“For the tribe!!!”
The brand-new weapons stood by the bonfire, swearing loudly.
“Alright, go recognize your parents,” Skull Scepter said.
The brand-new weapons began to find their respective factions based on their characteristics.
Skull Scepter swayed contentedly and, supported by other spears, returned to the tent.
Without a host, the bonfire dance gradually quieted down, and everyone left one after another.
Only a few patrols or guards remained, and… Li Andy and the other two, tied to the flagpole.
“Brother?”
Yuquan Youxi lightly bumped the side with her small hip.
“I'm here.”
Li Andy responded softly.
His mind was still marveling at how these animated creations had even developed a bizarre ethical system of offspring seeking their elders.
He wondered what kind of scene was unfolding over at the gun formation.
“Brother, how is little Zorro doing? Can you confirm the anomaly?” Youxi asked in a low voice.
“Most likely it's ‘Meilin’ too.”
Li Andy quickly told her what he had seen.
“However, we still can’t confirm if this layer is also a ‘Reincarnation Domain.’ So, we can’t rashly try to kill her.”
“Mhm.”
Yuquan Youxi nodded.
“Someone’s coming!”
Sophia reminded in a low voice, bumping the two with her butt.
The latter two fell silent and looked ahead.
A spear with a very arrogant “gait” bounced closer.
It wore a bone necklace, belonging to the chieftain’s offspring.
The other party bent down and scanned Li Andy and the other two, quite disdainfully:
“So thin and weak, not even good to eat. Only this one is a bit fatter, with two more pieces of meat on her chest. Offering you to the Divine Lord probably won’t even bring blessings!”
“…”
The three of them froze for a moment, subconsciously looking for the two lumps of meat.
Hiss…
Their gazes fell on someone’s chest; there were indeed two lumps of meat there, which were particularly prominent due to the tightness of the ropes.
Sophia's face flushed, and she tried to shift her body, but the more she moved, the more prominent they became.
The way those weapons tied them, like chopsticks picking up noodles, wasn't even tight enough, so how did it manage to be so artistic?
“…”
The two without meat fell silent.
The spear snorted coldly, then plunged itself into the ground nearby, no longer speaking, as if feigning sleep.
Li Andy withdrew his gaze, paused, and then tentatively asked:
“This brave warrior, are you the strongest warrior of the tribe?”
The spear swayed, as if raising an eyebrow, and grumbled with a dull voice:
“Are you stupid? The strongest warrior is, of course, my father!”
“But… I think you are also very strong, stronger than everyone else,” Li Andy said without batting an eyelid.
The spear paused, slightly twisting its spearhead:
“Hmph, at least you have some discernment. I am the most likely candidate to become the next chieftain!”
Li Andy’s lips curved slightly.
Good, he accepted the praise, so he would probably accept questions.
“Then, Second Warrior, could you please introduce the deity you worship to me?
“Having witnessed tonight’s ceremony, I feel incredibly shocked; it was simply a miracle!
“So I’m wondering, did my previous faith perhaps go astray?”
The spear seemed very pleased with the title “Second Warrior,” and responded quickly:
“Of course, the Progenitor Mother is the being that nurtures everything in the forest! Your so-called Bird Heavenly Father, I’ve never even heard of him!”
“If you truly awaken, then when you accept the sacrifice, choose to embrace it devoutly.”
“Perhaps the Mother will forgive you and allow you to return to her embrace.”
Li Andy was stunned and wanted to ask more, but the spear was unwilling to talk to him anymore, stuck in the mud, gently swaying with the evening breeze.
The other party might be arrogant, but it didn't seem stupid.
Li Andy was silent for a while, intending to let his soul leave his body to gather information, but as soon as it emerged, he sensed a danger signal released from Skull Scepter's location, and immediately retreated back into his body.
‘Does that Skull Scepter have attack methods targeting souls?’
He pondered for a while, still deciding to rest first.
When these weapons fought during the day, it might be easier to explore.
Youxi, at his hint, also withdrew Faceless Nun and closed her eyes to meditate, leaving only Sophia still battling the ropes.
Time flowed, and the starry sky turned.
A new spear came to take over.
“Big Brother, wake up, you can go back to sleep now.”
“Ah? Oh, oh! Second Brother…”
The Second Warrior Spear woke up groggily, bouncing crookedly as he left. This appearance made Li Andy wonder if the other party hadn't been aloof and unresponsive just now, but simply asleep.
After seeing off Big Brother, the Second Brother Spear plunged into the mud, taking over the former's guarding duty.
After a short while, Li Andy frowned slightly, feeling as if he was being stared at.
He opened his eyes and looked at the newly arrived spear next to him:
“You… have something you want to say?”
The spear was silent for several seconds, then asked:
“Do you think we can win the war?”
Li Andy was stunned, not expecting the other party to ask such a question.
And this way of asking, was he not confident in his own formation?
The spear paused, then said again:
“The railway will be laid here very soon. I’ve seen that thing, the train; no one can stop it.”
Li Andy narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice:
“So, you want to surrender?”
The spear fell silent again, neither admitting nor denying.
After a while, it continued:
“I thought about talking to them, but Father, he would never agree.”
“So?”
“I want to make a deal with them,” the Second Brother Spear said, “I can help them win quickly, and in return, I ask that they spare our cluster after it’s over, and leave us a little land.”
Li Andy said:
“Those greedy merchants, even if they win, might not honor your promise.”
The spear fell into a long silence.
Before the next shift change, it sighed and said:
“It’s better than waiting for destruction. If you can help me contact them, I can consider letting you go.”
Li Andy neither agreed nor refused.
The newly relieved spear arrived; it was a female, called “Fourth Sister” by the Second Brother Spear. Her voice was that of a young girl, and her body was much smaller.
After her Second Brother left, she fidgeted beside him, appearing hesitant and wanting to talk.
“Hello,” Li Andy spoke.
Fourth Sister immediately shivered, hesitated, and then asked in a low voice:
“Do you… know Yorson?”
Li Andy raised an eyebrow… What Yorson?
The other party fidgeted and said:
“Just… a young man from your side, tall, thin, slightly dark-skinned, but quite handsome…”
There are experts too?
That side… refers to the gun formation, right?
This infatuated look, could it be that she fell in love with a boy from the enemy faction?
Li Andy, who had read various romance novels, immediately imagined one melodramatic scene after another.
Even the relatively slow Sophia understood the other party's infatuation, and was so shocked by this strange interspecies love that she couldn't speak.
Seeing the three of them silent, Fourth Sister’s body tensed slightly, as if she had made some decision, and she took a deep breath and said:
“Can you… can you help me deliver a few messages to him? If you can, when the war starts tomorrow, I can secretly let you go.”
Li Andy thought for a moment and asked:
“What do you want to say?”
Fourth Sister was silent for a few seconds, then said:
“Forget me. I love him, but I also love my tribe. We… neither of us is wrong.”