The doubtful voice came out of his mouth for only a moment, but the next second, the face that was frowning and concentrating the wind element was suddenly stunned at this moment, and then a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes along with shrinking pupils.
In the sky, Yu Huan among the white feathers had disappeared without a trace at some point. Of course, this was not the point, because the crane man now obviously knew where the other party was, which was... behind him!
The girl who had descended from the sky and passed through him, still holding her sword and shield, slowly rose from her attacking stance like a Valkyrie. She turned and looked at the Crane man, who lay motionless behind her, even as the storm began to dissipate. After a brief silence, she sheathed her weapon and, before anyone in the room could even grasp what had happened, walked towards him.
And then... a gentle touch!
"Plop~~~"
The standing figure suddenly fell to the ground as if he lost consciousness, and he fell into a coma without knowing when.
"Master!"
Seeing this situation, not to mention the other orcs who were still in a confused state, the subordinates of the crane man had already run over with excitement. After confirming that the other party had just fainted and nothing serious happened, they nodded slightly to Yu Huan to express their gratitude, and then without stopping for too long, they hurriedly carried the crane man and walked towards the bottom of the ring.
As for the so-called gambling game... naturally no one would say anything about the obvious scene. Perhaps it was because Yu Huan's outstanding performance had obviously exceeded a certain scope, or perhaps it was because the two subordinates were so eager to save people that they didn't even give Yu Huan the chance to choose the "trophies", but directly kept them all. The meaning... was very obvious!
"Uh... okay, I win!"
Originally, he just wanted to save the cats, but ended up saving a group of people by accident. Naturally, Yu Huan would not say anything stupid about changing it back. He accepted it all without thinking. At the same time, he looked at the field again, cleared his throat a little, and said immediately:
"Then... next!"
He stretched out his hand and pointed at an orc who didn't know whether he should be excited or scared. Then, in full view of everyone, the other party came on stage again.
There seemed to be a lot of battles, but in fact each battle ended in just a few minutes. It was more than an hour after the banquet began that the bet was finally over because of Yu Huan's great victory.
As for the outcome of the bet... well, it's easy to imagine when you look at the huge group of 'trophies' behind Yu Huan, numbering over a hundred.
Moreover, any one of these groups is a unique beauty. Of course, there are also some male orcs among them, but most of them are as strong and powerful as the previous bull men. At first glance, they are specially used as thugs.
Come to think of it, this is a gambling game involving young orcs, including young masters from various factions and nobles. Naturally, the quality of the spoils will not be too bad. In fact, these orcs and even some human women that Yu Huan rescued at this moment, if placed in the slave market, would be worth at least ten times the price of an ordinary slave.
And if someone among them happens to awaken magic, then congratulations... it's like you've found a treasure!
Of course, Yu Huan was not too worried about these things. He found Xia Yu and Xiami who had gone to the other side to rescue people. He ignored the commotion they made and handed the "trophies" he had won to them. Then he packed up the spoils along with the cat girls they had rescued and teleported them back to Tianyu City.
As for the subsequent reception and the issue of whether these people stay or go, it is obviously something that Tianling and Zeya in Tianyu City need to pay attention to. I believe that the two of them should have a very good way to deal with it!
After roughly settling everything, Yu Huan asked Xia Yu about the situation. Xia Yu gave him a look that said "no problem". The three of them nodded to each other and continued walking towards the banquet as if nothing had happened.
"Ah woo~~"
At some point, a small figure jumped down from the tree and happily grabbed Yu Huan's hand. Then, with the opponent's first-level head-patting kill, Yu Huan held him in his hand with a happy face and continued to walk towards the banquet.
Back at the banquet, nothing seemed to have changed at all, because it was not until the bonfire was lit at night that the real "protagonist", the young master of the leopard tribe, would appear. Therefore, the purpose of the orcs attending the banquet during the day was mostly to eat and drink. The few who had some political awareness would walk around and greet some tribal leaders from time to time.
