north of the north

As the days passed, Mamma could feel the tribe becoming more and more different.The entire tribe was no longer depressed since the beginning of autumn. On the contrary, everyone burst out with full momentum.Even the children, little Tork was helping Papa polish the walrus tusks, little Donna was helping with the deliveries, and Bema was thickening the rope to make it stronger.

At first, everyone was very nervous.The old witch doctor Chiopardo even predicted that this time he would go whaling and never return.Manma swears that she cried in fright when she saw many people.

The first to act was Uta, who had always been Mamma's pride.He told everyone that hunting whales requires a harpoon, a big mouth and a big belly. "We'll just stick the harpoon in the whale's ass," said Uta, poking the orc's ass with the harpoon, "and then we'll sit on the whale and eat until the winter is over."

"Tell me, Tok." Uta laughed and winked at Tok, "Do you want to eat a whale's butt?"

"Yes," replied Little Tork loudly.

Everyone laughed.

"But if we don't go whaling." Uta scowled, "guess who can survive this winter?"

No one spoke, everyone knew, no one survived.

"We're going whaling!" Uta waved his hand upwards. "Will the Nanooks give up? No! Never!"

"The Nanooks will never give up!" Oak also said.

Everyone got excited, and everyone imitated Uta's movements and shouted: "Nanook people will never admit defeat!"

Since that day, everything has been going well.Anas and Freya went to the beach every day to check the news of the whales. Anas told them that as the weather became colder, a large number of killer whales began to head south.According to Anas, although there are a large number of killer whales, they always move together in small families, and what the tribe has to do is to catch the last few killer whales.

Everyone knew that the day of whaling was slowly approaching.Every day, everyone asks Anas, and she always says that the time is not yet, not yet.

And just yesterday, Anas happily told everyone.It's ok, a large group of whales have already left, and now, they only need to face the last two killer whales.Two killer whales, everyone is eager to try. Compared with a large group of whales, two killer whales are much easier to deal with.But Anas told everyone that a killer whale is as long as ten people connected together, so be careful.

Now, they are making final preparations.Except for a few women who stayed behind to take care of the children who were too young, everyone in the tribe would follow.Men are responsible for hunting, and women have a more arduous job. They are the main force in dividing the prey.

All the Gentus were brought on bridles, and they brought great quantities of tents and food.Anas said the whaling could go on for a long time and it was important to make sure everyone could keep up.

Manma knew that this was a gamble.But Nanook had no choice, everyone was in the game.

After the preparations were complete, the team set off.Although compared with the hunting team of Manma's previous tribe, this team is pitifully small.But Manma is full of confidence, she feels that everyone's hearts are tightly connected.This is a battle for all Nanooks.

Their tents were stationed not far from the shore, a hot fire was burning, and the broth was set up.Mamma saw the hunters sharpening the points of their spears, and Freya, who was easily holding a bundle of five large dart guns tied together, with a long rope tied at the end of each small dart gun, A "buoy" made of sealskin hung, and two other bundles waded quietly at her feet.

Although Manma knew that her son Uta had always liked Freya, she never thought that Freya would really become her daughter-in-law. She shook her head with a wry smile. Uta needs a more...more ordinary girl , like that of Aruna.

Anas is "talking" to the beluga whale on the shore.Although Manma didn't hear their "speaking" voices at all, she just felt that they seemed to be communicating very well.

After a while, everyone fell silent.The hunters lay quietly on the shore, and the women almost held their breath.

Mamma first saw the fins of the killer whale. Although she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't help becoming nervous when she saw those two black fins.Those two killer whales were biting tightly behind a small white whale, which was a very small white whale, whose length was only a little longer than Uta's height.Especially when it is followed by two large killer whales, it looks extremely small.

The little white whale looked very nervous, and it was almost bitten several times. Manma saw it rushing straight to the shore "in a panic", as if it had been cornered.It "screamed", but none of its companions responded to it.

Closer, they are getting closer.

The little white whale's swimming was no longer so flexible, and it let out a "sorrow" again, as if saying goodbye to the world.

The killer whale behind it opened its mouth fiercely, revealing its sharp teeth——

whoosh-

Freya didn't know when she stood up, and she threw the big dart gun, which ruthlessly plunged into the body of the second killer whale, and the killer whale struggled fiercely.

The hunting team on the shore was well-trained to pick up the rope pulled by the killer whale. They jumped towards the sea, and the two beluga whales supported them firmly. They held the rope with one hand and hugged the beluga whale tightly with the other. .

The first killer whale bit the air, only to find that its companion had been injured.It turned around in a hurry—it was too late, Freya's second dart gun had already been thrown out, and it hit again!The second hunting team responded.

"Wow!" The people on the shore couldn't bear it anymore and burst into cheers.

Mamma saw Anas and Freya still looking serious, staring at the sea.

The two battered killer whales were still struggling. They writhed desperately, trying to sink, but were dragged tightly by the hunters and buoys.

"Ah!" Mamma suddenly heard a scream, she saw a person fell into the water, he was too close to the killer whale.Is it Uta?Mamma's breathing became short of breath.But soon, a small white whale carried the man up, and he spit a few mouthfuls of sea water on the back of the whale.

Several arranged people rushed to rescue him.It was Akva, whose fur coat was soaked, but fortunately, the waterproof suit made of walrus intestines played a certain role.He was pulled into the warm fire in the tent, and immediately someone put on the prepared dry clothes, and in the next second, broth at a suitable temperature was handed to his mouth.

The war between hunters and killer whales on the sea is still entangled.

Mamma remembered what Anas said, killer whales would struggle for a very long time, but they would always be exhausted when they were injured, and this was a competition of endurance.

Mamma saw Freya say something to Anas, but Anas shook his head.

Persevere... Manma looked at the tumbling sea and silently shouted in her heart.She seemed to be able to see that the two killer whales were successfully hunted by them and passed the winter safely.And with Master Abbott, the grassland people will not come to invade, this tribe will continue to prosper, find a suitable girl for Uta...

Suddenly, the crowd rioted.

Manma looked up, and suddenly felt that her eyes were dark.

On the surface of the sea, two black and swarthy fins were swiftly diving over from a distance.And the two killer whales that had been driven into a desperate situation suddenly uttered hopeful calls, one of them struggled violently, and in the blink of an eye, another person was thrown into the sea.

Anas and Freya?

Mamma saw that they were riding on the white whale, facing the two orcas head-on.