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Chapter 17.
For the flesh-toothed beasts who admire the strong, strength is the value of a person, and the prey is the embodiment of ability.

In the eyes of outsiders, these flesh-toothed beasts are barbaric, rude, and uneducable.But in Yuan Chen's view, this kind of pure respect for strength is more suitable for this chaotic era... At least, as long as you can show your strength, then you can get the respect of all of them.

Even if there are still people who are still upset, they will restrain their temper and obey your orders—because you are stronger.

Even Yuan Chen's body now has a layer of fine beads of sweat emerging from the sheer physical strength and combat skills of more than a dozen hunters of carnivorous beasts in a row.

Hanging on the body, looking around, Yuan Chen patted his chest: "Do I have the qualifications!"

"Own! Own!!"

Feeling the wildness in Yuan Chen's words, the surrounding carnivorous beasts also cheered - they are easily infected by the atmosphere.Once a slug-tooth despises you, the others will look down on you too.

But now, after proving their strength, all the flesh-toothed beasts have realized that Yuan Chen is definitely not a so-called boy.

Seeing this scene, Moldas also smiled, and then said:

"No matter what the final result is, your strength has been recognized by all of us. Then, in order to welcome our guests, clansmen, prepare for a grand bonfire party!"

Mordas said in that loud and loud voice: "At least let this human being know that in terms of eating meat, we carnivorous beasts are the strongest!"

"of course!"

The flesh-toothed beasts cheered, while Yuan Chen washed his body with water elements without leaving any traces—Ionian people like to be clean, and this kind of dense sweat is really uncomfortable on the body.And the sclerodons didn't say anything—they'd do a lot of hard work on the mane too.

Taking Yuan Chen into their hunting camp, Mordas whispered to Yuan Chen along the way, and fell silent from time to time, as if he was thinking about something.

Although it looked more like a wild beast, the tribe of the carnivorous beasts was not chaotic. On the contrary, in order to prepare for the next dragon hunting operation, they divided the entire camp into different areas for easy management and care.

Herds of cattle and sheep were kept in wooden pens. Apart from the farmed poultry in the village of Ixtar, there were also many common pack animals in Shurima and the fringes of Valoran.

There is a large amount of forage piled up in the warehouse on one side. It is obvious that these carnivorous beast hunters want to make sufficient hunting preparations and settle for a long time before finishing hunting.

In addition, they also cut down a large number of trees, and after simple processing, they used thick ropes and iron chains to make large hunting devices one after another...

Squinting his eyes, Yuan Chen's gaze flashed with astonishment... The one covered with a straw mat seems to be a bed crossbow?Aren't gadgets military supplies?How did they get it?
Noticing Yuan Chen's surprise, Mordas also nodded and said, "We didn't do it on a whim...a long time ago, we were ready to change the status quo of the tribe."

Hearing this, Yuan Chen nodded thoughtfully: "Maybe we can have a good talk."

"Of course, we have plenty of time."

While talking, he patted Yuan Chen on the shoulder, and Mordas walked towards the camp: "Raise the bonfire! Let us enjoy this hard-won freedom! For the future of the tribe! For the carnivorous beast!!"

"For the tribe's tomorrow! For the carnivore!!"

The young hunters of the Sclerodon growled, although there were many Moldas among them, and they felt that their skills were stronger than the Moldas.But Yuanchen can be sure that these hunters unexpectedly shared the same hatred when talking about the tribe and the flesh-toothed beast...

This is what Wei once said in the background story of League of Legends, and it is worth digging deeply... Who doesn't want a group of natural hunters and assassins to befriend themselves?
As it was getting late, the bonfire rose, and the burning flames dispelled some of the humid air. Sitting around the bonfire, the carnivorous beasts pierced the meat with sharpened branches in twos and threes and roasted it on the fire.

Because of the different physiological forms, the digestive system of these carnivorous beasts is obviously stronger than that of humans.Whether it is raw meat or cooked meat, it can be swallowed in two or three bites, without worrying about the burden of half-cooked meat on the stomach.

"Why do you come here to hunt dragons?"

Sitting beside Mordas, Yuan Chen cut up the half-baked meat and grilled it on the fire again, while asking: "Is the position of the patriarch so important to you?"

"Because you don't know the traditions of our tribe." Mordas shook his head, tore the meat into strips without haste, and put them into his mouth slowly while chewing while staring at the beating bonfire and said:
"In our tribe, the elders have almost absolute dominance."

"..." Hearing this, Yuan Chen didn't speak, but just listened quietly——Yuan Chen really didn't understand the tribal customs of the flesh-toothed beasts.

And Moldas continued:
"You humans call us natural hunters...that's wrong.

Not every carnivorous beast is keen on hunting. More often than not, we are like you humans, with our own strength, and want to see a wider world. "

"But the elders don't allow it."

"They think that apart from hunting, all behaviors and ideals are excuses for cowards, and they think that if they give up hunting, the flesh-toothed beasts will lose their proud fangs...

They believe that being weak is the original sin that the flesh-toothed beasts should not have.My younger brother and my younger sister were exiled to fend for themselves in the jungle when they were young because they were not strong enough..."

When talking about younger siblings, Mordas couldn't help but clenched his fists, and said with some depression:
"They couldn't even hold a knife, and they were thrown into the jungle by the elders on the grounds of "proving themselves"... I can't forget the disgust and shame in my father's eyes when he looked at my sister.

But we have no ability to resist... In the tribe, the authority of the elders is unquestionable. They can even kill their children at will just like they control their own property. "

Along with Mordas's narration, the noisy carnivorous beasts around them also calmed down, and they all looked at the direction where Mordas was, their eyes reflected the bonfire, dancing with uneasy flames...

