novelraw Chapter 314 The mantis stalks the cicada
Chapter 314 The mantis stalks the cicada
Chapter 314 The mantis stalks the cicada
Ling Chengen was not surprised by the attitude of the Cave Bear Clan. She stood still and watched them quietly, then turned to Shui Liudi and asked, "Which of them is the chief of the Youqi tribe?"
Shui Liudi said with a complicated expression, "The chieftain of the Youqi tribe did not come."
Ling Chengen tilted his head slightly and asked, "Who are these people?"
“His confidant,” Shui Liudi succinctly explained.
Ling Chengen nodded slightly, but before she could speak, the other party suddenly reached out his hand to her.
Du Qi reacted quickly, raising the dark gold longsword in his hand to block the hand reaching out to Ling Chengen.
The long sword was not drawn; the leather cord and tassels wrapped around the scabbard swayed gently. Du Qi, with a taut face, said coldly, "Step back."
"You greenhorn, this is none of your business, get lost—"
"Didn't your young clan leader want to talk to us?"
"What, you still want me to hide behind you...?"
Before the cave bear warrior could finish speaking, Du Qi had already drawn his sword and pressed the blade against the warrior's neck.
Du Qi showed no sign of retreat, his eyes sharp as a hawk's, the blade pressed against the shoulder of the Cave Bear Clan beastman already drawing blood.
Seeing that the other party was about to make a move, Ling Chengen merely raised his eyelids slightly.
Suddenly, the cave bear warrior in front of him drew a dagger from his waist and stabbed it heavily into his abdomen.
"Put the knife away." Ling Chengen turned his head to look at Du Qi and said to him, "Did Lin Ying teach you this?"
Du Qi sheathed his sword, his expression somewhat displeased, and said, "The boss told me to follow you closely."
Ling Chengen is very important to Beast City. As a warrior of Beast City, I have a duty to protect her when I go out with the young city lord.
Ling Chengen looked at the Cave Bear Clan warriors who suddenly panicked and whose attitude changed instantly, and waved behind him: "Go to the back and stay there. You are no match for them."
Looking at the sudden chaos and the Cave Bear warrior kneeling on the ground, clutching his abdominal wound, Shui Liudi stammered, "This, this..."
Ling Chengen nodded slightly to Shui Liudi and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."
Shui Liudi looked at the smile on Ling Chengen's lips and felt bitter inside.
She was saying she was sorry, but no matter how he looked at it, she seemed to have the aura of someone who was going to kill all these cave bear beastmen.
"What did you do?"
Seeing the chaos, Ling Chengen also drew his weapon. He merely raised his hand slightly, and the weapons in the hands of the Cave Bear Clan who were confronting them on the path were thrown away.
The sound of weapons hitting the ground finally made the Cave Bear Beastmen realize that the seemingly weak and frail young men and the young female Beastmen opposite them were no pushovers.
"What exactly are you?"
"What the hell is going on here?"
Ling Chengen said calmly, "If you still don't understand what happened, then it's no wonder your Youqi tribe was wiped out."
Although I knew that the situation in the tribes deep in the mountains was basically like that, these people were indeed a bit disgusting.
Ling Chengen raised his hand: "Take away their weapons, and let one of them go back to deliver a message."
Du Qi raised his hand and swept all the weapons on the ground aside.
Although those orcs were stronger than Du Qi, they were afraid of the unknown power and therefore dared not make any rash moves.
Du Qi casually picked out someone who didn't look very strong, picked him up from the ground, and said, "Have your clan leader come here in person, and... don't let the half-dog clan find out what you're doing."
"Ming, I understand..."
Du Qi carried him to the roadside, ignoring whether his legs were weak or not, and went straight back to Ling Chengen's side, staring at the several cave bear beastmen who were squatting on the ground, angry but not daring to speak.
Ling Chengen turned and walked back into the cave, with Hai Xian following behind her.
The sudden change shocked Hai Xian, but looking at the calm and collected warriors around Ling Chengen, he realized that he had overreacted.
"Young City Lord, what do we do now?"
"Simply sending their people back to inform others... wouldn't that be..."
Ling Chengen sat on the rock, unscrewed the lid of his water cup, took a sip of water, and then said slowly, "What are you afraid of? Even if a conflict really occurs, I can at least guarantee that you will leave unharmed."
"The cave bear orcs are indeed foolish, but when faced with life and death, they will still choose the option that is most advantageous to themselves."
Hai Xian said, "I'm afraid they won't believe what we say."
Ling Chengen moved his fingers, took out a metal cage from behind him, and handed it to Hai Xian.
