Chapter 680: Who's Caught Up
Secia's sudden questioning made the dozen or so savage elders in the audience startled, and they subconsciously turned their heads to look at the others around them, and their eyes could not hide their vigilance.
At the same time, more suspicious eyes were cast at the Savage Elder who confronted Secia.
"Yuman, you really need to explain this." The patriarch also looked at the other party and frowned.
Yuman, that is the name of this Savage Elder.
Yu Man is a subordinate he personally raised, the two have worked together for many years, and the patriarch still knows the character of this subordinate relatively well, and Yu Man's actions this time, compared with his usual style, are indeed a bit excessive.
This also inevitably raised some doubts in him.
"Patriarch, I saw this kid sneakily moving towards Moon Lake, although it didn't work, but I'm sure that this person must have some kind of intention for Moon Lake!" Yuman hurriedly explained.
"Then you don't have to ......"
The patriarch wanted to say that even so, there was no need to be so aggressive, and he should go straight to the killer, but he was interrupted by Yuman.
"Patriarch, have you forgotten? What happened to the Protoss back then...... I also wanted to avoid the recurrence of what happened back then, so I made a ruthless death......"
Yu Man's meaningful reminder suddenly made the face of the savage patriarch change.
Naturally, he knew what he meant by 'the things of the year'.
Back then, the self-proclaimed mechanic of the Protoss, ignoring the armistice treaty between the two clans, broke into the ancestral tribe, lived in the clan for a long time, and finally jumped into their holy land, Moon Lake, in full view of everyone!
This incident caused an uproar in the clan back then.
Because so far, the creatures that enter the Moon Lake have always been native creatures of the Ring Forest, and these native creatures are originally conceived by the Moon Butterfly, nourished by the Ring Forest, and finally jumped into the Moon Lake, which is equivalent to returning to the roots in advance and returning to the mother, so naturally there is nothing wrong with it.
But what about creatures from the outside world entering Moon Lake? What the consequences will be, whether it will anger Moon Lake, or what irreversible impact it will have on Moon Lake, no one is sure.
Whether emotionally or rationally, being jumped into the Moon Lake by creatures from the outside world is unacceptable to the clansmen.
The reason why this incident happened back then was because the patriarch at that time was soft-hearted and did not drive this god clan away at the first time, but let him live in the clan, which eventually led to this disaster.
So after that incident, the patriarch at that time was forced to resign in a scolding, until a new patriarch was replaced, and there were no obvious changes in Yuehu later, and the matter gradually subsided.
Now, another outsider has arrived in the Clan, dressed in similar makeup as the mechanic back then, and has some kind of intention for Moon Lake.
How similar is all this back then......
"Patriarch, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different!" Yuman finally added with a bewitching remark.
The patriarch's eyes flashed, as if he had been empowered, and his originally hesitant face suddenly turned firm.
"You're right, after all, it's an outsider, and the Moon Festival is coming, so it's good to rule out these potential dangers in advance." The patriarch spoke in an indifferent tone, defining the matter.
"You guys!"
Secia changed the essence of this matter after hearing the two of them's words, and immediately became furious, looking at the patriarch: "This kind of obvious demagogic words can also convince you?" You're such an old fool! ”
"Presumptuous, Secia, pay attention to your identity, who allowed you to talk to the patriarch like that?" Yuman stood up and scolded.
"No matter how I speak, it's not your turn to be a suspect to point out." Cecia sneered.
Since she was the patriarch, she has been the chief herbalist of the tribe, and she belongs to the elders of the three dynasties.
"Suspect?" Yuman narrowed his eyes: "Secia, are you accusing me of being a parasite?" ”
"Yes, that's what I meant!" Secia sneered, looked at the patriarch and said, "Patriarch, I suggest launching an internal review of Yuman and thoroughly investigating his problems!" ”
In the face of Secia's face-to-face questioning, Yuman did not panic at all, but smiled lightly: "Okay, okay, I'm a parasite, what about the other people present?" They didn't accuse me with you, do they all seem parasites to you? ”
"This ......" Cecia frowned, she did suspect the others, but now she just wanted to point the finger at Yuman first, find out this person's problem first, and then talk about other people's affairs.
At this time, the other party was obviously isolating and wanted to push her to the opposite side of everyone, but Secia instinctively wanted to refute, but was interrupted by the other party first.
"I'm a 'parasite', but everything I do is for the safety of the race, and you, the so-called patriarch of the Three Dynasties, are desperately speaking for an outsider, and even don't hesitate to slander my compatriots and sow discord for this, do you know what the consequences of causing a crisis of trust in the community?"
