Preparations for the return journey's food reserves continued for several days.
During that time, Blade Tusk also planned to assign a Witch Doctor to work with the Finae Tribe's Witch Doctors while planting Fruit Trees, organizing that tribe's inherited knowledge.
The process was roughly the same as the work Blade Tusk had done back when he was an apprentice.
Amid the Finae Tribe Witch Doctors' stumbling explanations, he had to figure out the meanings of their abstract drawings, then convert that disorganized content into Tusk Tribe writing and record it on clay tablets made from suitable clay.
Finally, following those original Finae records, he would have to teach the two Witch Doctors the new language and script hand in hand.
It was foreseeable that this would be a job lasting quite some time, and they would likely be delayed here for many days.
Assigned to the task, Earth Tusk accepted with a face like he was about to cry.
Still, during the sorting process, he discovered many valuable things, such as the nearby terrain and topography, among others.
Most importantly, the Finae Tribe's inheritance contained traces of another Troll tribe.
After receiving Earth Tusk's report, Blade Tusk carefully questioned him about the relevant details. Only then did he learn that it was a small tribe much weaker than the Finae Tribe, located farther upstream along the White River, roughly five days' travel from here.
The news left Blade Tusk torn between two choices. He did not know whether to return according to the original plan or make another trip north.
After weighing it from every angle, he ultimately decided to head north once more. Otherwise, they would have to make an extra round trip and waste a great deal of food for nothing.
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