War in five days?
Lanling said, “Why are we going to war?”
Suomo said, “The Wild Horse Tribe crossed the boundary while hunting. When Constantine the Second led people to drive them away, a conflict broke out, and the Chimera Tribe lost over a dozen people. The chieftain felt his dignity had been tarnished, so he declared war on the Wild Horse Tribe.”
“Just that simple?” Lanling said.
Suomo said, “Of course not. The goal of both sides is Luoma Mountain.”
The Wild Horse Tribe was also a famous large tribe in the surrounding area, possessing powerful cavalry, and was two hundred li from the Chimera Tribe.
The two tribes had previously agreed that the summit of Luoma Mountain would be the boundary. The eastern half of the mountain belonged to the Chimera Tribe, the western half to the Wild Horse Tribe.
Tribes in the Savage Wilderness world rarely engaged in production. Most relied on hunting and gathering for survival.
The Chimera Tribe possessed approximately twenty thousand square kilometres of territory, and the Luoma Mountain range accounted for a quarter of it. But this mountain range had an abundance of beasts, accounting for a third of the hunting yield every time it was occupied.
So, Constantine had the intention of seizing the entire Luoma Mountain range.
The Wild Horse Tribe harboured the same intention, so both sides frequently crossed boundaries to hunt, and conflicts had occurred who knew how many times.
After small conflicts accumulated, they became a scheduled great war, one battle to determine victory or defeat.
The victorious side would occupy the entire Luoma Mountain range.
So for both sides, this was a battle they could not afford to lose.
“Once war breaks out, although there will be casualties, it also means being able to eat one’s fill every day, being able to eat enough meat.” Suomo said, “So every time war breaks out, it counts as a good day. Moreover, military merits can be exchanged for meat and gold coins.”
Lanling said in astonishment, “The Savage Wilderness world also has gold coins?”
Suomo smiled and said, “The Savage Wilderness world certainly has gold coins. It’s just that our Foreign Race Army is too poor. Every time the gold coins exchanged for military merits are quickly spent clean. Buying salt, buying cloth, buying leather, buying medicine all require money. So, after coming to the Foreign Race Army, you have not yet seen gold coins.”
Then Suomo wanted to find a gold coin to show Lanling, but discovered that after searching the entire cave he could not find half a gold coin. They were truly poor to the extreme.
“In short, the gold coins here are not as refined as the gold coins in your human kingdom. They are very coarse.” Suomo said, “But the weight is sufficient. One gold coin is a full three liang of gold. Of course, gold coins are a small matter. The most crucial thing is that you must establish military merits, stand out from the Foreign Race Army, let the brothers know you, remember you. Understand?”
Lanling had already heard the subtext in Suomo’s words.
Only with sufficient prestige could Lanling inherit the Foreign Race Army, and only then could he realise the ideals in his heart.
“Yes.” Lanling said.
“You sleep first. Tomorrow morning you still need to train.” Suomo said, “I will go wash my body. It is covered in blood.”
At this moment, the little girl was completely not sleepy, playing with the griffin chick to her heart’s content.
Dina brought extremely precious venison for the little girl, letting her feed the griffin chick piece by piece.
This little creature had only just been born and was already eating meat. And whoever fed it, it would become close to.
“Alright, time to sleep.” Lanling said.
The little girl refused, still wanting to play with the little griffin.
“It also needs to sleep. How about it sleeps together with us?” Lanling said.
Having learned the barbarian language, he could finally communicate with the little girl.
Just like this, the little girl hugged the little griffin, and Lanling hugged the little girl, lying on a straw mat to sleep. They were so poor they did not even have a bed.
And Dina was still working through the night, altering her newest and most beautiful clothes to make smaller, making little clothes and little trousers for the little girl.
These were clothes she herself was reluctant to wear often, yet she cut them up without the slightest heartache.
The next morning, Lanling and the little girl woke up.
Dina had already prepared breakfast. It was very tender venison, and fresh goat’s milk.
One did not know where she had conjured the goat’s milk from, but the portion was very small, only a small bowl of milk and a small plate of meat.
