Chapter 248
Chapter 248 – Underground threat
Translated by Lesyt Team
Edited by Ilesyt
When Shao Xuan left for the grasslands with the others to where the Feng tribe was, Old He went to the border of the Feng tribe to await for those coming from the other side of the grassland every day.
According to their appointment, they would set out from the border. But one, two… five days had gone by, but Old He didn’t see them.
On the tenth day, Old He asked his wife and grandson not to stay there to wait with him. He would tell them the news as soon as he saw them. Not as healthy as him, his wife was old and wasn’t a member of the Flaming Horns tribe. Ah-Nai, his ten-year-old grandson, was asked to help the others herd the sheeps so that he could get some food as reward. After all, no one knew how long they had to wait before they could leave here.
Old He understood the grassland was large and it would take them some time to get here. In the beginning, he had waited calmly. On the fifteenth day, he became worried. He worried that he was forgotten or they didn’t want to pick them up for fear that they would bring trouble to them.
Old He couldn’t help but worry.
They had become involved in the war on the mountain. But fortunately they survived and reached here.
Thanks to the war among the tribes on the mountain, three in this group up of thirty-two people died. If the injured two also died, five in total will have lost their lives.
This group of wanderers traveled on the borders of the tribes. So long the patroling warriors were not bloodthirsty, usually nothing would happen. Old He wanted to bring the others back to his home, but it was a in period when the people of the Feng tribe prevented anyone suspicious from entering the tribe. So Old He ran back home and brought some herbal medicine to the injured warriors.
“I also brought some food. Eat it.” Old He passed them half a sheep leg. It was not enough for them, but they could roast it and each could have a bite.
While they were talking about the situation of the group, a patrol team of the Feng tribe came rushing to them on horses. Gua Er’s father led the team in the front.
“Old He, did you see Gua Er?” He asked with worry and sweat.
“No, what’s up?” Old He guessed something bad happened and his voice was trembling.
“A sheep is missing, and Gua Er didn’t tell us. He has directly gone to look for it with Ah-Nai and Duo Ya! But until now, they haven’t come back.”
Old He was too shocked to stand still. Ah-Nai was the only chid of his family, and if he…
“Go look for him…look…for…him…I…” Old He said with trembling lips.
The people of the patrol team glanced at the wanderers, nearly thirty, in front of them, and asked, “Did you come from the mountain? Did you see anything strange there, like group of wolves or other beasts.”
“There are wolves, foxes, and…” The man was saying when he suddenly thought of sonething. His face showed his fear. He added, “And some kind of big insect. It is said that they were sleeping near the mountain, but were awoken by the war. Then they came out and ate many people. A man of our team was dragged into the ground. I don’t know whether the big insects came here.”
“Insect? Stone Worm?” He asked.
“They are not stone worms. They are flat with sharp fangs and many feet. They block each hole they go through with soil. We have spent a lot of time digging… ” Speaking, the man cried. When they had seen their fellow being dragged under the ground, they had hurried to dig him out. But they only dug the soil out, the insects entered the hole so quickly.
The insect went through a hole in the ground and blocked the hole?
The people of the patrol team were stunned. They looked at each other bepuzzled.
The missing livestock of the tribe may have been stolen by the insects under the ground rather than by wolves or the animals in the sky!