Chronicles of Primordial Wars

Bölüm 158: Savaş

Çeviren: Joycelyn

Ping and Chen Jia stood nervously by the bank, waiting.

At this time, the number of Water Moonstones that their houses produce will affect how well off or poor they will be the next day. If they produced a lot of Water Moonstones, each big and shiny, their houses will be hitting it rich. If they brought these out during the trade period, they can exchange for many things; but if the stones that they produced are not many, and small as well, then there will be hardship.

Whether they will be rich or poor, will all depend on this canal that flowed through their houses. Bu fikir Shao Xuan için oldukça yeni geldi.

Ping was already nervous and started praying, Chen Jia was also biting on his fingers. He always loved biting his fingers whenever he got nervous.

The turbid river was getting clearer, after not even 10 minutes had passed, the river was already half transparent. The light spreading out from under the river was even more eye catching than the moon in the sky.

The muddy river gradually became clearer, and at the bottom of the river, something shining could be seen. Bunlar Su Ay Taşlarıydı.

White light, through the river, reflected into the eyes of the crowd at the river bank.

“Ha… hahaha!” Birisi güldü. The canal surrounding their house was especially bright, this meant that there would be more Water Moonstones.

Some of them cheered, some of them worried; some flow section of the canal was dimmer than the rest, this meant that there would be less Water Moonstones.

“Hahahaha!” Chen Xia da kibirli bir şekilde gülmeye başladı. Their house’s area, compared to the two houses beside them, was brighter. So he laughed while facing the two houses’ children, to show off to them.

Ping nehrin kıyısında diz çöktü, nehrin kıyısının altında daha da parlaklaşan beyaz parıltıya baktı, heyecanı ağzına koyacak kelime bulamayacak kadar yükseldi.

Çevredeki evin aileleri Chen Jia ve annesine hem kıskançlıkla hem de kıskançlıkla baktılar, ama daha az veya daha fazla olsa bile ne yapabileceklerine zaten karar verilmişti; Even if they were envious, they could not snatch them. They could only comfort themselves that maybe next year their own area could be like theirs.

Shao Xuan felt that there was a type of fire energy within them, the Drumming tribe’s flame?

This tribe that resided at the river zone, what kind of tribal flame would theirs be?

At the Flaming Horn’s tribe, the shaman was able to use the flame’s power to connect the few houses at the mountain top; that was why the mountain top’s stone houses were warm even in the winter season. These Water Moonstones seem like they also had some close connection with the Drumming tribe’s flame.

No wonder Fu Shi said that this was their Drumming tribe’s specialty. A tribal flame’s powers are special.

After Ping prayed to offer thanks, she turned and called out to the eager Chen Jia beside her: ‘Into the water!’

"Tamam!" Chen Jia pulled off the animal hide on him, with totems appearing all over his body, and jumped into the clear bright river.

Many other houses’ children were like Chen Jia, eager to jump in to collect the Water Moonstones.

Shao Xuan realised something about these children when they were swimming. Both of their legs were not paddling alternately against the water, but swaying towards the right and left. Yumuşamış gibi görünen kemikleri ve vücutlarının her yerindeki pullu totem desenleri, tıpkı bir timsahın su üzerinde süzülen güçlü kuyruğu gibi görünmesini sağlıyordu.

Drumming kabilesinin suyla iyi bir yakınlığı var. Even if they are diving deep under water, they can stay for a long time. Because of that, collecting Water Moonstones from the river floor to them was beyond easy.

As the first Water Moonstone of this year, one has to choose a big one. The Drumming tribe members believe that if there’s a good start, there will be a good end. Who knows if the ones they dig out later will be equally big as their first one. Therefore, the first stone has to be chosen wisely.

Chen Jia swam around the river’s floor, finally choosing a huge and bright Water Moonstone. He did not swim up, but just turned and threw it towards the river bank directly.

The Water Moonstone that was thrown out was accurately caught by Ping.
Rubbing the water off the Water Moonstone preciously, Ping got excited just looking at it; Happy to the point where her mouth could not keep it together and kept tilting upwards.

Bir süre ona baktıktan sonra Ping onu sepete koymadı ama Shao Xuan'a verdi, "Shao Xuan bak, bu taş bu yıl evimin ürettiği şey, büyük değil mi? Parlak değil mi? Kesinlikle pek çok güzel şeyin takası için kullanılabilir!"

Shao Xuan onu devraldı, her iki eli de suyun serinliğini hissetti, parlaklığı Fu Shi'nin o gece ona gösterdiği taştan daha parlaktı, bu yeni ürünün sonucuydu.

Ancak Shao Xuan hâlâ içindeki enerjiyi özümseyemiyordu, yalnızca bu taş parçasının, Davulcu kabilesinin alevi ve totemiyle birlikte birbirine bağlı olduğunu hissedebiliyordu.

Not only the tribe’s flame and totem, but these stones and those that have already flowed downstream are related as well.

Drumming kabilesi üyelerinin söylediğine göre, ayrılan timsahlar geri döndüklerinde sulu ay kanalına bazı taşlar tükürecekler. These stones will then eventually become Water Moonstones.

Her yıl Su Ay Taşlarını seçtikten sonra nehre yeni taşlar gidecek ve ertesi yıl onları toplamaya devam edecekler. But if therre are no crocodiles, there won’t be any Water Moonstones here.

Timsahlar kendi ailelerinin bulunduğu bölgedeki kanala kaç tane taş tükürecek, bu taşlar tam olarak kaç tanesi Su Ay Taşı olacak; bu Drumming kabilesi üyeleri bilmiyordu. Even if they were to change their way, the result will not be what they expected. In the end, they can only pray to the the totem spirits, hoping for more fortune.

