Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 240 A Heartbreaking Reality

Wild animals attacking the tribe during the snowy season does not happen every time.

One of the main reasons why wild beasts attack tribes is whether the number of orc warriors in the tribe is strong enough.

When the tribe's population exceeded five thousand, wild animal attacks on the tribe became rare. When the tribe's population exceeded ten thousand, wild animals could hardly be seen roaming within a certain distance, let alone attacking the tribe.

The beasts in the Taz Forest possess a strong sense of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune. When the tribe is powerful enough, they would rather starve to death in the Taz Forest than take a single step closer to Silver Peak Mountain.

However, if the tribe shows its vulnerability, such as a sharp decline in the tribe's population, the number of able-bodied orc warriors who can participate in combat and hunting will decrease significantly.

That tribe would become the target of these beasts.

Not to mention, the tribe also has a good habit of storing food.

Although the tribe is not large, it is not weak either. At least most wild beasts will carefully consider their options before making a desperate attack on the tribe, only after confirming that they have no other choice.

Of course, there is another reason why wild animals might attack tribes.

That was the Taz Forest back then. What was the climate like?

Under normal weather conditions, the best outcome for the various resources in the Taz Forest would be neither an excessive harvest nor a significant reduction in production.

Even though wild animals still come to attack the tribe, they are only a few in number, not forming a large scale, and not causing much damage.

The only thing to fear is that the climate is too good or too bad. If the climate is too bad, resources in the Taz Forest will decrease, the lower-level beasts will not be able to reproduce a large number of offspring, and the upper-level beasts will not have enough food, so they will turn their attention to the tribes.

However, if the climate is too good and the various resources in the Taz Forest are plentiful, it can also cause problems. The prosperity caused by the large-scale reproduction of offspring by the lower-level beasts can lead the upper-level beasts to lose their ability to judge the pressure of survival and develop the illusion that they need to reproduce in large numbers.

However, once their offspring grow up, they will need more food. But the growth of their offspring is not just a matter of one or two years. If the climate in the second year is not as good as the first year, then a food famine will soon occur.

At that time, the tribe will face even more severe challenges.

……

Jiang Luoluo had never experienced such a terrifying period of time.

When you get close enough to the wild animals, you can hear their roars, as if they were right outside the cave.

But Mao kept reassuring Jiang Luoluo that it was just the ability of a wild animal to make sounds seem close by, and that no wild animal had actually come close to the front of the mountain or approached the cave, so there was no need to worry.

But if fear were so easily overcome, it wouldn't be called fear.

It's also possible that when facing Mao Shi, Jiang Luoluo didn't feel as at ease as she did when she was with Ge.

After all, even Mao himself was filled with too much uncertainty and insecurity.

The matter ended when Jiang Luoluo suddenly noticed that the temperature inside the cave had risen one day.

Sure enough, on the third day after the temperature rose, Ge returned to his home, along with Ke.

Ke had more injuries than Ge. He had stayed in the tribe for the past six months making jam and hadn't gone hunting. Some of his combat memories were rusty, so it was normal for him to have more injuries.

"Ge, is it finally over this time?" Jiang Luoluo asked expectantly.

The root cause of her suffering during this period was that she couldn't do anything... Knowing something but being unable to do it is always painful.

If Jiang Luoluo were older, if she were like Mao, who, despite being young, possessed the strength to protect herself, she wouldn't be reacting the way she is now.

"It's over." Ge nodded.

Although the snow season is not over yet, the rising temperatures have given the wild animals other options, so they will no longer fight the tribe to the death, but will gradually retreat.

"That's great!" Jiang Luoluo was a little excited. She felt like those Chinese tourists in her past life who went on vacation, accidentally stumbled into a war in a war-torn country, lived in constant fear, dodged the flames of war, and finally heard the news of a ceasefire.

But when Jiang Luoluo turned her head, she noticed that Ge's face didn't look relaxed. "What's wrong?"

“Five members of the tribe have died,” Go said in a low voice.

Jiang Luoluo was stunned. The thing she had thought about but was unwilling to think about deeply had finally become a reality.

Indeed, how could there not be any deaths among our people in such a brutal battle?

"...Two more children were eaten." Go's voice was filled with anguish.

Jiang Luoluo's mind went blank for a moment.

What does "was eaten..." mean?

Go only learned of this information after the battle was over.

It is said to be a small, highly intelligent wild animal that did not follow the other animals to the back mountain, but instead hid in the snow and dug its way to the front mountain.

And having found a target, after observing for a few days, it seized the opportunity when the adults went out to get food, sneaked into the cave, and ate the two children inside.

The older one is already ten years old and will go to Xiaoshishan to study after the snow season. The younger one is only two years old and can just run around on the ground.

“…They said they found half a severed claw on the ground.” Go’s voice trembled slightly.

It was that ten-year-old child who fought hard with his little stone knife and finally cut off half of the beast's claw.

Unfortunately, no adult noticed in time, and she still lost...

That severed claw was more awe-inspiring than anything else.

Every member of the tribe who heard it couldn't help but think to themselves, "If I had been nearby, if I could have heard even a little bit of that sound, would I have been able to..."

But there are no "what ifs".

Go looked dejected. Compared to the other members of his tribe, he was more deeply affected, and he couldn't help but think about what if that child was Luo...

"Luo? Luo? What's wrong?" Ge asked anxiously.

Jiang Luoluo has a fever.

After hearing such a story, it was hard for her not to think about the terror she had suffered recently, and that howling sound that seemed to be right at the entrance of the cave...

Startled, and with the rising temperature, Jiang Luoluo developed a fever.

In her hazy state of consciousness, Jiang Luoluo felt as if she had become that ten-year-old girl again, with a huge and terrifying beast standing at the entrance of the cave.

It was going to eat her... Jiang Luoluo was terrified, but the cave was only so big, and she had nowhere to escape.

The sharp teeth seemed to be rubbing against her neck, causing waves of pain, and the foul smell was inescapable in her mouth and nose.

Until Jiang Luoluo suddenly realized that she should have a weapon in her hand, although it was just a small stone knife, it could cut off the claws of wild beasts...

No, I'm going to slit its throat.

Jiang Luoluo gripped the dagger in her hand, no longer running away, and faced her fear head-on.