649 Episode Four: The Great God's People (top)

Tier-Hamra-Namkal was still blurry on the trees that day.

In the shadow of the branches, and on the ground, there is no figure of what moves. There were wild birds ringing over my head, but I don't feel like wasting important arrows for something like that, lurking on one tree. Half the day on Tia was going to pass without anything to do.

(I know this is an important job, but I'm too bored. If you show up in Madarama, you can enjoy the hunt.)

This was between the mountains and the outside world. Tia was tasked with keeping an eye on whether or not people from the outside world would step into Morga's mountains. It's where you could hear it if you blow the grass flute, and another compatriot should have been working on the same job.

Not long ago, a man from the outside showed up in this immediate vicinity. It was said to have been dozens of warriors in the outside world. It was Tia's compatriots, who happened to have put their feet up around here, and a family of wolves in Valve who discovered it.

The Valve clan, which decided that the sanctuary would be trampled and vandalized as it was, hurt so much that it did not kill its outer warriors that the Hunters of Namkar were to give warnings never to approach the occasion again. It was the first day in decades that the red people of Morga were supposed to exchange words with people from the outside world.

Most importantly, the warriors in the outside world, fearful of the Valve clan, fled early, so they could never tell us what they were saying. For what purpose did they attempt to approach the mountains of Morga? This is how we were supposed to keep an eye out because we didn't know that.

(No matter how much a warrior from the outside pushes, Morga's people will never lose.... but they say they use 'steel')

'Steel' was a weapon obtained by the people of the outside world by abandoning the Great God. Of course Tia doesn't know what it's like. According to the story, it was a cursed weapon, harder than the stone of Belze and never crushed.

(But the Valve clan didn't suffer a single wound, and they drove back the warriors of the outside world with 'steel'. Again, we can't possibly lose)

Still, Hamra, Tia's mother's chief, decided to keep an eye on the area for a while. If the people of the outside world were to break their vows and trample upon the mountains of Morga, it would have to be destroyed.

This land was the sanctuary of the people of Morga. Only the red people, the wolves of the valves, and the serpents of Madamara were allowed by the Great God to dwell in the land. Until the Great God awoke from his sleep, the people of Morga had to preserve the land and his blood muscles.

(When will the Great God wake up? Will Tia wake up by the time she gives birth to a child and that child gives birth to a new child again)

Signs arose on the ground when Tia thought that way.

Tia, with her bow over her, smiles, saying "What is it?"

"What are you doing in a place like this? Tia's bored, so you came to see me?

In the green grass and brown ground, the white figure shines. Tia hooked her bow to her shoulder, passing on the branches and headed that way.

"There will be no Payfay around here, not Madarama either. Sometimes Gibbs get lost, but their meat stinks."

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"Oh, you guys were happy to eat even Giva's meat. But after all, would Payfay or Madarama be better? Eating a beast outside a mountain won't really help."

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"Mm-hmm. I don't care what you eat if you're hunting payfay or madalama properly too. Stick around, eating beasts outside the mountains is not our contraindication."

The man had blinked his golden eyes and indicated his consent.

He is a white wolf, headed by one of Valve's clans. The Tiers called him "White" because it was inconvenient for the chiefs to have no name, even though they were Valve.

"So, what's White doing? In the Negra, are the companions and the children waiting?

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"What, are you really here to tease Tia? You're sweet."

Tia broke her knee and stroked the white wolf's neck. The white wolf is sniffing in a satisfied manner.

Tia becomes the chief of Namkar in the year when the next Eye of the Great God flashes. That way, we'll be in the same position as White. Tia and "White" were allies of their respective clans, who had long defended Morga's sanctuary.

"Oh, the circle of blessings is loose. Let's get Tia back on her feet so she doesn't get loose."

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"I won't be so cramped, don't worry. This is a testament to our bond."

