Chapter 511: Lay down your weapons and come out of the cave
It’s that tribe!
The one that killed the unicorn, the witch, and the great leader!
They came!
And they arrived so swiftly!
The Fourth Leader of the Flying Snake tribe, who had just been overwhelmed with powerful exhilaration from killing the Second Leader and was about to take full control of the tribe, felt that intense pleasure vanish, replaced by a deep-seated fear.
He trembled, standing there in fear for a moment, then suddenly regained his senses and turned to run. However, he was struck by a vine shield wrapped in a layer of hide, causing him to fall to the ground, landing right on top of the already deceased Second Leader of the Flying Snake tribe.
Gazing into the lifeless eyes of the Second Leader, he suddenly felt remorse for his actions.
The Green Sparrow tribe members didn’t give him much time for regret. An iron spear pierced his back, killing him on the spot.
The Eldest Senior Brother ordered this, having learned from Tu Mao that this man was the leader of the Flying Snake tribe. He wanted the Flying Snake tribe leader's head so that the Flying Snake tribe members would regain their senses, submit, and obediently become slaves of the Green Sparrow tribe.
After swiftly eliminating the people outside, the members of the Green Sparrow tribe surrounded the entrance of the Flying Snake tribe's cave. The shield bearers moved to the front, blocking the entrance completely.The chaos inside the cave did not subside as a result; the people inside continued to scream and attack each other as if they had gone mad.
“Fire arrows!”
After attempting to have Tu Mao call out to them with no success, the Eldest Senior Brother decided to use arrows again to awaken the people inside.
The pain from their wounds and the sight of those around them suddenly collapsing quickly brought the frenzied individuals back to their senses.
Fear rapidly spread within as they looked at the disarrayed cave, the moans of the suffering around them, and the fierce individuals at the cave entrance.
Especially for those who had just escaped from the Green Sparrow tribe; seeing these terrifying feathered weapons made them tremble with fear, unable to stand.
The impression that the tribe had left on them was far too profound!
Silence and dread spread within the Flying Snake tribe's cave.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
The Eldest Senior Brother did not send anyone to charge directly into the cave because once they entered, it would be challenging to maintain their formation, and their bows, slingshots, and spears wouldn’t be effective, putting them in danger.
He ordered the bodies of the deceased Second Leader and Fourth Leader of the Flying Snake tribe to be brought over, holding them up, and instructed Tu Mao, a former member of the Flying Snake tribe, to call out to the people inside.
He conveyed the news that the two leaders had died.
After Tu Mao finished speaking, the Eldest Senior Brother had the two corpses pushed further inside.
After going a short distance, they forcefully pushed the bodies inside so the people within could identify that these were indeed the two leaders.
The Eldest Senior Brother was not a fool. After Han Cheng arrived, he had taken decisive action against the previous Bone tribe and the remaining members of the Flying Snake tribe, using the leaders' deaths to instill fear in everyone.
He had observed and remembered this tactic, and now it seemed only natural to employ it.
The effect was surprisingly good. The already fearful members of the Flying Snake tribe became even more terrified upon seeing the corpses of their last two leaders, unsure of what to do next.
At that moment, Tu Mao, who had lived in the Flying Snake tribe for several years, stepped forward to give a speech.
He conveyed to everyone that if they laid down their weapons and surrendered, they would not be killed.
He patted his chest and tugged at the soft animal hide on his body to assure them that what he said was not false; after submitting to this tribe, they would not only be able to preserve their lives but also live well.
After saying this, he pointed at the Green Sparrow tribe members holding bows and spears, making them realize that it wouldn’t be difficult for the Green Sparrow tribe to kill them.
Under such dual pressure, the Flying Snake tribe members inside the cave began to waver. Slowly, some of them, trembling and fearful, emerged from within.
The Green Sparrow tribe members did not kill them; they simply bound their hands with ropes.
Seeing that these people were not dead calmed the remaining onlookers. They gathered their courage and began to emerge, fearing that if they waited too long, the powerful tribe would change its mind and kill them all inside.
Even those who were injured forced themselves to crawl out despite their pain.
The Eldest Senior Brother, holding a vine shield, was overjoyed.
When they arrived, he had prepared for a fierce battle, but who would have thought that things would turn out like this?
It hadn’t taken much effort for the people here to come out willingly.
Thus, the Flying Snake tribe’s stronghold was breached.
After waiting for a while, when no one else came out, they saw no living person aside from those who lay dead on the ground.
The Eldest Senior Brother rejected Shang's suggestion to enter the cave directly to investigate, instead asking Tu Mao to continue calling inside and intimidating them.
After a while, seeing that no one else had emerged, he arranged for some people to enter the cave armed and conduct a search cautiously.
Aside from two frightened children hiding in a crevice, no adults remained inside.
Since these were just two immature minors, the Eldest Senior Brother didn’t order anyone to kill them.
Thus, the Flying Snake tribe was annihilated.
In this direct assault on the Flying Snake tribe's stronghold, they captured forty-eight adults: fifteen adult males and thirty-three adult females.
There were approximately thirty-seven minors aged three and above and twenty-one under three.
Initially, the number of minors should have been more than this, but during the collective frenzy of the Flying Snake tribe, many minors had been killed.
During the chaotic battle, the number of dead adult females was greater than that of adult males; otherwise, the gender gap should have been even larger.
Dozens of bodies, large and small, piled together made the Eldest Senior Brother feel both hurt and relieved.
He felt pain because these people if brought back, could have contributed to the tribe, but now they were all dead.
He felt relieved because, with so many fewer people, controlling these slaves for his tribe would be much easier.
Otherwise, the number of slaves in the tribe would become too large to manage.
These bodies would soon be burned entirely, forever remaining here.
Mao excitedly pulled two people, shouting and cheering, forgetting himself in excitement. These were two members of their tribe who were fortunate enough to have survived.
In contrast to Mao's excitement, Shang appeared somewhat melancholic. Among the remaining members of their tribe, he had only found one, and he hadn’t seen any other corpses, likely indicating that the rest had died on the way from the Green Sparrow tribe to the Flying Snake tribe.