The little girl was very well-behaved when eating, eating whatever was given to her, and eating a lot.
Three adults and one child happily ate breakfast.
Lanling and the other two ate disgusting wild vegetable buckwheat porridge, and even more disgusting millet cakes, plus a piece of extremely coarse wolf meat.
But they ate with great relish, watching the little girl drink goat’s milk, eat delicious venison chops, and simultaneously feed the little griffin venison.
Suomo had said that although the Foreign Race Army was poor, they were willing to concentrate everything and give the best to the little girl. They could raise this little girl well.
“Rest assured and go train.” Suomo said, “Yaya will have people to take care of her.”
Indeed there would be people to take care of her, because the Foreign Race Army also raised some disabled wounded soldiers with missing hands and feet, among whom there were over a dozen women. These people, if placed elsewhere, would definitely have been abandoned long ago. Only in the Foreign Race Army could they still live.
These disabled soldiers, no matter how fierce and evil they were before, would now all become very good people.
Because Suomo would rather have everyone tighten their belts than abandon them.
As for the disabled soldiers in Earth films who had violent and dark tendencies, in this world there was completely nothing of the sort.
Because they lived too hard, they extremely treasured and were grateful for everything before them. They had no opportunity for resentment.
This batch of disabled soldiers was not many, never exceeding a hundred people. Because in the current environment, losing hands or feet meant death. Those who could survive were extremely few.
These disabled soldiers every day strived to eat less, and did what they could within their power, making contributions to the Foreign Race Army within their ability.
…
After bidding farewell to Suomo and the little girl, Lanling began a new day of hell trials.
Today, his lead block load was six hundred jin, and the deadwood sword in his hand also reached six hundred jin.
Total load: one thousand two hundred jin!
This weight completely reached the limit of Lanling’s body.
So, every day’s trial was hell!
Under Dina’s whip, Lanling once again ran in pain.
However, perhaps because Suomo had returned and the little girl was home, Lanling’s body today was in an excited state. Although this load completely reached his limit, he actually gritted his teeth and endured it.
At eleven in the morning, he completed half the trial, and the number of times he reached the painful limit was only nine.
It was again the wonderful hunting time.
A full five hours, Lanling hunted four wolves, three deer, five wild rabbits, and three pheasants!
This hunting ability completely left Dina speechless with admiration.
Unfortunately, ninety percent of this prey had to be handed over to the tribe. The remaining ten percent also had to be handed over to the Foreign Race Army as public property.
But the remaining venison, rabbit meat, and pheasant meat were enough for the little girl and the little griffin to eat for several days. The remaining pheasant feathers were even enough to weave a small skirt for the little girl.
Lanling only sucked the blood of four wild wolves. Although deer blood was very nourishing, it was useless to Lanling.
At four in the evening, Lanling went to bathe in the lake. Regarding the Fox Clan young wife Ali, Lanling no longer held out hope.
But unexpectedly, at four thirty, she actually appeared.
Seeing Lanling in the water, she actually directly jumped down, threw herself into Lanling’s embrace, and her small mouth directly kissed over.
Then, Lanling completed a high-difficulty rendezvous in the water.
Coming out of the water, they continued on the grass by the lake, on a giant rock.
Perhaps because it had accumulated for too long, this time they went at it for over an hour.
In the end, Ali once again melted into a puddle of water in Lanling’s embrace.
…
Lanling looked at the woman’s charming face, and discovered there were still bruise marks at the corner of her eye.
“He hit you?” Lanling asked.
Ali nodded.
“Where did he hit you?” Lanling asked.
Ali said, “I protected my face, so he mainly kicked my back, kicked my stomach. But my eye corner still took a hit.”
Instantly, Lanling felt a twitch upon hearing this, then listened to her heartbeat, felt her pulse, to see if she had sustained internal injuries.
“At that time I vomited three mouthfuls of blood and could no longer move. I thought I was going to die.” Ali said, “But for some reason, after three days I was fine.”
