Wei Xian's voice trembled with excitement.
Eliza also breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Seeing Wu Liang safe and sound, her heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled.
An inexplicable joy and pride welled up in her heart.
This man was her man.
The stockade gate slowly opened.
Wu Liang led the team inside.
"Wu Liang!"
Wei Xian quickly stepped forward to greet him, her beautiful eyes filled with excitement.
"I'm back."
Wu Liang smiled at her.
"I told you I'd be fine, no need to worry."
Eliza also walked over, standing quietly to the side.
Her eyes, looking at Wu Liang, were sparkling and moist.
Wu Liang winked at her, and Eliza shyly lowered her head.
The women of the Tribe gathered together.
Upon seeing the large number of captives and seized supplies brought back by the team, the entire Tribe erupted in excitement.
"Oh my, look at those captives, there must be at least two hundred of them!"
"Kaila! Are you all uninjured?"
"Amazing! Lord Wu Liang is truly amazing!"
Cheers rose one after another.
The Female Warriors who participated in the battle raised their iron spears, basking in the admiring gazes of their tribespeople.
"You didn't see those idiots from the Bloodfang Tribe, they even charged at us with their broken stone spears and bone clubs!"
"Lord Wu Liang had us form a square formation, and when they got close, we just thrust our spears forward..."
A Female Warrior gestured a stabbing motion.
"Their leather armor, one stab, one hole!"
"Those people hadn't even touched us, and the front row had already fallen!"
"The women of the Bloodfang Tribe were all terrified, hacking at our spears with their stone axes, but all their stone axes shattered!"
The surrounding women listened with excitement.
"Are iron tools really that powerful?"
"More than just powerful!"
Another Female Warrior interjected.
"They're simply invincible! Fifty of us just stood there, taking turns thrusting."
"Their two or three hundred people couldn't break through at all! Later, they were scared witless and turned to run."
"Lord Wu Liang ordered a pursuit, and that was even simpler. No matter how fast they ran, they couldn't outrun our spear tips!"
"Then... did any of us get hurt?"
Someone asked worriedly.
Kaila proudly puffed out her chest and loudly replied:
"Not a single serious injury!"
"Only two sisters accidentally twisted their ankles during the pursuit!"
Whoosh—!
The crowd completely erupted.
Fifty people against two or three hundred, with almost zero casualties, and they even captured so many prisoners?
This was a miracle!
Everyone looked at Wu Liang with adoration.
In their hearts, Wu Liang was the one who would lead the Black Rock Tribe to strength!
Wu Liang was quite pleased.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
A satisfying, crushing victory was the fastest and most effective way to establish prestige.
He patted Wei Xian's hand and walked onto a temporary high platform in the center of the Tribe.
All sounds instantly ceased, and hundreds of eyes stared at him in unison.
"The Bloodfang Tribe intended to invade our homeland, to seize our food and territory."
"In this battle, we won!"
Wu Liang's voice wasn't loud, but it was enough to excite everyone.
"Good!"
The women of the Tribe let out earth-shattering cheers.
Wu Liang raised his hand and pressed it down, and the cheers immediately stopped.
"In this battle, we crushed the charge of two to three hundred from the Bloodfang Tribe."
"Now, their leader and their warriors have all become our captives."
"Their land and hunting grounds, from today onwards, will belong to our Black Rock Tribe!"
After a brief silence, the crowd erupted in roars like a mountain collapsing and a sea raging!
"Black Rock! Black Rock!"
"Lord Wu Liang! Lord Wu Liang!"
The women's faces were flushed with excitement; they screamed with all their might, releasing the joy and pride in their hearts.
"We have proven to everyone that the weapons forged from the iron we personally smelted are invincible!"
Wu Liang raised his hand, and Kaila immediately handed him a stone spear and an iron spear.
Wu Liang held one in each hand and slammed them together.
Crack!
A crisp sound.
The thick stone spear broke with a snap, its fracture uneven.
However, the Black Rock Tribe's iron spear didn't even have a white mark.
"Do you see!"
Wu Liang threw the broken stone spear to the ground.
"This is stone age! This is what we used in the past! Fragile and vulnerable!"
He then raised the iron spear high.
"And this is what we will rely on in the future! Hard! Sharp! Indestructible!"
"From today onwards, our Black Rock Tribe will arm every one of us with iron!"
"We will use iron to cultivate more land!"
"We will use iron to build a stronger homeland!"
His words were inflammatory, every single one striking a chord in the hearts of the Tribe's women.
They looked at the iron spear, gleaming in the sunlight, their eyes filled with longing and anticipation for the future.
"As for these..."
Wu Liang pointed to the bound captives.
"They will become the cornerstone of our Tribe's rise! Go mine and build our Tribe!"
"Anyone who dares to disobey, anyone who dares to resist..."
His voice suddenly turned cold.
"Kill without mercy!"
The three chilling words made the captives shiver collectively.
"Finally."
Wu Liang's gaze fell on the bound Akomann.
"Bring the leader of the Bloodfang Tribe forward."
Two Female Warriors pushed and shoved Akomann, escorting her to the foot of the high platform.
Akomann was forced to look up at the man on the high platform who had dictated her fate.
Her eyes were filled with humiliation and unwillingness.
"Wei Xian, Eliza."
Wu Liang turned back to the two women and spoke.
"This Akomann, I will deal with her personally."
Wei Xian readily agreed: "Of course, that is your rightful privilege."
Eliza also nodded: "Wu Liang, she is your spoils of war, you can certainly dispose of her as you wish."
The joy of victory permeated the entire Black Rock Tribe.
That night, bonfires burned, illuminating the night sky.
The scent of roasted meat drifted into every corner of the Tribe, and the women danced and sang around the bonfires.
By the bonfire, Wu Liang sat in the main seat.
To his left was Wei Xian, to his right was Eliza.
He held a clay bowl, sipping the cloudy fruit wine, his gaze calmly observing everything before him.
Wei Xian looked at Wu Liang's profile.
She knew that from today onwards, the dynamics of this Tribe, and even this entire region, would be completely changed because of this man.
She took a deep breath, as if having made a firm decision.
Wei Xian suddenly stood up and walked to the center of the bonfire area.
All singing, dancing, and noise ceased instantly, and all eyes focused on their leader.
Wei Xian scanned her tribespeople and shouted loudly:
"My tribespeople!"
Wei Xian's voice was clear and powerful.
"Today, we achieved a great victory!"
"All of this was achieved under Wu Liang's leadership. From today onwards, our Black Rock Tribe is invincible!"
"Ooh!"
The women cheered again.
Wei Xian raised her hand, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
"However, this is just the beginning."
Her tone became serious.
"Defeating the Bloodfang Tribe is not difficult, nor is annexing their land and population."
"But how to make our Black Rock Tribe even stronger, that is the most important thing."
She paused, her gaze becoming incredibly resolute.
"I, Wei Xian, as the leader of the Black Rock Tribe, hereby announce a decision."