Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 34 The Lone Wild Boar

It rained lightly again early this morning, making the forest even more muddy and difficult to traverse.

However, after the rain stopped, the sun came out for the first time, which caused the temperature to rise considerably after days of dropping.

There are plenty of prey at Outpost 2, which could easily attract other wild animals. Someone needs to stay and guard the area to prevent the prey from being stolen.

After selecting a few tribesmen of decent strength to stay behind, Chief Jing led the others to continue hunting.

This time it wasn't as smooth as the first day. After spending a lot of time finding what should be a den of a Chinese tiger, they discovered that there had been no signs of life inside for several days.

"It must be a male tiger. It went to mate with a female tiger. I wonder when it will be back," a tribesman who had gone into the cave said, shrugging as he came out.

"If only we'd run into a tigress," another tribesman said regretfully.

When you encounter a tigress, it's easy to end up like that black bear from yesterday, where one becomes three. Once you've taken advantage of too many things, you'll always want to take another.

Of course, this is also due to their strength; without strength, they would have become someone else's food.

"Alright, mark this spot. We'll come back and check it out when we get back. Let's go find the next one." Chief Jing glanced at the other tribesmen.

Yesterday's harvest was decent, which is why I'm not anxious and still have the mood to chat.

However, that's how hunting is; it's even possible to go several days without a catch.

It wasn't until almost afternoon that Chief Jing and his men found another prey: a wild boar.

Wild boars are generally not among the hunting targets of tribes, because these creatures, which can have backs that are more than ten meters long and tusks that are more than two meters long, are social animals.

Wild tusk herds range from a minimum of a dozen to a maximum of several hundred, and even their leader, Jing, wouldn't dare to confront them head-on.

It's not that they can't hunt them down—how could they possibly lose when there are several times more orc warriors than wild boars? It's just that they would lose at least a third of their people during the hunt, which is simply not worth it.

Fortunately, this wild boar was traveling alone, with no other of its kind around it. Moreover, one of its tusks was broken, and its body appeared to have many injuries, with traces of blood faintly visible.

"They were probably driven out by their tribe," one tribesman speculated.

“That should be it.” Chief Jing nodded. “The Wild-Toothed Boar’s range is not here; it needs to go deeper into the Taz Forest. It must have been driven out of the tribe and came to the outside.”

In terms of location, the wild tusk boar population's activity range is mostly behind Outpost 4. After all, such a large population consumes a lot of food, which cannot be raised outside.

This area is the second stronghold. Although the resources are plentiful for the tribe, if the wild boar tribe comes here, at least half of them will starve to death.

In other words, this wild boar was injured and was safer here because there were no wild animals that could threaten it, allowing it to slowly recover from its injuries.

In any case, Chief Jing would never let a lone, injured wild boar escape, and soon everyone began preparations for the hunt.

Only two tribesmen were left to follow the wild boar at a distance and keep track of its movements, while the rest of the tribesmen went to prepare the necessary supplies for the trap.

Unlike black bears, wild boars are not very effective against grass vines. While black bears struggle to break free from their entanglements, wild boars can easily smash them with a single charge.

Therefore, the main way to deal with wild boars is to use sturdy stones that can withstand at least two impacts from them. Due to their physical structure, wild boars always charge around rather than make erratic turns.

Therefore, as long as you can block it with stones in its path, you can effectively hinder its speed and power of impact.

Secondly, look for a plant called the tear grass. This tear grass has rather thick leaves, and if you break it, a liquid that looks like egg white will flow out.

This liquid is quite slippery, making the wild boar unable to stand firmly on the ground and lose its footing. As a result, the wild boar cannot take advantage of its strengths and cannot pose much of a threat to the hunting team.

Everything was ready except for the final push. After more than an hour of preparation, Chief Jing gave a signal, and more than ten tribesmen rushed out at the same time to attract the attention of the wild boars as planned.

