I didn't want to do something that would lose money, so I immediately led the Mila people to break through to areas with fewer Haru people.
This forest is so large that there isn't just one main road and a few smaller paths to walk through.
These places are simply paths formed by wild animals frequently traversing them, plus the occasional trimming of overgrown weeds and thorns by some herbivores along the roadside.
Without the obstruction of weeds and thorns, the road is much easier to travel than through the thickets.
However, given the current situation, we have no other choice. Now, our only option is to preserve the tribe's strength and escape successfully.
Let alone crawling through grassy hollows or thorny thickets, even if it meant crawling through a dog hole, we would climb in without hesitation.
Haru clearly didn't expect us to bypass them and choose an easier route to break through.
Haru's purpose in ambushing us here is to keep us here. As long as we can stick together and buy time, their reinforcements will arrive soon.
They firmly believe this, and having waited here for so many days, they are not about to let us go so easily.
Seeing that we had no intention of fighting and were only thinking about escaping, many Haru began to chase after us.
While chasing, they didn't forget to shoot arrows from their hands. Some tribesmen were accidentally hit by arrows, and their bodies immediately turned black and purple.
He hadn't gone far when he collapsed, foaming at the mouth. The poison from those arrows was indeed deadly; now it was even less likely he could fight those Haru head-on.
I looked at the fallen Mila people, and although I knew this was war and casualties were inevitable.
However, seeing these people I had spent every day with, who had worked and eaten together the day before, laughing and talking, now lying forever on this land, I still felt an indescribable sadness.
But now is not the time for me to be distracted by these things. If the problem is not solved, more and more of our people will fall like this.
Haru's actions completely enraged me. We are not a machine that enjoys war and killing.
If possible, we simply want to live in peace with everyone, like we did with the Asaida tribe, and develop and thrive on our own land.
But reality is always so disappointing. These Haru don't know what belief supports them to expand so vigorously and eliminate all creatures that threaten their position.
The Asaida tribe may have invaded their land, but the Mira tribe had never participated in it and suffered an undeserved disaster.
If one person's misfortune drags everyone down with them, then everyone, in order to save their own lives, will have no choice but to unite and kill that unfortunate person.
This has nothing to do with morality; it's the law of nature, the law of survival. We're all out here with our families, trying to make a living. Since you want my life, of course I won't be polite.
Those arrows that hit Haru, a member of the Mila tribe, couldn't escape my ability to detect movement.
They are the ones charging ahead and shouting the loudest right now.
Since you like using poison, fine, let me show you the effects of aconitine in my hand!
I still have a small jar of aconitine concentrate left over from when I was dealing with the Sand Beast.
I'm feeling really frustrated right now, with nowhere to vent my anger. Since these Haru are looking for death, let them try. Poison isn't their exclusive skill.
As I ran, I rummaged through all the magazines I had on me. I pulled out the arrows, dipped the arrowheads into the jar containing aconitine, and then put it back the way it came.
After processing all the arrows, I handed the jar to Susu and told her to apply aconitine to the arrowheads as I had instructed.
Su Su naturally knew what I was trying to do. This jar of stuff was something Su Su had never seen before.
However, judging from the master's cautious handling, it must contain a highly poisonous substance, the kind that can cause death with just a small dose.
Su Su saw a man filled with murderous intent. Even when the three of them were surrounded by hundreds of Haru, her master had never been this angry. Perhaps this was the instinctive anger of a family member facing calamity.
Susu's family was all killed by Haru, and their bodies were never found intact. Susu naturally hated these red-haired Haru; they were devils who deserved to be sent to hell.
Su Su took the jar from my hand and moved even faster. In just a few breaths, all the crossbow bolts in the magazines, just like mine, had been replaced with poisonous arrows that had a magical damage effect.
I am equally confident in the aconitine I have concentrated. As long as the skin is slightly broken, the venom on the arrow will instantly enter the bloodstream, causing the heart rate to surge.
Their death won't be long, but it certainly won't be easy. Aconitine can cause all the body's organs to fail instantly, leaving Haru immediately incapacitated.
However, its heart does not stop working so quickly; instead, it increases the frequency of blood delivery to various organs.
At this point, most of the body's organs have failed, and naturally, they are unable to properly process the blood that has been transported to the body.
This results in blood only being able to enter but not exit, and before long, the immense pressure on various organs from the heart will cause them to burst, leading to massive internal bleeding.
The key is that you can only silently endure this immense pain, and you have lost even the right to cry out.
Because the central nervous system that controls muscle movement has already been severed by aconitine, the vocal cords no longer vibrate.
The death we perceive is not true death. The first form of death is the cessation of heartbeat; the second is the complete cessation of brain function, which is true death.
Aconitine is not a poison that directly attacks the brain system.
Therefore, even for more than ten minutes after the other person's heart stops beating, the brain can still remain relatively clear, and one can feel the sensation of the body slowly bursting as if being inflated.
In order to minimize casualties among the Mila people, Susu and I went to the very back of the group to cover the rear.
Seeing that we were only focused on running away and had no intention of fighting back, the Haru, having tasted a bit of success, became even more unrestrained.
They were worried we would shoot them with crossbows, but now they jumped out and began to fire their bows and arrows at the fleeing tribesmen in a rhythmic manner.
Are you really treating us like prey and starting to enjoy the thrill of the hunt?
Great! Excellent!
I secretly thought to myself, "Great!" Now it's time for these Haru to enjoy themselves. This time, it's Susu and I'll take good care of them!
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