From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 2 A simple understanding of the ‘world’

As time passed, the little troll grew up.

Among the trolls, the bond of the small family does not seem to be very strong. Although I am not sure how long it has been since I can remember, it is undoubtedly a short period of time. The little troll has never seen his so-called "father"

", and his mother gradually became impatient from the initial caregiving, and completely disappeared from his life not long after weaning.

After the little troll was confused at first, he soon discovered that everyone was like this. So, after sighing, "Is this okay?", he immediately accepted this setting happily. After all, he didn't really want to be a human again.

When it comes to someone else's son, it's enough for the parents to have the same couple in the previous life.

Of course, he also has to remember his affection for his biological mother in this life. After all, he suppresses his nature and raises himself until he is naturally weaned. He must remember to be grateful in the future. His biological father should be a stranger, ah no, a strange troll, after all.

I didn’t know him at all.

The topic returns to the troll society. The trolls' care for children is naturally not to just leave them to fate after weaning. No matter how sturdy the little trolls are, they will not be able to withstand this.

The children here are raised by the tribe after weaning.

As far as food is concerned, when the warriors of the tribe return from hunting, they will specially divide a part of the harvest, and the witch doctors will distribute it to children of different ages until they grow up to be as tall as a mature troll's chest. During this period, the witch doctors

They will be responsible for teaching children knowledge, and the content they teach is not very complicated. From language to common sense, they teach everything in a hurry, which is extensive and inefficient.

In addition, there is enough food. Sometimes, even if the harvest is not very good, in addition to ensuring the rations for the prime-age warriors, the children will be given priority. As a result, the little trolls who eat meat are extremely energetic, and they are full of energy.

With almost no learning tasks, a lot of time is spent playing and playing every day, which can be called a high-quality childhood.

After extensive study, the little troll understood many things and discovered many problems.

First, the place where everyone lives is called the Black Forest. It is very big, and the ancestors of the tribe have no precedent of going out. Of course, it is possible that they went out but failed to come back. There are many possibilities, but the Black Forest is indeed very big.

He had carefully observed the "teaching materials" of the witch doctors, and there were indeed special symbols appearing from time to time.

At first, he thought it was text, but upon closer inspection, he discovered that it was just a simple icon made by the creator to facilitate his memory. It was not universal and had no communication properties.

Seventh, the troll tribe does not have a complete calendar concept, and its judgment of the weather is very crude. The big seasons rely on the experience of the witch doctors, and the small ones are divided according to custom.

Anyway, let’s talk about it when we grow up a little bit.

For example, before hunting, the witch doctors will first perform a set of inexplicable operations, such as smelling the soil, tasting the wind, and observing the texture of the leaves, etc.; then, after a period of spirited discussion, they will

Come to the conclusion that a certain direction is a 'big hunt'. And the warriors of the tribe will hunt based on this conclusion.

Third, there are many troll tribes in the vast black forest. There is no stable diplomacy between them. It can even be said that there is no concept of diplomacy. The tribes that are good to each other today may turn against each other tomorrow. In addition, among the many tribes,

, the 'Tooth Tribe' is said to be relatively powerful, and the warlike chiefs often engage in inter-tribal gladiatorial battles to show their bravery. Of course, this is meaningless in the eyes of the little troll. Everyone makes a living by gathering and hunting.

Because they can't afford to feed them, they can't plunder the population to expand themselves, and there's no food to rob. What's the benefit of winning a lot of rags that can only be used to decorate their fangs every time they fight?

Of course, maybe the tribe has its own intentions in doing this, but the little trolls who grew up in modern society don't understand it?

Second, my own tribe calls itself the 'Tooth Tribe' and believes that its fangs are sharper and more beautiful than other troll tribes. Whether this is true or not is hard to say, as trolls generally regard fangs as one of the most important indicators of beauty.

It's not surprising for us to boast about this convenience.

He had thought of a solution, such as drilling wood to make fire. This was the only method of making fire that he had heard of besides modern fire-making methods.

However, even after drilling the wood, there was no flame at all... I had no choice but to give up and try my best to adjust myself to the environment.

Sixth, the troll tribe, at least the nearby tribes, do not have a systematic script.

The growth of the little trolls is described in terms of ‘calf height, thigh height, belly height, chest height, shoulder height.’ and so on;

When it comes to raw food, especially raw meat, the little troll can't accept it. It's not a physical aspect. Facts have proved that there is no problem for the troll to eat raw meat. It's just that the troll can't accept it psychologically. He has been raised for nearly thirty years in his previous life.

The concept of success is particularly stubborn in this regard.

As for the person who is used as a measuring stick, it is usually the contemporary chief, who is the strongest warrior in the tribe at the same time.

He also hoped to be able to engrave a set of Chinese characters. As for the problem of how to combine Chinese characters with Troll language, he had not thought about it. If it really didn't match, it would be possible to use Latin letters to cobble together a set of phonetic characters.

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This kind of primitiveness is reflected in: 1. Living in simple wooden houses and using wood, bone and stone weapons; 2. The stone processing methods are rough, grinding a spearhead and a small ax is a big project; 3. Gathering and hunting for a living, without animal husbandry and

The concept of planting; 4. The use of metals remains at the stage of 'processing' of natural soft metals (miracles can be achieved with great force and the shape is changed by kneading), and is mainly used as ornaments; 5. Without the means of making fire, eating

raw food.

Fourth, the development of tribes is relatively primitive.

When witch doctors teach them, they generally use object-based teaching. Even if there are occasional things similar to "textbooks", the reason is that the corresponding objects are not convenient to obtain, and they can only be drawn into pictures to facilitate teaching.

The little troll secretly took note of this and decided to try to formulate a writing system when he grows up a bit. As for why not bring it up now? There is no complicated reason. I just feel that raising this question now is very likely.

It will escape from one's own control and evolve into a set of completely unfamiliar and primitive things, which is a bit troublesome to learn.

There is a concept of "day". A cycle of light and darkness is one day, which is called "day and night". However, the tribe is located in a dense forest and is not very sensitive to the rising and setting of the sun; and there is no need to be precise.

The big season is divided into "big hunting" and "small hunting" according to the difficulty of obtaining prey. However, there are no consistently known rules, and it is also mixed with the concept of orientation, which is not completely used to express

season.

Therefore, the concept of the cycle of day and night is also quite broad, so just go by your feelings.

As for the concept of 'year, quarter, month, hour, minute, second', it is in a blank state. Basically, it is used broadly as 'a long time ago, a while, a little while, a little longer, from here to there' and so on.

Disunified 'units' will do the trick.

There is no calendar, and naturally there is no concept of age.

Trolls with calf height can be weaned and raised together; trolls with thigh height can start learning combat skills or witch doctor; trolls with belly height can start tough physical training; trolls with chest height can learn to hunt with the hunting team.

; The shoulder-high troll can barely be considered a formal warrior.

In addition, the pregnancy period of a female troll is equivalent to the time it takes for a baby troll to grow to calf height.

In short

In this series of problems faced, the little troll overcame many difficulties such as eating raw food, becoming increasingly confused about life, etc., relying on the race's natural strong skin, and finally grew to thigh height, ushering in the tribe's confrontation

Examination of witch doctor qualifications.

It is said that the little trolls who pass the inspection will have a completely different way of growing up.

Although the witch doctors were chattering inexplicably, they felt that their social status was not lower than that of the chiefs, and their number was very small. In any case, the little troll decided to try hard but did not understand how to test it. The little troll did not seem to have a clear idea.

As for the direction of our efforts, we can only wait.

(End of chapter)