Chapter 2: Entering the Native Society


    Chapter 2 < Entering the Native Society >


    This


    He quickly grasped the situation.


    It was a very clear situation from their point of view.


    Suddenly, a creature that looked like them fell from the sky with a huge wing-like thing (they wouldnt know what a parachute was) spread out.


    The Native Americans of North America believed in animistic beliefs, such as spirits.


    Maybe they saw him as a great being with the power of spirits?


    Then, from Kim Ki-woos perspective, it was a great opportunity.


    Kim Ki-woo quickly decided how to behave in front of them.


    And he slowly spun around tond exactly in front of them.


    After a while.


    Thud!


    Kim Ki-woonded on the ground.


    There was a considerable shock, but he got up without caring and disconnected himself from the parachute.


    Oooh!


    Wow!


    Wakan Tanka! Wakan Tanka!


    The primitive-looking men cheered. Kim Ki-woo smiled and spread his arms wide towards them.


    As soon as he touched the ground, he felt a strong relief that he had survived.


    Im alive! I survived! Hahaha!


    They couldnt understand what Kim Ki-woo was babbling. But by shouting out loud, their cheers grew louder.


    He felt like he had be a cult leader.


    No, he might as well be a real leader.


    If he could save this blue as a result.


    As long as he could keep humanity alive, what did it matter how he did it?


    No one could me him for that.


    Kim Ki-woo quickly rationalized himself.


    *


    Wait!


    The man with the best eyesight in the group, the one with far-seeing eyes, raised his hand sharply.


    It was a stop signal.


    In such arge-scale hunt, his opinion was absolute.


    Therefore, all the men who participated in the hunt stopped and held their breaths.


    What is that?


    What? What do you see?


    A solid rock behind him expressed his doubt, but the one with far-seeing eyes did not answer him.


    He just narrowed his eyebrows and focused on the object he saw.


    As he kept staring at one side of the sky, the others also looked in that direction.


    But they didnt have the eyesight of the one with far-seeing eyes, so they just tilted their heads.


    Then.


    Tha-that is!


    The one with far-seeing eyes widened his eyes.


    Thats a person!


    A person?


    Only then did the rest of the men see the vague shape. But the solid rock representing them denied it.


    Thats impossible. How can that be a person? People cant fly in the sky.


    Right. Thats a bird. Look at those big wings!


    Quiet! Are you ignoring my name?


    The one with far-seeing eyes pounded his chest and snapped angrily.


    His wide and deep vision was his pride and identity.


    Not really, but


    Thats definitely a person.


    The one with far-seeing eyes asserted with confidence.


    Then there was a brief silence in the group. But that silence didntst long.


    The thing flying in the sky turned its direction towards the group and came closer.


    Huh!


    Oh my God!


    Is it real?


    See? I was right! My eyes didnt deceive me!


    As Kim Ki-woo, the flying person, confirmed the appearance of the natives, they also recognized Kim Ki-woos appearance.


    And they realized that he looked like them.


    Its a Sacred Spirit!


    Then, the only son of Chief Je-sik, Straight Tree, shouted out loud.


    He had no choice.


    He had never seen such clothes, a huge wing on his back, and a being that flew in the sky because of it.


    He naturally thought of a Sacred Spirit.


    In an instant, agitation spread throughout the group.


    No one could refute that the strange being was not a Sacred Spirit.


    ording to theirmon sense, only a Sacred Spirit could perform such a miracle.


    Wow!


    Sacred Spirit!


    Oh, Sacred Spirit


    The men in the group bowed down to him without any hesitation. It was the most polite greeting they could do.


    And thatmotion reached its climax when Kim Ki-woonded on the ground and spread his arms wide, shouting in Korean.


    *


    What is Wakan Tanka? Wakanda forever, something like that?


    Why did he think of a ck hero from a hero movie?


    Unless he was someone who studied Native American history deeply, he couldnt use theirnguage.


    Kim Ki-woo was no exception. He had very limited knowledge of past America.


    So he didnt understand whatnguage they were shouting at him, and what the word Wakan Tanka that he heard asionally meant.


    But if he had to guess, it was probably some animistic object.


    I need to learn theirnguage quickly.


    Kim Ki-woo could only use Korean and English proficiently. He didnt feel the need to learn any othernguages.


    But to survive and achieve his goal ofing to the past, he felt an urgent need to learn the nativesnguage quickly.


    [Sacred Spirit, this is where we live.]


    Straight Tree gestured to their house and smiled broadly. It was like a pure smile of a child who wanted to be praised.


    Kim Ki-woo nodded his head. Bodynguage was universal. His intention was clearly conveyed to Kim Ki-woo.


    This is where they live?


    Kim Ki-woo was slightly surprised.


    It was bigger than he thought.


    Of course, it was still at the level of a city-state.


    But still, that was something. It wasnt as bad as he had imagined.


    [Well call a tribal meeting then. Straight Tree, Sharp Stone, Big Rock. You three show our vige to the Sacred Spirit.]


    [Okay.]


    They whispered to each other and then the rest of the men disappeared into the vige.


    Kim Ki-woo was able to see various ces with the guidance of three men, including the man who led him, Straight Tree.


