Chapter 261: Stone Age
Keira held her breath when she heard people speaking in hushed tones as they stopped walking. If her estimation was right, it took them around an hour of walking to reach their destination.
Then they stopped, and Keira could hear murmur everywhere. The men removed the baskets from their heads, and she gasped to see more nude tribespeople around.
She looked around and saw that their dwellings were of primitive huts with no side walls and layers of palm leaves as on the floors. Each shelter could provide enough space for a family of three, or maybe four, and their belongings.
The man beside her shouted something, to which a boy responded by running to him. He seemed to be instructing the boy to get something, and the boy quickly ran toward a specific direction.
The rest of the tribespeople were now staring at Zach and Keira with their curious eyes. Their distinctive appearance and features had obviously aroused great curiosity among the tribespeople. They had obviously never seen anyone with a complexion as fair as Keira’s. And even though Zach was more tanned than Keira, his skin tone was still lighter than theirs.
Their scrutinizing gaze made Zach and Keira feel like they were some kind of specimens being examined under a microscope. But fortunately, the tribespeople seemed quite friendly, as some of them were even smiling at them.
Keira noticed some of their women were wearing fiber strings tied around their waist, necks, and heads. Most of the tribesmen were also wearing necklaces and headbands, and a thicker belt for their knives. All the ornaments adorning their bodies seemed to be made from various forest products.
After a few minutes, the boy came back with a man and a woman. They seemed to be a couple from the way the man displayed his affection toward the woman. Keira estimated the pair to be around the same age as her parents based on their appearance.
"That’s probably their leader," Zach whispered as he tried to read their body language.