With a sneer on his face, Yu Man seemed to suddenly remember something, and said meaningfully: "Anyway, the mechanic back then seemed to be taken in by your family, but now there are outsiders here, and it just so happened to be brought by your family, tsk, how can history be similar...... It's hard to say who the parasite is......"
"You!"
Secia was choked and speechless, her face was flushed, she clutched her chest, her chest rose and fell violently, and she almost vomited blood.
She never thought that the other party would be able to splash the parasite's dirty water back on her, and even insult her family.
But Cessia couldn't refute it, because it was a fact that they took in the mechanic back then, and after the jumping incident in the lake that year, their family also suffered from the eyes of the clansmen, and then under the wash of time, the clansmen gradually let go of this matter, but they didn't want to be revisited at this time, and it happened to be combined with the current situation, this angle really caught her off guard......
"Alright, don't talk about it!"
Seeing that the situation began to get out of control, the patriarch spoke out in displeasure and stopped the two from continuing to quarrel.
swept through the audience, there were panic, grievances, suspicions, and vigilance on everyone's faces, obviously the quarrel between the two had a great impact on everyone, and an atmosphere of mutual suspicion had spread in the field.
The patriarch coughed and said seriously: "I believe that none of you here are parasites, you are all important backbones of the group, and you are shining in the group every day, I see this in my eyes, this kind of words that will cause suspicion, don't talk nonsense in the future." Everyone just has a different position, and the original intention of what they do is for the safety of the group, and there is no need to quarrel. ”
After speaking, the patriarch deliberately turned to Secia again, and his tone softened: "The legacy of the previous king, as long as our clan does not take the initiative to participate in the battle of the outside world and stubbornly guards the ring forest, we can survive forever." For so many years, we have followed this admonition, so the ethnic group has always been stable, and the population is also increasing year by year, which shows the correctness of the precept of the previous king! ”
"Even if you don't believe me, you should always believe in the first king, right?" The patriarch finally threw out the question.
Secia closed his eyes and sighed in his heart: here we go again......
She knows the character of this patriarch, as a diehard fan of the former king, she can memorize all the quotations of the former king, and she has always practiced the various teachings of the former king after taking the throne.
She didn't know how many times she had heard this sentence from the patriarch before, whenever she encountered something difficult to choose, the patriarch would make a decision based on the legacy of the previous king, and then move out this sentence and block other people's mouths.
Of course, the admonition of the former king has indeed stood the test of time, and she has never made a mistake over the years, if it was another situation, she would not question this sentence, but this time, she did not dare to be sure......
"It's not too early, Secia, you go back first, as for your son's business...... Now that it is the Moon Festival Ceremony, I really can't spare manpower, I promise you to wait for the end of the ceremony, and immediately arrange for people to take Mu Luo back. The patriarch said.
Cecia didn't say anything more, just nodded, and calmly got up and left.
She already understood that in the current situation, even if she stayed, it was impossible to argue for any results.
After seeing Secia leave, the patriarch let out a sigh of relief, leaning back in his chair and rubbing his eyebrows.
Everyone in the hall glanced at each other and dispersed, leaving only Yuman who did not leave.
Moments later, another wild man burst into the hall and reported a message.
"Patriarch, I just received news that the Celestial Wolf has escaped from prison and killed a jailer guarding him!"
"What?" The patriarch stood up suddenly, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped a few times, a little surprised.
"Are you sure? You saw him kill with your own eyes? ”
"No, we searched the vicinity, and we haven't found the body of the missing jailer yet, but at the location where the jailer disappeared, arrows and blood stains were found, judging from the situation at the scene, the arrow was shot from a very far away, and an arrow sealed the throat, only the wolf has this strength." Someone said.
"This kid, what are you doing...... the patriarch frowned, only to feel that there seemed to be a lot of troubles today, and there were waves of unsettled ......
"Patriarch, do you want to issue a chase and kill order? Escaping from prison and assassinating innocent people should be a capital offense according to clan rules! Yuman suddenly stepped forward and whispered.
"Well, there's no need...... Things haven't been figured out yet......" The village chief immediately shook his head. In his opinion, the wolf is not the kind of person who will kill innocents indiscriminately, and if the body is not found, it is impossible to determine that this person is dead, maybe the wolf just captured the other party alive or stunned the other party or something, in short, the wolf has a special identity and has a lot of influence in the clan, and before the reason for the matter is clear, he must not be convicted of death casually.
