Chapter 452 - Back To The Tribe
On the way to Anba city, the trading team met many robbers. These robbers knew that it was harvest season and since there were many sacks that looked filled with greed, although they usually avoided the Black Bears, greed still ruled their senses. In the end, many of them died for this risk.
When facing robbers, the trading party never showed mercy. Letting them go would just mean getting robbed again in the future. These robbers knew who the Black Bears were, yet they still dared to attack. Well, then that was their fault. To avoid future troubles, the trading party was decisive in killing them. However, every year, the number of robbers never decreased. When one batch was killed, another batch would come.
Some of the robbers weren’t even forced into this line of work– they just thought it was the easier way to earn money.
Although the giant bears were timid and nervous around Shao Xuan, around the robbers, they were vicious. Shao Xuan had seen them tear a person straight in half. However, they rarely ate human meat.
If they were hungry, people would help them get food. These bears had a large menu from young shoots, to fruits, to ants and even eggs and fish. Sometimes, they would also eat the prey brought back by people who hunted on the team. If they passed any half-rotten dead animals killed by other beasts, they’d eat it too.
It was a good thing their journey mainly consisted of a forest. There was a lot of food around so no one starved.
After two to three days of rest, Shao Xuan was mostly recovered. He would also distribute his prey after hunting to the trading party. The giant bear that carried him for three days received a generous reward too. At this point, this bear had started to come to Shao Xuan often, asking for food.
“Bai Guo,” Shao Xuan asked the child, “When did you get this?”
“I found it this morning, in the grass next to the river,” the kid named Bai Guo pointed.
There were many ducks in the river, new ducks too. Not sure which duck this egg belonged to.
“There are still eggs this time of the year?” Duo Kang was surprised too. The ducklings had grown a lot too. They didn’t hear anyone finding any more eggs recently. How was this kid so lucky?
“Bai Guo, we’ll just call you Bai Dan next time. So you can find more eggs,” teased Duo Kang.
[Note: Dan = egg in chinese]
The kid actually believed him and thought about going home to talk to his family about changing his name.
“Speaking of eggs, Shao Xuan, go check out that green duck later,” said Duo Kang.
“The fat, green duck?” asked Shao Xuan. “What happened?”
If it could bring more females over, it should be doing fine.
Duo Kang made a ‘tsk’ sound but did not elaborate. “Just go check it out and you’ll understand. It’s at the duck house, the one you guys built for it.”
When they crossed the river and entered the village, Shao Xuan put Bai Guo down but did not hurry up the hill. He walked to the duck house.
He realised there was another row of duck houses added in the area near the river. There were ducks of various colours waddling around inside.
He walked towards the house specially built for this green duck. Other than the small door for ducks, the door built for humans had a layer of dust, meaning it hadn’t been touched in a while.
When he opened the door, Shao Xuan felt a rush of aggressive aura aimed at him. It wasn’t strong but it was obvious enough, like a threat. However, it quickly disappeared.
Shao Xuan looked over at its nest made of dried grass to see the fat duck squatting with its wings spread open like it was covering something. However, there was too much stuff under its wings so it could not cover them all.
Based on what he saw, Shao Xuan knew they were duck eggs under its wings.
The bastard was brooding duck eggs!