First, they blocked the passage with boulders, then used chevaux de frise to maim the beast herds, and finally followed up with a combination of tripwires and rope nets. This one-two-three combination immediately took down a great many beasts.
Countless alpacas, antlered deer, wild donkeys, and even yaks collapsed amid the chaos, only to be trampled or crushed to death by the herds surging in behind them. Yet after paying a tremendous price in casualties, the herds still broke through, successfully opening a passage south.
The Cannibal Tribe's hunting army had never expected to stop all the herds completely. They were purely out hunting, after all. Besides, even if they really killed every last beast, they would not be able to transport them all back, nor store them. They would only be wasting all that food—and would have no new prey to catch afterward.
The thunderous roar of the herds galloping through the valley continued for nearly half an hour before they had all passed through. Yet a great many carcasses and wounded cattle and deer still remained in the valley. The Cannibal Tribe's hunters hurried forward with spears to finish off the prey. After working for half a day, they finally brought silence back to the entire valley.
On the Hilltop Highland not far away, several groups of Shence Guard scouts were also watching the scene from afar through telescopes. When they saw the enemy cleaning up the carcasses, they immediately sent men back to report.
Several thousand Cannibal Tribe hunters busily processed the prey there. They skinned all the beasts, removed their innards, and turned them into clean cuts of meat before transporting them back together. This greatly reduced the weight of the prey and allowed them to carry more food in a single trip.
The innards they