Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 185, Part 3

Shou was still explaining, pointing to the very elastic thing on the slingshot, saying, "This is the tendon of a camel, a very strong and tough material. Once it's been processed, it will look like this, impossible to break no matter how hard you pull it..."

At this point, Shou paused for a moment, then added hesitantly, "Apart from the leader, it shouldn't be possible to break free from this bond."

Jiang Luolu remained silent. Actually, there was no need for such a straightforward explanation. When describing things, it's normal to exaggerate a little.

“In tribes, it is generally used as a very strong rope to tie up important things. It was Yuan who discovered that it could be used in this way.”

When the source is mentioned, Shou gains confidence.

The guard showed Jiang Luoluo the Earth Stone fragments that served as bullets, saying, "These were also made by Yuan."

Those Earth Star Stone fragments couldn't have naturally formed into this shape suitable for use as slingshot bullets; they were all artificially processed.

And the only person who could do such a thing, and was willing to do such a thing, was naturally Yuan.

Perhaps because he was born in Yuerdong, Yuan's actions always have a persistent "frugality" and he can't stand any "waste".

After each stone tool was made, Yuan always felt it was a waste to just discard the scraps and edges that were destined to be thrown away as garbage. So he spent a lot of time looking for opportunities to reuse them.

Jiang Luoluo could roughly understand that although the tribe members were generally frugal, those from Yuerdong were obviously even more frugal, to the point of being excessively simple.

Because the people of Yuerdong have always lacked things since childhood, they try to use everything they see, squeezing out every last bit of value before discarding it.

Important items like the Earth Star Stone have been used by the tribe members from the most basic to the least basic, and then back to the least basic again...

But no matter what, there will eventually be some unusable fragments.

For example, these are fragments, only the length of a finger, that fell off during the process of making stone tools by hitting and hammering.

Even if they were made into stone knives for the children, there wouldn't be enough, so they were all discarded in one place. But Yuan clearly wanted to try again.

So each time, Yuan would collect the Earth Star Stone fragments left over from making stone tools, grind them into sharp, thin slices, and eventually make them into bullets that could be used in a slingshot.

Jiang Luoluo agreed with Yuan's idea and even thought that the slingshot was quite effective. However, she didn't quite understand why such a good thing hadn't spread in the tribe and was only used by Shou.

Having thought of this, Jiang Luoluo asked the question.

Shou's expression immediately fell. He sighed and said helplessly, "Because these things are of no use to the beasts in the Taz Forest."

Jiang Luoluo couldn't quite understand. In her mind, hunters carrying bows and arrows were a fixed image, so why didn't they use them in the tribe?

Seeing that Jiang Luoluo didn't understand, Shou sighed and explained carefully, "Luo, you've seen those wild beasts that are eaten during the sacrifices, right?"

Jiang Luoluo nodded; those beasts, each over ten meters tall, had left a deep impression on her.

"Na Luo, what kind of harm do you think this thing can cause them?" Shou asked, holding up a fragment of Earth Stone that was less than half the size of his palm.

Jiang Luoluo fell silent for a moment, as if such a thing wouldn't even be able to break through the defenses of those wild beasts.

Moreover… Jiang Luoluo scratched her head. Even if it could barely break through the defense, the damage would probably be about the same as a human hand being stuck with a splinter the thickness of a hair.

As for the claim that the damage wasn't sufficient due to insufficient force... then why not use a larger weapon to inflict greater damage on these beasts with the same amount of force?

For example, the damage caused to wild beasts by applying 10 tons of force to a palm-sized fragment of Earth Star Stone will certainly be different from that applied to a boulder weighing hundreds or thousands of kilograms.

It is also quite obvious that the latter is more harmful.

Thinking about this, Jiang Luoluo roughly understood why bows and arrows had not appeared in the tribe.

To the tribal people, they were like... very interesting toys.

Shou said with a dejected expression, "So this kind of thing can only be used to catch small birds."

Even small birds with weak physical defenses cannot inflict enough damage on larger birds.

Therefore, only those who guard the guild can use this kind of thing.