Lu Yu saw a faint red light deep in the forest, then the red light approached closer and closer, and there were more of them. It wasn’t until then that he realized those red lights were actually dozens of torches!
Shan Pu also saw them. He was first stunned, then involuntarily thought of that day ten years ago. That day, they had hunted two giant-necked deer. Because it took them a long time, by the time they returned with their spoils, it was already dark.
Before they could enter the tribe, many outsiders holding torches suddenly appeared, surrounding them heavily, some even dragging the corpses of their tribesmen…
In the end, there was nothing but blood and the cries of their people…
Thinking of this, Shan Pu’s eyes reddened at first, then he suddenly came to his senses and urgently said, “Witch, let’s go!!” Without waiting for Lu Yu’s reaction, he grabbed him and ran, shouting, “Enemy’s attack!!!”
In less than two seconds, the doors of the small wooden huts banged open, and all the Matai people came out solemnly, wielding wooden clubs.
Shan Pu saw Tai Lie come out and ran up to him, suddenly slamming on the brakes. His speed was too fast, and the stop was too sudden. Lu Yu stumbled and nearly fell.
Tai Lie’s muscles tensed, subconsciously reaching out his hand. But when he saw Shan Pu also reaching out his hand, he subtly retracted his own.
“Witch, are you okay? It’s my fault for running too fast,” Shan Pu lamented.
Lu Yu waved his hand, “It’s okay, it’s not the time to talk about this now.”
He looked up at Tai Lie, “King, there are many people coming towards us, probably around a hundred.”
Although Lu Yu hadn’t experienced the previous incidents with the Matai tribe, he knew that it couldn’t be anything good for so many people to come here in the middle of the night.
Tai Lie nodded and made a gesture.
The Matai people, upon seeing the gesture, quickly formed their battle formation.
Unlike the cave with only one entrance, this was an open area, so the Matai formation became circular layers.
The outer layer consisted of male Matai, the inner layer consisted of female Matai, and Lu Yu and the little Matais who hadn’t found a place to hide were in the center.
Lu Yu quickly took out the small red medicine he had exchanged for wild beast meat from his ring these past few days and distributed it to the Matai people, instructing them to keep it in their mouths.
As he distributed it, he felt a bit regretful.
These past few days, he had been solely focused on leveling up in the panel and had forgotten to upgrade the blueprint for the red medicine, leaving him with only small red medicine now.
Just as the medicine was distributed, the people who trespassed into the village with torches gradually emerged from the depths of the forest…
Naocan Tribe, the Chief was named Yu Shui. He was originally the son of the previous chief’s wife from her former husband.
Although Yu Shui didn’t have much ability, he was proud and arrogant. After realizing he couldn’t become the next chief, he demanded people, food, and goods from his mother’s tribe and went to a distant place to establish his own tribe.
After the tribe was established, Yu Shui forbade hunting and gathering to focus on developing the tribe, but instead came up with a vicious idea.
Whenever they found a small tribe with few people, they would send people to burn, kill, and plunder them.
Most men were killed directly, while some had their legs crippled and were forced back as slaves. Women were all captured back, with the pretty ones being abused and the less attractive ones being forced to work.
This time, when Mu Hei discovered the small tribe, Yu Shui originally didn’t want to come personally, but after hearing that this small tribe had very good wooden houses, he suddenly became a bit curious.
When he finally saw the small tribe, Yu Shui hadn’t had a chance to look at the houses yet, but was instead startled by the well-organized and imposing small tribe people standing there.
These people were all tall and muscular, each one imposing.
In his tribe, there wasn’t even one person who could match them.
Yu Shui felt a little panicked, but when he looked again and realized that the total number of them was only about sixty or seventy, half of which were women, he relaxed.
After all, he brought more than twice as many people, and they were all young and strong. When the time came, they could just send a few people to watch the women, and the rest could easily defeat them.
After figuring this out, Yu Shui turned to look at the wooden houses around.
After looking around, he was delighted.
These small wooden houses were too good, not only better than his own, but also better than the ones the chief of his mother’s tribe lived in. Mu Hei didn’t lie to him.
When they caught the people who built the houses in the small tribe later, they could spare their lives.
Yu Shui stroked his chin, full of enthusiasm, unable to stop admiring.
Seeing these people standing still, with only the person in the middle peeking out, Shan Pu couldn’t help but ask angrily, “Who are you people?”
Although Yu Shui was no longer in his mother’s tribe, he still felt superior. Upon hearing Shan Pu’s question, he lazily hum without bothering to look, then disdainfully snorted.
Beside him, Mu Hei understood instantly, arrogantly declaring, “It doesn’t matter who we are. Just quickly hand over your food and fur.”
The Matai people were enraged upon hearing this.
Shan Pu almost drew the dagger from his beast skin skirt and rushed up, but after seeing the look in their King’s eyes, he reluctantly restrained himself, gritting his teeth, “What if we don’t?”