Unexpectedly, after seeing the little man who had come to provoke it, the wild boar hesitated for a moment before retreating and running away...

The hunting party had prepared for so long; how could they let it escape so easily? Without hesitation, their leader, Jing, gave the order, "Giddy up!"

Without pausing, the young man Ge turned and ran parallel to the wild boar the instant Chief Jing spoke, even surpassing its speed and overtaking it.

Fiery red patterns appeared on the young man's body, burning like flames, and fiery red hairs grew out of the flames.

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, a huge, fiery red wolf, more than ten meters long, appeared in front of the wild boar and let out a clear, loud roar.

They directly blocked the wild boar that was running wildly.

Wolves are not known for their exceptional strength, but surprisingly, the giant red wolf is quite powerful. Facing a charging wild boar, it not only caught the boar's impact steadily but also flipped it over.

Immediately following, the other tribesmen, who were prepared in advance, threw all the tear-grass juice wrapped in grass leaves that they had packed beforehand onto the wild boar.

The wild boar tried to turn over but had nowhere to grab its weight, so it could only thrash around on its back.

At the same time, several members of the tribe shouted at the giant red wolf, "That's enough! That's enough! Change back! Change back!"

The tribesmen, who were usually extremely calm when facing powerful prey, became incredibly anxious when they saw young Ge transform into a beast.

Amidst the shouts, the fiery red giant wolf vanished from its spot, reverting to the appearance of young Ge. Without any buffer time, young Ge seamlessly joined the fray, launching an attack on the fallen wild boar.

After a while, the wild boar, which was already badly injured, became completely unable to move.

The leader, Jing, approached the young man, Ge, and asked worriedly, "How are you?"

Young Ge clutched his stomach and checked it. "It's alright, not too hungry."

Chief Jing breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's take the prey back and eat it then."

"Mm." Young Ge nodded.

Transformation is a very energy-consuming process. His transformation time was short, and the wild boar was already injured and in poor condition. He hadn't moved much, so he didn't feel very hungry yet.

If he were forced to engage in a fierce battle with this wild boar, at least one-tenth of its parts would become food for young Ge—enough to feed at least several hundred tribesmen for a day.

Chief Jing looked at the wild boar whose body was being cleaned of the sap of the Tear Grass, and a hint of melancholy appeared in his eyes. Look, their Frostfire tribe has such great power. It is only an underage orc warrior who has just awakened his beast bloodline that can fight against such a huge beast.

How tragic that one cannot easily use this power because of food.

……

When they returned to Outpost No. 2, the place was bustling with activity. In addition to the few people who were originally stationed there, more than a dozen people who had gone to Outpost No. 1 to deliver the prey had also arrived at Outpost No. 2.

There were also two other squads, more than ninety people, who gathered here after learning that Chief Jing had gone to Outpost No. 2. However, there were only about twenty people in the outpost, because the others who had not seen Chief Jing had gone out hunting.

We can't just stay in the stronghold without seeing the leader.

The twenty-odd people here happened to run into each other while returning their prey.

Upon seeing the wild boar, most of the tribesmen were startled. After all, this was only the second stronghold, and to see a wild boar already meant that something was wrong inside the Taz Forest, which was why the wild boar had appeared.

However, after learning that there was only one, and it was a lone wild boar that had been driven out by its herd, everyone felt much more at ease. Since it wasn't the entire wild boar herd that had come out, there was no problem.

"When we get back, tell Lu and Jun that I'm going to the next outpost first, and have them follow me." After detaining five people from each of the two squads and leaving one to guard Outpost No. 2, Leader Jing decided to lead his squad to Outpost No. 3 first.

One reason is that the weather is unusually good today. Except for a light drizzle in the morning, it's been sunny and easy to travel. If it rains again, it will take much longer.

Another reason is that the shaman said the rainy season would be prolonged this year, and if they could go deeper into the Taz Forest a day earlier, they might be able to hunt more prey. Chief Jing didn't want to give up these opportunities.