Traveling through the primitive world: I was a priest in the tribe

Chapter 174 External Conflict 14

Xiao Hei's movement made quite a noise. The other animal trainers who were originally afraid of the strange weapon in Xi Shi's hand, immediately rushed to the edge of the cliff to check after they reacted. They watched Xiao Hei push their companions off the cliff and then lose their own lives.

They didn't dare to stay and immediately returned to the herd.

The weapon in that person's hand didn't look big, but it could easily make a hole in people and animals, and it moved very fast, making it impossible to dodge.

When they were surrounding this small group in the valley, they thought they had it all figured out, but they didn't expect that after this man took out this weapon and fired a few shots, not only were there several more injured beasts in the herd, but there was also the smell of repelling powder everywhere. Their sense of smell was impaired, and the herd naturally became agitated.

In order to appease them, the trainers fed them a lot of flower balls.

"We don't have many balls left. If we delay any longer, the herd will get out of control!" shouted a trainer who returned to the herd.

A slightly older animal trainer nearby took off the animal skin bag and poured out the few ball flowers inside. The animals smelled the familiar and tempting scent and couldn't help but come over.

He scattered the ball flowers, and the animals immediately scrambled to eat them. Some even bit each other until their heads were bleeding for a ball flower. The trainer did not scold or stop them, but just watched the fun, seeming to be very happy to see such a scene.

"Let's try one last time and see who can survive." The animal trainer who had just scattered the flower balls threw the last two in his hand into his mouth and chewed them with relish, as if he had no fear of death.

This time, the consumption of the balls was much more than they had imagined.

The reason why they were so anxious to attack the Taoli tribe was because they had found fewer and fewer ball flowers during their past few reincarnations, and they were afraid that they would not be able to survive this cold season.

Without the ball flower, these wild beasts will become more ferocious and violent than before. They will enter a period of sleepless riots and finally die of exhaustion. At that time, they will not show mercy to the trainers who have enslaved them for so long.

After listening to Xiao Hei's description, the animal trainers had almost no direct communication. They immediately and unanimously thought of occupying the Taoli tribe and hiding in their yard with plenty of food to avoid the animal riot.

There were several injured animals in the herd. They were unable to compete for the ball flower and had several pieces of their meat torn off by some malicious beasts. The trainer drove away the animals that were squatting nearby and watching them hungrily, and together they drove the injured beasts to the edge of the cliff.

Another animal trainer at the side took out a handful of ball flowers from his animal skin bag and threw them one by one on the platform below. The beasts immediately jumped down with red eyes. Soon the small platform was occupied by the beasts. Even some beasts that had not grabbed the ball flowers but were not injured also jumped down.

The platform is quite close to the cliff, otherwise, based on the physical conditions of these people, Xiao Hei and the trainer would not have been injured so badly. However, there are many beasts in the herd, and with the beasts that were half-dead at the beginning falling down as cushions, more and more beasts jumped down, and more and more were not injured.

The food that Qing Jiu and his companions brought with them was almost consumed last night. They did not dare to eat the corpses of the wild beasts. After all, they had seen with their own eyes the beasts being fed with the ball flowers.

Several people were waving their knives and axes and were already numb. Fortunately, the entrance of the cave was narrow on the outside and wide on the inside, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Soon the corpses of wild animals blocked the entrance, making it impossible for those outside to come in and those inside to go out.

After getting rid of the last few wolves in the cave, the men wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but the air was full of a fishy smell. The blood of these beasts carried an unbearable odor.

Xishi took off the scarf around his neck, picked out a clean area, cut a few small pieces and gave them to others, signaling them to plug their noses.

The smell is not only pungent, but also makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

"We can't wait any longer. The longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be for the tribe." Qing Jiu squatted down against the cliff and pointed to the other side. There was a little light over there, not close to the cave entrance. "Xiao Ying, you and Xi Shi, try to use the three-claw hook with a rope to throw it up there and see if you can hook it onto the rocks or tree roots above."

"After hooking them, let Xishi go up first. He has quick reactions and keen perception, and is more experienced in dealing with emergencies." He pointed at the two hunters and the geese nearby, "You and I will stay here and guard them first. Once we are sure we can go up, we will burn these corpses."

The cave had been burned once before, and there were only some vines inside that had grown later and dried up after the cold season. The men cleaned up the vines and piled them on the corpses of the beasts.

Soon good news came from Xishi.

They had almost delayed the time of these animal trainers and the animals, and more than half of them had been killed. Their mission was almost over.

After the fire was lit, several people climbed up one by one along the rope. Dayan was missing an arm, so Qingjiu helped him tie the rope around his waist. The people above pulled Dayan up, and finally Qingjiu himself quickly climbed up the cliff along the rope that was thrown down again.

This place is much steeper and more dangerous than the other end, and you can't see the bottom at a glance. But at this time, they had to take the risk. Fortunately, everyone came up safely.

"I guess Guo Qi and the others are still looking for us. Let's quickly get rid of those animal trainers and go back." Dayan looked in the direction of the tribe. The whistle sounded yesterday for a long time after dark, but they could not expose their position at that time. This place was too far away from the tribe. If the remaining people only came in a few small teams, they would not be a match for the herd. If all of them came, the tribe would be in danger.

This place is a little distance away from where the animal trainer is hiding, and is blocked by a small hill, but the smoke over there is rising and can be seen at a glance.

Several people nodded. The smoke was black and thick, and it was particularly conspicuous against the white clouds covering the mountains in the cold season. It was estimated that Guo Qi and the others would soon discover it.