    Most of the houses were crude, made of mud, stone, and branches. But the fact that there was a residential area meant that they were settled.


    The size was quiterge. As he walked around, he saw many male and female natives looking at him.


    Of course, as soon as the man in front shouted something, they all bowed down to him.


    I get it.


    There was no iron.


    The strongest thing he saw was a stone spear made of obsidian.


    The clothing was not entirely without cotton, but it was crude and mostly leather.


    They mainly secured food by gathering and hunting, and they also farmed crudely, but their farming skills didnt seem very developed.


    Mostly women did farming. Men seemed to do hunting and gathering.


    Huh. There are some ornaments made of copper, gold, or silver.


    But there were only a few of them, and from looking around the vige, there was no sign of metalworking here.


    Maybe they brought them from somewhere else?


    It would be absurd to say that they had a civilization beyond the Bronze Age with just a few ornaments.


    The only writing they had was crude pictographs.


    There was something like paper, but it also seemed to be brought from outside and the quality was not very good.


    Anyway, it was clear that they traded with outsiders.


    Kim Ki-woo came to a conclusion.


    At least this vige was a Neolithic civilization that developed along the river.


    Phew I have a lot of work to do.


    To lead from a Neolithic civilization to an industrial revolution without external help?


    It was impossible for an ordinary person to do even if he died and came back to life.


    The only constion for Kim Ki-woo was that he had a long life left.


    His body had undergone anti-aging treatment.


    Of course, if he didnt get any more anti-aging treatments, he would eventually grow old and die, but he estimated that it would be around 400-500 yearster.


    That seemed possible enough.


    The problem was


    The Europeans?


    It would be nice if he knew exactly what year it was.


    They would massacre the natives with oppressive force when they came to America, and spread more terrible germs than that.


    Then countless natives would die. ording to some reports, more than 90 percent of the natives died in a short period of time.


    Of course, Kim Ki-woo had been vinated against various diseases, including smallpox, before getting on the time machine.


    He wouldnt die from any known infectious diseases at least.


    Fortunately, I dont see any signs of European infectious diseases yet.


    After Columbus reached America, infectious diseases such as smallpox spread from South America to North America in no time.


    The fact that the disease hadnt spread yet meant that it was likely before the 16th century.


    That is, he had at least a hundred years or more until the British began to colonize North America in earnest.


    As he was thinking about this and that, night came. And Kim Ki-woo confirmed an important fact.


    North America, huh.


    He had trained enough to see the constetions. He could guess his approximate location through them.


    It was definitely North America.


    Is this good or bad?


    North and Central America each had their pros and cons.


    Before the European infectious diseases spread, the poption of Central America was muchrger than that of North America.


    In other words, Central America was much better in terms of poption.


    But North America was a continent with more potential than Central America.


    And it had the advantage of not having arge ss divide.


    Well, he had alreadynded in North America. He had to adapt to it. Kim Ki-woo put his thoughts aside and started nning again.


    A hundred years is a very long time.


    It had been more than ten thousand years since the Mongoloid Asians crossed the Bering Strait from Asia to the American continent.


    In a way, except for some parts of Central America, there was no visible civilization development.


    Even the Central American region didnt enter the full Bronze Age.


    But that was only because the American continent had many geographical and ecological factors that made it difficult to develop civilization.


    If only they had enough food and livestock, civilization would have developed much more.


    There was no food to farm and eat except for corn and potatoes, and there were hardly any animals to use as livestock.


    Even those were mostly in Central America.


    They had to farm with human power only, because they didnt have any livestock like cows to pull plows.


    But it would be different from now on.


    Because


    There are amazing things sleeping in my bag. Hehe.


    The weight that pressed down on his shoulders felt somehow refreshing now.


    *


    Wow I cant believe it.


    We all saw it. The great sight of the Sacred Spirit who spread his wings and came down from the sky!


    Yes!


    Me too.


    The War chief didnt believe them easily even though they said so. But it was even more unbelievable that these brave and young warriors all saw something wrong.


    What do you think, Tribal Chief ?


    It must mean that he is a Sacred Spirit who performed such a miracle. Then its certain that he came down to pity us after seeing our sun dancest time.


    Hmm


    The Tribal Chief smiled with a grimace and pointed to his wound on his arm that hadnt healed yet.


    It was a glorious wound that proved that he had cut himself with a sharp obsidian de and spilled his blood on the sacred earth.


    The tribal meeting continued after that.


    The meeting was close to direct democracy, where brave young men and respected elders shared their opinions.


    All decisions in the tribe were made by majority vote at this tribal meeting.


    And their treatment of Kim Ki-woo, whom they called a Sacred Spirit, was also decided at this meeting.


    Then we will wee the Sacred Spirit into our tribe and appoint him as the Chief Spirit.


    No one opposed the Tribal Chiefs words. It was a Sacred Spirit. It was impossible to ept him as an ordinary tribesman.


    Of course, the Chief Spirit they were talking about was apletely different concept from the rank of nobility or king.


    For them, a chief was more like a civil servant.


    Everything by meeting. That was the absolute principle of the tribe.


    At least until now, when Kim Ki-woo had just arrived in the tribe.


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