"Take it."
After taking the cage, Hai Xian looked at the spider that kept ramming against it and exclaimed in shock, "What is this?"
"Fu Tong's informant was also one of the orcs who reported information to them."
"Won't this person's disappearance alert the enemy?"
Ling Chengen tilted his head and said, "So, I ordered the warriors of the Crow Clan to eliminate them as much as possible."
After all, now that they knew who sent the spider-beastmen to monitor the Habitat Tribe, those little spiders were no longer of any use.
Keeping them around would only get in the way, so it's better to just clean them up.
As for whether it will alert the enemy.
That doesn't matter.
The half-dog tribe, holding the stolen salt powder, made demands of Fu Tong.
Fu Tong's decision was to have several large affiliated tribes of the neighboring Youqi tribe besiege and eliminate the Half-Dog Tribe, and seize the salt.
This means that the salt is still in the hands of the half-dog tribe.
If the Cave Bear Clan is pragmatic and willing to cooperate with them, that would be ideal.
However, if the Cave Bear tribe does not believe this and insists on protecting the interests and honor of their tribe, they will fight them.
Therefore, she will not interfere in the life or death of the Youqi tribe. She will only stab them in the back when they are besieged by those affiliated tribes of Daxing, then take back the salt and escape quickly.
Sweeping away these lurking spider warriors was simply a way to push things in the direction she wanted.
The warriors of the Crow Clan also gave her a detailed introduction to Fu Tong's personality and style of doing things.
By all accounts, he doesn't seem like someone who would be patient and reserved.
It is estimated that once they realize their subordinates have been discovered, they will only speed up the process of deploying troops to encircle and annihilate the Youqi tribe.
As expected, after waiting for half an hour, the Crow Clan warriors returned ahead of time to report. "Young City Lord, their chieftain is very angry and has brought a lot of people over. It seems they intend to capture and kill us."
Ling Chengen looked down at the Cave Bear Clan warriors, who were bound hand and foot and sitting back to back on the ground, and asked in confusion, "Your clan leader doesn't seem to care much about the lives of you clansmen? Are you really his confidants?"
"Nonsense, if we weren't the chieftain's confidants, would he have brought people to rescue us?"
"You outsiders..."
The bound men were cursing and swearing. Because their swearing was so vulgar, neither Shui Sheng nor Shui Liudi intended to translate. They simply turned their faces away, not wanting to look at these idiots anymore.
Ling Chengen clicked his tongue twice and said, "Forget it, let's retreat!"
She waved her hand, and Shu Dan, along with several crane warriors, carrying the orcs of the Hailing tribe, as well as Shui Liudi and Shui Sheng, left directly from where they were, ignoring the few cursing prisoners.
Those ropes couldn't have restrained them in the first place. After all, in this world where superpowers are rampant, those warriors also possessed superpowers. They were only intimidated by their aura and methods, so they obediently sat in place and waited for rescue.
……
Because the cooperation talks with the Youqi tribe failed, Ling Chengen ordered the Crow Clan warriors to keep an eye on the movements of several territories surrounding the Youqi tribe.
Fu Tong's prestige among these subordinate tribes was indeed very high. By nightfall, she had mobilized the fighting forces of three surrounding tribes and rushed to the southern foot of Zhaoshi Mountain before dark.
The three tribes are Xuanji Tribe, Poguang Tribe, and Songji Tribe.
The Xuanji tribe is a medium-sized tribe with a population of about five thousand.
Both Poguang and Songji are small tribes, one with a population of about 1,300 and the other with a population of just over 1,000.
The combined population of the three tribes is only 7,500.
It doesn't even compare to the population of a third-rate large tribe.
However, the combined fighting strength of these three tribes is far greater than that of the Habitat tribe, which has a population of just over two thousand.
Especially Poguang and Songji, although they are small tribes, they are somewhat similar to the Stone Forest in composition, mainly consisting of large orcs, and their attack power is not weak.
The Xuanji tribe is also a multi-ethnic tribe, with large orcs making up 60% and medium and small orcs making up 40%.
The warriors of the three tribes traveled for most of the night and arrived at the edge of the territory of the Youqi tribe at around 3 a.m.
The neighboring Goan tribe seemed to sense that something was wrong, so they had already notified their people to take refuge and find a place to hide.
Ling Chengen had already woken up when he received the message.
Anticipating trouble in the latter half of the night, she informed everyone in the team after dinner in the evening to take a break and rest, as there would be an operation in the latter half of the night.
……
The heavy darkness enveloped the entire Zhaoshi Mountain, and danger descended upon it.