You Man's eyes rolled for a moment, and he continued to persuade: "However, the other party didn't escape from prison a long time ago, but made trouble before the Moon Festival, could it be to destroy the Moon Festival?" If you don't catch him in time, what if he interferes with the Moon Festival? ”
The patriarch frowned when he heard this, but after a few seconds, he still shook his head: "Don't worry, although this guy has a radical temper and occasionally messes around, he is absolutely loyal to the clan, and I can help him vouch for this." ”
He and the wolf know each other well, and they know each other very well, so they know each other's hearts very well, with the strength of the wolf, he can run away from prison at any time, but he is willing to be imprisoned in the tree prison for thousands of years, and he never complains, this alone is enough to show his loyalty to the clan.
"Don't worry about him, everything is currently focused on the Moon Festival, and after the Moon Festival is over, it's not too late to settle accounts with him." Said the patriarch.
He estimated that this kid went outside to look for clues about the desolate incident again, and he knew that the wolf had been worried about this matter for thousands of years, and he still hadn't let go.
Seeing that the patriarch repeatedly defended the Heavenly Wolf, a trace of coldness flashed in Youman's eyes, but he quickly hid it, thought about it and said, "At least, arrange more people to patrol the seventh layer in case there is any accident!" ”
"Well, that's fine, but be careful...... Then send more people to make the water around me on the seventh layer impassable, and I must not let any unknown characters approach Moon Lake in the near future. The patriarch nodded solemnly.
After watching Yuman and the other depart, the patriarch stood in the empty hall.
After the affairs were explained, his brow was still tightly locked.
I don't know why, he has been feeling a little flustered from time to time recently, and the closer he gets to the Moon Festival, the more obvious this panic becomes, which makes him always feel that something big will happen in this year's Moon Festival.
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Ring Forest, the edge of the seventh layer.
Mu You and Sky Wolf, who painted their whole bodies in gray and white, carefully hid among the bushes, looking at the dense patrol team below, and some of their scalps were numb.
"It seems that your patriarch is not lightly bewitched......" Mu You said.
Sky Wolf's face was a little embarrassed.
When he first came to the seventh layer, he still hoped that the patriarch would be keenly aware of something wrong through his actions, and deliberately reduce some of the sentry posts around him to leave him a chance to meet.
It's a pity that he seems to have overestimated the IQ of the patriarch.
Instead of reducing the sentry, the patriarch greatly increased the patrol team, and at this moment, almost all of the tens of thousands of in-service sentries on the sixth layer were mobilized here, and the water surrounding the seventh layer was impassable, with a post in five steps and a sentry in ten steps.
The wolf was having a headache when he suddenly felt something, his eyes narrowed, and he raised his longbow somewhere behind him.
"Wait......" Mu You stretched out his hand in time to stop the Sky Wolf's movements.
The Sky Wolf's arrow didn't shoot out, because he had already sensed that the aura that appeared behind him was not malicious.
Mu You beckoned beside him, and a mechanical helmet suddenly appeared in mid-air and floated towards Mu You.
"How? What did you find? Mu You asked.
He knew that Ava should be fine, and by sensing the mechanical heart, as soon as he came to the seventh floor, Ava could sense his location and take the initiative to find him.
Ava then told the two about her experience.
After the previous armor was destroyed, it was not destroyed, but disappeared in time to escape the scene without being discovered by the enemy, and then relying on the stealth nature of the chameleon, it in turn tracked down the wild man who blew himself up, and found a group of other parasites.
“…… According to the current information, among the resident personnel of the seventh layer, there are at least ten people who have been confirmed to be parasites, all of them are in high positions, and three of them are elders! Ava said.
"Can you clearly distinguish the faces of these ten people?" The wolf asked hurriedly, and at the same time secretly clenched the bow in his hand, if he could really directly identify the parasite, he could directly assassinate him remotely with one arrow, and he could reduce one enemy by one.
"Yes...... But I don't recommend doing it now, there are far more parasites than these ten. According to proportional calculations, there are more than 400 parasites in the entire seventh layer, not to mention the large number of soldiers who are newly influxed today, and the proportion of parasites among them will only be higher. Ava keenly sensed the murderous intent on the wolf, guessed his thoughts, and hurriedly dissuaded him.
"Alas......"
The wolf sighed and let go of the bowstring, he didn't know that even if he secretly assassinated these people, it would not help, there were thousands of hidden parasites, and doing so would only startle the snake and make it more difficult to find the parasites in the future.
However, in this near-death situation, he really couldn't think of a better way.
In the process of Ava's narration just now, Mu You next to him didn't speak, but lowered his head and pondered something, glancing in the direction of the moon lake in the distance from time to time, his brows furrowed.
After a moment, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the Sky Wolf with a serious expression: "I have a very important request that I need you to help me complete. ”
"Oh? What? The wolf was stunned and asked casually.
"I'm going to jump into the Moon Lake!"
"What?" The Sky Wolf's voice instantly raised an octave. (End of chapter)