Chronicles Of Primordial Wars (Ch. 271-500)

ch. 471-472

Chapter 471 - Standoff

The snow and winds might have stopped but the layer of snow taller than a house was a huge obstacle to the three tribes. Everyone suffered.

In the end, the three chiefs decided to take a risk– travelling along the king beast’s tracks.

Yesterday, the beast had appeared nearby and the snow had stopped this morning. These tracks did not have much snow and the existing layer of snow had been compressed. There was a long path shaped like a ‘U’.

Walking on this path was a lot easier. Other than the knee-high layer of snow, there had been no obstacles. They just had to be alert of the king beast’s appearance.

After confirming the direction, they walked on king beast tracks whenever they could. If there were no tracks, they had to brave through the snow. The Flaming Horns were still fine since they were strong and have high endurance but everyone else suffered.

“More tracks in front,” said Zheng Luo as he stared ahead. “Not recent though, the snow layer is knee-high, it’s been here for some time.”

If there was snow, that meant the king beast hadn’t been here in awhile. This was good news.

“Hurry up, don’t stop!” said Zheng Luo to the crowd behind him. “It would take at least three days to exit this salt flat. Too many things could happen within a three-day period.

In the past, they only travelled for two days plus nightly rest. Right now, they still had to travel at night and it’d take more than 2 days.

Taking the risk to travel on where the king beast had travelled before had two benefits- one, the snow wasn’t thick, second, there was no poisonous salt.

The Mountain Wind people finally could be useful. Since the snow layer was too tall, it completely blocked their vision. They could not see if there was danger in front. The Mountain Wind people had ‘wings’, so although they could not fly high nor long distances, it was enough for them to check the coast above the snow layer.

“Safe! Proceed!” The Mountain Wind chief, Lanmu, spoke with a lot more confidence and majesty now. Since the beginning, their tribe had struggled to prove themselves useful. They had to rely on Flaming Horn a lot too. Now, they could finally puff up their chests again.

After hearing that there was no beast, many heaved a sigh of relief. Footsteps became lighter. They would rather suffer walking through snow than meeting the beast.

As they hurried along, Shao Xuan felt his heart skip a beat. He stopped walking, cocking his head to listen.

Shao Xuan waited for a while and finally heard the thumps. They went by 2 consecutive beats, one high and one low-pitched. It sounded so far and faint, yet so near and loud.

Is it the beast?!

Didn’t they say the coast was clear?!

The tracks they walked on had a knee-high layer of snow, it was not fresh. There were no tracks around too.

“I’m hearing the sound again,” said Shao Xuan.

Like a boulder, it fell on the shoulders on all three chiefs. They could suffocate under the pressure now.

“King…Beast?!”

“Where?”

“That’s impossible, I just flew up to check! I did not see the beast!” said the Mountain Wind chief.

Thump-thump! Thump-thump!

The beats quickened, like how the beats sounded like when the beast woke up in the mines.