SFS Chapter 102 Hiding Place
Chapter 102 Hiding Place
Lin Baiyan looked at the reddish moon overhead; it was only around four or five in the morning.
He raised his hand and shooed the dwarf beasts back to sleep, "Go, go, go back to sleep first, I'll come and wake you up later."
Lin Baiyan threatened them, "If the cubs don't get enough sleep, they won't grow tall."
He turned to look at the short, red-haired girl beside him, "These kids are being silly. How can you, at your age, let them play along?"
Somewhat embarrassed, Ai Hong helped the dozing Ai Cheng up. He was too ashamed to admit that he was actually the one who started it...
The dwarf beasts were shooed back to sleep.
When it was fully light, Lin Baiyan finished cleaning up, called Lang Cang, and together with several members of the hunting team, set off with the dwarf beasts.
They stumbled and wobbled their way into the forest, running quickly in the southwest direction. Ai Hong was tied to the basket on Hu Qiu's back, while Ai Shi and Ai Cheng sat on Lang Cang's back with Lin Baiyan.
Ai Shi cowered timidly beside Lin Baiyan, not daring to move. Ai Cheng, on the other hand, was a little curious and quietly reached out to gently stroke Lang Cang's fur.
Wolf Cang sensed something was amiss and twitched its ears, but didn't say anything. It was just a cub; it wouldn't bother with it.
Lin Baiyan once again boarded the Big Wolf Expressway in a daze.
After walking for almost an hour, they stopped at Tiger Hill ahead. At this point, they were already at the edge of the forest, with another mountain range right next to them.
Lin Baiyan transformed into human form as soon as he landed. He rubbed his stiff cheeks, picked up the two dwarf cubs, and looked at the dwarf red beast in front of him.
Ai Hong climbed down from Hu Qiu's body with trembling hands and feet. It was the first time he had ever been able to sit on a beastman's beast form, and he was so scared that he dared not move.
He paused for a moment, then walked to a huge tree with a trunk as thick as two people could hug. He brushed off the dead branches from the trunk and tapped the spot closest to the soil.
The sound was very rhythmic, tapping two or three times.
A moment later, Lin Baiyan saw a piece of wood on the tree trunk being lifted, and a slightly young-looking dwarf beast poked its head out from inside.
After Ai Shui lifted the bark, he saw Ai Hong's face and exclaimed excitedly, "Grandpa Hong, you're finally back!"
Ai Hong, Ai Shi, and Ai Cheng have been gone for many, many days. He thought something had happened, but there were still sick cubs in the cave, and Ai Hong had told them not to leave the cave before he left, so they dared not go out.
Ai Shui could only wait anxiously with his companions in the burrow.
If I had known better, I shouldn't have let Grandpa Hong and the others leave. If everyone had tried a little harder, we could have found some tree bark and grass roots to survive.
The longer it goes on, the higher Ai Shui's heart hangs in suspense.
Now that they're finally back, Ai Shui stepped forward to pull Ai Hong up, but saw a group of beastmen behind Ai Hong who looked "fierce and menacing".
He immediately took several steps back, his eyes filled with terror.
what's the situation?
Is Grandpa Red going to lead these orcs to wipe out their lair?
In an instant, countless scenarios flashed through Ai Shui's mind.
Seeing his expression, Ai Hong knew what Ai Shui was thinking, and he quickly said, "Don't get excited, don't get excited, they are not bad people."
Ai Shui didn't believe a word of it and maintained a posture as if she was about to run away.
How could that be? The orcs of the Orc Continent are all like man-eating beasts.
There aren't any bad guys yet? In Ai Shui's eyes, they're all bad guys!
He was very vigilant, but he forced back the tears from his eyes, as if the next second these beastmen would grab the dwarf beast, torture it at will, and then eat it as food!
Ai Shui held his breath, his eyes filled with terror: "Grandpa Hong, blink if you're being coerced..."
Hearing Ai Shui's somewhat silly words, Ai Hong felt a black line appear on his forehead. Even if he really had been kidnapped, he wouldn't dare to make any rash moves.
He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Ai Shui, then slapped him on the head first. What a ridiculous move!
He's a grown male orc, yet he's still such a coward!
Ai Hong pulled Ai Shui and smiled awkwardly at Lang Cang and the others, "Priest, please don't take it to heart, he's too timid."
In fact, none of their people are particularly brave.
Lin Baiyan nodded indifferently, "Then we won't go in for now. You can go and talk to them yourself."
It wasn't that they didn't want to follow, it's just that the place where these short, thin people lived was too difficult for them to get into.
Lin Baiyan stared at the hole under the tree bark, his face darkening. He wondered why he hadn't been able to find the burrows of these dwarf beasts before; it turned out they lived directly underground.
Ai Hong also thought of this, and quickly nodded, pulling Ai Shui, Ai Shi, and Ai Cheng into the cave.
Several male orcs had been sent by Wolf Cang to scout out the surrounding area. They had patrolled this place before, but it was far from the tribe, so they only did it once every three days.
This incident served as a wake-up call for Lang Cang. It was his first time serving as the chieftain, and previously his father had arranged the patrols. At that time, he was not yet an adult and had not participated in the affairs of the tribe.
By the time he was almost an adult, the Star Wolf tribe had already ceased to exist.
Lang Cang still remembers his mother and father's warm hands stroking his hair, smiling lovingly at him and saying that his father had prepared an adult sacrifice for him...
But he didn't live to see that moment.
Perhaps it was because he was approaching adulthood that the events that had happened in the Star Wolf Tribe were becoming clearer and clearer in Lang Cang's mind.
His thoughts drifted away, wandering into the distant, vanished past.
At this moment, Lin Baiyan was standing in front of that big tree, studying its structure.
These dwarfs were quite capable; they dug a hole in the middle of the tree and then carved a tunnel down along the roots, presumably leading to their living area.
However, the passage was too narrow, and Lin Baiyan was eager to try turning into a kitten and go inside to explore.
He was about to turn around and say something to Lang Cang when he saw the person behind him with a somber face and a barely perceptible sadness in his eyes.
Lin Baiyan paused for a moment. He had seen this expression on Lang Cang many times before, but he did not ask rashly.
He knew that Lang Cang had a secret. Although he was not yet an adult, his face had a heaviness and coldness that did not match his age, and a bloodthirsty murderous intent and hatred.
Lin Baiyan remained silent for a while, then slowly moved closer to Lang Cang and slipped a piece of dried sweet potato into his hand.
"Eat something sweet. Eating sweets makes me feel better when I'm unhappy." He didn't know how to comfort Lang Cang.
Lang Cang silently looked at the dried sweet potato in his palm, slowly closed his hand, and clenched the dried sweet potato in his hand.
His emotions gradually returned to normal, and the fierce determination in his eyes became even stronger. He now had something he wanted to protect again, and no one could destroy it.