For example, the king of a certain cat tribe was constantly wandering between the various tribes, constantly speaking ingratiating words. This made it difficult for the cat guards who had entered the venue to find him for a long time. By the time they found him, Yu Huan and the others had already returned to the banquet, so they were very fortunate to see:
A happy scene in which someone's face changed and he almost fainted because he suddenly received two huge bad news: all the girls brought by the cat tribe were lost, and the gray wolf tribe hired to intercept Xiami was completely wiped out.
I have to say that although now is not the time to cause trouble directly, but looking at the ferocious expression of Xia Baichuan with a pale face and eyes that are about to burst out with anger, both Xia Yu and Xia Mi suddenly felt... quite good!
96. Bad News
The girls who had done bad things here were happy, but Xia Baichuan was undoubtedly so angry that he almost vomited blood: the cats he brought with him were sneaked into the base without anyone noticing, and then while knocking out the cat guards, he took them all away without letting any of the leopard people around him notice.
Of course, Xia Baichuan had suspected that the leopards might be responsible. After all, they were the most likely suspects in this situation. However, there was no need for them to do so... After all, these cat people were originally meant to be given to him. Wouldn't this be a superfluous act?!
The Leopard Tribe is impossible, so naturally he has to suspect other forces... However, before this matter is carried out, Xia Baichuan has to use his brain to think about another thing first, that is... the coming-of-age gift prepared for the young master of the Leopard Tribe is gone, what should he do?
When this idea came to his mind, the first thing that came to his mind was undoubtedly to quickly ask the tribe to transfer a group of cat girls. However, this idea was ruthlessly rejected by him as soon as it arose.
Putting aside the fact that he had used his own tribesmen to gain favor with various forces many times, his behavior of currying favor with various forces had, in a sense, caused dissatisfaction among the tribesmen. If it were not for the tangible benefits brought to the tribe that successfully shut up the elders, the tribe might have started a riot long ago. Just to say, their cat tribe is not a pig tribe, and the girls are not given away just like that. After many transactions, there are obviously not many of them now. If they are given away again, it may even cause the cat tribe itself to have fertility problems due to the lack of females.
Even Xia Baichuan obviously couldn't do such an act which was tantamount to killing the chicken to get the eggs, so his next thought was: the group of cat-girls taken away by Xia Mi were originally used as bait.
In order to make Xiami believe that the escort was real, he actually took out one-third of the originally reserved gifts and carefully set up this trap to make Xiami take the bait. His original idea was to let the Gray Wolf Clan get rid of Xiami, and then those girls and Xiami himself would all belong to the Gray Wolf Clan. This was also his bargaining chip for hiring the other party.
However, under the current circumstances, this is obviously impossible, so Xia Baichuan immediately asked his men to contact the Gray Wolf Tribe, preparing to at least get those girls over first. As for compensation, they can talk about it later. After all, the matters on the Leopard Tribe's side are more important!
However, while he was still thinking about what kind of compensation he should give to the Gray Wolf Tribe to make them relent, he never expected that his subordinates would immediately bring back news: the Gray Wolf team sent to kill Xiami and others was actually... annihilated?!
What the hell? !
"Trash! A bunch of trash!"
After hearing the news, Xia Baichuan, who was feeling worse than ever, finally couldn't hold back his temper and started cursing. His ferocious face almost instantly destroyed his originally gentle and elegant appearance. At the same time, the tables, chairs, and benches around him were all kicked aside by him. Fortunately, he was now in the temporary residence of the cat tribe, otherwise this would undoubtedly be a matter that would cause gossip among all the orcs around him.
"Damn it, how could there be such a coincidence? Who is against me?!"
Despite his anger, Xia Baichuan, who was obviously intelligent, quickly calmed down. After careful consideration, he realized that there was absolutely no problem with the plan he had set up. Although the Gray Wolf Clan was brutal and bloodthirsty, they were also a race that valued trust. Since they had accepted this mission, there was absolutely no possibility of them harming him or letting him go. Therefore, the only possible outcome was...
"Someone rescued Xiami and the others, and even came to the party and took away the other catgirls!"
This was an idea that Xia Baichuan instantly formed in his mind after various analyses and on-site investigations. Of course, although this idea had no basis, in a sense it was undoubtedly very close to the truth.
