Some people saw it as a lifeline, even if it was covered with nails, it was better than sinking back to the seabed.
Others, after a long silence, stood up, walked out, and headed toward the village chief's house.
They wanted to ask if their son's name could be added to the list of those going to Red Tide City.
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Tolan Coldtooth stood in front of the newly erected wooden sign of the "Supplementary Notice of the Barbarian Autonomous Regulations," draped in an old sheepskin robe, his hands behind his back.
At thirty-seven years old, he was the son of Elder Tormond of the former Coldtooth Tribe. He was literate from a young age, understanding both the Barbarian and Imperial languages.
When Border Guard Village was established, he led the surviving tribe members to voluntarily submit to the Red Tide. Today, he is also the village chief of this Border Guard Village.
He no longer wore the long braids of his tribe, instead he sported the short hair style of the Red Tide.