“Because you wouldn’t let him touch you, so he hit you?” Lanling asked, carrying a sinister killing intent.
Ali nodded and said, “At that time he was drunk. After hitting me he himself became frightened. He invited a shaman to treat me. Guru also said that even if I could survive, I would need to lie in ** for at least a year to recover. But after three days, I got up and was fine.”
At this moment, Lanling increasingly felt the heaven-defying nature of his own bloodline.
After the second wife’s tryst with him, she became addicted like she had been poisoned.
And the Fox Clan young wife Ali before him, after becoming intimate with him, had sustained such heavy internal injuries yet recovered without treatment.
“Then why didn’t you come to see me afterwards?” Lanling asked.
Ali said, “Because my eye corner was swollen, not good-looking.”
Lanling was instantly speechless!
Ali said, “Originally, I wanted to come three days later. But I truly could not endure it. My heart was burning with fire, an indescribable discomfort. My love, you must have poisoned my heart.”
Lanling said, “Yes, my thing is poisonous, and my soul is also poisonous.”
“Then poison me to death.” Ali said softly, “I want to be with you forever. Goufu has recently been stirring again, wanting to touch me. I want to ruin his **, so he can never touch me for his entire life.”
“You’ve decided?” Lanling asked.
“I’ve decided.” Ali said.
Lanling took out a bottle of poison he had long prepared. This was a certain type of virus, extracted from some diseased animals.
Ordinary skin contact was fine, but once it touched mucous membrane parts, it would immediately rot, and was almost incurable.
“When you wash Goufu’s ** again, pour this into the water.” Lanling said, “Remember, when you do these things, you must wear leather gloves. This poison takes effect after two days. After one day has passed, immediately have Goufu change his **. Then you burn this pair of **, destroying the evidence.”
“Remembered.” Ali said, “Will this poison kill someone?”
“It won’t.” Lanling said, adding in his heart: “But it will make him suffer worse than death.”
Then, Lanling said, “In the future, let us not meet at this place. This place is not safe. Let’s change to another place.”
That was a remote valley, where the grass was softer.
The next day, when Lanling and Ali were ** in the valley, she told Lanling she had already poisoned Goufu.
In her words, she was filled with unease, and also a trace of regret.
Lanling kissed her to comfort her, then stripped her bare again, and pressed her to the ground to dote on her for a while.
Very quickly, the unease in her heart dissipated.
“I am doing this for love, and it was my husband who wronged me first.” She told herself again and again.
…
Two more days passed!
Since Suomo’s return, four full days had passed.
These four days, Lanling’s cultivation once again broke through. His arm strength broke through nine hundred jin, advancing from a Level Six Warrior to a Level Seven Warrior!
However, tomorrow this kind of hell trial would temporarily stop.
Because tomorrow the Chimera Tribe would begin assembling its army to go to war with the Wild Horse Tribe, competing for the Luoma Mountain range.
And Lanling would also officially join the Foreign Race Army!
The official positions of the Foreign Race Army were completely based on strength. Lanling was now already a Level Seven Warrior, so he was no longer a squad leader of five, but a deputy centurion of one hundred.
His cultivation had originally ranked two hundredth in the entire Foreign Race Army. Now he had entered within the top twenty. It was truly advancing by leaps and bounds.
And it was on this very night!
Ali’s husband Goufu, the younger brother of the chieftain’s wife, finally received his retribution.
He had several times humiliated Suomo, and threatened to snatch away the little girl to make a dish for his wine.
Because his wife would not let him touch her, Goufu was incomparably furious, so he ran to the tavern to drink, then found wild women to vent his desires.
The so-called wild women did not mean wild human women. Rather, they referred to women in the tribe who were unmarried, or whose husbands had died, who sold their bodies for money.
The reason they were not called prostitutes was because in the Chimera Tribe, there were not yet specialised prostitutes.
These women were all part-time.
This evening after venting, Goufu suddenly discovered an unbearable itch below.
Then he untied his trousers and looked, and discovered his ** was completely covered in spots and patches, and had begun to fester.
