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Chapter 24 Beginner Quests

Natural disasters?

Xu Lun didn't know how to comment. This man-eating beast seemed to be quite famous, even having a nickname.

"Are there many wild animals near our village?" he asked again.

Lumen shook his head:

"There aren't many, and attacks on people are rare."

Aside from the wild boars, there aren't any large wild beasts to be seen around here.

If you keep going upstream along the river, and get close to the snow-capped mountains, then it's possible.

But that's too far from here; nobody would go there.

He raised his hand and pointed to a certain place in the distance.

Xu Lun looked in the direction he pointed and saw a majestic mountain, its peak covered with thick snow, standing proudly above a sea of ​​trees.

The mountain didn't seem too far away, but Xu Lun understood the saying "looking at a mountain makes you want to run to your death."

We continued walking forward while chatting with Lumen.

Soon, the team, composed of able-bodied young men from the village, arrived at the east end of the village.

At the entrance to Zulu Village, the burly man leading the group stopped and shouted again:

"Stay close! Any further and we'll truly be leaving the village! Don't blame me for not warning you, if you get separated, watch out for monsters! I won't be collecting your corpses! Of course, you might not even leave with a whole body, so take care!"

"Set off!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and headed into the forest without looking back.

Xu Lun followed silently, not interested in the matter. Despite the tall and strong appearance of the leader, these primitive people were poorly equipped. A quick glance revealed only large wooden sticks; they didn't even have a proper weapon.

To hunt wild beasts, you at least need to sharpen the wood to make it a spear; only then will it be lethal.

Moreover, according to Lumen, there are very few wild beasts in this area, so these primitive people most likely have no experience in hunting wild beasts.

If we actually encounter that, many people will probably die.

Therefore, Xu Lun was not optimistic about this operation, but Lu Men next to him kept shouting and was just as excited as the other young people in the team.

As Xu Lun walked and observed along the way, he discovered that Zulu Village truly lived up to its reputation as a remote and impoverished place. Less than 100 meters from the village, the dirt road ended, and the surrounding area was all forest, leaving him with no sense of direction.

In places like this, where transportation is difficult and communication with the outside world is lacking, and there are few resources around, development is simply impossible.

If I were to become the village chief, my first priority would be to find a way to build a road...

Xu Lun thought to himself.

The group wandered aimlessly through the forest, stopping and starting, for quite some time, when suddenly a roar came from ahead:

"Watch out!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a wild beast's roar rang out once more:

"Get out of here!"

Xu Lun's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a sudden dizziness.

He heard it clearly just now: two different voices, one from a primitive man and the other from a wild beast.

There's nothing special about the primitive man's voice, but the roar of that wild beast sounded no different from a normal cry, yet Xu Lun, for some reason, could understand it!

It's as if there's a built-in translator in my brain, automatically translating the sounds of wild animals.

Could it be the bracelet?

Xu Lun was puzzled.

at the same time.

The primitive people, startled by the wild beast's cry, immediately became alert.

"kill!"

The burly man's voice came from ahead.

"kill!"

The primitive people behind them rushed forward!

Xu Lun didn't want to be left behind, so he had no choice but to rush forward as well.

A large group of people, wielding large sticks, ran in the same direction.

"What are you doing?! What do you want to do?!"

"Humans!"

"Why did you kill me!"

The beast's roars continued to echo.

Xu Lun heard anger, fear, and even grievance in its voice.

Could there be a mistake?

He seriously doubted the judgment of these primitive people, after all, none of them had ever seen the legendary man-eating beast, and they didn't even know what kind of creature it was.

But at this moment, these primitive people were like they had been injected with chicken blood, their emotions running high. They charged forward with a roar, raising their wooden sticks and smashing them hard into a bush.

"Hit it! Don't let it get away! Hit it!"

The burly man's voice rang out again.

"Scatter! Scatter! Surround it!"

The crowd gradually dispersed in all directions, but did not retreat; instead, they formed a circle.

"net!"

The burly man shouted again.

Then, out of nowhere in the crowd, a rough, large net flew out and covered the bushes.

"No! Let me go!"

The roar of the beast rang out again.

The crowd began to gather in the center, indicating that the wild beast had been trapped.

"Get out of here!"

Another powerful roar followed.

The crowd that had just gathered was suddenly frightened and scattered again.

"Keep fighting! Keep fighting!"

The burly man's shouts rang out again.

One after another, the primitive men wielding sticks launched an attack on the center from all directions.

A club slammed on the left, a club slammed on the right, and the bushes shook violently as the beast trapped in the middle struggled desperately!

"Don't kill me!"

The beast let out a mournful howl, all its previous anger gone.

"don't want!"

Xu Lun was somewhat moved by what he heard, but he knew that these primitive people could not understand the cries of wild animals.

If this monster could be taken down by a bunch of brutes like you, then it wouldn't be a monster.

Having fought this far, the primitive people held a one-sided advantage. In fact, from Xu Lun's perspective, he could roughly judge that this beast was probably not the man-eating ferocious beast of legend.

If even a group of primitive people in the remote and impoverished Zulu village could subdue it, then surely the village of Chalwa, where the incident occurred before, could muster a group of brutes? Would they have needed to seek help from nearby city-states?

Xu Lun remained silent. He was a newcomer and had no way of speaking. Moreover, given the intelligence of these primitive people, he felt that even if he spoke, it would have no effect.

"No...why...why..."

The beast's breath grew weaker and weaker, its initial angry roar turning into a desperate whimper.

"Fight! Fight!"

The group of primitive people around were still attacking frantically, hitting the beast left and right with their clubs. Gradually, the beast no longer had the strength to even howl.

"Alright! Alright! Leave him with a breath of life!"

The burly man who was in charge spoke.

"Alright! Stop! Stop!"

At his intervention, the people around him gradually stopped attacking, and the noise ceased abruptly.

Xu Lun took the opportunity to move forward a little, wanting to see what this beast looked like that could make those guys fight so hard.

"You, and you too, come and help!"

But at that moment, the burly man began calling for people to come forward and "collect the corpse."

Three or five primitive people crawled into the bushes and worked for a while. Finally, they lifted two thick wooden sticks, two people in front and two in back, and carried the sticks on their shoulders like carrying a sedan chair, and lifted up the large net that had trapped the wild animals.