Chapter 21
The knife fell silently.
The broken shadows were reflected in Ariel's pupils, and warm liquid splashed on his cheeks. He slightly widened his eyes. At that moment, all the images seemed to be slowed down, leaving only the swift knife light.
The huge snake head fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust, and the black-haired young man who had used such a knife landed gracefully on the body of the giant python, and at the same time pulled out the spear stuck in the scales, and poked it with his backhand -
Ilu, who was falling from the sky, was hung on the tip of the spear.
As if it had eyes on its back, the tip of the spear just lifted the package she was carrying without hurting her at all.
The black-haired boy then turned his head to look at her, curved his turquoise eyes, and asked in a particularly harmless tone:
"How are you?"
"It's okay. I'm fine."
Yilu took a deep breath and said with some shock.
Hearing this, the black-haired boy let go of his hand. Yilu was ready and landed safely on the ground.
"Ilu!"
"Sister Ilu!"
Ariel came to his senses and hurried to Ilu's side. He found a bottle of powdered medicine from his bag and helped treat the bite wound on her waist.
Seeing Su Xingyuan put away his knife and walked over, he quickly called out, "Big Brother!"
The child blinked his big yellow eyes, looked at him with sparkling eyes, and handed him a bottle of plaster: "Hey, can you help me give this to Uncle Kunjia?"
Seeing his nervous and expectant expression, and noticing the obvious intimacy and dependence of calling him "big brother", Su Xingyuan laughed and said, "Of course."
He took the plaster, walked to the Kuli man whom Ariel called "Uncle Kunjia", squatted down, glanced at his pierced chest and abdomen, and asked, "Do you need help?"
The man was estimated to be over two meters tall, with a big and strong physique, dark skin with some patterns painted on it with red paint, and sharp eyes. It was obvious at first glance that he was an expert hunter who had been hunting in the jungle for many years.
He endured the pain, took a breath and said, "Thank you."
Su Xingyuan nodded, his eyes calmly falling on his bloody wound. Even after seeing such a tragic scene, his expression did not change at all.
As if to confirm the feel, Ding Fengbo made a knife flower on his palm. The next moment, before the man could react at all, the connection between the spike and the bottom was cut off at the root with just a flash of the knife.
"…What a fast knife."
Kunjia grimaced in pain, but still couldn't help but comment.
He was the person involved and he knew it best. When the black-haired boy swung the knife just now, he did not feel any unnecessary pain. The sharp spikes piercing through his chest and abdomen were so steady that it was as if he had no reaction at all.
Su Xingyuan smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."
Before he finished speaking, the boy pulled out the sharp thorn without blinking, with a harmless smile on his face.
Kunjia, whose chest was bleeding profusely, said: "..."
…What a quick hand, what a cruel heart!
Fortunately, the Kuli tribe's medicine was effective enough. The penetrating wound on his chest healed at a speed visible to the naked eye after applying the medicine.
Ariel also trotted over, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the piercing object had been dealt with. His tense nerves finally relaxed a little, and he sat down on the ground.
He lowered his head, spread out his hands, and saw that they were trembling slightly.
If that big brother wasn't here...
But wait, didn’t the big brother say something before?
Ariel suddenly raised his head and looked at Su Xingyuan, accusing him with wide eyes: "You clearly said you were scared!"
Su Xingyuan nodded and said calmly, "That's right. I was so scared that I didn't dare to open my eyes before I chopped down the python."
Ariel was stunned for a moment, and his mind involuntarily began to flash back to the scene he had just seen. It seemed that, was it really like this? He did seem to have his eyes closed before he chopped off the python's head with a knife.
…But that doesn’t look like fear, does it?
The cub's brain was in chaos.
Seeing this, Kunjia was so happy that he said, "This silly boy is nothing like his father and mother. He is so stupid."
He quickly held down Ariel who was about to jump up to refute, and turned to Su Xingyuan and said, "Thank you very much for your help just now, otherwise the three of us would have died here today. My name is Kunjia, if you need any help, just come to me!"
"My name is Yilu." The young girl from the Kuli tribe who had treated her wounds also looked over and said cheerfully, "I owe you my life too. Don't worry, we in the Kuli tribe are not the kind of people who don't repay a favor."
Su Xingyuan looked at the small map. At this moment, all the neutral character icons on it turned green, representing friendliness.
[Kuli Tribe Reputation: Friendly]
A pop-up window appeared in front of him at the right time.
Just by saving two tribesmen, he was able to gain the friendly attitude of the entire tribe. It seems that the Kuli people really have no ill will towards humans.
Su Xingyuan thought for a moment and asked, "I just arrived here and have no place to stay. Can I stay in your village for one night?"
Kunjia scratched his head and said, "I am willing to help you, my friend, but this requires the consent of our tribe leader. Well, it's too dangerous outside, let's take you back to the village first."
Su Xingyuan nodded.
Ariel cheered, "I'll lead the way!"
The physical fitness of the Kuli people is far superior to that of ordinary humans, including their ability to heal wounds. After applying the medicine, Yilu's wounds have almost healed.
