nucmednet Chapter 40 Tiger Beast Tribe
Chapter 40 Tiger Beast Tribe
After breakfast, Yan transformed into a black eagle and carried Lin Ni from the mountaintop down the mountain, while Ye and Yao sped down the steep mountainside.
Linni watched Ye and Yao run and leap on the cliff face as if it were flat ground. Perhaps such terrain did not pose much of a threat to these powerful orcs, but she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart for them. It was really too dangerous!
She remembered Ye telling her that the place where the eagle beastmen lived was not suitable for her to live, and now it seemed that it was indeed true.
Linni turned her eyes away in fear and looked down, only to find that the Tiger Beast Tribe's territory was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountain where they had stayed the night before was located at the southernmost edge of the tribe's territory.
On three sides of the mountain, there were many caves of various sizes, which should be the dwelling place of the tiger beast tribe. In the middle, there were many beastmen busy coming and going in a large square that was the size of three or four football fields.
Before Linni could take a good look around, they arrived at the foot of the mountain. Yan transformed into human form, and the two waited under the shade of a tree for a while before Ye and Yao arrived one after another. The four of them walked westward together along the edge of the square.
Yan pointed to the orcs busy in the open space and said, “Every year on the thirtieth day of autumn, our tribe holds a ten-day trade fair. It’s a grand event that attracts orcs from many nearby small tribes. They bring their goods here to trade and exchange the resources they need. In three days, the trade fair will officially begin. Now, many trading teams from various tribes have already arrived. They will stay here for a while and exchange and trade with other tribes. These orcs from the trading tribes will live in the three mountains over there.” As Yan spoke, he pointed to the area near the entrance to the east, indicating that that was their residence.
He paused for a moment and then continued to explain, "Mainly because our tribe owns a salt mountain, so the tribe is very lively at this time of year. You can come and see for yourselves. I hope Lin can find something he likes at the trade fair."
Just then, a group of orcs approached from the front, about five or six in total. Leading the way were two tall, beautiful middle-aged female orcs. Their skin had a healthy bronze hue, exuding a unique exotic beauty. Bai Shu and Bai Ji followed closely behind one of the slightly taller females, who had light yellow, hip-length hair. She had a black striped tiger mate mark on her left arm, with two full rings of mate marks below. Lin Ni immediately guessed that this must be their mother. Beside the beautiful yellow-haired female stood a male orc as tall as Ye, even more muscular. He had short, orange-red hair, a square face with distinct features, and gave off a very powerful aura.
The group stopped in front of Lin Ni. Bai Shu ran happily to Lin Ni's side, circled around, and then made "woof woof" sounds.
The blonde beauty approached Linni warmly and said, "Hello, Lin! I am the mother of Da Bai and Er Bai. Thank you for bringing them back to the Tiger Beast Tribe!"
Linni politely replied, "Hello!" According to the customs of her original world, she should call her aunt, but it seemed that this was not the way to address her here.
The blonde beauty took her hand and said, "Just call me Mei." Then she pointed to the tall, muscular man who had been standing next to her and said, "This is the father of Da Bai and Er Bai, and also the chief of the Tiger Beast Tribe—Yang."
Yang, the chieftain of the Tiger Beast Tribe, nodded to Lin Ni, then said to Mei, "Then I'll get back to work."
Mei nodded to her partner: "Go ahead."
After Yang turned and left, Lin Ni noticed a male orc standing behind him. He was just as tall and imposing as Yang, with well-developed muscles. Beneath his short, light-yellow, center-parted hair was a sharply defined oval face, and his long, narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes were gazing at her with affection. He wore a light yellow tiger-skin animal-patterned skirt. Having been on the orc continent for so long, Lin Ni had finally learned to judge a person's animal form by their animal-patterned skirt—this male was likely also a black-striped, yellow-furred tiger.
Linni avoided his gaze, while Mei pulled over the light yellow-haired female who had come with her and said, "This is Li. She is a female of my kind and also Yan's mother beast."
Linni smiled awkwardly at her and said, "Li, hello!" Was this the start of a formal meeting with the parents? She was so nervous!
Li smiled at Lin Ni, a very indifferent smile. Lin Ni felt that she was saying: "I don't really like the girl my son likes, but since he likes her, I don't care. Let him do whatever he wants."
Mei was very enthusiastic towards Linni and introduced her to Li's partner, who was also Yan's father beast. His name was Fei, and he was a tall, thin, fair-skinned, and handsome male. Fei was quite enthusiastic: "I heard that you encountered three level-six ferocious beasts in the Cursed Land on your way here. That was really dangerous! Your partner is quite strong."
Linni was a little unaccustomed to these social niceties, so she smiled and said, "Thanks to the Beast God's blessing."
Mei led Linni to the west side of the square, where Linni saw a stone archway with a majestic tiger carved on it. Mei explained to Linni, "This is the symbol of our Tiger Beast Tribe, which we call the Tiger Gate."
After passing through the Tiger Gate, there was a long corridor, about five meters long, also made of rough, large stones. Mei pulled Linni to sit down on a stone stool in front of the corridor and said to her, "I heard from Yan that you and your partner want to spend the winter in our tribe. Are you planning to leave after the winter or join us directly?"
Linni glanced at Yao and Ye, and seeing them nod at her, she said, "Our idea is to join the Tiger Beast Tribe, but I can't guarantee that I'll live here forever. Is there any difference or requirement?"
Mei explained, “If you are just leaving after the winter, you can find a place to stay in the mountains to the east by paying a certain amount of supplies. If you want to join our tribe, the female needs to choose two males from our tribe as her partners. Your partners, as members of our tribe, will then need to participate in the tribe’s guarding and sentry duties, and will also need to join the tribe’s hunting teams every now and then to collect supplies for the tribe.”
Linni looked at Ye again, because she didn't understand either, and didn't know whether such conditions were good or bad.
Ye nodded and said, "That's fine. Is the tribe's food distributed by the hunting team after a single hunt?"