Leather Armor

Yang Yu handed a stone smeared with beast blood to the two elders in the workshop.

The two elders looked at the stone their chieftain had handed them and said awkwardly, "Chieftain, this belongs in the Weaving Workshop. The workshop is where stone pickaxes, stone sickles, bows and arrows, and other items are made."

"No, this item cannot be made in the Weaving Workshop."

Yang Yu shook his head slightly and said, "This item is to be made by the workshop. It will be used as armor for the Hunting Team and can greatly reduce the casualties among its warriors."

Hearing this, the two elders exchanged glances.

Could this thing actually reduce the casualties among the tribe's warriors?

"Can you make it?"

Yang Yu gazed hopefully at the two elders before him.

If these two elders could make it,

the tribe's warriors would be able to reduce their casualties in battle.

"Could we give it a try?"

the old man asked tentatively.

After all,

this was the first time they had ever heard of or seen such a thing.

If they succeeded,

it would count as creating the value their family ought to provide.

They were old.

According to the agreements between the tribes, the elderly would originally have been abandoned so they would not become burdens to the tribe.

But the chieftain had not abandoned them.

Therefore,

they should also make their own contributions and provide their own value to the tribe.

"Yes!"

Yang Yu nodded, bowed to the two elders, and said, "On behalf of the tribe, I thank the two sages."

"Chieftain, you mustn't."

Seeing the chieftain's action, both elders were startled.

The chieftain was the Heavenly God's son.

He was the Heavenly God's representative in the mortal world.

"If you need anything, you may take whatever you want from the warehouse."

"As for where Lin Er is, I have already told you."

Yang Yu spoke seriously.

Making armor-type items required specialists.

"Yes."

Watching the chieftain's departing back, the two elders exchanged glances.

"Shan, this is..."

The old woman looked at the old man Yang Shan, hesitating to speak.

"It's fine! I've grown tired of making bows and arrows and spears. Since the chieftain has brought us something new, we might as well give it a try."

Yang Shan looked at the pattern on the stone slab and said, "Yuan, go to the warehouse and bring back a piece of leather."

"Shan, have you thought of a way?"

Yuan stared at Shan in astonishment.

"Good."

Seeing Shan nod, Yuan nodded slightly as well, then left the workshop and headed to the warehouse for leather.

The leather was made from animal hides dyed with Eucalyptus Berries.

In this era, it was used to make clothing for summer and autumn.

After a moment,

Yuan returned carrying a set of leather.

Because the leather was made from animal hides dyed with Eucalyptus Berries, it possessed a certain flexibility.

That was why Yang Shan had asked Yuan to bring it.

"Shan, I've brought the leather."

Yuan placed the leather on the workbench and looked at Yang Shan, completely unable to understand why Shan had asked her to bring it.

Yang Shan did not answer. Instead, he took out a sharp flint knife and began cutting the leather.

No matter how flexible the leather was, under the sharp flint knife, it could only be cut apart.

"Do you understand now?"

Yang Shan turned to Yuan beside him and asked.

"This..."

"With a sharp blade, let alone cutting through clothing—even branches can be chopped through with ease."

"However, while cutting the leather with this sharp blade, I discovered that its toughness far surpasses that of clothing and tree trunks."

Yuan pondered for a moment before explaining in detail.

She had once been one of the tribe's sages.

Otherwise,

she would never have been assigned to work in the workshop.

"Good." Hearing this, a trace of a smile appeared in Yang Shan's cloudy eyes.

He stared at the leather that had been cut into two pieces and fell into deep thought.

How could he test the leather's toughness?

Suddenly,

the corner of his eye caught sight of the bow and arrows hanging nearby, and his eyes lit up.

At present,

the tribe's most powerful weapon seemed to be the longbow.

Along with its sharp arrows.

Could the leather block arrows fired from a bow?

With that thought,

he immediately picked up the leather from the workbench and placed it over the straw man inside the workshop.

Then, he picked up the bow and arrows nearby, nocked an arrow, drew the bow, aimed at the leather draped over the straw man, and released the arrow.

The arrow streaked toward the leather on the straw man like a meteor shower.

"Thwack."

Without slowing at all, the arrow pierced straight through the leather and lodged in the straw man.

"This..."

"That doesn't seem right!"

Seeing this, Yuan frowned.

The leather could not withstand the arrow's penetration at all.

In an instant,

Yuan's pupils suddenly widened, as though she had thought of something.

"The chieftain had us make this thing because..."

She swallowed dryly and looked at Yang Shan in horror.

Could it be

that the chieftain wanted to fight with other tribes?

Otherwise,

he would never have gone to such lengths to make this.

It would not be an exaggeration to call this thing armor.

"Silence."

Yang Shan looked seriously at Yuan and said, "Now that we know what the chieftain intends, we should follow his wishes and make this divine object."

"But the leather's toughness ultimately..." Yuan hesitated again.

The leather's toughness could not withstand the assault of arrows.

"What makes you say that?"

Yang Shan looked at Yuan in confusion and said, "If one piece isn't enough, we can add another."

"But if we do that, it may become a burden to the Hunting Team's warriors."

Yuan explained.

After all, leather was heavy.

If they wore too much, it would inevitably hinder the warriors' movements.

"For now, let's try two pieces of leather."

Yang Shan's eyes flickered constantly as he spoke.

They would set the weight aside for now and first test whether two pieces could be pierced by an arrow.

If they could not be pierced, then they would have completed the item the chieftain had entrusted to them.

Yang Yu had only just left the workshop when Lin Er found him.

"Yu, Elder Yuan went to the warehouse to get a set of leather."

Lin Er told Yang Yu that Yuan had gone to the tribe's warehouse for leather.

Hearing Lin Er's words,

Yang Yu looked slightly surprised.

She had gone to the warehouse for leather?

The next moment,

he immediately understood.

He had not expected the primitive people to react so quickly.

They had actually thought of the most primitive method of making armor.

As expected,

one should never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

Some of them were so clever that it was unimaginable.

Perhaps they were constrained by their current environment, which prevented them from quickly thinking of suitable methods.

But after receiving some guidance,

their reactions were truly not slow.

"Ah..."

Yang Yu let out a deep sigh, helplessness in his eyes.

He was lamenting the sorrow of this era.

He was lamenting the fragility of life in this era.

That was because in this era, the average lifespan was only around fifty years.

So...

"Yu, what's wrong?"

Seeing Yang Yu sigh, Lin Er asked in confusion, "Was there something wrong with Yuan taking the leather?"

"No, no!"

Yang Yu shook his head and said, "From now on, if the workshop goes to the warehouse for supplies, don't stop them."

"Yes!"

Lin Er did not object to Yang Yu's words.

After all, Yang Yu was the chieftain of the family.

His authority was the greatest.