"I wanted to escape for a while, but later, a hero returned from the jungle."

"hero?"

Hearing Mordas's words, Yuan Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is it?"

"Rengar."

"Rengar?"

Hearing Moldas's words, Yuan Chen was stunned—of course he knew the poodle very well, but he didn't quite understand how the poodle became a hero...does he know that you think of him as a hero poodle?
In this regard, Mordas said excitedly: "Rengar is the patriarch's child, but unlike us, Rengar is very thin, and his father is completely different in size, and he is not even taller than me."

"Just like the tradition, Rengar was banished to the jungle, but Rengar didn't die, he survived, and returned to the group with powerful skills!"

"But his father still thought Rengar was a disgrace to the tribe, so he was exiled again..."

"And asked him to bring back the head of the void creature? Not only did he not bring it back, but he was also blinded in one eye?"

"..."

Hearing this, after a moment of silence, Moldas raised his eyebrows in doubt: "How do you know?"

"Would you believe me when I said I dreamed it?" Yuan Chen spread his hands:
"Later when he returned to the camp, because he was blind in one eye, instead of being appreciated, he was ridiculed by his father.

But he found that his father's weapons and trophies in the house had already fallen into ashes, and realized that he hadn't hunted for a long time, so he attacked his father and killed his father, the chief of the tribe, in the battle. ? "

"..." Hearing this, Mordas couldn't help touching his chin, and asked suspiciously, "Have you seen Rengar?"

"No... But I can indeed see the fate of some people. Although it may only be a short fragment, it contains the past and the future."

"You are a prophet?!" Moldas couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Why didn't you say it earlier? We wouldn't have to fight!"

"You didn't ask." Yuan Chen spread his hands: "And there's no way to prove it?"

Hearing this, he froze for a moment, Mordas returned to his seat, nodded understandingly and said, "That's... no wonder you found us, it seems that it was also guided by fate."

No, because of Nidalee's guidance.

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Chen didn't say it out, after all, this would increase his credibility as a prophet, so why not do it?

And after confirming that Yuanchen knew Rengar, Mordas didn't describe his past too much, but said succinctly:

"He managed to survive the dense forest and returned to the camp. He was the first Scletodon to survive and the first Scletodon to kill his father.

We can all see his strength. Although his body is slightly thinner than ours, we are still impressed by his explosive power and decisive fighting will. "

"In the beginning, the elders of the tribe wanted him to be the leader of the tribe, but he was extremely disappointed with the tribe and chose to leave alone. So, the tribe began the election of the leader——

The content is who has the most prey and trophies, the biggest, the strongest, and the most valuable. "

"We can't be a lonely and lone hunter like Rengar, but we still want to change the status quo of the Horde.

We don't want our children and our sisters to become like them, we hope that the flesh-toothed beasts can have more choices, instead of hunting, there is only death..."

Mordas said firmly: "Those old guys are more or less aware of our thoughts, they will not allow us to disobey or even surpass them...

Although unwilling, it is undeniable that they are indeed stronger than us in hunting and have more spoils. "

"So, if we want to change all this, we must take risks and get the most valuable prey."

"Giant dragon." Yuan Chen seemed to have a clear understanding: "So you want to win the trial by hunting dragons, become the patriarch, and then change everything?"

"Yes."

"Then why don't you just be more straightforward? For example, drive them out of the tribe, or simply leave and form a new tribe."

"There are many supporters for their ideas, and a direct conflict will only breed greater hatred and chaos." Mordas shook his head and said:
"I've read your human books. I don't want the Cleaver-tooth tribe to split into two tribes that are hostile to each other. Leaving means escaping. What we want to do is to change the status quo of the tribe...

The patriarch is the authority of the tribe, even the elders cannot disobey the order of the patriarch...

As long as we can become the patriarch, even if there are still many difficulties, we can at least subtly change the people's thinking.Don't let children be traditionally exiled to wilderness and jungle because of their inherent thinness. "

Hearing Mordas' expectation, Yuan Chen couldn't help but tease: "Hey, there are scholars in the carnivorous beast~"

"Don't say it as if our carnivore tribe is a group of wild beasts." Moldas shook his head: "And our scientific name is the vastaya, isn't it? If it weren't for the shackles of tradition, our civilization might not be will be weaker than humans."

"That's true. After all, there are a group of old pedants among human beings..." Listening to Moldas' distress and expectations, Yuan Chen shrugged his shoulders and couldn't help but think of the elders in the Hall of Eternal Existence in Ionia , couldn't help shaking his head for a moment and sighed:
"Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite..."

"How to say?"

Hearing Yuan Chen's exclamation, Mordas at the side also became interested, and asked: "Aren't you a prophet? Could there be something that you also have a headache for?"

"That's because you haven't been to Ionia."

Yuan Chen shook his head and said: "Ionia is isolated from the world, without any land connection, and the boundary between our spiritual realm and material realm is not obvious, so harmony with all things is our deep-rooted tradition. "

"I saw the future, my hometown was invaded, the people were displaced, left their homes, were bullied and oppressed by the invaders, thousands of people died under the iron hoof.

But when I thought about defending, training, and guarding against other people's invasion in advance, guess what the elders of the Hall of Eternal Existence said? "

"What did you say?"

"They think my thoughts will disturb the harmony of Ionia, shame the scholars of Presidium, and tarnish my superb talent. They think I should reflect on my mistakes."

(End of this chapter)