Tia let her fingertips dive into the fur of "White" and replanted the spreading grass wrapped around her neck. Hamra, the mother of Tia, is the circle of blessings given to White. When Valb's new chief was chosen, it was the head of the Red People who were closest to his clan who bestowed a circle of blessings on it.

When this "white" child takes over the seat of the chief, I'm sure Tia will give him a circle of blessings as chief. Imagine that, Tia couldn't wait to have fun.

"When you left the outside world, you were the only one on the spot. Did your brother or blood drive back the warriors with the 'steel'?

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"Hmm. Tia hasn't seen the people of the outside world yet.... Well, that must be less of what you've seen. Normally, we don't even put our feet up between the mountains and the outside world."

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"What? Have you ever met the people of the outside world? What was it like?

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"Oh, if you can't speak the language, there's no way you can explain that. Only at times like this, don't feel inconvenient."

When Tia stated it that way, now there was some sign from overhead.

But I didn't have to cover my bow because I heard a "chitchat" imitating wild birds. It was the voice of a signal, a testament to the Namkar clan.

"Finally taking turns. I'm so tired of waiting."

"What, you were playing with White without a job of watching"

From the overhead periphery, a young man peeks into his face. It was Lyta-Mira-Namkal, the son of my mother's brother.

"I'm not playing. I was just talking."

"If you want to talk, do it on the tree. In a place like that, you can see it all from the outside world."

"Faster than the people of the outside world find Tia, Tia finds the people of the outside world. Besides, White can be found faster than Tia."

"Hmm. That's a mouthless one."

Lyta let her mouth shut dissatisfied. Writa was born about two years earlier than Tia, but sometimes this is how she looks like a toddler.

"Well, I asked for a job as a lookout. Tia, go home."

"Wait. Take this one"

and the lighter pulled a large chunk of fur out of the perimeter. It was a round, fat payfay.

"What, you're the one who enjoyed the hunting job even though he had a watch job? So you came too late."

"It's not too late. I stumbled across it on my way here, so I set it up."

"Payfay is not as dumb as it happens to be. You enjoyed the hunt."

"I'll be persistent. Fine, just take it home. You'd better put a knife in it, 'cause Payfay's delicious."

Tia was to receive it at the top of the Buddha.

Look at that face, Ryta laughs.

"What, you look like a toddler. You're about to become a chief, but you don't look like that."

"Shut up. I don't want Lyta to tell you."

Tia carried Payfay on her back and tied her long arms combined in front with a crawl of grass. Keep the spreading grass wrapped around there too so you can't hurt yourself with those sharp nails.

"Bye. When the people of the outside world show up, drive them right back."

"Oh, look out for Madarama."

Then I heard a voice called "Chichichichi" from all over. Brothers who were on guard elsewhere gathered. Even there, a replacement hunter must have arrived.

"You kept me waiting, Tia.... Oh, what happened to that payfay?

"Tia was supposed to take it home because I had a tail job on the way to Lyta. Tia walks back with White, so you guys go home first."

"Right. With White, there would be no danger. Do you want me to carry Payfay here?

"No. It's easier to carry a tier walking on the ground if you're going to carry a payfay"

"Okay. I'll wait at home, then."

The compatriots hid themselves beyond the perimeter. Just pass on the branches from tree to tree and go back to your house. It would have been quicker to get home if I hadn't even had a big package.

Tia, along with the white wolf, walks out as she comes. Somehow today, I felt like walking on the ground.

"It's a little crackly to face White. Let's go home and talk."

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"This is a continuation of what I just said. Were the people of the outside world who met White the evil ones? Was he a good one?

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"Good? Weren't you a warrior with 'steel'?

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"Hmm. I had 'Steel', but aren't you a warrior?... Oh, I get it. He must be a Giva hunter, huh? They must be hunting with 'steel' too."

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"I see. I hear they live right next to the mountain, but never try to trample and vandalize the mountain. He's the same hunter as the Tiers, and I wonder if he's still good among the people of the outside world."

