Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 259 Dividing the Prey

When Jiang Luoluo realized what the child was shouting, her heart sank.

He quickly pushed aside the shells behind him, turned around, and climbed back.

Fortunately, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the snake was already dead. The layer of plants covering its body had been pulled aside by the child who had found it. It was coiled motionless on the ground, its body about the thickness of a baby's arm.

In Jiang Luoluo's previous life, it was considered a large snake, but in the tribe, it was only a small snake, barely stronger than a spicy strip.

"Don't move!" Jiang Luoluo quickly stopped the child's movements.

He actually tried to grab the snake with his bare hands!

Snakes are creatures that often carry many parasites, and who knows if they might pick up something unclean and get sick.

Moreover… Jiang Luoluo looked at the intact snake corpse. Although it looked dead, what if it wasn't?!

There seem to be many hibernation methods in animals that resemble feigning death, especially snakes.

What if I accidentally bump into it, wake it up, and it bites me?

If it's poisonous, the tribe doesn't have any antivenom available.

Although the shaman is very powerful and can cure most diseases and toxins, what if something goes wrong?

Moreover, children's constitutions are not as strong as adults'. If it is a toxin that takes effect very quickly, it may not even reach the shaman before it takes effect.

"Move aside, let me do it!" Jiang Luoluo took out a pair of gloves from her waist pouch.

She had taken off her gloves earlier, since dirty hands can be cleaned simply by washing them, but cleaning gloves is not so easy.

If you encounter something with an odor, it's impossible to get it clean even after washing it several times.

Jiang Luoluo took out her small stone knife, held the knife in one hand, and quickly reached out with the other hand to grab the snake's head to prevent it from suddenly "coming back to life." Then she quickly used the knife to cut off the snake's head.

They moved quickly and efficiently.

When the snake blood spurted out, too much of it got on my clothes.

Jiang Luoluo glanced down, but saw more of a mixture of green sap and mud, so she calmly raised her head again.

Oh well, a lot of lice won't bother me. I'm already this filthy, a little more snake blood won't make a difference.

"Alright, whoever takes a bag, pack it up," Jiang Luoluo instructed.

The snake head in my hand hasn't reacted yet, so it must really be dead.

However, to be on the safe side, Jiang Luoluo still plucked a sturdy main vein from a nearby plant leaf, tied the snake's head on it, and made a knot before handing it to the child who had taken the burlap sack.

To avoid accidentally touching your skin when the snake's head opens.

No one knows whether a snake's fangs are venomous.

After Jiang Luoluo carefully dealt with these matters, she looked at the route that needed to be continued and immediately felt unsafe.

...Who knew there would actually be snakes hiding in there!

Surprisingly, Jiang Luoluo didn't feel much fear.

After glancing at the other children who hadn't had enough fun yet, Jiang Luoluo waved her hand and continued her adventure.

Just to be on the safe side, Jiang Luoluo didn't take off her gloves again, and even found a stick to help her probe the way.

If there are any bulges or bumps around, I will definitely break them up to see what they are before I feel safe passing by.

To prevent this from happening again.

We were lucky this time; we didn't encounter any real danger to our lives. If we had been unlucky, some children could have been injured.

However, this was Jiang Luoluo's first time being the "leader" and the first time leading other children to explore and play together, so it's normal that she might miss some things.

At least her reaction was timely, preventing an accident from happening.

Jiang Luoluo breathed a sigh of relief after navigating the entire patch of weeds and bushes without encountering a second snake.

The kids really had a great time.

However, when it came time to divide the prey, they encountered a slight problem.

After all, everyone wanted to take this snake, whose species they didn't know, back home to show their parents, but there was only one snake, and it wouldn't be appropriate to give it to anyone else.

After thinking it over, Jiang Luoluo waved her hand and said, "Then let's each get one piece."

I thought people might have some objections.

But when they heard the idea, everyone's eyes lit up and they readily agreed.

It would be good if everyone got a piece, that way everyone would have some.

So Jiang Luoluo asked the child with the bag of snakes to come out and pour the snakes on the ground.

Aside from a little blood splattering out when the tongue was first cut off, the snake stopped bleeding after that.

