Tumo's body that was several times larger than a male lion nimbly leaped on the open space of the harbor. After more than ten leaps, he arrived in front of Yaj, who was the first to disembark from the ship.
"Guest from the mainland, Tumo, the son of the Black Lion King, greets you." As though he was stunned by the woman's beautiful face, the lion beast was stunned for a while before greeting in a condescending manner.
"The mighty and powerful son of the black lion favored by the god, the descendant of the Golden Velvet Flower, Yaj greets you." Even though Yaj had never seen this black lion warrior in front of her before, judging from his unusual huge body and how he called himself, she knew that he must be the son of a headman with a high position in the Nado tribe. For this reason, she respectfully bowed and said.
When Tumo saw that the woman was very respectful, a satisfied look appeared on his face as he took the initiative to explain, "I've just reached adulthood and obtained a god-bestowed body, so you may not be familiar with me. However, I'll be guarding the harbor every two days, so we'll slowly become friends."
"Isn't His Highness Adalu the guardian of the few major harbors in Nado?" Yaj was stunned and blurted out.
"Brother Adalu has led the Guardian Legion to quell the tribal rebellion in the Southern Firepower Mountain Range. The few harbors that he guards have been distributed to me and several other chief warriors by the elders," the lion beast said with a blank expression. "I heard from the chief of the patrollers that you've deliberately brought him the mainlander's battle armor. If the fleet had come a few days earlier, it might have come in handy."
"His Highness Adalu is brave and powerful. Even without the Thunder Armor, he'll still be able to win." Sensing that her gaffe had caused the dissatisfaction of this tribal prince who had not yet obtained the title of 'His Highness,' a charming smile bloomed on Yaj's face. "As for those armors, I hope that I can offer them to you as a congratulatory gift for the warrior's adulthood."
Even though he thought highly of himself, he had just become a warrior from a child after all, so he did not understand the magical use of the word 'power.' When Tumo heard that the female merchant actually wanted to give the armor that was originally meant for his brother to him for free, he did not know how to answer.
As his gaze flickered, he saw a black-haired young man squatting on the ground beside Yaj, rubbing the ground. Looking around, he asked, "Miss Yaj, what is your companion doing?"
"He … He's probably studying the stones on the ground," the woman replied with a forced smile as she saw through Tumo's naivety. "Chief Tumo, my companion is an obsessed scholar. He often does ridiculous things that people don't understand.
However, he was indeed knowledgeable. When he encountered a shipwreck and was stranded on an island in the Hellfire Archipelago, he was even respected as the 'Pundit' by the indigenous tribe there. It was also with the information of that island that he managed to exchange for the opportunity to sail to the Nutao Sea and a token from Chief Lumoluki … "
Speaking of this, Yaj patted Zhang Lisheng's shoulder. "Lisheng, tell Chief Tumo what are you doing?"
"I'm studying the ground of this harbor! It's' alive '! It's' alive '…" Zhang Lisheng raised his head and stuttered with excitement and horror written all over his face.
"What did you say?" It was apparent that Yaj could not understand the young man's words. On the other hand, the tall lion beast by the side looked down at Zhang Lisheng and suddenly said proudly, "Looks like you do have some wisdom! To think that you can actually see the truth with just a glance! That's right! This harbor and the city behind me are the masterpiece of the gods! They're living things!"
"Really? A living city? This is really …" When the young man heard Tumo's words, he stood up and was so excited that he was incoherent. Taking out a string of polished round gems from his arms, he presented it to the lion beast with both of his hands. "Great Black Lion's son, I've brought Chief Lumoluki's token.
He promised me that I can freely study all the creatures in the Nado tribe's territory … "
"But it doesn't include any god-given items." Having guessed what the black-haired young man in front of him wanted to say, Tumo shook his huge head resolutely and answered first. After that, he picked up the bracelet from Zhang Lisheng's hand with his nails and looked at it carefully before holding it in his palm. "But this is indeed Brother Lumoluki's token, so I'll give you the 'freedom' you want …"
As the lion beast was speaking, he turned around and roared, "Anuno, send a team of Big-toothed Wolf Soldiers to protect this mainland scholar and listen to his orders!"
"Yes, Sir Tumo!" Not far away, a wolf head warrior leader who had sawtooth-like sharp teeth and was more than two meters tall when he stood up replied respectfully.
"Chief Tumo, I can repeat to you the information that I've told Lord Lumoluki …" The young man who was rejected said unwillingly.
"What a cunning mainlander! It's Brother Lumoluki's task to inquire about the information of the other archipelagos in the Hellfire Archipelago. Of course, it's up to him to personally report to Father and the elders after he returns to the tribe. I don't need to know about it." Tumo looked at the black-haired young man in front of him in disdain and waved his sharp claws. Then, more than ten wolf head warriors surrounded Zhang Lisheng and left the harbor.
