The Pan Family Three Brothers joined the group, and everyone continued on their way.
The players were thoroughly curious about the three newly joined NPCs.
"Are these three NPCs coming with us because the chief recruited them into our tribe?"
"Not sure, but they seem to be coming with us to attack the Jackalmen. Either way, they're on our side."
"Maybe they're story NPCs connected to the Jackalmen storyline. Too bad we can't understand what they're saying."
"I demand subtitles!"
"Why are they all men? It would've been great if one of them had been a cute NPC girl."
"What's so great about a cute girl?"
"You don't get it. This game is so realistic, maybe you could even get it on with an NPC, heh heh..."
"I don't know if you can get it on with an NPC, but I do know that if you try, you'll definitely get banned."
"You guys are so perverted, getting ideas about NPCs. I like it. How about we try getting it on with one..."
"Get lost!"
"You sicko!"
The players chatted and joked along the way. A little over an hour later, the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree, dozens of meters tall, came into view in the distance.
"I Shoot You Innocent, Ranger."
Lin Feng called over the two highest-level Agility Class players in the tribe.
That morning, the two of them had just reached level four.
"Here!"
"Please give us your orders, Chief!"
The two hurried to Lin Feng's side, their eyes shining with excitement.
The chief had singled them out, so he must have a special task for them.
"You two go scout the Jackalmen Tribe first. Find out exactly what it's like, then come back and report to me," Lin Feng said.
Wind Wolf had said there were still more than thirty Jackalmen left in the tribe, and the number matched what Da Qing and the others had found during their earlier reconnaissance. Still, Lin Feng had decided to scout the area before attacking.
What if something unexpected happened?
For example, another group of Jackalmen might have migrated from somewhere else and joined the tribe.
Or something else might happen.
The chances were slim, but he couldn't rule them out.
"Yes, Chief. Don't worry!"
"We'll get the job done!"
Ranger and I Shoot You Innocent spoke excitedly as they looked at the newly refreshed scouting quest on their quest panels.
A quest had appeared, just as they'd hoped. Awesome!
The quest didn't offer much experience—only 30 points—but even a tiny morsel was worth something.
And why had the chief picked them instead of anyone else?
It meant they had the highest favorability with him!
Completing this quest would raise it a little more. When another important quest came along, the chief would think of them first, wouldn't he?
That was an invisible fortune!
Experience points were just a bonus.
"You triggered a quest?"
Seeing their excited faces, one of the players couldn't help asking.
"That's right. An exclusive quest, with an insanely good reward!" I Shoot You Innocent said smugly.
Only he and Ranger had received the quest, so of course it was exclusive.
"Lucky bastards!"
"This is rigged! It has to be!"
"Come clean. Did you two get cozy with the chief?"
"You definitely did. Unless the chief gives me a quest too!"
The players had already been insanely jealous that they'd triggered quests. Now I Shoot You Innocent was saying the reward was amazing, and they all started shouting at once.
Amid the players' envious grumbling, I Shoot You Innocent and Ranger left the group to scout the Jackalmen Tribe.
Lin Feng and the others hid in a thicket and waited for news.
A little over twenty minutes later, the two returned with good news.
"Chief, when we got near the Jackalmen Tribe, we happened to see a group of them leaving. There were more than ten, and judging by the way they were moving, they were probably going out to hunt. If Wind Wolf's information is accurate, that leaves only a little over twenty adult Jackalmen in the tribe!"
Ranger spoke excitedly.
"Good news!" Lin Feng said, just as excited.
That would make attacking the Jackalmen Tribe much easier.
Once they wiped out the Jackalmen left in the tribe, they could wait in ambush for the hunters to return.
"Rest for ten minutes, then we'll ambush the Jackalmen Tribe!" Lin Feng ordered.
The ten-minute break wasn't just for resting. It would also give the Jackalmen out hunting time to get farther away.
At the Jackalmen Tribe, Chief Kuang Tu Blood Axe stood outside his tent, gazing southeast with a grim expression.
In that direction was a Human settlement that had cost him dearly.
Yesterday, he'd sent two of the tribe's warriors, Bear Hunter and Wind Wolf, along with thirty of the tribe's strongest fighters, to attack that Human settlement.
He'd thought victory would be a foregone conclusion.
After all, according to the information Wind Wolf had brought back, there were only a little over twenty Human warriors in that valley. They couldn't possibly be a match for Bear Hunter and the others.
But things had still gone wrong.
One by one, his tribesmen had stumbled back in disarray, bringing news like a thunderbolt.
They'd lost!
Wind Wolf's information hadn't been wrong. There really had only been a little over twenty warriors in the Human settlement. But their strength had been beyond anything he'd expected.
Apparently, most of the Human warriors could fight the Jackalmen one-on-one without falling behind!
A few of them were even stronger than the Jackalmen!
Of the thirty warriors he'd sent out, only nine had returned. The other twenty-one, along with the two warriors Bear Hunter and Wind Wolf, hadn't come back.
If the tribesmen who'd escaped hadn't sworn their story was true, he would have found it hard to believe that Humans this powerful existed.
This was the worst defeat he'd ever suffered. The only way to wash away the shame was to make those Humans pay in blood.
He would lead the attack himself and wipe out those detestable Humans!
As he was thinking about it, he suddenly spotted a group of figures on the distant horizon, heading their way.
They were too far away for him to make out clearly, so he craned his neck and squinted at them.
The figures drew closer, and at last he could see them.
Humans!
He hadn't even gone after the Humans to settle the score, and they'd actually come looking for him?
The nerve!
"Everyone, assemble! Prepare for battle! Everyone, assemble! Prepare for battle!" he shouted.
As he yelled, he rushed into his tent and grabbed his weapon.
It was a giant Wolf Tooth Club, more than 1.6 meters long.
The club was enormous, but in his hands it didn't look out of place. He stood more than 2.5 meters tall.
Some of the Jackalmen were resting in their tents. Others were busy making little Jackalmen together. At his call, they all rushed out.
"Chief, what's wrong?" someone asked.
"There! A group of Humans is heading this way!" Kuang Tu pointed into the distance.
He was taller than an ordinary Jackalman and had better eyesight. He could see the distant Humans, though many of the others couldn't.
A few with sharp eyes could just make out a blurry group approaching, but they couldn't tell whether they were Humans or something else.
But if the chief said they were Humans, then they were Humans.
"What? The Humans dare to come here?"
"This time, we'll make them pay in blood!"
"I'll tear them to pieces!"
The Jackalmen yelled.
Only the few who had fled the valley yesterday were terrified to hear that the Humans had come to attack them.
They knew better than the tribesmen who hadn't fought them just how frightening those Humans were.
They were a group of powerful fighters who didn't care if they lived or died!
Remembering yesterday's brutal battle, one or two of the more timid Jackalmen had already started to tremble.
"Why are you shaking?" Kuang Tu snapped, glaring at them.
"Look at you, a bunch of cowards. I'm here, so what are you afraid of?"
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