The wound has healed somewhat.

Jiang Luoluo was somewhat astonished; this snake's regenerative ability seemed even stronger than that of the tribe's people.

Looking at the snake's head again, Jiang Luoluo was a little surprised and scratched her head, "Was its eye open before?"

The child who was asked the question was taken aback. "Really?"

I'm not entirely sure.

After all, it was very dark under the grass, with no light to illuminate the area. If it weren't for the fact that some of the tribe members had night vision, they might have become blind inside.

In this situation, it seems normal to make a mistake.

Jiang Luoluo reached out to take the snake's head, and then noticed that the veins of the leaves wrapped around the snake's head had some torn marks.

Instantly, my brain started working at lightning speed.

Jiang Luoluo looked around and her gaze fell on Meng at the back of the crowd. She beckoned with her finger, "Meng, come here for a moment."

The other children were a little confused, not knowing what Jiang Luoluo was going to do, but Jiang Luoluo waved her hand and told them to go play on the side, so they obediently stood on the other side, leaving Jiang Luoluo and Meng a space to whisper to each other.

"What's going on?" Jiang Luoluo asked, a little flustered.

Something that might have come to her mind belatedly appeared.

“I’ve never seen this kind of snake before, but it’s obvious that it was still alive before you made your move.” Meng also skillfully switched to python form and answered in a low voice, mimicking Jiang Luoluo.

Actually, they don't need to speak quietly.

Because the group of children next to them were all chattering as they looked at the snake's corpse, discussing which spot they would get later—they had already reserved the best spot for Jiang Luoluo.

No one cared what Jiang Luoluo was discussing with Meng.

"Alive? Alive?" Jiang Luoluo's lips twitched, but she couldn't laugh anymore.

No wonder she always felt uneasy.

"You know about hibernation, don't you?" Python looked at Jiang Luoluo with some surprise.

He was not far away when he encountered the snake, and he saw all of Jiang Luoluo's reactions.

The reason we didn't immediately warn them is that hibernating snakes don't wake up quickly. Even the strongest animals, after hibernating for two or three months, need several hours or days to fully wake up and regain their mobility.

So this snake is not dangerous.

Moreover, Jiang Luoluo reacted so quickly that Python didn't even have a chance to interrupt.

As soon as the person got close to the snake, they took out their gloves and stone knife, and the next second, the snake's head and body were separated.

After finishing, he cautiously wrapped the snake's head up, his movements so practiced that he didn't seem like a complete novice.

Moreover... a dead snake wouldn't normally spit out such fresh blood.

Is her reaction sharp or slow?

Seeing Jiang Luoluo's lingering fear, the python gave a brief explanation, saying that the snake was hibernating and even if she hadn't killed it, it would have taken several snakes to revive.

By then, everyone had already taken the snake home, and with the adults in their families watching over it, nothing unexpected was likely to happen.

"Then why did it move?" Jiang Luoluo asked, pointing to the obvious signs of struggle and pulling on the snake's head.

"...The premise of a slow recovery is that it is not subject to too strong external stimuli," Python explained speechlessly.

You've already cut off the snake's head, isn't that intense enough?

Moreover, snakes are like that; even if you cut off their heads, their vitality doesn't disappear in a short time. They will continue to move to some extent until they completely lose their ability to react.

Jiang Luoluo's act of cutting off the snake's head actually stimulated the snake's body to recover its activity more quickly.

However, because the head and body are separated, the movements are not very intense; they can only move instinctively.

Because everyone was focused on crawling, this slight reaction went unnoticed by the child carrying the bag.

"Okay." Jiang Luoluo felt relieved.

For someone who never even killed a chicken in their past life to be able to cut off a snake's head without batting an eye in this life is already a huge improvement.

She needs time to gradually become familiar with her own power; she can't accept it all at once.

After confirming that there were no other problems, Jiang Luoluo returned to the crowd and prepared to start dividing the snake meat.

Jiang Luoluo was assigned the best part of the snake, including the head, while Bei and the child who discovered the snake were assigned the second and third best parts of the snake meat, respectively.

The other children were assigned positions based on their usual status.

