Chapter 966: Cunning Humans
Although they were camping in a safe camp, considering that the Qimian Clan attack had just occurred, Gordon and the others would of course arrange a vigil.
Before the strange-faced tribe entered the camp, it was discovered by Xianglan, who was responsible for keeping watch. It used an insect-like whistle to wake up the hunters.
The hunters continued to pretend to be asleep, wanting to see what the strange-faced tribe wanted to do.
In the end, it actually wanted to steal the inscription sword?
This was simply more infuriating than giving Gordon a knife directly, and his fist became harder.
Finding that it was a trap, the Qimian tribe wanted to run away.
If only Gordon, the sword wielder, was there, he might not be able to catch the strange-faced tribe who were light and agile and good at burrowing into the ground.
But with the equally flexible or even more flexible pork chop and pandan, the result will be different.
After a while, the strange-faced tribe was pressed down by two Ellu and tied into a rope ball.
The Strange Face Tribe struggled hard, but unfortunately couldn't break free. Gordon grinned and lifted it in front of him.
"Wait a moment!"
Mr. Monroe, who was awakened by the noise of being captured, watched this scene. It took him a few seconds to react and ran over in a hurry, "Don't kill it! Let me ask him first!"
Gordon was not prepared to really hold the strange-faced creature to death. After shaking it hard a few times, he raised it in front of Mr. Monroe.
“Quack, quack, quack!”
“Ga?”
“Kaba!”
Monroe exchanged a few words with the Strange Face Tribe before the latter fell silent and stopped answering.
Monroe asked a few more questions, but the strange-faced clan member turned his face away and said nothing as if he hadn't heard.
“A tough talk, right?”
Gordon, who was already very angry, shook wildly again, shaking the odd-faced creature dizzy, and it felt like its brains were being shaken to pieces, but it still refused to speak.
“It seems we have to find a way to extract a confession.” Hayata narrowed her eyes.
Heta also walked over. She looked at the bonfire that had not been extinguished, and pointed to the water pool deep in the cave, "Fire torture? Or water torture?"
“That’s not the case.” Hayata laughed dryly.
"Baka, snap, snap!" Monroe scolded in a stern tone, and then put his hand on the mask of the Strange Face Clan, trying to take it off.
“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” The Strange Face Tribe screamed and struggled wildly.
But it obviously couldn't break free of the loops of rope, let alone Gordon's big, iron-like hands.
Finally, it compromised.
He lowered his head, his whole "person" became weak, and muttered answers to Mr. Monroe's questions.
As the exchange continued, Mr. Monroe's expression became serious and strange.
Upon seeing this, Gordon asked: "How is it? Do you understand the situation?"
"Put it down." Monroe stroked his beard and said, "The situation is more complicated than we thought."
Gordon threw the Qimian tribe to Zhupa, and asked Zhupa and Pandan to keep a close eye on them.
“So what happened?”
“The previous attack was actually a robbery with a clear purpose.” Monroe frowned and said: “It was vague and confusing, but it probably means that this group of strange-faced tribesmen have no interest in harming humans.
But they are collecting ore, collecting a lot of ore.
The transportation team of the fourth phase of the Regiment contains a lot of ore, so it becomes a target for robbery. "
“Probably not. The Qimian tribe in the New World has a relatively high level of civilization and has mastered certain forging techniques, but they are only stuck in very rough smelting and polishing, and they cannot create it even if they collect a large amount of ore.”
Mr. Monroe pointed to the rough ore knife behind the Qimian Clan, which at first glance looked like a stone tool, "Just like this." "What else can the ore do?" Xianglan kicked the Qimian Clan. Feet, muttering.
Heta continued: "The Qimian language has fewer words, but I heard a word that means 'sacrifice', 'tribute' and 'sacrifice'.
But the previous sentence is too complicated and I can’t understand it. "
“Hmm.” Monroe nodded, “It did say that they collect ore in order to pay tribute. I asked it to whom it paid tribute, and it said it paid tribute to ‘the earth’, and also said that this was the order of the ‘gold priest’.
The word ‘golden priest’ is what I translated and summarized. The literal translation should be ‘priest wearing a mask made of gold’. "
The more Gordon listened, the more questions he had. He looked back at his golden sword with inscriptions.
I wonder if this guy mistook this big sword to be made of pure gold? So you came here specifically to get this sword?
“There is no need to investigate the location where the attack occurred.” Monroe continued: “Let us just take us to their tribe’s headquarters.
I want to meet the ‘golden priest’. Perhaps only from him can I understand the whole story. "
"Is there any risk if we enter the stronghold of the Strange Face Clan like this?" Hayata asked with some worry.
Mr. Monroe thought for a while and said: "This group of Strange Faces lives in the northern part of the Big Ant Mound Wasteland. Based on the density of resources there, there should not be too many Strange Faces in one tribe.
Moreover, most of the Strange Face Tribe will not stay in the stronghold, but will take turns to disperse in search of food. Therefore, the number of Strange Face Tribe in the stronghold will not exceed twenty or thirty at most. "
Gordon nodded and said: "If there are only twenty or thirty odd-faced tribesmen, it shouldn't be a big problem, but be careful with their blow darts and explosive bombs.
What I’m worried about is whether it’s possible for multiple Strange Faced Tribe tribes to gather together, just like what we encountered during the Strange Faced Tribe’s Festival.
The number of the Strange-Faced Clan is hard to say. Maybe there will even be a King of the Strange-Faced Clan. "
“Don’t worry about this. I just made an insinuation. Collecting ore as tribute is the behavior of their tribe, and no other tribe has joined.
There is no King of Strange Faces in their tribe, but they all obey the orders of the ‘golden priest’. "
Gordon felt relieved after hearing this.
The orcs in the wild generally don't lie, and they have no concept of "deception".
If the situation is as Mr. Monroe said, then this group of strange-faced people should not be able to pose a threat to them in terms of force.
“Pork Chop, please loosen the rope, don’t suffocate it to death.” Gordon said to Pork Chop.
“Good meow.”
“You and Xianglan take turns watching it, just don’t let it run away. You have to let it lead the way after daybreak.”
After speaking, Gordon looked at Monroe again, "But Mr. Monroe, how can we make it agree to take us to its tribe?
Orcs generally won’t reveal the specific location of their tribe’s headquarters at will, right? "
"Normally it won't be disclosed." Monroe said with a smile: "But it has already agreed. In fact, even if it is completely loosened now, it will not run away."
“Huh?” Gordon glanced at the strange-faced tribe that had calmed down and was looking around curiously.
Why did you suddenly become friendly?
“Because I told it that we are friends of the Strange Face Tribe and we will help them.”
How come we are already friends?
Hayata asked in confusion, "Do you mean helping to collect ore? Or something else?"
“I didn’t say it clearly, and I didn’t really promise anything, so let it be understood by itself.” Mr. Monroe stroked his beard and smiled, “This is the cunning art of human language.”
Everyone: “.”
Facing the disdainful looks of the young people, the old scholar cleared his throat and said, "Ahem. Of course, if you can help, you should try your best."
As long as we can help them solve some problems, we should be able to truly gain the friendship of this group of strange-faced people. "
(End of this chapter)