The people of the outside world, who have been seen from above the mountains in the last few decades, have heard that most of them are Giva hunting clans. Tia had never seen that before, but she had a reputation for being a strong clan.

"They seem to be obsessed with hunting Giva and showing up at the edge of the mountain and the outside world every once in a while. But when he feels too close to the mountain, he immediately gives up Giva and turns back. It's not compatible with the outside world, but it's a fine thing to try to keep your vows properly."

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"Hmm. Was the Gibba hunting clan you met a fine man, too? I wonder what kind of person he was."

Tia was slightly curious, but it's still hard to read such a silly story from Valve's wolf. The white wolf had his golden eyes shining just to miss the old days.

Speaking of which, when your parents were chiefs...

Speaking that way, Tia pulled out a short knife made of Belze black stone.

The white wolf is also pointing back in the same direction as Tia, and he is groaning.

Shrub, I hear a rubbing tone of something.

What emerged from the bush was a madalama serpent with a thicker torso than Tia's.

"What, you want me to take this one's prey? There's no way you and Tia can get to White on your own."

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"Right. If you're that hungry, let's deal with them."

Tia dropped Payfay's body off her back. No matter how "White" was with him, he could not hunt Madarama, carrying such a burden.

Madarama brings a sickle, glowing blue and black scales. One seems bigger than Tia's tailored madalama on the hunter's clothes. Beyond the bush, the torso and tail should still have been hidden for a long time.

Madarama turns her head around as the tip enters and exits the broken tongue in two. I'm planning on swallowing Tia or White. Madarama, Valve, and the Red People were all sons of the same great god, but it was the learning of the people of Morga that they should sow your flesh and grow stronger.

(But you can't be alone with the Tiers. Madarama, after all, is retarded)

When Tia thought of it that way, "White" even flew sideways.

Madarama moves her neck after it. "White" was running up on the tree that was growing instead. It is possible for the wolves of the Valve to climb up there in every tree that has its ups and downs and angles.

(Okay, then Tia is -)

Tia put the knife back into her sheath and covered the bow that was hanging on her shoulder.

You perceived the sign, Madarama turns back to Tia.

Tia pulled the arrow out of the arrow barrel and aimed it perfectly at Madarama's throat.

Madarama shakes her head to the left and right, meat pressing against Tia as she shrugs.

At this distance, you won't lose your focus.

But it's hard to stop this huge madalama with just one blow of an arrow. The arrows made of Paifey's claws pierce the hard scales, but they can't stop Madarama from moving unless they're aiming for the steeple with such precision.

Knowing that, Madarama didn't look more frightened.

In no time, Madarama looms in front of Tia.

Still, Tia didn't let go of the arrow.

Madarama's mouth opens wide overhead.

At that time, the White struck Madarama from the top of the tree.

Madarama looks back at you like a hack.

Aiming at its right eye, Tia released an arrow.

Tia's arrows pierce Madarama's eyeballs, and White's claws shake her brain.

Madarama wandered around like crazy, spilling bright red blood.

"Hmm. That's why I said I couldn't do it alone."

Tia tied a new arrow to the bow.

Standing down on the ground, White takes a leaping stance as he looks at Madarama.

This was not the first time I hunted with White, so I understood your movements so that I could take them.

"Your flesh will feed us. Rest assured, give your soul back to the Great God."

Tia squeezed the arrow.

Really, Madarama flicks herself trying to escape to the bush behind her. Finally, I guess I realized I couldn't beat the Tiers.

"As far as power goes, you should run. Take it away, it's the food."

That said, Tia tried to go after Madarama.

The body is held back along the way. "White" was chewing Tia's wrapped hunter's clothes.

"What's the matter with you? If you two go after him, you won't let him get away with it, will you?

Tia, who looked back at "White," was breathtaking. A golden eye was showing the existence of a new threat.

Tia follows her instincts and even flies backwards with White.

Then a single arrow stood on the ground at Tia's feet.

In the meantime, Madarama's figure had disappeared.

"Who is it! Show yourself!