In the next few days, this team of Big-toothed Wolf Soldiers stayed with the young man day and night, following him to wander around the Nado's territory, secretly verifying the shocking speculation.
During his free time, Zhang Lisheng gradually learned more and more information about the Nutao Sea from these wolf head soldiers. He learned that this mysterious area was located in the upper part of the Hellfire sea region. It was made up of two large islands and one small island that formed a triangle with three giant islands as its backbone. More than 99% of the Hellfire tribes were slaves.
They were enslaved by less than 1% of the slave-master tribes that had different names in the Nutao Sea but claimed to be born from the Hellfire tribesmen and had become a higher race because of the god's favor.
Here, whether it was the slave tribe or the slave owner tribe, there was no shadow of a guardian spiritual monster at all. The weapon used to fight against the island's ferocious beasts and wild spiritual monsters was a series of God-bestowed shells.
The only difference was that the slave-master tribes had the ability to produce such shells. Not only that, the god-bestowed shells that the warriors were equipped with were more powerful. The slave tribes, on the other hand, obtained this powerful weapon from the suzerain tribes that they relied on to maintain the survival of the tribe in exchange for freedom, dignity, and labor.
The structure of these poor slave tribes was actually similar to that of an ordinary Hellfire tribe. They also had totem poles and tribal history books, but the ones who collected the power of faith were replaced by the elders of the slave-master tribes instead of the guardian spiritual monsters.
The slave-master tribes, on the other hand, were jointly ruled by the king elected by the chief warriors and the tribal elders. The elders held all the internal power while the king, who was equivalent to the tribal headman, was in charge of the tribal army and the power of conquest under the support of the chief warriors.
For thousands of years, slave master tribes and slave tribes, slave master tribes against slave master tribes, slave tribes against slave tribes, slave tribes against slave tribes, and slave tribes against slave tribes had been at war with each other. The internal friction caused the most powerful tribe in the Nutao Sea to be unable to expand across the sea. Fortunately, the three islands were wide enough, so no one felt regretful about it.
After Zhang Lisheng learned these secrets intermittently, it had been a week since he came to the Rovan Island. Seeing that the trade between the land caravan and the Nado tribe was about to be completed, in the evening, he, several wolf head warriors and a large group of ragged native boatmen set foot on the black reef island that was closest to the Rovan Island.
"Stop the boat and pack up the camp! If we still haven't set up camp by sunset, I'll tear all of you in half!" The instant they arrived on the island, the Bucktooth Wolf chief shouted at the aborigines whose clothes were barely covering their bodies. Then, he looked around the shore with the help of the setting sun and asked the black-haired young man by his side, "Sir Scholar, do you actually have the creatures you need on such a desolate island?"
Even though he was only a one-feather chief of the lowest rank of the Nado tribe, this chief warrior showed an indescribable arrogance in front of the enslaved slave tribe's boatmen. He only maintained an equal attitude towards Zhang Lisheng.
"Chief Harisha, no matter how desolate an island is, there will still be lichen-like vegetation. It's also a kind of creature." Looking at the ignorant look of the tall 'werewolf' beside him, the young man casually replied.
At the same time, the boatmen who heard the reprimand began to quietly and hurriedly remove the wooden poles and pieces of extremely tough leaves that were densely sewn together from the wooden boat. Using the wooden poles as pillars and the leaves as walls, not long after, they built a green tent.
Unless there was a rebellion, the natives of the slave tribe would always appear to be very docile. Of course, the more obedient they were usually, the more tyrannical and cruel they would be when they rebelled. For this reason, the wolf head warriors who had fought against the rebellious tribe before were not paralyzed by the docility of these fishermen.
"Tutula, Musa, Atida, all of you will keep watch tonight. You're not allowed to take off your 'shells.'" The sky had already turned dark, so the chief warrior pointed at the boatmen who had gathered together with their heads lowered and said without concealing his malice, "Be careful of these fishermen. Kill them all if there's any unusual movement."
"Yes, Sir!" The wolf warrior whose name was called nodded heavily. At this time, the other warriors began to take off their 'wolf skin.'
The spines of these wolf-headed monsters began to crack open one by one. Half of their bodies were covered in thick sticky liquid as they automatically turned into balls of flesh covered in green hair at their feet, revealing the indigenous warriors hidden in their 'shells.'
Zhang Lisheng looked at the Bucktooth Wolf soldiers who had taken off their god-bestowed shells that were even smaller than the fishermen. Even though it was not his first time witnessing such a spectacle, a strange brilliance still gleamed in his eyes.
"The twisted power of evolution." The young man turned around and walked towards the deserted part of the reef island while muttering inexplicably with his head lowered, "Biochemical weapon.
The ability to control earth and water, life shaping and repair … What a wonderful coincidence.
If my expectations can really come true, then perhaps fighting against the Atlanteans is no longer an extravagant hope … "
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