He was instantly frightened out of his wits, fiercely beat the woman beside him half to death, then hurriedly ran to Shaman Priest Guru for treatment, and made him absolutely keep it secret.
After Guru extorted a sum of money, he began to treat him.
However, this was a virus. The little monster priest Guru could not cure it.
Goufu could only watch with his own eyes as his ** completely rotted away. The only way to survive was to cut it off by the root!
Every day after that, he had to suffer terrifying torment. That pain, that unbearable itch, was completely intolerable.
…
The next morning!
Chieftain Constantine urgently gathered all officers above the rank of centurion in the tribe for a pre-war mobilisation.
Of course, the centurions of the Foreign Race Army were not qualified to go. Only Suomo and Du Yan were qualified to enter the castle for the meeting.
“Our entire tribe has sixteen thousand brave warriors.” Constantine said, “I have decided to personally lead ten thousand brave warriors to attack the Wild Horse Tribe. The remaining six thousand will stay to guard the tribe, obeying my wife’s commands.”
“Yes!” The barbarian generals present shouted in unison.
Perhaps some found it strange. The entire Chimera Tribe only had fifty to sixty thousand people, yet had sixteen thousand troops.
This was very normal. Savage Wilderness tribes were like the nomadic peoples of ancient China, almost entirely militarised.
“This battle concerns the glory of our Chimera Tribe, concerns our destiny.” Constantine said, “Once defeated, we will not only lose the Luoma Mountain range, but all enemies will no longer fear us. They will madly pounce upon us, bite us to death, and devour us.”
“So, this is the battle of destiny for our tribe!” Constantine said heavily.
“Certain victory!” Du Yan immediately shouted.
Then, the others also followed in shouting, “Certain victory, certain victory!”
Constantine pointed to his daughter Ninian beside him and said, “This time, Ninian will also go to war with me. She is no longer young. Many people think I might marry her off to the young chieftain of another tribe. I solemnly declare here that Ninian is my precious pearl, the flower of our tribe. I absolutely cannot bear to marry her away. I will only select a son-in-law from within the tribe.”
The moment these words were spoken, not only Du Yan, but all the other outstanding young men had eyes blazing with light, gazing at Ninian with gazes filled with determination to win.
Those qualified to compete to marry Ninian were only three people.
The captain of the griffin knights, the great chieftain of the tribe’s cavalry, and the second chieftain of the Foreign Race Army, Du Yan.
Among these three outstanding young men, in terms of martial arts Du Yan was the highest, in terms of looks Du Yan was the most handsome, but in terms of status Du Yan was the lowest.
Chieftain Constantine continued, “I have decided that in this great war, whoever establishes the greatest military merit, I will marry my daughter to him!”
The moment these words were spoken, the entire venue completely boiled over. In Du Yan’s eyes, flames instantly blazed.
In the Savage Wilderness world, what was military merit? Human heads were military merit!
Ninian, he was determined to win! This flower of the tribe, he, Du Yan, would definitely marry!
…
At the same time!
Lanling and Dina, who were not qualified to go to the castle meeting, remained in the military camp cave!
Lanling was about to go to the Foreign Race Army to take up his post as deputy centurion. Tomorrow morning, he would go to war with the great army against the Wild Horse Tribe.
This time in the great war, the Foreign Race Army would dispatch eight hundred people, leaving three hundred to guard the home.
To take care of the little girl, and also to stay behind to guard the tribe, Dina would not go to war.
Dina handed a large bow to Lanling and said, “This is an eight hundred jin strong bow, my most cherished weapon. I hope you can kill many enemies and establish prestige in the army. In the Savage Wilderness world, human heads are military merit, human heads are everything. After killing the enemy, remember to cut off his ears. Every right ear represents a merit.”
Lanling nodded and said, “I will definitely try my best to harvest human heads, exchange for enough gold coins, and buy beautiful clothes for you and little Yaya.”
Dina said, “Only by establishing sufficient military merits can you establish prestige in the army. Remember, don’t lose too badly to second brother Du Yan!”