“Heh,” Yu Shui sneered, “Then we’ll kill all your men.”
“As for the women,” he sneaked a peek at the female Matai inside, “They can come with us.”
Upon hearing this, the Matai people were almost furious.
Lu Yu’s chest surged with anger.
He had just suggested to Tai Lie to assess the situation first and not act rashly. After all, the first time they met, he was almost mistakenly killed. Now it seemed that these people were downright despicable villains.
Just as he was about to tell Tai Lie to quickly deal with these scum, he suddenly remembered something.
Lu Yu quietly opened the panel and aimed it at one of the people.
Two lines of text popped up on the panel.
[Common Primitive Species]
[Combat Power: Low]
Lu Yu remembered that when he scanned the Matai people, their names and the word “warrior” were displayed, but this one was labeled as a common primitive species.
Common species…
Could it be that in this land, or in this time and space, apart from the Matai tribe, there are other special races? The characteristics of the Matai tribe are long life, immense strength, and lack of pain perception. If there are indeed other special races, what would their characteristics be?
He couldn’t help but think of something he had long been worried about—the scar on Le Shui’s face.
It was said to have been left behind ten years ago.
The problem is, in this era, how could there be… knives?
Who are the ones slaughtering the Matai tribe?
Are they still looking for the remaining Matai people?
A sense of urgency suddenly arose in Lu Yu’s heart.
He wanted to make himself a little stronger, make the Matai tribe a little stronger, and make their small village a little more stable and secure.
Because, this primitive world seems really tough to survive in.
—
Yu Shui saw these people looking like they were about to fight to the death, raised his chin, waved his hand, and said, “Bring the stuff up.”
“Yes!” someone behind him immediately responded.
Soon, several wolf carcasses were lifted up and placed in front of the Matai people.
The Matai people, who were ready to fight with anger, collectively froze, not understanding what he was doing.
“When we came just now, we encountered a group of at least ten gray giant wolves. Although my men were injured a bit, we took care of them,” Yu Shui explained. “If you still want to resist, look, this will be your fate!”
With a loud thud, Yu Shui’s eyes were ruthless, wanting to show them what kind of people they were facing.
Ten wolf carcasses were arrogantly displayed on the ground.
The Matai people, who had once fought off hundreds of gray giant wolves: …
Lu Yu couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
Yu Shui’s ears were sharp. “Who’s laughing?!”
After being manipulated by him like this, Lu Yu’s mood calmed down a bit. Even if there were unknown powerful races in this world, at least they weren’t the ones they were facing now.
Lu Yu signaled to the Matai people blocking his way to let him through. He took two steps forward but didn’t step out of the circle.
He said seriously, “I’ll ask you one last time, are you sure you won’t let us go?”
Although he had a soft heart, he wasn’t a saint.
Originally, this was a world of survival of the fittest. If these people really wanted to exterminate them, he wouldn’t stop them, and he would let the Matai people send them to heaven.
Yu Shui’s eyes lit up when he saw the young man standing in the crowd.
Yu Shui was lustful and liked fair-skinned, slender-waisted women. But seeing the fair-skinned and graceful young man, he suddenly felt that gender didn’t matter anymore.
Without replying to Lu Yu’s words, he lecherously ran his eyes over Lu Yu’s body twice and ordered Mu Hei, “Capture this person for me later.”
“Yes!”
Upon hearing this, the Matai people were both shocked and angry.
Could it be that this person had realized that their witch was a witch and wanted to snatch him away?!
Dream on! The witch belonged to them!
While the Matai people were grinding their knives, only Tai Lie understood the true meaning behind this man’s words.
An inexplicably but exceptionally violent rage surged through his body, burning from the soles of his feet all the way up, making him want to tear the person in front of him to pieces.
Lu Yu’s “straight male” mentality influenced him, and he didn’t notice the despicable thoughts of this person. Seeing that he was stubborn, he didn’t say much, just took a few steps back and re-entered the circle.
Tai Lie made a gesture, and Shan Pu, seeing it, drew his dagger and roared, “Kill!”
Yu Shui also snorted coldly, waved his hand, and let his men charge, while he stood aside with his arms crossed, leisurely watching.
He thought he would see a one-sided situation, and this battle would end quickly…
—
Shan Pu gripped his dagger, relying on his speed and agility, and rushed forward. Although he didn’t have much skill, he knew that stabbing at the chest and neck was never wrong.
When he successfully freed six people, he couldn’t help but feel pleased with himself, thinking that this time he must have killed the more enemies, and the King would definitely reward him, so he could ask for a bit more roasted meat…
Before he could finish his thoughts, he felt a gust of wind beside him.
Looking closely, it was King.
He rushed toward the person who had said he wanted to snatch the witch, and anyone who tried to stop him along the way was smashed by him with iron fists, white and red brains splattering everywhere.
Shan Pu: …
Did the King also want to eat more roasted meat?