As soon as he entered the tribe.
Søren immediately smelled a strange smell. He couldn't tell what the smell was, but it was indeed a little stinky. The environment of the entire tribe was very dirty and messy. There were feces left by children everywhere on the ground. Even the road was not deliberately smoothed, and there was black mud when he stepped on it. The tribe was surrounded by low huts. The simple fences were useless to Søren. He could see the lower aborigines gathered in a mess. There were more than five or six members in a family.
It gave him a feeling of an African tribe. Even if it had a history of thousands of years, there was no civilization at all!
War, chaos, and killing.
The environment destroyed the hope of civilization. Only the oldest traditions and order were still maintained, and the numb rulers ruled these lower aborigines. The low huts formed a circle, and only the center of the tribe could be lit with relatively rare resin torches. Everything here was so primitive and barren. Søren could even see simple stone tools. Steel was also a very rare resource here, and it was mainly used for weapons and knives. However, he could see some bronze tools.
The small indigenous tribes were basically quite primitive. Only the tribes that had established towns had many skills.
In fact, life was far from as easy as you think.
The most basic things were 'clothing, food, shelter, and transportation'. Clothes were ranked before food. Perhaps in the more civilized mainland areas, clothes were something that could be bought with money, but there were not many transactions here. Søren saw a lot of lower aborigines who were not fully clothed. Many of the aborigines' children were basically sleeping with their buttocks naked. The clothes in the outer islands were mainly animal skins, linen, and other plant fibers. Animal skins were more valuable, and linen also needed to be planted and exchanged. If the location of the tribe was far away from the indigenous town, many of the most basic needs of life could not be met.
Here, the finished cloth was something that could be used as money for transactions and consumption! (Note: It was similar to the cloth used as a substitute currency in ancient China.)
Søren soon saw their food.
Basically, as expected, it was a kind of black porridge mixed with vegetables, leaves, and all kinds of other things. There was also a kind of ugly black bread on the side, which was similar to a hard wooden stick. Søren could tell that they had plenty of food, but there wasn't much oil or water. Their food was messy as well, because Søren saw a palm-sized spider. Most of the huts were like this. The inferior aborigines lived in groups. Even if they were mating, they did not avoid children. The children here were considered adults when they were about 13 years old.
Søren didn't stay for too long.
He walked along the muddy road towards the center of the tribe. To be honest, Søren couldn't understand the thinking of the aborigines. They had so much manpower, so why didn't they just clean up the road? Maybe they were used to this kind of living environment.
Patrolling guards appeared in front of them.
The ground near the center was actually paved with broken stones. Søren had just lurked nearby when he heard a series of rapid breathing, crashing sounds, and moaning sounds, and they came from more than one place. Maybe it was because of the habit of 'working at sunrise and resting at sunrise', the aborigines basically had no other entertainment at night. So their only entertainment at night was mating. As warriors with higher status in the tribe, they enjoyed more food, more resources, and more mates.
Everything in this area was much better than the outside. There were even decorative sculptures, and smoked meat, salted fish, deer legs, and so on hanging under the beams. The aborigines living here were the warriors of the tribe. They were basically professionals and had strong fighting power. They were supported by the inferior aborigines and had the right to speak in the tribe.
The number of warriors was uncertain.
But according to Søren's estimation, at least five people were needed to support one warrior. If this tribe didn't annex other tribes, at most there were about 300 warriors.
In terms of numbers, they didn't pose much of a threat to Søren!
Because he brought a lot of pirates with him, they could basically participate in the battle. However, there were a lot of old and weak women and children in this tribe.
As he got closer and closer to the center.
Søren inexplicably felt a sense of crisis. He carefully lurked closer and could see a few tall and majestic buildings. One of the buildings was very luxurious. Even the ground was covered with fur, and there were two tall aborigines standing in front of the door. This should be the residence of the chief of the indigenous tribe. It seemed that the living conditions here were no worse than that of many generations of aristocrats. Soran could also hear the sound of maids walking around. Soran heard the sound of people and footsteps, but he was not sure what was going on inside.
In addition to this luxurious residence, there was only a large courtyard nearby.
