The hunt didn't end until the afternoon, and there wasn't a single living wandering orc left.
A looked at the corpses of orcs scattered all over the ground and let out a long sigh, "We finally got rid of them all. Thank you so much this time. Otherwise, they would have continued to plague our tribe for who knows how much longer."
"Our tribe won't be able to survive if these people stay here," Xi continued, waving his hand.
"Don't forget, they've come to our tribe several times, snatched away many sub-beasts, and killed many orcs. This was also for my own tribe. But Xia and his men are the ones who contributed the most."
"It's nothing. They also went to our tribe and almost took away our tribe's sub-beasts. Mu and Lie were also bitten by them, and Lie almost died." Speaking of what happened that day, Xia felt a pang of fear. Qiu Ye and Lie were almost dead.
After a pause, he continued, "If we don't deal with them, no one knows when they will come back to harass our tribe. We can't just lock up all the sub-beasts in the tribe and not let them go out to the patrol area."
"That's right. During that time, our tribe's sub-beasts couldn't go out to gather wild vegetables. Without enough wild vegetables, many sub-beasts complained of mouth pain."
Talking about these things, Jia felt irritated, especially the first time these roaming beastmen attacked them during the autumn hunt, which almost prevented them from surviving the winter.
"Father beast." Xuan came over as they were talking. "There are only 171 wandering beastmen here, three less."
"Is the brown-haired orc I killed counted?" Xia asked.
"Even after taking it into account, there are still three missing." Xuan frowned.
"Could three more of them run away?" Xi said in a deep voice. It would be very troublesome if they ran away. There were too few of them. If they were accepted by other uninformed tribes, it would bring disaster to that tribe.
"I killed one when I was rescuing that sub-beast. The body is over there, quite far away." Ya, who heard their discussion, came over and said softly.
"That's still two short."
"The two you mentioned should have been killed by us. We met them on the way here." The leader of the small group of orcs who came later said while standing not far away.
After saying that, he walked back to where his companions were and lay down.
They gathered together and lay at the outermost area, keeping a certain distance from the orcs from the three tribes.
They lay there licking their wounds, occasionally looking up at the sub-beasts surrounded by the little beasts, but they did not go over or say anything else.
Linghuan sat in the circle formed by the little orcs, looking at the group of orcs from afar, his fingers gently grasping the ground.
He wanted to go and stay with his brother, but he was hesitant because they were rescued from the roaming orcs by orcs from another tribe.
He didn't know whether this tribe was willing to let them return to their tribe. If his rash actions made the orcs of this tribe angry, then his brothers might be in danger.
He looked up at Xia. He knew that this orc named Xia was the leader of the tribe of the little orc who saved him.
However, Xia Zheng was discussing something with Jia and Xi, and Xuan was sitting next to Xia and didn't pay attention to this side.
He looked at Li again. Li was busy with his men dealing with the corpses of the wandering orcs.
Linghuan lowered his head somewhat dejectedly. None of the orcs who could make decisions had the time to pay attention to him.
The little orcs were also observing and caring for the seriously injured orcs.
Ya and Lie were still at the front, though now more relaxed, while Mu lay on the grass beside them.
Linghuan looked at Ya and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stood up. He walked behind Ya.
Ya was yawning, his paws rubbing against the grass, and blood had formed scabs on his fur, which made him very uncomfortable.
He noticed the sub-beast he had rescued approaching him, but he paid no attention and just focused on rubbing his claws on the grass.
Linghuan stood beside Ya for a long time without saying anything. Ya looked up at him with some confusion. Lie and Mu also turned to look at Linghuan.
Linghuan just stood there quietly, with his eyes lowered, looking nervous and hesitant, not daring to look at them.
"What's wrong with you? Are you hungry?" Ya stopped rubbing his claws.
Linghuan twisted his fingers nervously and looked up at Ya. He opened his lips but couldn't say a word. However, his eyes couldn't help but glance in the direction of his own people.
Seeing him like this, Ya understood what he was thinking, retracted his gaze, moved his body to make way for him, and then continued to rub his paws with his head down.
Mu had already turned his head and continued to lie down, while Lie had already walked to the water's edge to drink.
Seeing their reaction, Linghuan breathed a sigh of relief, and without hesitation, he ran towards his people. Seeing this, the other sub-beasts followed closely behind.
They ran all the way to the orcs of their own tribe without any hindrance, and no one stopped them at all.
The leading orc stood up when he saw them running towards him, and looked at them nervously until they came over safely, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he immediately changed into human form and took two steps forward to catch Linghuan who was running towards him. Linghuan jumped into his arms, hugged him and started crying loudly.
The orcs from the three tribes who heard the crying just glanced over there and continued doing their own things.
Jia looked at Xia in surprise, "I thought you would want to bring them back to the tribe."
Xia stretched and said calmly, "I have thought about it, but they are sub-beasts who have a home to return to. Their tribesmen have come to find them. Our tribe does not have the rule of forcing others to join."
"That's right. None of our three tribes have this rule. But your tribe does have too few sub-beasts. It would be great if they were willing to go back with you on their own." Xi looked at Linghuan and said. After all, the Qingshan tribe had the most orcs among the three tribes, but the fewest sub-beasts.
"Find a chance to ask those little guys to go and persuade them. If they can come, they can come. If they can't, forget it." Xia wagged his tail indifferently.
Xuan, on the other hand, kept staring at that place, not knowing what he was thinking about.
While they were talking, there was a commotion from the group of orcs.
They turned around and saw that the leading orc pushed away the spirit ring and took two steps back. He looked a little reluctant but extremely determined.
He transformed into beast form and let out a low roar, and the other orcs in their tribe stood up and followed him, ready to leave at any time.
"Brother!?" Linghuan's voice was filled with surprise, confusion, and a bit of grievance.
He immediately rushed forward again and tried to hug the other person, but the leading orc pushed him away again with his front paws and turned around without looking at him.
"Don't follow us." The leading orc's voice was a little choked. "Live a good life with them."
Their tribe was gone, and there were only thirty-four adult orcs and a few underage orcs left.
Apart from the eight Linghuan people who were rescued, there are no other living sub-beasts.
Linghuan and the others would not be able to have a good life if they followed them.
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