Chapter 1544: The Man-Eating Bear

"However, after they had been gone for a long time, we never saw them return. Then the people from Huaxia came. Those women said that our Tribal Chief, as well as the Bosa, had all been captured. They had all been defeated, and then Huaxia counterattacked."

Yegaer was a bit angry. This was the greatest loss their Wulenge Tribe had suffered in so many years. In the past, when fighting the Jiangshui Tribe, they had never suffered such a great loss. Now, they had actually been beaten like this by a Huaxia. What kind of tribe was this Huaxia, anyway? Why were they so fierce? Why did he know nothing about them? He had never even heard of this tribe before.

"Young ones, have the tribes around you also disappeared? Did they all lose to Huaxia as well?"

The children nodded repeatedly: "That's right, Tribal Chief. We gathered together to seize the territory of the Jiangshui Tribe, but we didn't expect to be beaten like this by Huaxia."

"Fine, fine, fine..." Yegaer was very angry. Not only were several tribes that had been difficult to develop now gone, but there was another point: a Bosa he had cultivated with great difficulty was also gone. A Bosa was not like a tribal chief, where any capable warrior could take the position; a Bosa was very precious. Otherwise, why would they only be distributed to large tribes and not to small ones? This loss was indeed great.

"Do you all still remember the way back? Do you know where that Huaxia is?"

"Tribal Chief, we know the way back, but as for where Huaxia is, we don't know, because we truly never saw the people of Huaxia."

Yegaer did not make things difficult for the few children; how much could they possibly know?

"Alright, alright, go find a place to stay yourselves. Just stay here and herd from now on. I will handle this matter myself."

The children were shooed away. They found a place here on their own, then found some wooden sticks or the like to build a shack to live in. As for food, they still had to find it themselves, or go find those Leaders and ask to work for them herding, so that they could get a share of food.

Wood was still a bit hard to find here because it was primarily grassland. Although one could see forests, they were very far away, and it was easy for the few children to become targets for wild beasts if they went over. With so much livestock here, how could it not be eyed by wild beasts?

In fact, livestock were snatched away every night here, but most of it was done by bears and leopards. They acted alone, and once they succeeded, they ran immediately. Wolves traveled in packs; if they didn't catch enough prey, they were reluctant to leave. But the longer they stayed, the more noise the livestock made, which naturally made it easy to attract humans.

In order to protect their livestock, humans would fight with their lives. A single wolf could not even beat an unarmed human, let alone a pack of wolves facing a group of humans holding Weapons. It was easy for them to end up staying behind as compensation for the humans.

And these children feared the flower bear most of all. It wasn't that it was powerful, but that it was too terrifying, very insidious and cunning. It would pretend to approach you and then suddenly attack, leaving you no time to react.

That wasn't even the most terrifying part. The most terrifying part was that it would eat people alive. Wolves, leopards, and the like would try their best to bite the neck to make you die quickly. Bears would start gnawing from the legs or arms. You could watch yourself being eaten while fully conscious, and if you were unlucky, you would definitely live for several days, being slowly eaten by the bear and tortured to death.

Here on the grassland, often in the early morning when it was misty, the flower bear would mingle with the yak herd, or stand upright to imitate humans. When people walked over, it would suddenly attack. Because humans were considered the most delicious in Nature by wild beasts, they all liked to eat people.

The few children became more and more afraid as they spoke, and more and more afraid as they thought about it. They felt as if a bear was behind them. Unfortunately, they were young and had no Weapons, so how could they resist a bear?

They understood all too well the pain of a person who was half-dead. If they were dead, it was fine; you could go out and gnaw on their flesh and it wouldn't matter. But if they weren't dead, what could you do? You just take a stone and smash their head. The smaller the child, the easier it was to smash open. *Crack! * It would shatter, and the white stuff inside tasted alright too.

This was a secret that belonged to these people, one that must never be spoken of. Everyone had a share; there was no escaping it.

The Tribal Chief called his Bosa over to discuss this matter. After Yegaer told the Bosa what he knew, he asked the Bosa: "What should we do now? My tribes have all been plundered; am I just going to do nothing?"

"Of course not, Tribal Chief. That is our territory, our wealth. Not to mention the people, how much cattle and sheep did those tribes have in their hands? Could it just be snatched away by them for nothing? That definitely won't do. And the Jiangshui Tribe's territory, we must also snatch it back. Those should all be things that belong to our Wulenge Tribe.

Those few tribes had quite a number of Soldiers. Since that Huaxia fought them, they must have suffered heavy losses and must have had many Soldiers die. It is impossible that our Soldiers died while theirs did not. Furthermore, our Soldiers must have all died completely.

They only dared to send people over to plunder after they knew that tribe had no Soldiers. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had such great courage, and it wouldn't take much effort to take them down.

Therefore, Tribal Chief, according to my guess, that Huaxia must have suffered heavy losses now and does not have many Soldiers left. As long as we send more Soldiers over, then we will definitely be able to snatch back everything we lost."

Yegaer felt this made a lot of sense. It had to be the Bosa; he was just smart.

"Bosa, then tell me, how should I arrange the people?"

"Tribal Chief, in my opinion, just transfer some more people from the surrounding tribes, or just let them manage those territories directly. This way, we will not only have Soldiers, but we will also have food.

Then, send some more Soldiers from here, and we will definitely be able to conquer Huaxia. By then, not only the cattle and sheep that were snatched from us, but also their own cattle and sheep, will all be ours.

And, Tribal Chief, I remember that this Huaxia seems to have Weapons made of a very precious material. As long as we defeat them, then their things will all be ours.

There are as many of those Weapons as you want. In the past, they wouldn't trade with us, but now we won't trade; we'll just go and snatch them. That's so much better. I feel it's even less trouble."