"Jiu Lin!" Hu'er gasped in the air. Hu'er felt cold. Her body is full of cold sweat. She's breathing hard. Her eyes couldn't focus. Tears are all dripping down to her face.
Song Li is in panic. He never saw her so pale, weak and trembling as she cries. He has been calling her nonstop but Hu'er just kept crying in daze. She couldn't hear him. He didn't know how to wake her up. He wanted to carry her out but her body's state is too vulnerable.
For one last time, he grinded his teeth before yelling, "Hu'er!" She looks at him. Song Li finally woke her up.
She sobbed, held his arm and begged him. "Song Li….Jiu Lin… He is hurt. Save him. Save Jiu Lin." Hu'er didn't know how to explain what she saw. Her heart is beating so fast. Hu're knew that she needed to calm down to explain how her dream went. She breathed in and breathed out. Doing her best to stop crying and trembling.
Song Li kept on wiping her face then her sweating body. "Please don't cry.. I… I will try to bring him back."
Hu'er muttered when she could finally see his figure, "Song Li…"
He kissed her forehead and coaxed her, "It's okay. It's okay… I will–,"
She interrupted him."No… Bring me to…. Bring me to Tribe Leader instead." He can help…. He is the only one who has authority to get Jiu Lin a back up. They need help. She weakly sat down with the help of Song Li.
Hesitating he agreed, "Yes. I will bring you there. I will call your Dada first."
Hu'er's eyes brighten. "Yes… Dada can help. I want to go to Dada." She thought, 'Dada is smart. Dada can think of something to help Jiu Lin and the rest.'
Song Li nodded and guided her out, "Wash up first, get clothes. I will bring your Dada here. Your Dada will accompany us to the Tribe Leader."
"Okay…"
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"What happened?" Her Dada asked with worry as he went inside in a rush.
"Dada…" Her eyes teared up. She shook her head to calm her emotions that wanted to burst. Hu'er took a deep breath and started with describing what she saw, "I saw them fighting beastmen. There are a lot. There's blood, dead bodies, a river and they are all fighting to death." Her body is trembling.
He rubbed her back to calm her down."Did you see who or what kind of beastman they are fighting against?"
She nodded. "I saw… I don't know what it is… They look ugly… Their tail looks strong and hard like stone. From nose to chin it's long." She has never seen beastmen that much. She will only see other beastmen when there are some traders who come or visitors. But those kinds of beastman, she has never seen.
At first she didn't even realize that those were beastmen. She thought it was just some wild big animals. However, some of it transformed when their tribesman killed them. It was odd. As far as she knows if a beastman died, it will turn to the beast form not the other way around. And so, Hu'er also told her Dada about it.
Her Dada looked down, thinking of all Tribe beastmen that are nearby and possible paths of Traders. Crossing all tribes he knew that doesn't have those appearances and a reverse death transformation. He can only think of one small tribe that lives near water and likes to go into hiding to eat their prey including beastmens. He looks up to Hu'er, "Croco beastman…? River right?"
Hu'er nodded eagerly, "Yes. They are in the river. They live in the river. If what I saw is what the future will be, then they need to avoid it."
"Croco beastmen are indeed hostile. However, why would they go through the river? Their path shouldn't be that far off," he muttered. He stood up and walked side to side, in deep thought.
Her eyes followed him. Shaking her head to stop her dizziness, she said, "I don't know… There was a.." She stopped her words. Hu'er didn't know what I don't know what it is called. She looked at her Dada helpless.
He stopped and looks at Hu'er. Seeing her opening her mouth again and again but no word came out. "Describe it to me."
She nodded then described all the scenes she had seen that might be able to make his Dada identity the location.
He then looks at Song Li. "Song Li, go to Tribe leader. Tell him that we have a very important situation,"
Song Li who was quiet in the corner, too shocked, conflicted and felt everything Hu'er said was unreal, yet still believed her, snapped out of his mind. He nodded, "Yes."
Everything he thought was thrown off his mind. His focus was to bring the Tribe leader to Hu'er and to keep all what he heard in his heart and lock it up. He had a feeling that if anyone knew, he might not be able to get closer to Hu'er and that she might got in trouble. His eyes were determined to protect her, even though he still didn't know what Hu'er saw.
While Song Li was going out, Hu'er said with no confidence, "Dada we can go there...."
Her Dada immediately shook his head. He sat down and held her cheeks. He made her look into his eyes. "No. You can't go out there. It's too dangerous. Whatever you see, if this happens again. Never tell anyone. You need to promise me that you will not tell any beastmen or females. You can only tell this to your Daddies and your mate." He pursed his lips, "and the Tribe leader…" They need the Tribe leader's help to keep it under wraps and save their tribesman if needed, without letting anyone know that Hu'er can see something that not everyone can see.
He took a deep breath, "If possible and if not life threatening, do not say anything. Keep it. What you have is something that only two or three females have in a moment."
"What do I have…?"