In the direction the arrows have been unleashed, Tia lets them yell.

Then, the edge of the great tree swayed tightly.

"Don't be so angry. I just saved a friend in distress."

"Come on, show yourself! Whatever the reason, it's forbidden for the Red People to shoot arrows at their countrymen!

"I didn't even have to fly so hastily, I wasn't willing to guess. That's about it, you know?

A black shadow descended to the ground, along with a voice containing laughter.

Already its bow is hung on its shoulders, and its knife is not pulled out of its sheath. But Tia couldn't get her anger to subside.

"This is the hunting ground of Namkar! How could you be in a place like this, Ruja-Holua-Razma!

"Stick around, I didn't mean to vandalize the hunting ground. That's why I didn't even point an arrow at that valve."

With that said, Ruja-Holua-Razma grinned.

Razma is a clan that hunts Valve with Madarama as its friend. It was with Tia that she was dyeing her hair and skin red, but what was wrapped around her was a hunter's coat made of Valve fur, and the prints on her face and back of her hands were also shaped differently from Tia's.

"But you got in the way of our hunt. Isn't that also contraindicated?

"Don't talk hard. You'd want to get out of my way if that Valve was after me, wouldn't you?

"If that was the hunting ground for Razma, you can't get in the way with Tia! But this is the hunting ground of Namkar!

"Hmm. That's right, people who become chiefs have different things to say."

Ruja is grinning slightly, not looking like she did at all. White was lowly and whispering as he continued to look at him.

The hunter's clothes that Luja wraps around are made of black fur like the darkness of the night. The "White" clan all have pure white or gray fur, so I guess it's another clan valves. But still, there was no way Valve wouldn't alert the hunter of the Valve hunt.

"The madalama just now seemed so hungry. I didn't hear you say you were going to eat the payfay you were carrying. I advised him that Valve's chief and the red people who are going to be chiefs will not win."

"As the saying goes, we tried to take Madarama. Would it be contraindication to interrupt it?

"So I told you not to rough up your voice like that. You'll soon be chief and marry your partner, so isn't it time to get daughterly?

Ruja's words did not annoy Tia any more.

"Tia is a hunter until he finishes the ritual of succeeding the chief and puts down his sword and bow! What's wrong with acting like a hunter for the few hours left!

"I didn't say bad, etc. I'm just advising you as an elderly compatriot."

This Ruja, too, was 14 years old, just like Writa. He's a man, so one of them has a bigger body than Tia. But I didn't feel like losing with a bow or a knife arm.

"Well, I'm pretty sure I got in the way of the hunt. Make sure you don't scratch the bond between Namkar and Razma, so we can give you the gift you deserve later. If you prepare all three payfays, are you satisfied?

"It's like that, even if you're trying to deceive a contraindicated sin -"

"What, so you want Valve's fur and meat?

Tia stepped on the ground.

"Enough! Get lost! Guys like you are just uncomfortable looking at their faces!

"Huh. You hate me. Then take that arrow back with you. The minute I shot Madarama in the eye, I'll pay you back."

Leaving such words, Ruja jumped on a nearby tree. As it were, if I did, I would hide myself in the perimeter.

"Say hello to the Namkal chief, too. Let me greet you sooner or later."

Tia sighed deeply after Ruja's signs were completely distant.

"What the hell did he even come to Namkar's hunting ground for? Your people are all over the place, so it's gonna be hard to defend yourself alone."

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"Mm-hmm. Even if you're a compatriot of the Red People, I don't like the Valve hunting clan. Namkar is a friend of Valve's, so it's natural."

Tia pulled Ruja's leftover arrow off the ground and tucked it into her own arrow barrel. Plus, Payfay's body is back on her back, and she speaks up, "Well."

"I ate the extra time. Let's just go back to the house. If you let Madarama get away with it, I'll split Payfay's meat with you."

"White" was happily glowing his eyes.

Looking at those beautiful golden eyes, Tia was finally able to regain her pleasant mood as well.