Chronicles of Primordial Wars

Bölüm 176: Bin Maske

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On top of a branch stood a man wearing hairless animal hide. The process of removing hair required meticulous handling. The green stripes on the hide resembled that of the trees in the forest, as dark and light green colors intertwined. If used in the forest, it would be extremely difficult to spot.

Bu tür kıyafetler çok nadir değildi. When the weather warmed up, Shao Xuan found many people wearing these clothes. Rather, the more peculiar aspect of the man was the mask he was wearing.

At first glance, it looked like he had purposely put on a flower-patterned mask. But actually, this mask was a special transformation of a part of their facial bones. The patterns on the mask too were actually a totem pattern induced by their totem’s power.

A murderous aura drifted out, which startled the nearby birds pecking at the rotting meat, making them fly away.

The number of birds camping around the bodies wasn’t small, and when they all flew away, it resembled a black curtain obscuring the corpses.

Derin bir nefes alan ve elinde taştan bir hançer tutan Yu, diğer tarafın ne zaman ortaya çıkacağını bilmeden bilinçsizce ucunu adamın yönüne doğrulttu.

At the same time, from a high elevation, the man leapt down. With a flash of lightning, he slashed apart the black curtain, going directly at Yu.

Without any unnecessary movements, Yu felt countless blades flying towards him, although the man only held a single sword. No matter where he went, the swords would always be able to find him.

Yu’s expression stiffened as he felt himself feeling stuck, as if in a bog. Mücadele ediyordu, bedeni onu dinlemiyordu. When he finally made it out, it was already too late to hide!

O anda Yu pişmanlık duymaya başladı.

Neden bu yere gelmişti? Why didn’t he just leave after shooting the deer? Kabileden ayrılmadan önce büyükbabası aşırı meraklı olmanın iyi olmadığını ve anormal bir şey keşfettiğinde uzak durması gerektiğini vurgulamıştı!

Perhaps in the next few moments, he too would be like the corpses on the ground, chopped down, becoming food for the flesh-eating birds.

Suddenly, he felt a hand grab his shoulder and quickly pull him back. A sharp blade appeared above his head, clashing with another. The two stone swords were not flashy, and when collided, many fragments broke off them.

In the middle of all this blade qi, Yu’s heart wildly pounded, as he had been given a new chance to live. Ama şimdi düşünmenin zamanı olmadığını biliyordu. If it wasn’t for Shao Xuan, he would already be lying lifelessly on the ground. He couldn’t be of any help just standing there, so he hurriedly moved back a few steps, giving Shao Xuan enough room to fight.

Diğer tarafın qi'si son derece güçlü olmasına ve Yu'yu kolayca bastırmasına rağmen, ormanda yaşayan ve Shao Xuan gibi vahşi canavarlarla uğraşan kabile insanları için bu, onun baş edemeyeceği bir şey değildi.

Bir eliyle taş kılıcı tutan Shao Xuan, diğer eliyle Yu'yu kurtardıktan sonra avucunu kılıcın düz tarafına koyarak ani bir saldırıyı engelledi.

Sıradan bir taş kılıç olsaydı hemen kırılırdı ama Shao Xuan'ın elindeki kılıç ona şaman tarafından verilmişti. It was also the sword that Shao Xuan had taken from the stone worm king’s domain when he found the ancestors. Before he had left the tribe, the shaman had it meticulously polished.

When leaving the tribe, apart from the tooth sword that Old Ke had polished, he had also brought this sword. After going through countless fights, it had already shrunk quite a bit…

From the first impact, Shao Xuan felt strong blade qi passing through the stone sword and settling into his arms. Ancak pek korkmuyordu. The totem patterns on his arms even gave him enough strength to strike back.

The two people quickly moves away from each other, and the man flew all the way back to the tree branch he was originally standing on. Carefully observing Shao Xuan from behind his mask, his two eyes were showing doubt and surprise.

Just when Yu had decided to take out the poisonous darts from his bag, the masked man quickly fled, no longer dealing with them.

He let out a sigh of relief after carefully scanning his surroundings.
From the moment the enemy had unleashed the first attack, to Shao Xuan blocking it, till the man fleeing, only a span of breath had passed.

Originally believing that he could defend himself by mastering the usage of frog poison, he realized that he was still soft. Many times, true strength suppressed these skills and there wouldn’t even be any time to react.

Now, thinking back to when he had faced the sword face on, with nowhere to go, his blood froze up and he couldn’t move.

“Beni ölesiye korkuttun!” Yu nefes nefese kalırken söyledi. He didn’t seem to mind the smelly air, and even if it was worse, it would still be better than death.

“Thank you, Shao Xuan. If it wasn’t for you, I too would be like the people on the ground.” Yu dedi. He never knew Shao Xuan was this strong, believing him to be an ordinary tribesman. The truth was that he was younger than him, but much stronger. No wonder that before leaving, his grandpa had told him to follow Shao Xuan, not any of the other tribe members. Thinking about it now, that old man had already realised who was strong and who wasn’t. He still wasn’t a match for his grandpa in regards to insight

"Acele edip gidelim." Shao Xuan said while looking at the birds circling above them.

