CHAPTER 1340: CHAPTER 1339: QUIETLY ASKING

The old Shaman turned his head and looked at him: "Go, I need you to find a time to ask the Divine Wood Tree People something."

Nigel was taken aback: "Ask the Divine Wood Tree People?"

The old Shaman motioned for Nigel to come closer and whispered something in his ear, causing the usually reserved Nigel’s expression to change.

The old Shaman looked at him with deep eyes: "Remember, you must find a time to quietly ask about this, and make sure you’re not discovered."

Nigel solemnly nodded: "I understand."

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"It seems we need to prepare more insect-repelling powders," Harry frowned. Since the last time in the desert, he despised insects the most.

But the old Shaman had just told them that the ground of the Beast God Mountain here was covered with fallen leaves, and beneath them were all kinds of poisonous insects and snakes. Every year, many orcs lost their lives, very dangerous.

"There is still a week, and if we hurry, we can still prepare some. Then the two of us can go out to gather them together since there’s nothing important going on in the tribe now." Ji Nuan was already considering whether to prepare a set of clothing with very tough beast skin, as having poisonous creatures close was really not a pleasant experience.

A week passed by collecting herbs and making powder, and on the eve of departure, Ji Nuan and Harry only brought Xiu Yan and Casa with them to the Alonzo Tribe.

This time, they finally met Chief Alenta during dinner. The orc who had previously been high-spirited and vigorous now looked as aged as the old Shaman.

Ji Nuan and Harry were surprised, but thinking about Pierre and the recent rumors about the Alonzo Tribe, they roughly understood what was going on.

For this power-hungry chief, the only thing that could make him so haggard might be the inability to stop the loss of power he was witnessing.

His gloomy eyes occasionally glanced at a tall young orc sitting opposite him.

The orc appeared to be about the same age as Nigel. The two orcs sat together, eating meat and conversing, obviously having a good relationship.

He should be the orc Adong, rumored to be the next in line for the chieftainship of the Alonzo Tribe.

"Honored Shamans, this is Adong, who will be going with me to the great trade fair this time."

The young orc quickly stood up and bowed to Ji Nuan and Harry.

"No need for formality, please sit down."

At this moment, some orcs brought over the distributed food, and the old Shaman and the orcs from the Alonzo Tribe immediately grabbed the still steaming raw meat and started chomping it.

Meanwhile, Ji Nuan and Harry cut their allocated meat into palm-sized pieces and skewered them with clean wooden sticks.

Since Casa learned how to start a fire, this task had been assigned to him. The orcs of the Alonzo Tribe, with curious looks, paused their meat-eating to watch Casa busy at a log.

"Shaman Harry, what are you doing?" the old Shaman asked curiously.

Harry smiled: "Starting a fire to cook food; we always grill our meat with fire before eating."

As they spoke, the fire under Casa’s hands had already started burning. Harry quickly took dry grass from the side and placed it onto the fire, slowly adding some firewood, causing the fire to blaze up completely.

On the other side, Ji Nuan and Xiu Yan had already coated the raw meat with several kinds of fruit juice, skewered it, and placed it on large leaves beside them.