Chapter 1175: The Strange-Faced Tribe’s Way of Getting Along
Gail crossed his arms and confronted the three strange-faced people. Although he didn't have a crossbow loaded, he looked like he was ready to attack at any time.
Feng Ying didn't quite understand how the situation developed like this in the blink of an eye.
Facing outsiders, the strange-faced people's sense of territory is indeed very strong, and it is not strange even if they directly attack.
What's more, there is a guardian tribe called Deter in their team who can be called a "lifelong enemy".
But isn't Gale a brother to the king of the strange-faced people? Why doesn't this relationship work?
Even if the strange-faced people in the Great Ant Mound Wasteland don't know Gale, studies have long shown that the strange-faced people rely on masks to confirm each other's identities. Gale's mask was carved by the king of the strange-faced people himself.
Your mask is too modified!
Feng Ying was about to remind him of this, but Gale suddenly took a big step forward, then waved the light crossbow like a hammer, and howled with his teeth and claws.
Thinking it was over and the conflict was inevitable, Feng Ying was about to draw her weapon to "silence" the witnesses, but the strange-faced people suddenly retreated.
They put away their blowguns and stone knives, yelled at Gale a few more times, and ran away.
"That's good enough." Gale put away his light crossbow with satisfaction.
Feng Ying couldn't help asking, "What did they say when they left?"
"I don't know! But it probably meant 'Let's go find our big brother.'"
Feng Ying didn't believe it and looked at Sandstone.
Sandstone, who failed to start the war, put away his shield with regret, "More or less, that's what it means, meow."
As if seeing Feng Ying's uneasiness and hesitation, Gale patted her on the back, "Don't worry! It's okay!
In the communication between our strange-faced people, identity and language are secondary, the key is momentum! Momentum!"
Feng Ying nodded blankly, but didn't dare to believe it in her heart.
The two people and the cat stayed there and waited for a while. The few strange-faced people who had left before came back with a strange-faced person carrying a rocket launcher.
"You." The strange-faced person seemed to know some human language. Just as he was about to ask, he was interrupted by Gale's wave of his hand.
"What's wrong with you?! We came here with the order of the king of the strange-faced people. How dare you draw your swords against us?!" Gale pointed at the mask on his face and shouted.
"You"
"Stop talking nonsense. You don't look like a leader. Where is Gaba? Take me to see him!"
Feng Ying and the strange-faced people were shocked by Gale's righteousness.
Especially the strange-faced person who knew human language, he seemed a little panicked.
In the simple thinking of the strange-faced people, there is no concept of "deception". The title of the king of the strange-faced people scared it a lot.
It quickly knocked and taught the three strange-faced people a lesson, then lowered its head and began to lead the way for Gale and the others.
"Hey, is this okay?" Feng Ying, who was following behind, asked quietly.
Gale didn't even lower her voice, "What's the problem? We came here with the order of the king of the strange face tribe. Do you think I'm lying? The strange face tribe never lies!"
"We still have to go hunting for meat, meow, and we don't know where we will be taken to meow."
Sandstone muttered all the way, obviously looking a little repulsive. Considering its origin, this is also natural.
Gale waved his hand indifferently, "It's okay. When they come to their territory, they will naturally entertain them. When they come to our territory one day, we will also entertain them well.
Don't be polite when interacting with the strange face tribe, and don't beat around the bush. Just say what you want, and they will give you whatever they can."
Feng Ying remembered this point firmly and prepared to ask if there was mud fish dragon meat later.
Led by several strange face tribes, the group came to a small oasis. There was a small lake in the center of the oasis. Some strange face tribes were gathering by the bonfire by the lake, grilling and dancing.
Gale looked around and explained, "This is not their base. Bases usually have a lot of totems and murals. This should be a temporary camp built during their outdoor operations."
Seeing their companions coming with two humans and a Deter, the Qimian tribe in the camp were a little agitated.
A Qimian tribe with a mask that was obviously more gorgeous and complicated shouted a few words, and after calming them down, he took the initiative to greet them.
"This should be the leader. Wow, he is quite young for a leader." Gale commented casually.
"You can tell that?"
The Qimian tribe came to them, "Are you hunters from the investigation team?"
Its common language is even more fluent than the king of the Qimian tribe.
"Yes, I am also a member of the Qimian tribe. Gala! The king of the Qimian tribe asked me to find you. Are you Gaba?"
The Qimian tribes who led the way quickly told the leader what happened before.
The leader seemed a little confused and uncertain.
It had contact with many people from the investigation team and was familiar with several hunters, but it did not recognize the two in front of it.
What do you mean you are also from the Qimian tribe? Although the mask was indeed made by the Qimian tribe, and it was of a very high quality.
Unlike ordinary tribesmen, it had received systematic education from Monroe (an experienced orc scholar) and knew concepts such as "talking skills" and "lies", so it asked tentatively:
"Is the flame on the King's Iron Crown still as bright as before?"
Gail pouted, "Okay, stop testing me. I gave it the brass chandelier on its head. It should have been here a while ago, and now it's heading west."
Hearing Gail accurately describe the favorite decorations and whereabouts of the king of the strange-faced tribe, the leader was relieved immediately.
It jumped twice and introduced itself: "I am, Gaba! Welcome to the wasteland as a visiting brother! How is Mr. Monroe? I haven't seen him for a long time."
"Mr. Monroe is old and his legs are not very good. He doesn't come out much. Oh, right!"
Gail remembered something and took out a portable camera (investigation tool) from his bag, "Come on! Let's take a picture together! Go back and show it to Mr. Monroe!"
"Take, take a picture?"
"It's not clear to explain. Let everyone get closer, get closer, squeeze together! That's it!"
"Snap——!"
A strong light flashed, and the huddled strange-faced people shuddered in fear.
Gail took out the photo from the camera, shook it, nodded with satisfaction after it appeared, and showed it to Gaba and the others, "It's a good picture, anyway, that's it!"
The strange-faced people jumped in surprise.
Gale, who was in high spirits, took a few more photos of them, and stopped only when all the film on her body was used up.
She gave the photos to the strange-faced people and told them how to keep them. The strange-faced people received them excitedly and danced a strange dance around the campfire.
Gale naturally joined in, and the oasis camp was in chaos.
Feng Ying, who thought she was quite lively and outgoing and good at dealing with people, watched this scene like an outsider.
She couldn't help but ask Sandy, who was also an outsider beside her, "Sister Gale, has she always dealt with the strange-faced people like this?"
"Yes, meow." Sandy scratched his beard, "When she met the strange-faced people in the wild, she could always get in first, meow, but other orcs couldn't do that, meow, and I don't know why, meow."
A long time passed like this, and Gaba loudly arranged for the other strange-faced people to prepare food, while Gale wiped the sweat from his forehead and came to Feng Ying.
"Oh, I haven't had so much fun in a long time. Bring Fufu with me next time!"
"Hmm." Feng Ying thought it would be better to tell An Xier about this.
"We have also found out the truth. In the Great Ant Mound Wasteland, there are indeed more than one place where gold pieces have been found.
The reason why Gaba brought people out was to find those."
Feng Ying was immediately nervous after hearing this, "Are the Qimian tribe also looking for the gold?"
"Yes, but the reason may be a little different from what you think." Gail's expression was a little subtle.
"Because of what happened a few years ago, Gaba was worried that possessing the gold would attract the anger of the 'Earth Mother' and cause an earthquake and disaster, so he collected the gold pieces."
"Hid them all somewhere?" Feng Ying asked anxiously.
"Throw them all into the bottomless cracks in the ground."
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