"Evet, hızlı olsak iyi olur." Said Yu, as he turned around and started running. After a few steps, he turned and went towards the deer.

The poison smeared on the dart was really strong, so the deer was still laying there.

Yu didn’t mind it much and just slaughtered it, and dragged it away as he left. Right now, he just wanted to get away from this place. No wonder the people in the travel team left as soon as they can once they came upon a tribes war. If they did not, they could actually be implicated.

Yu only slowed down after seeing the team resting on the bank and meeting up with the people doing some activities around. Ancak o anda önceki şüphelerini düşündü ve Shao Xuan'a baktı: "Bu adamın hangi kabileden olduğunu düşünüyorsunuz? İnanılmaz derecede güçlüydü."

Shao Xuan thought about that opponent’s mask and said: “Thousand Masks tribe.”

There was only one of this kind of tribe, Shao Xuan knew. Bu aynı zamanda Shao Xuan'ın atalarından nesillere aktarılan canavar derisi rulolarında kayıtlı bir kabileyi, Bin Maskeli kabileyi ilk kez görüyordu.

The ancestors had recorded that the totem warriors in this tribe would start forming their own unique mask after their awakening. And only after using their totem powers would the bone cover their whole face.

Every member of the Thousand Masks tribe had different masks. Even if they looked similar, there would always be certain little different details; just like there are no faces that looked exactly the same.

In the Thousand Masks tribe, some masks were very ferocious, like an evil ghost, and some were very normal, maybe even looking peaceful; bazıları gülümsemeye neden oldu, bazıları ise endişeye neden oldu. With thousands of people came thousands of different types of masks. Bu Bin Maskeli kabilesiydi.

Furthermore, the totem pattern of the Thousand Masks tribe was also that of a strange mask. Shao Xuan had seen it before on the cave’s wall in the Flaming Horns tribe. At the back of the stone room, the mask like totem pattern was exactly the totem symbol of the Thousand Masks tribe.

"Bin Maske mi?" Hearing this phrase, Yu did not react immediately. But after some thinking and remembering a few stuff, his face filled up with shock, “Thousand masks tribe?!”

For a Pu tribe member who had always lived at the edge of the tribe, the Thousand Masks tribe was too far away. However, Yu had heard quite a few people discussing the matters of the Thousand Masks tribe. Bunların çoğu abartılı söylentiler olsa da Bin Maskeli kabilesinin zorlu bir kabile olduğu inkar edilemezdi.

"Öldürülen insanlar Bin Maskeli kabilesini nasıl rahatsız etti? Seyahat ekibinin haritasında Bin Maskeli kabilesinin topraklarının hâlâ buradan oldukça uzakta olduğunu hatırlıyorum. Çok büyük bir mesele olmasaydı buraya gelmezlerdi." Yu speculated that what seemed like a tribal war was actually an unilateral massacre.

"Kim bilir." Shao Xuan dalgın bir şekilde cevap verdi.
To be able to get recorded by the ancestors, to be taken to heart, even to be drawn onto the wall at the tribe. No matter how he looked at it, they had to be on the same level as the Flaming Horns tribe at that time. If the difference in strength had been too big, the ancestors would not have had that kind of attitude towards them.

Yu, Bin Maskeli kabilenin burada oldukça güçlü bir kabile olduğunu ve her zaman meşhur olduğunu söylediğine göre, o yıl Alevli Boynuzlar kabilesi de aynı seviyede miydi?

The Shao Xuan now would not be able to know the answer. Thousands of years had passed, some tribes were destroyed, new tribes had appeared; the prosperous had declined, the feeble perished. There were also weak tribes which had become stronger, and some, like the Thousand Masks tribe, had always been powerful. However, now there was almost nobody that remembered the Flaming Horns tribe.

Bu gerçekten çok üzücü bir durumdu. If the ancestors knew about this, they would climb out of their graves, crying. [Zombi kıyameti mi?]

Not long after Shao Xuan and Yu rejoined the travel team, some guys who were sent to scout by the leaders also came back.

"Kabilenin, Bin Maske kabilesinin kristallerini çaldıkları ve hatta bazı çocuklarını öldürdükleri için katledildiğini duydum. Onları inlerine kadar kovaladılar, sonra tüm kabileyi katlettiler ve totem alevlerini söndürdüler."

“Tch, why did they even dare to provoke the people of the Thousand Masks tribe?”

"Evet, açıkça ölmeyi düşünüyorlardı. Genellikle büyük kabilelerden insanlarla karşılaştığımızda, çocuk olsalar bile onları gücendirmeye bile cesaret edemiyoruz."

The thieves had probably thought they were sneaky enough; they had not wanted to bring such disaster to their tribe. Or it was maybe that these guys had thought of the consequences, but greed had made them risk their lives.

Listening to the heated discussion, Shao Xuan also had a different experience. For powerful tribes, even children who did not have any fighting ability, would never be offended outside. Today’s incident did not happen very often, and most of the people had the same thoughts as the travel team members.

Bu, büyük bir kabilenin ne kadar etkili olduğuydu. Only hearing the name or seeing the totem pattern made people fearful.