She looked after Kunjia from behind, while Ariel dragged the python's body to take it back to the village, while enthusiastically introducing Su Xingyuan along the way.
"The medicine just now was made by our tribe's pharmacist uncle. How is it? It's very powerful, right? Everyone will bring a few bottles of this medicine when going out hunting. It can save lives at critical moments!"
Ariel dug out the remaining bottles from his pocket and gave them all to Su Xingyuan: "Here, these are for you. I have a lot more at home."
Su Xingyuan had no intention of refusing to take the child's things, and he put the medicine bottle into his pocket very calmly.
【Name: Emergency medicine】
[Description: External medicine that can repair external injuries and restore some of the physical strength loss caused by physical damage]
Although it is not as intuitive as the red medicine he wanted, which can directly increase the health bar after taking a bottle, he does not have recovery items now, so this medicine can also deal with most external injuries.
"You said before that there was a big guy here, what's going on?"
Su Xingyuan has not forgotten that this is the world inside the door, and what he needs to do is to close this door.
Ariel organized his words and explained the cause and effect to him:
"Whenever our tribe grows to a certain size, one branch will migrate to another place. I heard from the elders in the tribe that our branch has lived here for hundreds of years since it moved here. As far as I can remember, although the jungle is dangerous, I can deal with most of the beasts in it."
Among the Kuli people, even children are born good hunters, with strong physiques and agile skills.
"But since the big guy that my parents talked about came, the jungle has become much more dangerous..." Ariel looked back worriedly, lowered his eyes and said, "Uncle Kunjia is one of the best hunters in the tribe. In the past, there would be no accidents when he entered the jungle."
"Has anyone seen that big guy?" Su Xingyuan asked.
Ariel thought for a moment and said, "It seems that several elders in the tribe have seen this. They have held several meetings on this matter. I heard that they are considering moving away."
The child said frustratedly, "But I don't want to leave here."
Su Xingyuan looked down at him and patted his head.
Ariel was startled, and a joyful smile once again filled his clear big eyes.
"The village is just ahead, let's——"
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Three heavy drum sounds suddenly came from the direction of the village that Ariel pointed to.
Kunjia was the first to react, his pupils shrank slightly: "It's a signal for help, three bells ringing... The village is being attacked by beasts!"
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something and looked sharply at the snake that Ariel was carrying.
Things like this shouldn't have appeared on the edge of the village in the past, but today he and Yilu encountered them when they were about to return...
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the situation might be more serious than he had imagined, and a layer of uneasy cold sweat appeared on his back.
Su Xingyuan glanced behind them, then turned back, his green eyes were exceptionally calm at this moment.
"Don't think too much, just go back to the village first, everything will be fine."
Kunjia took a deep breath and nodded without asking him what he had discovered.
The black-haired boy's expression was calm, without any particular emotional fluctuations, as if no matter what kind of danger he was in, it could not shake him in the slightest.
Thinking of the ease with which the other party chopped off the giant python's head, Kunjia calmed himself down, looked at the others, and ran at full speed.
The closer you get to the village, the more you can feel the tense atmosphere.
"Mom and Dad! I'm back!"
The first thing Ariel saw was his parents anxiously waiting at the entrance of the village, and he rushed towards them.
"Ariel!"
His mother hugged him and almost shed tears: "I thought, I thought..."
Yilu was more agile and faster. She came in front of the two and asked quickly, "What happened?"
"There are wolves attacking the village in the north, at least a hundred of them, but the tribe's main fighting force is basically out hunting..." Before Ariel's father finished speaking, he noticed the wounds on their bodies and his face suddenly changed: "Are you injured?!"
Kunjia said quickly: "It's just a minor injury, it's not a big deal. If it wasn't for this friend who saved us, it would have been a big deal."
At this time, Su Xingyuan, who was standing aside and quietly observing the surroundings, was exposed to their sight.
The black-haired boy did not take up Kunjia's topic to praise himself, nor did he show any humility. His upturned green cat eyes calmly fell on Ariel's father. For a moment, the man seemed to think that he saw a cold-blooded animal lurking quietly in the jungle, waiting to kill with one blow.
"Not only the north, this place will also be attacked in twenty minutes at most."
He drew out his knife quickly and swept his eyes across the snow-white blade, as if he was looking at his comrade-in-arms who was about to fight side by side with him again.
Then, he raised his head, showing an inexplicably cheerful smile that swept away the heavy atmosphere just now, and even said with some interest:
"Of course, if you trust me, how about leaving this line of defense to me?"
【★Repel the invading beast tide】
[Current Beast Tide Wave: 0/3]
[Reward: 200 EXP/piece; Kuli tribe reputation [Respected]]
Looking at those turquoise eyes with a smile, Kunjia suddenly had a somewhat absurd illusion for some reason.
It was as if it was not the impending tide of beasts that was besieging the young man in front of him, but the black-haired young man who was about to surround the aggressive tide of beasts alone.
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