Pablo had been annoyed by Timothy as he could see her around all the time.
She was either cleaning the yard or going to the kitchen to learn how to cook. She even tried to feed the eagle. Normally, his eagle wouldn't eat the food from others. However, she somehow gained its trust and successfully fed it. This made Pablo not so satisfied, and so he behaved stricter with the eagle. And his eagle was also very stubborn. It directly ignored him.
Timothy tried to let them make up with each other. She would take some meat to coax the eagle while taking snacks and comic books to coax Pablo.
Pablo was shocked by her ability to blend in.
As a total stranger, she befriended not only his eagle but also a few of his attendants. She even held some friendly competitions with the attendants.
Pablo could not believe she was the daughter of the lord of the Divine Immortal Island.
He couldn't relate this friendly idle woman with the merciless young general.
Once he told his attendants that this easy-going woman used to kill lots of their kin, they would never get along with her again.
The present peace was nothing but a temporary dream.
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Since Pablo became the patriarch, he had known that he must shoulder the responsibility of protecting his tribe and merging the other two islands.
If he was to do so, there would definitely be a war.
Early in the morning, as the horn was blown, the hunt began. Pablo, in his hunting suit, saw Timothy was also equipped for the hunt.
"You want to go with us?" Pablo glanced at her. Although her skin was a little dark, she was still good-looking with her big eyes which were full of dynamic.
"Yes." she answered, "If someone wants to harm you, I can protect you. And then you may be touched and agree to cease the war between us."
Pablo was lost for words.
As the patriarch, there were lots of things he needed to attend to before everyone set off for the hunt. First, he went to worship the previous patriarchs and then went to distribute tents to the elders, the High Priest, and other people. Afterward, he would check on the security and the registration number. Finally, he would order his men to prepare the horses and weapons participants would need.
Since his tribe inhabited the Emerald Island, the hunting ground had been specially reserved. In it grew numerous plants and ancient trees, and lived many rare beasts. A few years ago, those beasts decreased in number, so the last patriarch built a reservation for them to multiply. Therefore, the hunting ground could be always filled with animals and covered by green.
Located to the east of the city, the hunting ground is about a hundred meters away from the city. Outside the hunting ground, there were already many people who had set up tents. An attendant had led the horses over. Suddenly, a wolf rushed towards and startled the herd of horses. The attendant hurriedly tried to calm the horses while someone shot an arrow at the wolf and killed it.
Everyone on the spot was terrified since they knew it belonged to Mr. Baron.
They looked at the person who shot the wolf. Holding an iron bow, wearing the hunting suit, and carrying a leather whip with him, he grinned and said, "My shooting skills were not as good as before."
It was Mr. Baron himself!
People around had come here early in the morning in the expectation of seeing Pablo. But now they were all stunned by Baron's astounding action.
As they all knew, killing animals before the patriarch showed up to announce the beginning of the hunt was an extremely disrespectful deed. However, as no one here was superior to Baron, they didn't dare to propose any opposing idea. The attendant who herded the horses could do nothing but comfort the horses and call others to take the dead wolf away.
"Zack, come and try this bow." Baron threw his bow to the masked man behind him. Then he took out the whip and fiddled it, which was a hobby of him. It was said that he enjoyed whipping prisoners in the dungeon. And he didn't stop until several elders persuaded him out of it. Later, he began to raise wolves.
Unlike Pablo's eagle who had accompanied him since childhood, Baron's wolves didn't share such a strong bond with Baron. Moreover, he never tried to established loyalty in their hearts. The only thing he had done to his wolves was feeding them every day.. Therefore, the wolves were basically untamed.