Chapter 582: Western Exploration Team

~www.readwn.com~ So, are you leaving soon? "

In a dim tent made of animal skins, Egbert, the priest of the Daxiliu tribe, asked in his low but ear-shaking voice. At this time, he was preparing a kind of ointment First, different herbs are pounded into mud in a stone mortar, and then mixed according to their respective proportions.

"Yes, I came this time to say goodbye to you." Grant sat opposite him, almost completely covered by Egbert's tall figure. Although my team has been in the Daxiliu tribe for more than two months, when facing Egbert and his tribe, I still can't help but feel a sense of unnaturalness and even absurdity from the bottom of my heart.

As for where the sense of absurdity comes from, just look at Egbert opposite him. A huge bull's head... In short, it is a head that is very similar to some kind of livestock used for plowing. It is placed on a humanoid body. How do you look at it? Why not.

The first contact with the Daxiliu tribe was more than two months ago, and before that, Ge Lan commanded the Western Expeditionary Team to drift in the vast ocean. After leaving the Northwest Bay, with the help of the guidance of the stars, Their fleet has been sailing westward. Fortunately, the waters they passed were very calm and did not encounter weather such as storms, so that Glenn planned to name this vast ocean the Ocean of Tranquility. When they were drifting on the ocean, they encountered many islands. Whenever the crew members thought they had encountered a new continent and their emotions were high, the follow-up exploration would always make them depressed again. Give them some fresh water and food so that they can keep heading west.

Finally, nearly four months after setting off from Port Fulan, the western exploration team finally encountered the real continent. After realizing that the land under their feet was not as small as they had encountered before, the excited team members quickly organized their hands to explore inland, and then bumped into the hunting team of the Daxiliu tribe.

The initial contact was not very peaceful, the Daxiliu tribe...let’s call them tauren for now, their appearance frightened the members of the exploration team, the combination of a bull’s head and a human body, I have never seen such a combination on the Old Continent creepy creature. And the members of the exploration team also shocked the people of the Daxiliu tribe. It seemed that they saw a creature like a human for the first time, but their degree of panic was lighter than that of the exploration team.

When they saw the first tauren, the team members were so afraid that they almost shot the crossbow in their hands, and the other party also raised the stone spears in their hands—yes, their tools seem to be very backward, and the level of civilization should not be high. The clothes are also animal furs decorated with bird feathers. Glenn, who personally led the team, stopped his subordinates in time. In his impression, all animals that can walk upright have a certain amount of wisdom, even the notorious goblins in the old continent can understand a little bit People speak, and wisdom is communicable.

Gülen's judgment was correct. He made some gestures that he thought could express goodwill. At first, the other party just looked at them hesitantly. After repeated efforts, those guys with bull heads put down their weapons.

The two parties confirmed each other's harmlessness in the communication of comparison and drawing, so after leaving half of the crew and entrusting Vito, a young shipwright from Port Flanders, to lead people to collect materials to repair the ship, Glenn led A group of people entered the Daxiliu tribe's camp. The things they brought from the boat—porcelain, metal tools, tea, bags of salt, and cloth—were welcomed by the Daxiliu tribe, and the members of the expedition team were also regarded as honored guests. In the eyes of the members of the exploration team, these strange-looking natives seem to be more qualified to be called "beastmen" than the orcs on the prairie in the north of their hometown. Humans really have the head of an animal.

In the following two months, Glenn and his team members worked hard to learn the language of these tauren. Fortunately, their tongue structure should be similar to that of humans, and they would not be able to pronounce syllables that humans cannot, although these guys Sometimes he also likes to howl like a cow. Glenn himself has a very high talent for languages, and he has already been able to have some simple exchanges with the tauren. During the communication, he met Egbert, the priest of the Daxiliu tribe. His position seems to be related to The shamans in the prairie orc tribes are somewhat similar, they all engage in some gods and gods, and this priest seems to be the highest-ranking person in the tribe.

Although the Daxiliu tribe does not have a highly developed civilization, at least there is a breath of life. It has been a long time since the human civilization exploration team relied on the simple trade of barter to cultivate here for more than two months. After all the ships had been overhauled and supplies were fully stocked, Captain Gulen decided to bid farewell to these new friends. He first came to Egbert's tent to visit the priest.

After listening to Grant's explanation of his intentions, Egbert said with some regret: "My friend, I'm so sorry that I can't continue to listen to your story about another continent. In my previous cognition, the sea is the sea, and the distance of the sea is far away. It’s still the sea, except for the piece of land across the South Strait, there is no other land in the world.”

Glenn had heard about the land across the South Strait when he was collecting geographic information here, and he set sail this time to go south to see that piece of land.

Grant responded sincerely: "If there is a chance, I will visit you again. But, respected Priest Egbert, I seem to see worry in your brows. If you have any difficulties, can you tell me this? New friends I just met, maybe I can be of some help."

Priest Egbert sighed a long time, "I don't want to hide something from my friends, but actually...our tribe is in danger."

"Are you facing some kind of enemy? Where are they from?"

"Yes, the enemy comes from the southern land."

The land in the south, Ge Lan was startled, he was planning to go there to have a look.

Egbert shook his head and said: "I don't want to hide it from you, my friend. When I first contacted, I did have the idea of ​​seeking strength from you, because you also have metal weapons like the enemies in the south, but you There are too few people and weapons..."

Metal weapons? Could it be that human civilization exists on the southern continent?

"Are they...are they human beings? Ah, I mean, are your enemies creatures with the same appearance as me?" Grant's tone was a little excited.

Priest Egbert shook his head again~www.readwn.com~ They are indeed very similar to you, but not exactly the same, which is why our soldiers didn't act immediately when they first met you. "

Grant thought to himself, no wonder the tauren were very surprised when they first came into contact with the tauren, but it was nothing compared to the shock when humans saw the tauren. It turned out that they had seen a human-like race.

"So can you describe to me what these enemies look like? How are they different from us?" Grant continued to ask Egbert.

Given Glenn's current mastery of the language of the tauren, it is obvious that he has not yet reached the level of being able to understand the details of a specific image described by the other party. Egbert spent a long time working hard, but it was still under Glenn's bewildered expression. Finally he gave up his verbal efforts, so he turned around and began to rummage for something, and quickly took out a stone slab, "This is their image on it, just look at it."

Grant looked at the stone slab with an increasingly suspicious expression on his face. Although the painting on the slate is primitive and somewhat abstract, it can be understood. The creatures described are indeed very similar to humans, with a human head, human body, human limbs, and even a human face and slightly pointed ears. .

Except for the crooked, goat-like... horns on top of its head.