Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!-Chapter 1799 - 1291: Hokkaido Landing, First Contact_2

"Vast Ainu Maoxili! Once the open world of our ancestors... They lived like innocent children, under the embrace of Guardian Divine Might, leading happy and leisurely lives..."

"What blissful days! In winter, our ancestors kicked aside the snow of the forest, crossed one towering mountain after another, hunted bear packs under the watchful gaze of snow foxes... In summer, they sailed little leaf-like boats amid the songs of white seagulls, catching fish at sea..."

"Spring brought gentle sunshine and blossoms of all colors. Ancestors sang with the birds, picking white baneberry and mountain mugwort... In autumn, there were blooming red leaves, wild winds, and the bright full moon. They cut through tall brush to catch trout swimming upstream..."

"Until the fishing fires died out, with the full moon bringing the father's moon's admonitions, everyone fell asleep under the moonlight. And the spirit-connected divine reindeer called to their companions in the valleys, journeying from one person's dream to the dreams of many... Until everyone's dreams awoke, and the mother of the sun gazed warmly upon us, shining upon people's earth..."

The song of Thousand Island Shells danced like birds. The Ainu people wept silently, quietly. The Koryaks couldn't grasp such emotions; they carried composite horn bows, donned sturdy deer leather armor, leapt ashore from their boats. Then came the Warriors of the Kingdom, adorned with the amulet of the Chief Divine, holding bronze long spears, and carrying flint throwing spears...

"Ainu Maoxili Island, the last place of Ainu protection, where they contact the Wa People... And now, the emblem of the Chief Divine has finally arrived here!... The Divine Revelation of Your Majesty, the imminent contact with powerful tribes also draws near..."

Zuwaro quietly watched all of this, standing serenely beside the Thousand Island Shell. After a long pause, he exhaled deeply and gently rubbed the head of Thousand Island Shell, softly speaking.

"Shell... you have returned... And I am here with you... We have come too!"

The contact on Ainu Island did not proceed as smoothly as anticipated. The fleet arrived at the northeastern tip of Ainu Island, facing the Kurile Cold Current, the coldest place. This area belonged to the scope of "North Island Ainu," where there were no large tribes nor village supplements.

According to Thousand Island Shell, "North Island Ainu" was just like that. The tribes were very small, and the villages were equally modest, even migrating periodically. These small tribes were extremely wary of outsiders because they lacked the ability to resist risks and would stay away from the sudden appearance of unfamiliar large groups of "hunters." The fleet's tribe attire appeared half as ferocious Wa People and half as menacing Mountain Part, no matter how one looked at them, they seemed "very wicked, not good people!"

The fleet stayed for two days, primarily fishing to replenish the food consumed by the ship. The Rokube scouts discovered many traces of tribes, but in the end, only managed to contact one Ainu Tribe of around two hundred people that couldn't hide in time.

"Discovered an Ainu village?! Chief Divine protect us! Put on armor, wear weapons... Shell, help me translate, I want to personally contact them!"

Even with Ainu guides, the first contact with the North Island Ainu was still far from friendly or intimate. Over a hundred fully armed Warriors of the Kingdom and Rokube archers, led personally by Zuwaro, appeared before an Ainu village. And over a hundred Ainu villagers gripped their long spears tightly, gathering at the village entrance, wary and fearful.

"O Chief Divine! Is this the village of Ainu people? Wasn't it said that southern tribes are all strong and affluent?... Hmm..."

Zuwaro opened his eyes wide, carefully scrutinizing the village before him. The scale of this Ainu village was far smaller than the Mountain Part camps on Kamchatka Peninsula, yet larger than any tribes seen along the Thousand Island chain.

Within the village stood a row of compact small wood houses. These wooden houses were trapezoidal, seemingly made of wood and mud plastered walls, appearing very thick. A thatched roof piled high hung with some fish and deer bones, seemingly bearing special symbolic meaning. It's noteworthy that all the wood houses lacked windows, leaving only a flue on the roof. Apparently, it's for winter warmth and fuel conservation, like many far northern tribes' houses...

"Wooden houses, settled village... Hmm... What do they plant, what do they raise?"

Zuwaro looked around, but didn't see reasonable fields; only a few small plots for vegetables of unknown tall stems in front and behind residences. In the entire village, there were no domesticated reindeer or poultry. Just a few shabby-looking hunting dogs tied at the doors, obviously hungry with bones sticking out. There was also a wooden fence where sturdy ropes kept a black-gray, not especially big... hmm! young bear?...

"Raising bears? These Ainu people raise bears?! With the wild nature of bears so strong, can they be domesticated?... Are they for hunting assistance or riding into war?"

Zuwaro curiously watched the young black bear for a moment. That bear stared foolishly at him, obviously raised from infancy with no aggression. Besides bears and dogs, he didn't see familiar reindeer, horses, or anything from Your Majesty's prophecy of "four-legged cattle, sheep, donkey, pig, and two-legged chicken, duck, goose..."