Chapter Seven Conspiracy

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  The three of them received their orders and set off separately into action.

  Tuhuo and Tuxi followed Gua Gua to hide in the woods, hiding themselves well and setting up a few simple traps around them. The dog-headed people also had a good talent for setting traps. At the same time, Gua Gua was curious, who would come to this ice field? Unexpectedly, it was a group of dog-headed people from a nearby tribe that came over.

  Their numbers were not many, just a dozen or so people. Whatever dog-headed tribe they belonged to, they had been brought from the south by the great wizard Octo and after his death became scattered tribes struggling to survive on this northern land that was not their own.

  "It's strange, usually dog-headed people have their own territory, how can they be running around everywhere?" Guagua thought to himself. As he watched the group of dog-headed people approach, there were more than a dozen of them, looking terrified, and if it weren't for the dog-headed people's habit of obeying orders, they would probably have scattered long ago.

  It didn't seem like they were here to steal the territory, so there was no danger. In fact, among this group of dog-headed people, Gua didn't see a single one who looked strong enough. The usually cautious Gua finally put his mind at ease and saw that he had nothing to hesitate about, so with a "swoosh", he jumped out and blocked the dozen or so dog-headed people.

  "Halt!!!" Guagua bellowed loudly, exuding an air of authority. The dog-headed people were a race that bullied the weak and feared the strong, especially when they were fleeing in terror. Seeing them slow down but not stop, the dozen or so dog-headed people only relaxed their expressions when they saw there were only three of Guagua's group, and some even began to sneer.

  Gua had a good understanding of the dog-headed people's cowardly and bullying nature. When they encountered strong enemies, they would turn around and run away or surrender without dignity, lying on the ground. If they met someone weaker than them, they would swarm up and devour their corpses.

  To be honest, whether he was pretending to be a toad spirit or a dog-headed man, Gū Guā was the same. With one move of his hand, all sorts of traps that had been set up beforehand were triggered at once, and three or four dog-headed men were caught in an instant. The others hesitated, not knowing how many more traps there were in the thicket, and didn't dare to come over. Gū Guā easily pulled out a handful of javelins he had picked up from behind a clump of trees, and the cold glint of the stone spearheads made those dog-headed men remember that they were still on the run, and they hastily retreated in disarray. Before they could take a few steps, another three or four dog-headed men fell into the traps, one of whom was even pierced by an inverted sharp wooden stake and died on the spot.

  It seems they've met a formidable opponent, and these dog-headed men stopped in their tracks, trembling with fear as they said: "Sorcerer, pursue, enslave, flog!" Guagua was shocked, another sorcerer has arrived?! What's going on?!

  He tied up all the dog-headed men and jumped onto the highest branch of a nearby tree, looking back to see a cold air mass approaching from afar, apparently an effect of witchcraft.

  Indeed, the shaman has arrived! He immediately ordered Tudou Tusi to tie up the remaining dog-headed people with ropes, string them together, and take them back to the cave. He himself walked a little further forward to see who it was after all.

  In the cold wave, there are some humanoid creatures with huge claws, their bodies are made of ice, looking very thin, and their pointed monkey-like heads also have icicles growing on them. They walk around, and the source of the cold wave emanates from their bodies.

  "Ice Claws?!" Guagua thought in surprise, this was a kind of terrifying monster often mentioned in the Dog Head Tribe's nighttime chats. They possessed a terrible natural chill, and once caught by them, one would unconsciously fall into hibernation, and even if they were disembowelled, they wouldn't feel any pain until they became a pile of dregs.

  Fortunately, the Ice Claw is actually a magical creature that does not need to feed on flesh and blood, but instead uses magical power to sustain its life. It also doesn't have high intelligence and won't actively hunt other creatures, so it didn't pose a great threat to the Dog Head People, and only remained in their legend.

  So Gua Gu was seeing Ice Claw for the first time, and seeing so many Ice Claws was a first within a first.

  At the sight of these icy claws, there were probably twenty or thirty of them. Guagua knew that this was something he couldn't resist, so he quietly retreated along his own secret path towards the cave.

  It seems that those few Dog Heads who escaped didn't lie after all; they were indeed driven out by the Taoist priests.

  Ice claws are a very powerful magical creature, but they are not social creatures with tribes. They were born from magic and do not have the need to form tribes. They have always been the servants and henchmen of great mages. The ice claws scattered across the north also mostly escaped from the mage tower of Octo when he fell. This is also why the dog-headed people, who should not have had much contact with them, have detailed legends about ice claws.

  Only a wizard can control so many ice claws. With this information, Guagua returned to the cave of the Stubborn Stone Tribe.

  "Valley Melon, you're back!" Another little dog-headed person shouted loudly when he saw Valley Melon. "The Great Elder is calling for you! Hurry up and go!" Valley Melon was also going to find the Great Elder, so he didn't hesitate and walked towards the cave where the Great Elder was.

  The Dog-Headed People are a species that particularly likes to dig holes. On the one hand, their physical build is not sufficient to compete with various powerful races and magical beasts in the wild. On the other hand, they have also gradually developed good mining skills due to digging, as well as corresponding trading abilities. It has to be said that lurking underground is also a way of survival for the Dog-Headed People.

  "Kuwa, a powerful human is coming this way." The great elder had apparently interrogated the dog-headed prisoners and directly said to Kuwa: "I originally wanted to choose one of you or Gada as a candidate. In normal times, I would have chosen one and killed the other. Originally, if I lived for a longer time, I would have chosen you and killed Gada. If I were to be summoned by the Dragon God first, then I would have chosen Gada and killed you."

  Valley Melon heard the Great Elder say this and was somewhat surprised in her heart, but she still didn't reveal anything on her face. She just looked at the Great Elder, her hand also gripping her stone dart tightly.

  The Great Elder seemed to have not seen anything unusual and continued: "Now that the enemy has invaded, it appears he wants to enslave us. If we don't have the power to preserve our tribe, then my own strength will be meaningless. What I'm thinking now is to take our entire tribe to hunt for the Frostbite Toad's magic core in the depths of the icy stream, and at the same time, streamline our tribe. In the future, whether we stay or leave, it will all be very convenient."