Of course, Benevolence, who was above the ground, did not know that there was an enemy beneath him. He only had his suspicions now.
At the same time, they were secretly gathering men to go down and take a look.
“They’re all here.”
They gathered in a forest. Benevolence saw that his brother and sister were already waiting for him. He nodded to them.
Then, he turned to his soldiers and said, “Everyone, I still have a secret mission that I need you to solve this time. In order to let the Ritual run smoothly, I will remember your contributions. When the time comes, I will search for beautiful wives for each one of you.”
They all laughed at that.
They, too, longed for a wife. But it was the war years, and they wouldn’t really devote their energies to finding a girlfriend to fall in love with. They knew that the Guardian was all that mattered. That was their chance to rise.
As long as they rose to power, they could have any wife they wanted.
“Lord Commander, order us. We will accompany you to the end no matter what. We will die without regrets.”
“Lord Commander, order us. We will accompany you to the end no matter what. We will die without regrets.”
…
Benevolence smiled when he saw his clansmen shouting. This was how it should be. This was his clansmen. These were his good brothers who had accompanied him on the battlefield.
With them around, there was no need to worry about the tribe’s revival!
“Good!” Benevolence laughed loudly. “Don’t ask, don’t look, don’t even think about it. Come with me. The commotion must be small, and don’t let anyone know about it. We must also keep it a secret from the tribe. Once you leave, where you’ve been and what you’ve done, forget about it, understand?!”
The brothers who had been with Benevolence from the beginning, and now there weren’t many left. They were also the ones he trusted the most. They were willing to follow him.
With that said, no one said a word and immediately left.
The place they were going to was none other than the place of Worship. The mountain behind the altar was where the Guardian was. Back then, when the Guardian slept here, they were also very surprised. It was strange. They only came here after the tribe was unified and settled down.
Many clansmen didn’t know why they had settled down here, and no one asked. In truth, only the older generation knew the reason. However, most of the older generation had died on the battlefield. Those who knew wouldn’t say it out loud. This was Benevolence’s order, so they pretended not to know.
If the Guardian was awake, then it was okay to know. It was a good thing, anyway, because their efforts had been to show the Guardian how much they had done.
Here, they could see below them, where the worshippers were busy. Sous was also down there, taking advantage of the cool under the tree, squinting as if he were about to go to sleep. Gentle couldn’t help but smile when she saw this.
This human was very interesting, and she liked him very much too. She liked the stories he told. They were very nice to listen to. She really wanted to hear him tell his stories again. However, he had said that it was very long, and he had to tell it slowly. There was plenty of time to listen to it.
There was no rush.
That was true. Just as he said, Sous did not know how long he would have to stay in the Skalan Tribe. He had only been here for less than three days, so he could spend more time here.
They had climbed over this mountain, and there were woods to cover them. No one knew that they had gone to the back mountain.
Nor did anyone know that they were no longer in the tribe. Benevolence was no longer in the tent, and Mercy had disappeared. Gentle was not there either. The three commanders were suddenly gone. No one knew where they had gone.
Of course, no one bothered to find out. Maybe they went to a meeting somewhere. No one cared.
Sous did the same. When Mercy and Gentle hurried away, he too thought they had something urgent to attend to, and that was all.
In less than half an hour, they were halfway up the mountain.
At first glance, it didn’t make any difference. But when Benevolence suddenly opened a wooden lid, it revealed a dark passage.
Everyone was shocked!
There was actually a secret passage here?
Where did it lead to?
Where to?
Why did Benevolence bring them here?
Benevolence made a startled gesture and everyone quieted down as if they hadn’t seen it.
…
“Why do I feel uncomfortable? My eyelids are twitching. Is something going to happen?” The person who had eaten two mouthfuls of meat had a blank look on his face. His intuition had always been very sharp. When his eyelids suddenly twitched, he started to have doubts. Was something going to happen?
“What could have happened?” someone laughed at him. “How could they have expected us to come here and take refuge? From what the sorcerer said, there aren’t many people who know about this place. Even if they did, they wouldn’t have found this place.”
This was the truth. There were many places where hiding could be very dangerous, but this place was really impossible to find. Didn’t they see that they had been hiding here for so many days and still couldn’t find it?
It was called being in the dark under the lights. No one would think they were actually hiding out here. They wouldn’t know they had connections with a sorcerer, much less that they were in cahoots with one.
And then, instead of waking their so-called Guardian, the sorcerer deliberately let their Guardian sleep.
They did not know what was going on, but who cared?
They just had to eat well and complete their tasks.
They didn’t care.
A meal was a meal. They were a bunch of parasites. How could they even think about it or think about it? If the Guardian awoke, it would be trouble for them.
They couldn’t be bothered to think about it. That was their life. It was that simple.
“No, I don’t think so. I think we need to hide or get out of here. I think we need to get out of here and find out what’s going on. The sorcerer isn’t in charge of the Skalan Tribe, after all. He’s just a sorcerer. He only cares about the rites of the Ritual, but he can’t interfere with their search.”
At most, the sorcerer would stop the Orcs from entering. They thought that the sorcerer would definitely give them an alibi. They could only enter after the Ritual, or something of the sort. For example, if they entered, the ceremony might fail.
This was very likely. However, what they were afraid of was that the sorcerer did not know about this investigation. The Orcs had kept it a secret.
If they couldn’t find them, would they think of this place?
Actually, just thinking about it made one feel very strange. There was clearly a group of strange people who came to the tribe initially, but what happened in the end?
They had disappeared into thin air and could not be found. Where did they go?
Why couldn’t they be found?
Those who left their tribe would definitely know, because there were already beastmen waiting at the exit.
However, there was still no news. This was very strange.
If it were him, he would definitely come here to take a look no matter what.