It’s just a pity that no matter how close the guess is to the truth, it is obvious that Xia Baichuan has no way to deal with the situation in front of him.
It was clearly a place where each tribe stored "slaves", but the girls from his cat tribe suddenly disappeared as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth. Even when the tracking technique specially used by the tribe to prevent them from escaping was used, there was no reaction at all. This could only mean two possibilities: one was that the other party was far beyond the tracking range, and the second was that the other party used some kind of magic to hide.
Of course, compared to the first point, Xia Baichuan was undoubtedly more convinced of the second point. After all, the range of the tracking magic was hundreds of miles away, and those cat people added up to at least hundreds of people. Even if the person who rescued Xia Mi had great powers, it was impossible for him to take them away from such a large team in an instant.
Of course, this is not to say that Xia Baichuan has never thought about space magic teleportation, but he simply doesn't dare to think about it. After all, although the orcs can use magic, most of them are innate. The ones who are truly proficient in high-level magic are the magicians in the Demon Realm, not to mention space magic, which is something that only those above the level of Grand Mage can master.
And if he really was a great magician, would there be any need to sneak those cat girls away? If he wanted them, all he had to do was ask, and Xia Baichuan would undoubtedly offer them to him. After all, if he could befriend a great magician with just a few hundred cat girls, then for him, the benefits would be no less than being a military advisor to the leopard leader.
"Who is it...?"
Combining all the above speculations, it is obvious that Xia Baichuan's guess was wrong or biased from the beginning, and no matter how hard he thought, he could not figure out who did it. What was even more unexpected was that the four culprits were eating and drinking at a banquet not far from him at this moment, and then they turned on the system and looked at his sad face with joy.
Xia Baichuan, who had no idea that he had been under surveillance since he arrived at the camp, finally thought about it and could only give his subordinates a third order. This was also the last solution he could come up with:
"Contact those other tribes and see if they're willing to 'donate' some of their people or slaves to us, preferably females... Never mind, I can't care less now. Any kind will do, and promise my cat tribe a generous reward later!"
This is the first command, and the second command is:
"Let's go to the northeast corner of the banquet hall and see if there's a chance to talk to those nobles over their gambling games. If possible, we can send a few skilled players from our clan to challenge them. Winning a few slaves would be great!"
The former was a last resort, and even if he succeeded in buying the slaves, they would probably all be of the ugly type. After all, the cat tribe had to give gifts, and other races obviously needed them as well. Especially when he was trying to curry favor with the leopard tribe, it was naturally impossible for him to sell his own "good things" to him.
Therefore, strictly speaking, Xia Baichuan's real idea was actually still focused on the gambling game. After all, the slaves that those young masters brought with them were basically of the best quality. If he could just get some of them casually, at least he could find a way to get away with this gift first!
The abacus in his mind was clattering, and his thoughts were gradually becoming clearer. For the time being, he put aside the matter of finding the missing cat women and Xiami. The person who helped Xiami deal with him also needed to be investigated thoroughly afterwards. Now, the most important thing was undoubtedly to get through the leopard tribe first.
After all, Xia Baichuan is not a cat, and the reason he is known as a leopard military is just because he is a little clever. This cleverness may make him popular with the Leopard King temporarily, but it is obviously impossible to last forever, so some necessary gifts and flattery must be done.
And this adult 'young master' is one of the candidates who may become the Leopard King in the future. Giving him a gift is also an investment for Xia Baichuan. Although even so, the other party may not necessarily become the Leopard King, but at least in terms of laying a good emotional foundation first, Xia Baichuan naturally cannot give up.
While he was thinking about all kinds of things in his mind while waiting for news from his subordinates, the only good news in this series of bad news was that soon one of his subordinates came to report that some races had agreed to his request and agreed to sell some "slaves" to him at a high price. Of course, after hearing what his subordinates said about the looks and prices of those "slaves", Xia Baichuan was undoubtedly depressed.
After all, the looks of these 'slaves' that the other party offered and the prices they asked for... were simply naked lions asking for too much!
However, he still has to accept it, and he has to accept it with a smile... It's really infuriating!