The source of Søren's uneasiness was this courtyard. Judging from the strange statues placed in front of the door and all kinds of mysterious patterns, it was no surprise that this was the place where the shaman lived. Søren felt a weak fluctuation of magic, but he didn't dare to approach because the spellcaster could set up an alarm trap, and this trap was very difficult to remove. It was possible that if he approached slightly, the other party would directly use a magic trap to discover him.
There was a very strong smell of medicine near the shaman's courtyard!
A very, very strong smell of medicine.
The smell was a little pungent, and it made people feel a little uncomfortable. It was as if they would be poisoned if they stayed for too long. The nearby houses were quite far from here. It seemed that the other people in the tribe feared the shaman more than they respected him. There were a lot of strange plant roots and body parts near the courtyard. Søren couldn't identify most of them, but this didn't prevent him from confirming that the shaman inside was an expert in potions!
At least in the branch of potions, "Toxicology", he was a first-class expert.
The indigenous people were good at using poisons.
This kind of knowledge was mainly in the hands of the shaman. They would pass on part of it, but the most important part was passed down orally by the shaman. Because of long-term exposure to potions, many of these shaman had poison resistance, and some even had a body that was directly immune to poison. They also had some abilities similar to dark witchcraft, including some strange curses.
There was a row of trees near the courtyard.
It was a kind of strange tree, about 25 meters tall, and the leaves weren't very wide. It looked like a kind of arbor, and the bark was white and gray. Søren glanced at it, and his expression gradually became serious. He quietly approached it, and then a throwing knife appeared in his palm out of thin air.
"This is?! … "
Søren carefully pierced a small hole in the trunk, and then carefully observed it. He only saw a trace of milky white liquid flowing out, and there seemed to be a faint fishy smell in the air.
His expression was serious, and he murmured, "Throat Sealing?! Arrow Poison Wood? "
Throat Sealing.
It was a kind of naturally poisonous tree, and its name was Arrow Poison Wood. It was a kind of tree that was commonly seen in tropical rainforests. When the milky white venom touched the wound, it would quickly paralyze the poisoned person's heart, seal the blood vessels, coagulate the blood, and finally suffocate to death. This kind of poison was very dangerous. If the dose of poison was relatively high, even an extraordinary body may not be able to withstand it. As for the ordinary pirates under Søren, if they were poisoned, they basically needed an antidote, and the probability of surviving was quite low.
"It seems that my decision was right!"
Søren couldn't help but have a cold sweat. He secretly rejoiced that he decided to come here personally today, and didn't recklessly let his men fight with the indigenous tribe. Otherwise, when the real fight began, the casualties of his men would definitely be quite heavy. Not to mention the indigenous people's other means, just the Throat Sealing poison alone was enough to make many people suffer. Most of Søren's pirates would be dead before they could even see them summon their elemental spirits.
"It seems that I have to think about it at length! If I want to make a move, I have to catch them off guard! "
Søren's figure lurked in the darkness. He took a deep look at the courtyard in front of him, then turned and walked out of the tribe.
The Shaman here was a big problem!
If he wanted to deal with the indigenous tribe, he had to carry out a decapitation operation. He and Vivian had to take the first step to get rid of the Shaman. Although he couldn't determine the level of his profession, it shouldn't be higher than the fourth grade. Basically, there were very few legendary level Shamans in the Outer Islands. Even if there were, they would be in the large indigenous tribes with tens of thousands of people. This indigenous tribe seemed to have a lot of resources, whether it was population, land, or other materials.
Even the Arrow Poison Wood was of great use to Søren!
Søren's trip this time.
He confirmed the threat of this indigenous tribe, and also confirmed his determination to get rid of them.
How could he allow others to sleep beside him!
These indigenous people were so dangerous, Søren absolutely couldn't allow them to live on this island. Perhaps the indigenous people's attitude towards outsiders was similar, but because they didn't know Søren's background, they didn't rush to attack.
Only one of them was destined to survive!
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(PS: I got up at 6: 30 in the morning to write. Maybe I feel that the updates during this period of time are not good enough, so I have to quickly compensate you. — — Futu Zi who is working hard to write. Today at 3: 00.)
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