I just wanted to scare them away and tell them not to hurt my people. I had no intention of killing them. After all, their species is so pitiful. There's no need to do anything drastic unless it's necessary.
But judging from the appearance of the hyena man standing at the other end, I was afraid that he would not dodge at this moment. Since he would not dodge, I would probably run him over with my horse, or hit him with the Golden Que Sword. I had no intention of killing them for the time being, so in this emergency, I could only pull the reins and shout "Whoa!" Sanfu stopped urgently, with both front legs standing up, and when he stood up, his body was almost at ninety degrees to the ground.
This angle almost made me fall, but at least I stopped. In front of Sanfu's front legs stood the motionless hyena man. I couldn't understand why it didn't want to die. It didn't move at all. If I was a little late, it would have been killed or trampled to death. There was a bit of luck involved.
I gasped. I never thought that a hyena man would have such determination. I also couldn't figure out what it was trying to do. Even ants try to survive, but it's incredible that a guy with a little bit of human brains like this actually despises his own life.
After reining in Sanfu, I pointed the Golden Que Sword at its raised face and continued to scare it, trying to make it retreat. When it still looked at me and I pointed the sword at it, all the hyenas froze and none of them dared to move. I looked back and saw that Yunwen and the others had also successfully entered the yard of the post station, and the threat was temporarily lifted.
The hyena people attach so much importance to this guy's life, which shows that his status is not low. He is most likely the hyena king.
"Hey, why don't you hide? Since you are on the throne, why are you so careless about your life and seeking death?" I asked.
I don't know if it understood what I said, but I saw it kneel down suddenly, and as it knelt down, all the hyenas around it knelt down. I was stunned. What was going on with the sudden kneeling? It said a lot of gibberish to me, and I didn't understand a word. It was anxious and I was anxious too, but I realized one thing, it seemed that they didn't seem to be hostile.
If they were hostile, why would they kneel down? Even though they had kidnapped Yingchun and Yunwen before, now it was a hyena king who was kneeling down to me and talking to me, which showed that they were sincere. This kind of thing should not be used as a strategy, and there was no way to use the thief king as bait.
Thinking of this, I got off the horse carefully, but in my hurry, the thing in my pocket fell out, and with a clang, it was the tiger head token. At this moment, the hyena man pointed at the token on the ground, then pointed at me, and said in a very awkward voice: "God..."
god?
"Zhou Lang, all things have spirits. Do you still remember the hyena in front of you? It is a girl. Besides, they had no intention of hurting us. When we went in, Lili looked at them a few times out of curiosity. I was scared for a long time, but in the end they did not hurt it. It can be seen that they are not hostile and stay here, perhaps to find you." Hu Lingshang said while sitting on the top of the courtyard wall.
"Aren't you here to hurt us? And you call me God again, is that possible?" I muttered.
But at this moment, I suddenly remembered those tragic scenes in the hyena people's territory. Song Yingchun mobilized all the hyena people that day, intending to let them harm us, but Song Yingchun was captured and they became the loser. They thought they would be killed by us, but I let them go that day and gave them freedom. They gave me the tiger head token and asked me to keep it as a token of trust in the future.
At that time, they let me know through Song Yingchun's translation that they called Hu Tou Ling a god, so they called me a god just now.
With Hu Lingshang's reminder, I remembered the hyena man in front of me. It now has a leadership aura and is wearing armor, so I failed to recognize it. Now, after careful identification, I found that there is a notch on its dog head ear, and it is a female hyena man. Then I remembered that she was the leader of the team who stood at the front of the team and talked to me that day. I didn't expect that she has become the new generation of hyena queen.
"They kneeled down to me, and their people suffered a terrible fate. So... they were waiting for me here and took refuge with me, instead of being sent to ambush us? It seems that this is the case." I said.
But this makes me have some doubts. A week ago, the hyena people were slaughtered and coerced by the cursed Peter. He wanted to force them to obey him in this way. I think the hyena people have to make a choice, either resist to the death or compromise. But the former has been ruled out. After all, they did not die, which means they did not resist. So the only thing left is compromise and obedience.
But if they were obedient, they should be controlled and working for me now. How could they have the opportunity to find me and join me? Moreover, we have never seen any traces of hyena people in this period of time, but they all came again after we went to the hyena people's territory during our spring trip and saw the tragic situation. Is there any connection between them?
But no matter what, they are in such a miserable state now that they would never come to me for help if they had not had the last resort. Now their population has been drastically reduced. I can count them now, including the one in front of me, there are probably fifty-two of them, but there are still many that are holding little hyenas in their arms, and I have not counted the next generation.
"What should I do?" I asked Hu Lingshang.
"Zhou Lang, I have just briefly listened to Yunwen's story about the massacre of the hyena people. I also know that the curser is still alive. Even so, they must have something to ask of you, so they kneeled down to you and came here to wait for you. I once said that you, Zhou Lang, are the king of this wilderness. As a king, you should have a broad mind. When facing these people who have come to seek refuge in distress, what you should do is not to turn them away and let them be entangled in bad luck. You should support them and show them kindness." Hu Lingshang said.
"King? How can I be the king? If you ask me to do more physical training with Bai Lu, I can still be tolerant and generous. But if you ask me to show kindness to such a group of hyena people in distress, I can't do it. To put it bluntly, I'm just a country kid. I haven't spent a few days in the big city. At most, I followed the camp to carry out tasks and was some team leader. Even the management experience was figured out by myself. I can't bear the call of king." I said hurriedly.
At this time, Hu Lingshang was walking on the wind and clouds, her long and white legs swaying slightly in the air, floating like a fairy. Then she came in front of me, floated down, put her hands in front of me, and showed her charming posture. She said, "Zhou Lang, you worry too much. I once told you that only a king can survive in the wilderness. It is not whether you want to choose, but you have to choose. Do you know why the curser Peter wants to fight for the submission of the hyenas? It is because he knows that only when people gather strength can they truly gain a foothold and survive on the island. You often say that there is strength in numbers. If we don't gather people's hearts with the kingly way, how can we have great strength?"
“But what if I mess up? I have no experience,” I asked.
"You just need to do what you are best at, protect them, find ways to protect them, and don't let them be exploited by bad people. As for the rest, take one step at a time. Just like when I was a fox, I never thought that one day I would get a human body and meet Zhou Lang. The scenery along the way was gained by walking step by step." Hu Lingshang said gently.
I gasped, and faced with these hyena people kneeling down to me, I couldn't help but become nervous. But Hu Lingshang's words were indeed convincing enough. If I didn't choose to protect them, they would be snatched away by Peter. And if they surrendered to Peter, then he could use the hyena people to do everything for him that Song Yingchun had done, destroying everything and hunting down all living things, just like the cruel methods he used to slaughter the hyena people, burning, killing, and looting, and finally making it impossible for us to survive on this island.
Therefore, Hu Lingshang is right. I cannot choose to be the king, but I have no other choice but to do so. There is no other choice. Otherwise, I will have to accept that the other party will use their power to destroy the island at will and drive us away and hurt us. In that case, how can I survive in peace and protect Yunwen and even these important people?
After figuring this out, I sighed. Lingshang looked at me expectantly, and I raised the tiger-head token. For a moment, the hyena people knelt on the ground again, making a series of noises with "thump thump thump".
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