Then, just as this news was both frustrating and somewhat comforting, another subordinate came back and reported his orders:
"Report to the king, it's said that a mysterious man single-handedly won nearly half of the nobles' 'spoils' and then mysteriously disappeared. Now almost all the orc princes present are searching for him. The so-called gambling game... is long over!"
The sonorous and powerful words fell into Xia Baichuan's ears, and he was stunned at first, then his whole body was shocked, and finally...
"Pfft~~~"
"king!!!"
Finally, one of them couldn't hold it in any longer, and after a series of blows, a mouthful of blood spurted out of Xia Baichuan's mouth... He was seriously injured!
97. Purpose
One bad thing after another directly made Xia Baichuan's originally happy mood turn sour.
Until a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, the cunning mentality he had developed over the years gradually allowed him to rationally suppress the uncontrollable anger in his heart, and he began to calmly analyze the current situation.
"The noble gambling incident might have been just a coincidence, but considering all the other things... someone must be targeting my cat clan, or rather... me!"
He had only kidnapped the cat tribe's slaves, rescued Xiami, and repelled the gray wolf tribe. All these signs showed that the other party was coming for him and that they had powerful strength.
That was definitely not an opponent that Xia Baichuan could deal with. At least on this point, he was very self-aware.
Xia Baichuan's greatest strengths are his eloquence and cunning mind, as well as his snake-like patience that he has endured for many years. However, apart from these, if Xia Mi really wants to show his strength, he can actually knock him down with just one hand.
And now, even though the other party had the powerful strength to quietly abduct all the cat girls and hide them, and even wiped out the entire Gray Wolf team he hired, there was only one reason why they did not attack him:
"Leopard Tribe!"
That's right. In Xia Baichuan's opinion, the other party was obviously afraid of his identity as the 'Leopard Tribe Military Advisor' and therefore did not really attack him directly. Therefore, it is conceivable that once his title of military advisor is lost, the fate he will face is imaginable...
However, the opponent just happened to be stuck at this point:
He only needs to kidnap all the "tribesmen" that he is going to present to the Leopard King, and then when he is left without any gifts, he will most likely incur the dissatisfaction of the Leopard King.
In such a situation, it is very likely that his title will be lost and even the protection of the Leopard Tribe will be lost. At that time, the other party will undoubtedly show their fangs and he will be at the mercy of others!
It was obvious that he had considered everything clearly, and in fact he was indeed facing such a dilemma. This made Xia Baichuan's head, which had been forced to remain calm, start buzzing again, and he also began to try to analyze where he had offended the existence with such a powerful background.
Of course, the final result of his thinking was naturally no result. Not to mention what he had done over the years to curry favor with various races, just to say that in order to become the military advisor of the Leopard Tribe, he used strategies to help the Leopard Tribe harm many tribes, allowing the Leopard Tribe to win the battle with them again.
Although he would try his best to erase his own "merits" and only focus on the last time, as the military advisor of the Leopard Clan, it was obviously not impossible for him to be targeted by those hostile tribes.
Divergent thinking is like this, constantly thinking about the existence of those former political enemies, but completely ignoring the fact that these things are completely the result of the secret and random fluctuations of a little girl who wants to take revenge and a man who simply wants to collect cat-eared girls as his harem... and the girls of the city.
After all, in Xia Baichuan's memory, people like Xia Miao and Xia Yu had been sold to the Science and Technology City a few years ago, and became experimental animals on those test benches or pets of some important figures!
The conspiracy theory in his mind is still spreading further. If Yu Huan and others knew about this, they would undoubtedly say to them: You are really overthinking it.
If the only person you want to deal with is Xia Baichuan, why would you need to go through so much trouble?
Not to mention others, Sang alone is enough to traverse the cat tribe and kill his way in and out without even taking a breath, not to mention a guy who Xiami can knock down with one hand. It can be said that if Yu Huan wants to attack him, it will definitely be done in minutes.
But why are things so troublesome now?
On the one hand, it was naturally to allow Xia Miao and Xia Yu to "take revenge with their own hands", and on the other hand, it was to do as much as possible according to Xia Yu's words; to "recapture" the cat tribe and save those cat girls who were "sent out".
