Chapter 160
Chapter 160 – The Lurker
Translated by Joycelyn
“What’s the matter?” Chen Jia, however, did not immediately walk out. He stood there without moving and asked.
“Chief wanted me to bring you guys over. This time there are too many from the Martyr tribe, we most likely won’t be able to hold them back. You guys won’t be safe here.” The other replied.
Seeing that Chen Jia was still doubtful, the man then brought out a square token made of bone. There were Drumming tribe’s totem patterns on it. This was the sign of the chief, an identity token.
Looking at it, Chen Jia felt slightly relieved
“Then what about my house’s Water Moonstones? Chen Jia once again asked.
“Bring them along then, they will be found if we left them here.” That man said.
Qing Yi was the youngster who was together with Hao on the day Shao Xuan was wrongly accused of killing the baby crocodiles. He was the chief’s child, with a very high standing in the Drumming tribe. Shao Xuan also realised that many in the Drumming tribe feared Qing Yi a lot.
“You said he wasn’t a spy, never betrayed the Drumming tribe? How can that be? It was definitely him who pushed me into the river the day!” Although his voice was a little different, Chen Jia believed it was this person from that day.
“Chen Jia, you are probably mistaken again.”
“That’s right. Chen Jia, you must have recognised the wrong guy, it was him who wanted to bring us to the chief’s side!”
The children at Chen Jia’s side, who were around the same age, were all explaining to him.
Shao Xuan did not speak up, waiting for Qing Yi’s next words. The reason why he did not end the guy with one strike just now was so that he could interrogate him later. But Shao Xuan was not suspicious of his identity. The baby crocodile in the river had been glaring at the man and opening its mouth, like it couldn’t help but bite into him.
“I said he did not betray the Drumming tribe since he is not even one of our own. What’s there to betray?“ While saying that, he extended his hand and grabbed onto the outsider’s neck who was still laying on the ground, gently twisting it.
Ka!
The man who Shao Xuan had purposefully kept alive was now actually dead.
After his last breath, the man’s body started morphing. His body shrank a little, his face also changed.
Shao Xuan slightly moved his hands and the originally tightly tied strings slid down like they were alive.
Seeing that everyone was staring at the threads in his hands, Shao Xuan explained: “These are tools to set traps for beasts in our tribe.”
A few had expressions of understanding on their faces. However, in their hearts, they thought about what their elders had said. In many tribes, their battle strength was not very good. So, to prevent starving, they resorted to using other means of hunting, like traps.
Therefore, the children, including Chen Jia, all thought that Shao Xuan’s tribe warriors must be weak.
Upon retrieving his threads, Shao Xuan looked at Qing Yi and asked: ”Who is this guy?”
“Don’t recognise him.”
Knowing that spies would certainly appear, the tribe did have arrangements. However, this place was the core area of the tribe and was more on the side. Therefore the people who were appointed by the tribe had not arrived yet.
Qing Yi was actually chasing after a Martyr tribe member and did not expect to encounter such a scene.
“Chief did indeed allow the children to bring the Water Moonstones and go over. However, the one to inform the group here was supposed to be me, not him.” Qing Yi explained, while pointing at the already dead man.
There were already people from the Martyr tribe, whose specialty was hiding, intruding. They had already crossed the outside border, where all the killings and battles were, and made their way into the internal area of the tribe. With their hiding abilities very high, they lurked around silently and waited for a chance to strike. Even the tribe members who were patrolling around could not find them all, there were bound to have missed some.
Even more were the people who were striking from the very start only to attract attention.
The tribe had already put people on standby at every area, just so that they could clean up every one of these who were hiding around. But looking at the imbalance in strength, the Leader had someone notify the guards at the sides to move inside a little more. When this was over, they could go back. After all, more than half the people hiding inside the houses were children. They did not have much battle strength and still needed protection.
Knowing that they were still going over to the chief’s side, the few who were disappointed lifted their heads high again. Talking to each other excitedly, those who were still at home very quickly packed their stuff and gathered together.
“There’s something I still have to tell you. Even when you are by my side on the way to the chief, there might still be someone about to ambush us on the road. While fighting, I won’t be able to take care of all of you.” Qing Yi advised the group that was gathering.
There were kids everywhere, the youngest not even ten years old, the oldest roughly the same age as Shao Xuan. There were still some children carrying their newborn sisters. If they were ambushed, there would definitely be casualties. After all, the ambushers may not hold back just because there were children.
After hearing this, the people unsurprisingly started to worry. But they had already been mentally prepared. Ever since they were born, such things were a frequent occurrence.
“Actually, you can get the smallest to be sent over first.” Shao Xuan exclaimed.
“How?” Everybody turned to Shao Xuan.
He pointed at the sky, “Chacha”.
A sound rang out.
A large shadow quickly descended from the sky.
When flying over, Chacha was even holding onto someone. It was someone from the Martyr tribe. Its claws were piercing through the guy, who was no longer breathing.
Chacha abandoned the already dead intruder and landed. Shao Xuan then led a few of the youngest children onto the eagle’s back, some of them also carrying babies.
The first to be carried up were all children under ten. Shao Xuan then let Chacha bring them to the chief. Chacha knew the road there, there was no need to worry. The intruders also did not have the means to attack in the sky. Therefore, the sky was a lot safer than being on the ground.
There were still five more children left. Shao Xuan wanted Chen Jia to also go up, but as expected, he refused and insisted on waiting for the next ride.
“Then you better pay more attention, don’t stray too far from me.” Shao Xuan instructed.
“En.” Chen Jia hugged the rattan basket and walked over to Shao Xuan’s side.
As for the other four, every single one of them gathered at Qing Yi’s side. From what they could see, Qing Yi was much stronger than Shao Xuan, so it was better to follow him.