I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 813, Essential Skills

Translator: Silavin

After receiving their mission, Yan Hua and Sha Lan took many explosive packages and departed on a hot air balloon.

Ai’er was also part of this expedition, as she was primarily responsible for reconnaissance work.

It was necessary to look down from the sky to determine which route would be most suitable for the enemy to advance.

Planting explosive packages involved an element of ‘gambling’. No one knew whether their enemy would take the routes where the explosive packages had been buried. Therefore, careful consideration was essential in the initial selection. They had to choose the route with the highest probability, as this was the only way to ensure success.

“We’re burying the explosive packages so close to the Tribe. Won’t this cause problems?” Ai’er asked worriedly.

The butterfly girl still felt that the decision to bury the explosive packages half a day’s distance from the Tribe was somewhat too dangerous.

Her main concern was that if something went wrong and the enemy got too close to the Tribe, their people might not be able to cope with them.

“The Shaman’s must have his reasons to do this. We just need to believe in him.” Yan Hua said, her eyes very determined.

Yan Hua was very firm in supporting Su Bai’s decisions. After all, he had never been wrong before.

Even previous decisions that had been viewed unfavourably by many people had turned out surprisingly well. Therefore, she was very determined to support Su Bai’s decision. She had only one thought in her mind: [Just follow what the Shaman says.]

“I also trust the Shaman’s decision. Our Tribe couldn’t have developed so well to this point without him.” Sha Lan nodded in agreement.

“That’s true. I’m sure the Shaman considered many things before making this decision,” Ai’er nodded.

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh…*

The hot air balloon continued flying forward. After more than two hours, it arrived at a location half a day’s distance from the Tribe.

Ai’er flew out in advance to search for a suitable route. Finally, she stopped at a relatively wide path.

That path was fairly flat. Most likely, many people had walked this route, which eventually formed a dirt path along the grass. The surrounding trees and shrubs had been trampled flat. This path had literally been created by people walking over it.

Of course, ‘wide’ in this context meant wide by Primitive Era standards. In modern society, it would be considered very narrow.

The overall width could only accommodate three people walking side by side, but this alone qualified as relatively spacious. Ordinary paths could only allow one or two people to pass through. Such paths were considered very small.

“Let’s choose this location for planting the explosive packages,” Yan Hua surveyed the surroundings.

“Lee Yun said the Dark Scorpion Tribe has a total of about three hundred people. They’ll definitely choose this relatively wide path to travel through.” Sha Lan nodded.

Sha Lan also agreed that this location was optimal. The Dark Scorpion Tribe people couldn’t possibly take those narrow paths.

“Yes, they must be desperate to take down our Flame Dragon Tribe. They’ll definitely take this route,” Ai’er also agreed.

After the three of them confirmed their respective opinions, they began surveying the path.

Although they had determined which main path to bury the explosive packages on, they still needed to identify the optimal positions for placement. After all, these explosive packages required manual detonation. The surrounding area where the explosive packages were buried had to have suitable hiding places.

“Let’s choose here. The surroundings are filled with dense trees and stones, good for our Warriors to hide in.” Yan Hua selected a corner location.

Yan Hua chose this corner location because she felt that corners represented blind spots in the Warriors’ vision.

Of course, this was a visual blind spot for the Dark Scorpion Tribe people, but not for the Flame Dragon Tribe.

Because the explosive packages would be buried at the corner, the Dark Scorpion Tribe people passing through certainly wouldn’t notice much.

Once they walked to the corner and turned, the Flame Dragon Tribe people would be able to spot them. Moreover, some people would be arranged in advance to patrol ahead.

“Then let’s bury them a bit further forward. The reason is that they’ll be alert when approaching the corner,” Sha Lan suggested.

Sha Lan pointed to a spot ahead of the corner. Warriors approaching the dense primitive forest would certainly be very careful.

Especially at corners, they would definitely send people to observe first, so Sha Lan felt that burying them a bit forward would make the explosive packages more effective.

“Let me fly up to have a look first and see how the view appears from above,” Ai’er suggested.

Based on the explosive packages’ blast radius, it was necessary to fly up into the sky in advance to check.

“Alright,” Yan Hua and the others nodded.

*Flutter, flutter…*

Ai’er flapped her purple butterfly wings and flew up. After surveying the area, the most recently established point was just ahead of where Sha Lans were currently standing.

She slowly flew down and said, “Let’s bury the explosive packages on both sides of the path. This way, even if we disturb the ground’s surface, they won’t notice.”

The butterfly girl felt they still needed to be cautious, as she had considered the situation from their perspective.

If a path had been fine all along, but suddenly upon reaching this point, they discovered traces of disturbance on the ground…

She certainly would not continue forward and might turn to head in other directions instead.

“I agree with your thinking. Burying them on both sides of the path also allows us to cover them with shrubs,” Yan Hua nodded.

“Based on the explosive packages’ power, even if they’re fully planted on both sides of, they can still unleash their proper strength,” Sha Lan analysed.

“Right, right, that’s exactly what I was thinking,” Ai’er happily flapped her butterfly wings.

The dust and dry branches on the ground were stirred up accordingly, momentarily preventing the girls from opening their eyes.

“Alright, let’s start digging first. If you keep flapping your wings, we won’t need to dig anymore,” Yan Hua rubbed her delicate eyes.

“Alright,” Ai’er finally restrained herself.

Sha Lan took out the appropriate tools from her Animal Hide Bag, which were some small iron spades and similar items.

These small iron spades were also made by the workshop. Originally, some large iron spades were produced.

But for the convenience of Warriors going out, as well as farmers doing some farm work more conveniently. Su Bai had the workshop people specially manufacture some small-sized farming tools, among which was the small iron spade.

Yan Hua similarly took out a small iron spade and began searching with her head lowered for the most suitable location.

She brushed aside her scattered black long hair and said, “We should determine the proper distance between explosive packages. They can’t be too close together, but also can’t be too far apart.”

“Yeah, the Shaman taught us this,” Sha Lan began to recall.

The three of them each held their respective tools and worked hard with their heads down, though everyone constantly paid attention to the surrounding situation.

No one wanted to be suddenly attacked by Ferocious Beasts while burying explosive packages. Constant vigilance was essential here.