In addition to these two points, you should know that Yu Huan came to the Demon Realm this time for another thing: that is to find out whether the Demon Realm and the Orcs really want to become enemies of Tianyu.
Their attitude will also determine whether Yu Huan will take back the barrier he set up in the Demon Realm.
Yes, that's right. Although the barrier was indeed set up by Yu Huan, its purpose was not to protect the orcs and the magician families in the Demon Realm, but it was specially prepared for Shi Lei and others.
Now Shi Lei has recovered, Sheng Yin has also gone to the mirror universe, and even Jiuyue and others are soon preparing to go to Tianyu City to join this big family. Then this barrier naturally has no meaning for Yu Huan.
Of course, despite this, it has maintained the existence of the Demon Realm for a thousand years. Although it cannot be said that a thousand years is enough for the Demon Realm to "naturally" take it for itself, if possible, Yu Huan has never thought of taking it back directly.
After all, although it contains considerable power, it is actually not that important to Yu Huan, who has become a goddess.
Furthermore, if the barrier was really retracted, the first to suffer would obviously not be the Demon Realm, but those border villages built on the edge of the barrier, such as Shi Lei.
Although Yu Huan did not think of himself as a savior, he still felt a little sorry to see these innocent people die at the hands of strange beasts.
So this visit was actually for this purpose.
If Demon Realm could declare that it would no longer be an enemy of Tianyu City after a "friendly interview" with her, then it would be fine to give Demon Realm a barrier. Yu Huan said she didn't care.
However, if you still insist on joining the alliance to attack Tianyu City or the power of the Kamen Riders and Magical Girls hidden in Tianyu City, then I'm sorry... Yuhuan does not have the habit of aiding the enemy!
To sum up, after exchanging messages with Jiuyue and others and roughly understanding the current situation in the Demon Realm, Yuhuan said that Jiuyue and others would be responsible for dealing with the Demon Realm, while she would use the affairs of the Cat Tribe as a starting point to deal with the Orc Tribe.
The issue of retaining the barrier depends on the attitude, and it is also a good way to recapture the orcs and the demon realm.
Of course, the so-called recovery does not mean that they must be loyal to Yi, or that Yu Huan has the dream of silently dominating the world... If you really want to, there is no need to focus on this almost half-destroyed plane among so many planes, right?
It's the same even if it's the main plane.
Ahem, I've gone off topic. In short, the so-called recovery of the Demon Realm and the Orcs, in simple terms, means that although the two tribes do not have to directly serve Tianyu City, at least they should not oppose Tianyu City, and should not get involved in the alliance to attract Tianyu City's attention.
The most important thing is... don't drag your feet or cause a fire in the rear when Tianyu City officially declares war on Baiyin in the future. After all, by that time... it won't be as simple as just a barrier!
With this in mind, Xia Baichuan's existence was actually just an insignificant chess piece that could be dealt with at any time. Yu Huan planned to leave it to Xia Yu and Xia Miao to deal with personally, so he didn't kill him directly.
Although the current situation was somewhat coincidental, Yu Huan undoubtedly achieved his goal: to create a name for himself in the Demon Realm, attract the attention of some big tribes, and meet the high-level leaders of the Orcs.
The orcs admire the strong, so Yu Huan simply showed his strength, and saved a group of future Tianyu City's Tianyu Army reserves, and at the same time fully made his name.
This banquet... just happened to be the stage location chosen by Yu Huan!
The Leopard Clan is undoubtedly a large clan among the Orcs. Although according to Xiami, its ranking among the large clans does not seem to be very high, it really does not matter to Yu Huan.
No matter how high or low he is, it is enough as long as he is considered a high-ranking figure among the orcs.
In view of this, Yu Huan can connect with the high-level officials of the Orcs through them. The most important thing is that Yu Huan's ultimate goal in coming to the forest this time is to be a prophet!
The Orc Prophet, the most respected being among the Orcs besides the so-called 'Beast King'. His strength and heritage are unknown. The only thing known about him is that he seems to possess god-like abilities such as prophecy and the exercise of 'divine power'.
It is precisely because of this that she is respected as a prophet and called the messenger of God.
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