and Dutch rabbits.
Looking at groups of orcs with huge horns and long ears, Ji Xiaoou took a long detour without thinking about it, not wanting to be discovered by them, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
This road is a bit similar to Ji Xiaoou's road down the mountain yesterday, and many unknown flying insects gathered there. Fortunately, Ji Xiaoou carried the catnip sachet with him, so they didn't come close.
I saw a corn field in the distance, and there were many plump corn in the field.
Eric is standing in the cornfield, breaking corn with his tribe.
Ji Xiaoou quickened his pace and walked over there, suddenly paused, and glanced into the woods around him.
A dark green light flashed there, but when Ji Xiaoou took a closer look, he could no longer see it.
Is it an illusion
Why does she always feel that something is following her all the way
Ji Xiaoou shook his head, and was about to walk into the cornfield when he saw the grass in the distance move, and then, a gust of wind rushed towards him, and a swift and agile figure rushed out of the grass, waiting When Ji Xiaoou came to his senses, he threw her to the ground, clasping her shoulders tightly with his claws.
Ji Xiaoou felt the pain and immediately frowned.
Looking up, above is a strange, orc face.
The other party's eyes were blue-green, and a tuft of black hair grew under the two eyes, spreading all the way to the chin. The nose was black, and the mouth opened, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.
Ji Xiaoou opened his mouth in surprise, but before he could get scared, another leopard orc came out from the grass.
The orc looked at the girl who was powerless, and asked, "Rhod, why are you chasing her all this time?"
The leopard orc named "Rod" was still pressing on Ji Xiaoou, bent down, put his nose close to her body, sniffed around, and said with certainty: "That's right, she has the smell of Ren. "