Chapter 749 (1/2)
The ot out of the bed, he heard the news about the change in the ownershi+p of the small oasis in the northwest
”Really?” His brows furrowed Although he had also seen gli clan would be obliterated over one night He tried to think of a newly established clan that possessed such impressive power but could not name any
Rubaka patted his concubine lying next to him to usher her out After the woman wrapped herself up in a blanket and withdrew, he turned to his men and said, ”Fill me in”
”Yes, Mr Chief According to the people who fled from the oasis, it appeared the fire wasn't caused by the challenger lurking there but was actually a fire from heaven induced by the Father God”
”Nonsense!” Rubaka coughed out a spittle ”Those cravens just bla on Three Gods when they coate of Iron Sand City!”
The clansman replied hesitatively, ”but I sent so What they found seemed to be consistent with the description There'rematerials are everywhere It doesn't look like a simple arson”
”Fragments?”
”Yes Men were torn to pieces as if a huge sandworround” The clansman was careful to choose his words ”Most people who stayed in the camp died ht back Yet they were vanquished even before they saw their rivals”
”In other words, those fools were a their eneured out which clan took the small oasis?” Rubaka started to suspect whether he had been too generous to the watchdog He hadthem to work for hi Could it be possible that they had lived too co that meat and mead had made them more drunken and lecherous than he desired them to be?
”Myand we should soon receive some information from them” The clansees say that they've seen many northerners”
”Northerners”
Hearing this, Rubaka began to take this matter seriously
He walked to the , naked, and looked in the northwestern direction The fires had been extinguished long before He could only see tendrils of dark smoke rise into the air at a distance
Although Howling clan was drawn over to his side and served as his watchdog through the joint effort of both Ironwhip and Bonegrinding clans, he did not care much about their survival After Rubaka settled down in Iron Sand City, he caer systeuard established by the six clans than a qualification test
A holy duel was siers for the ownershi+p of the sed war It was common for two small clans to drown each other in blood, for the oasis was a fat piece of then their power drooled for, even if they did not plan to set foot in Iron Sand City No matter which party eventually won, the victory usually cost dear and both parties would need a considerably long time to recover
During the ti clans could easily convince those sh either bribing or duress It was particularly easy to persuade those who believed that the co was just te clan to another duel Practically, in the end, none of theed to toll the holy bell of Iron Sand City
Because by that tie and struck out the old watchdog
In this way, big clans were able to re consumed by the war
Now, since Ironwhip had risen to the fourth place on the ranking, it was unlikely that challengers would seek him as their rival even if they planned to start an ie of the ownershi+p of the small oasis had not really alarmed him
But the appearance of northerners had changed the whole story
Queen of Clearwater, for instance, had created quite a big commotion in Iron Sand City In fact, reen land in the north and were even willing to reduce to slaves or sellswords to live there The departure of two potential challengers had once left the small oasis unmanned and thus attracted many people anted to rule this land to start Divine Challenges It was the chaos created by this teest one
What ga this time?
”Keep an eye on those people and let me knohat's exactly happened” Rubaka turned around and instructed his clansman ”Which city are those northerners from? How many of them? What weapon do they carry? What do they want? I want to know all of these!”
”Yes, Mr Chief!”
Perhaps it was ti clans
The rule in the Southernion was that no outsiders should meddle in their affairs!