Wanting round him, all he may see was uncooked meat. Deboned and packed neatly in between leaf and wooden. It was organized in a technique to make it simpler to hold.

4 massive planks had been tied collectively to kind an extended rectangular form. On it had wood planks organized in uniform to make a platform.

The hunters organized the meat on high of the platform to hold it to their properties. Many of the bones had been hidden close by to be carried later and the bigger items of the bones had been put aside to be carried with them.

Bones had been as essential as meat for the hunters. They might use them to make weapons, arrowheads and even some instruments. Whereas meat offered them power to make use of the instruments. And the animal pores and skin and conceal stored them heat. The whole lot from the animals was essential to them. So, they stored all the pieces helpful to be carried with them.

After an hour of preparation, it was time for them to set off.

Not like the fashionable age, they did not have heavy machines or automobiles to hold the load. So, the hunter grouped into ten groups to hold the wood platforms on their shoulders.

Alex volunteered to hold the bones of buffalos on his again. The stack of bones was not that heavy for him. However serious about carrying it for a protracted time made him dejected.

Nonetheless, he had a hidden agenda for volunteering. He needed to rapidly swipe some with out anybody noticing.

No, he was not stealing them. He was simply being much less wasteful. Even when the hunters took all of the meat and bones. They might be wasted alongside the best way and even decay. So, by taking the half the hunters have to depart behind resulting from their restricted manpower. Alex was really contributing to society.

Or a minimum of, that is what he mentioned to himself when he stole their meat and bones.

He additionally needed to attempt promoting them within the farm store. What if he hit the jackpot?

However life by no means goes as deliberate. Though he may promote meat and bones to the store. He was not in a position to purchase them again. It meant that he was higher off conserving them with him as an alternative of promoting them. In addition to that, so long as he has the farm, he may slowly accumulate farm factors as an alternative of chasing after a few FP gained by promoting meat.

So, Alex determined to retailer the meat and bones within the stock.

Among the many six empty slots he had, now it was full of massive stones, wooden, meat and bones. Now he was left with solely two stock slots.

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It took a very long time for the hunters to achieve their properties. Greater than ten hours in complete of intense marching.

In the event that they had been regular individuals, most would not have even been in a position to stroll ten minutes a lot much less ten hours within the harsh winter local weather carrying heavy hundreds.

However the bodily health of the hunters made it look simple. They needed to rotate the personnel each hour to take care of the velocity. But it surely was all value it for them.

Leaving the looking floor as quick as they will was certainly one of their targets. They usually did it with none hesitation.

‘Are they afraid of one thing? Wolves, tigers and snow leopards may be scary. But it surely would not scare mammoth-smashing individuals like them to be scared. Why are they jumpy regardless that they reached their residence?’ Alex thought after wanting on the hunters.

Nothing went incorrect until now. So, Alex calmed himself down.

Wanting on the barely seen wood assemble in entrance of him. Alex knew that that they had reached residence.

‘Is it proper to name it residence? In spite of everything, it’s not my residence. It’s this physique’s residence.’

In entrance of him was a thirty-foot-tall wood wall separating the within from the surface. It had massive wood spikes poking exterior to stop animals from scaling over it. And within the center, it had a big wood door with sentry towers on both aspect.

‘It’s a fortress made out of wooden.’ Alex thought.

Lining up in entrance of the fortress had been individuals younger and outdated. All ready to welcome the looking squads.

They smiled and cheered seeing the hunters return. The children ran in the direction of them to welcome their fathers. And relaxation got here to assist the hunters carry the burden.

It was the primary time Alex felt good to be a part of a crew.

More often than not, his work was unappreciated or misappropriated by his superiors. So, he used to really feel depressing residing a life like that.

As a substitute of a crew like that. He for as soon as loved the sensation of returning residence and being welcomed with a smile.

Regardless that his contribution was small, the individuals rapidly got here in the direction of him to assist him carry the bones. They smiled and talked as in the event that they knew and cared about him. On this small neighborhood, he couldn’t see any malice.

“Large bro Meru, how was the hunt? Was it thrilling? Did you kill something? Did you see a dwell bull? How does a mammoth look, are they large?” Out of the blue a small child not older than ten ran towards Alex and commenced asking questions.

“Why are you not answering? Are you injured? Did you turn into mute?” The child rambled on. He did not even let Alex assume, a lot much less reply earlier than the following query got here.

“The mammoth was tall,” Alex acknowledged.

“As tall because the sky?”

“No, as tall as that tree. And it was additionally fats. Fats sufficient for 100 individuals to hold.”

“Ha ha aha haha…” The child laughed upon listening to the outline. “Then there can be sufficient meat for us all. We’ll eat meat at present. Hahaha.”

“What are you doing, Unda? Come right here, do not disturb Meru. He must go to the pond for his coming-of-age ceremony.” Mani, who noticed Alex being held up, interjected. He picked the child up and carried him over his shoulder whereas motioning Alex to go ahead.

Similar to Mani mentioned, there was a bunch of children on the centre of the tribe. They stood firmly earlier than the chieftain, ready for somebody. The chief seemed in the direction of a well-decorated home within the centre of the tribe. It was massive, made solely of polished wooden.

And from there got here a scrawny outdated man. One among his eyes was coated by an eyepatch and his white hair was sprawled throughout his again.

‘A pirate?’

He seemed too outdated to even stroll. But he walked gingerly with a workers held in his arms.

“Younger warriors of the stone head tribe. You might have returned with nice delight after finishing your first hunt. Right this moment you’ll meet our mighty ancestors. They’ll bestow you nice energy. The facility that may change your future. For you shall be our future. He he he…”Smiling mysteriously, the outdated man mentioned.