Ling Chengen knelt on Du Qi's back with one knee on the ground and whispered, "Listen to my orders in a moment. After they fight, take advantage of the chaos to find a few marked half-dog orcs. Be discreet when you move, and make the fight quick and decisive. I will cooperate with your attack. Remember that?"
"clear."
Du Qi nodded and, following Ling Chengen's instructions, immediately led her into the woods.
The soldiers behind him followed closely, but kept a certain distance, and the whole process was quiet.
Because the Raven Clan had conducted prior reconnaissance and identified several core members of the Half-Dog Clan, especially a few powerful orcs who were also quite aggressive and unrestrained.
The half-dog orcs and the cave bears do have many similarities; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to coexist peacefully and run a tribe together.
They seemed oblivious to the need to keep a low profile when doing bad things. Behind the backs of the Cave Bear Clan, they were secretly discussing what kind of treatment they wanted from the Great Xing Tribe, indulging in unrealistic fantasies.
Ling Chengen's target is the leader of the half-dog tribe. The probability that the spatial container containing salt is hidden on him is at least 50%.
This person is a level 14 water-type warrior.
This person doesn't use his special abilities often, so when the Crow Clan was initially keeping an eye on him, they thought he didn't have any special abilities.
Later, Shui Liudi said that the most powerful person in the Half-Dog Clan was a fourteenth-level water-type warrior, and also the only warrior in the Half-Dog Clan whose superpowers exceeded the twelfth level.
The reason this person was able to become the leader of the half-dog tribe was not only because he had the highest level of superpowers, but also because this water-type beastman had mastered the transformation between ice and water. Therefore, he was able to break through the surface of the Huiye River in the cold winter and lead the half-dog tribe to fish on the river to supplement their food supply during the cold season.
This is why the Youqi tribe and the Wen'e tribe, which live on the opposite bank of the Huiye River, are irreconcilable enemies.
The Wen'e tribe felt that their territory had been invaded and that this section of the Yejiang River belonged to them. The half-dog tribe, relying on a level 14 water-type warrior, dared to enter their territory to fish.
Is that fishing?
That's like blatantly reaching into their granary and stealing their food rations!
Therefore, small-scale conflicts easily occur between Weng geese and Youxi during the cold season, and seven out of ten times these conflicts escalate into violent brawls.
Shui Liudi did not intend to participate in their plan to raid the Youqi tribe at night, and also prevented Shui Sheng from following them.
Shui Liudi may not be a powerful clan leader, but he knows very well that their relationship with the City of Ten Thousand Beasts is not deep enough to warrant risking their lives for each other.
They lived on the edge of Zhaoshi Mountain, surrounded by several tribes. Everyone knew each other. Once the orcs of the Youqi tribe recognized their faces, they would definitely face endless trouble in the future.
Ling Chengen and his group only stopped here temporarily to search for the extremely valuable salt powder. Once they found it, they would leave without taking the people of the Southern Tribe with them. Therefore, once they got involved, they would have to bear all the anger of the remaining members of the Youqi tribe alone.
Getting involved in this matter is a thankless and exhausting task.
Therefore, when Shui Liudi faced Ling Chengen, he felt somewhat guilty and ashamed, but he still made his thoughts and stance clear.
Ling Chengen didn't intend to force them. She had only gone to the southern region to borrow people to solve the problem of language barriers.
Now... let's just fight.
Shui Liudi left with Shui Sheng at dusk.
When Du Qi led Ling Chengen closer to the settlement of the Youqi tribe, they found that the tribe was in complete chaos.
The three tribes sent a large number of warriors, and with their armies pressing in, the orcs of the Cave Bear and Half-Dog tribes, whose mental fortitude was not very good to begin with, were now completely disoriented.
The Cave Bear Clan was baffled, but the Half-Dog Clan, who had been summoned to the meeting, was filled with unease.
Du Qi whispered, "The person we're looking for has been summoned to the Cave Bear Clan for a meeting."
Ling Chengen raised his hand to his lips, using his supernatural ability to connect with his brain, and reminded him, "Don't talk anymore, their hearing is very good."
However, the mountains were in chaos, and the stone cave where the meeting was taking place was noisy, so Du Qi's voice was not heard.
Ling Chengen has already used his supernatural abilities to thoroughly understand the situation of every orc in the cave.
There are seven half-dogs inside the cave.
The Cave Bear Clan consists of twelve people.
Perhaps it was her actions during the day that finally made the Cave Bear Clan chief realize something was wrong, and he was now sternly questioning the half-dog beastman.
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