Because they had been attacked halfway there, everyone became more cautious for the rest of the journey.
A route that should have taken forty minutes ended up taking a full hour and a half. Especially after Luke's death, there was the thorny problem that no one could take over his job of driving the sled. Fortunately, Zhang Heng stepped forward. He had been watching Ollie handle the dog team and control the sled all along the way, and by now he had no problem with the basic turning, accelerating, and slowing down.
Ollie and Alesha had been somewhat doubtful at first, but after Zhang Heng took the reins and practiced for five minutes, they were reassured. From then on, Zhang Heng took Sachus, Ollie took Luke's body, and Alesha once again set off with Song Jia.
They encountered no further danger on the road. As they drew closer and closer to the tribe, the tension in Alesha's heart gradually eased. When she spotted a cluster of low buildings on the snowy plain, she finally relaxed completely.
"We're home."
Alesha's tribe had more than two hundred people and was one of the largest tribes in the area. Although people had steadily moved away over the years to live in Nuuk or other towns on the island, nearly half had remained. Most of them were elderly, however, and there were not many young people like Alesha.
There was no helping it. Young people always longed for the outside world. In fact, Alesha herself spent most of her time in Nuuk, where she studied and worked after graduation. She only returned regularly to learn shamanic knowledge from Kunayou.
Unlike the images and records in books, the houses in Alesha's tribe were not igloos built from blocks of ice. They were wooden houses much