This is also the reason why the Drumming tribe members call these crocodiles as treasured fish.

In Shao Xuan previous life, he had a classmate that raised a crocodile before. He once told Shao Xuan that their house’s crocodile also ate stones, and those stones became gastroliths (stomach stone). They will help the crocodiles grind the food that are hard to digest down.

Not sure if what the Drumming tribe’s crocodiles spit out into the water moon canal are exactly those gastroliths in their stomach.

Kabiledeki nehrin en çamurlu ve çalkantılı kısmı bu tür parlak Su Ay Taşlarını üretti, burası gerçekten gizemli bir yer.

After looking at the stone, Shao Xuan carefully put it into the rattan basket at the side.

After seeing Shao Xuan’s actions, Ping’s opinion of him rose. Sepetten yeni konan taşı çıkarıp Shao Xuan'ın ellerine iterek şöyle dedi: "Al, dışarı çıkana kadar bekle, bunu hala birçok güzel şeyle takas edebilirsin. Bunu diğer kabile üyeleriyle istediğin bir şeyle takas ettikten sonra, bu Su Ay Taşının değerini anlayacaksın."

Zalim bir yeni zengin olma duygusuydu bu, öyle büyük bir parça ki, bu onu sıkıntıya sokmaz mı, harcasa yüreği sızlar.

Ping ayrıca daha fazla bir şey söylemedi, taşı Shao Xuan'a ittikten sonra Chen Jia'nın kıyıya fırlattığı taşları almak için hızla geri döndü.

"Teşekkür ederim." Shao Xuan then put the stone into his animal skin bag and helped Ping look after the rattan basket.

Bu gece sakin değildi, tehlike gizleniyordu. Not only Shao Xuan, but also the Drumming tribe’s members were all set up ready. Every year at this time, many incidents would happen. Therefore they were already used to it and made preparations for battle. Bu nedenle taşları çocuklarına bırakıyorlar, yetişkinler çevrelerine karşı tetikte oluyor ve herhangi bir düzensizlik bulduklarında savaş moduna giriyorlar.

Not far from the water moon canal, Fu Shi and his partners were surveying the area. However, his heart was still concerned about the situation at the canal, not knowing how his family was doing this year.

“I think that this year my family’s harvest will not be less.” Fu Shi dedi.

“My family will definitely not be less than you!” Fu Shi'nin yanındaki kişi bağırdı.

“I don’t hope for too much, just not to be the least.” Başka bir kişinin sesi duyuldu.

"Hiçbir işe yaramaz!"

“Ai, even if I worry about it, I still won’t be able to change it, so better not hold on too much hope.”

A few of them were talking, while someone who went to inquire about the situation at the water moon canal came over.
“Fu Shi, your family struck it rich this year! Your house’s area was the brightest!” Birisi nefes nefese geldi ve şunu söyledi.

"Ah Ha!" Fu Shi got excited and couldn’t help but jump a few rounds on the spot. Bu harika! En, takas zamanı geldiğinde, bazı güzel şeylerle takas edeceğim, birkaç güzel kıyafet alacağım ve bunları Ping'e hediye edeceğim, Chen Jia için kaliteli taş silahlarla takas edeceğim… ..

A few others were like Fu Shi, their houses although did not gain as much as Fu Shi’s this year, but their harvests were not too little. When it’s time to go out to trade, what should they exchange for?

While thinking, Fu Shi’s face tensed up, the muscles under his skin bulged up, making his already strong body even more sturdy. The black lines of his scale-like totem patterns grew all over his body. Her iki bacağı da muazzam bir kuvvetle patlayarak bulunduğu yerden kayboldu ve buradan hızla uzaklaşan silueti kovalayarak tek bir adım attı.

Fu Shi aniden totem desenleriyle kaplı kalın kolunu yukarı kaldırdı, her kas güçle doldu ve kasların genişlemesi altındaki deri daha da sıkılaştı. His fingers clenched into a fist and punched towards the silhouette. Like a shot of a bullet landing onto the silhouette’s body.

Bang!

The originally fleeing silhouette was pounded hard into the ground.

The first punch landed, now came the second punch.

Ka!

Fu Shi’s punch directly smashed the opponent’s brain.

The guy lying on the ground had totems tattoos different from the Drumming tribe’s. Due to his death, the tattoos swiftly disappeared.

The sound of Fu Shi’s breathing was not the usual wheezing sound, but a burst of coarse and loud grunts. Dense black markings gradually extended around the tip of his pupils.

Cold eyes flashed past, Fu Shi had just killed one person, but he wasn’t stopping at that. Both his legs’ muscles expanded instantaneously, his body that was just now standing upright was now low on the ground on all fours. Both his palms and feets vigorously pushed against the ground, launching himself towards another silhouette. The surrounding wet mud splashed from the impact of his sudden burst.

Competing with a crocodile by running is okay, but competing with instantaneous movements, that is difficult.

Crocodiles advantage is not with its speed, but with its response and its explosive force. You might be able to run past them, but at the time you start running, whether they will give you the chance to run first is the point. Or maybe even before you run, they may have already bitten you.

The Drumming tribe’s members have many similar traits to crocodiles. Their strength and speed may not be that great, but their explosive outbreak always overwhelms the opponents.

Yet another silhouette was clamped, the next moment, he was twisted off from the middle.

The two guys were too fast just now, therefore Fu Shi did not have enough time to inform the rest while dealing with the two of them. He took advantage of this gap to unleash a roar like that of an ancient beast from his throat.

The roar was like a clashing sword, passing over the damp area, through the woods, splitting the quiet night.

The moon illuminated the sky the brightest this time of year. Nevertheless, under the moonlight, the battle had started.