The grasshopper obtained a snake's tail.

Jiang Luoluo felt a little displeased, but Meng herself felt fine. She was satisfied with being assigned the position at the snake's tail and had no objections.

Therefore, Jiang Luoluo did not interfere or change anything.

After all, if a python wanted to take the whole snake, no one would object.

People with real power speak with such arrogance.

Holding their spoils, the group of children couldn't wait to go home and show them off to their parents. However, they were still quite sensible and waited for Jiang Luoluo to issue the order to disband.

Before issuing the disbandment order, Jiang Luoluo patted Bei on the shoulder and, in front of everyone, handed over the leadership position back to Bei.

"Why?" Bei was very confused.

"Ahem..." Jiang Luoluo coughed lightly, "It's like this, I have to go to Little Stone Mountain for training every day, so I can't take you guys on adventures every day. So after thinking about it, I think it's more appropriate to give the position of leader back to you."

"Wow!" When Jiang Luoluo said that she could go to Little Stone Mountain to train every day, a group of children looked shocked.

It's like seeing your peers, who should be in kindergarten, get into primary school.

"No." Bei shook her head and refused Jiang Luoluo, her gaze firm.

“I haven’t defeated you yet, so you’ve always been our leader. Even if you don’t come, you’re still our leader. I won’t take your place just because you don’t come.”

“Yes, that’s right, we all acknowledge you as our leader.” The other children nodded in agreement.

Jiang Luoluo could easily understand that the reason they supported her was because she had shared the whole snake with them, allowing them to also obtain prey.

Otherwise, they would have to return home empty-handed in the past, with the strongest person taking back the prey they found together—the ownership of the prey was determined by fighting, unless it was the kind of prey that was clearly hunted by one person alone.

It sounds rather touching, with a certain exhilarating atmosphere.

Jiang Luoluo was very touched, and then declined everyone's kind offer.

She would not allow something like today, which damaged her clothes, to happen again.

Jiang Luoluo really wanted to ask these kids, do you even know how troublesome it is to do laundry?!

Unfortunately, she was the only one who knew how to wash her own clothes.

No wonder the children are so carefree. If she didn't have to wash her own clothes, she would be rolling around in the mud all day long... Well, actually, Ge could wash Jiang Luoluo's clothes, but Jiang Luoluo herself was unwilling and insisted on doing her own things.

But the other children weren't prepared to give up so easily either.

No matter what Jiang Luoluo said, they all seemed convinced of her identity.

Jiang Luoluo didn't insist. Anyway, after a while, if they didn't see her anymore, she would forget about her.

After saying goodbye to the children, Jiang Luoluo carried her prey home.

When Ge Yi saw that Jiang Luoluo's clothes were covered in mud and even had a lot of bloodstains, his eyes widened immediately.

Jiang Luoluo thought Ge's first words would be, "How could you be so careless and get your clothes so dirty?"

Or perhaps, she would ask Jiang Luoluo with concern, "Are you injured anywhere? Why are you covered in blood?"

But Ge just stared wide-eyed in surprise, then asked with a happy expression, "Did Luo hunt his prey on his own?"

Jiang Luoluo suddenly realized that although she thought she had accepted this world well, in reality, she still had many traces of the previous world.

I still subconsciously view many things according to the ideas of the previous world.

But after only a moment of confusion, Jiang Luoluo flashed a bright smile, stepped forward to greet Ge, and handed over the prey in her hand.

“Yes, Ge, look, this is the prey I hunted.”

Then, Jiang Luoluo recounted how she defeated Bei, became the leader of the small team, led them on an adventure, and discovered the snake.

It also included a lot of Jiang Luoluo's own thoughts at the time. An ordinary event was described by Jiang Luoluo as full of ups and downs, thrills and excitement.

Jiang Luoluo frankly expressed her fear and worry after learning the truth, then threw herself into Ge's arms and accepted his comfort.

Jiang Luoluo knew very well that this was something she could share with Ge. She didn't have to maintain that brave facade in front of Ge; she could be vulnerable, and Ge wouldn't laugh at her.

Ge simply patted Jiang Luoluo's head gently and praised her, "Luoluo is really great."