247 Tribes Arrival (1/2)

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”It's nothing difficult, really.” Raven chuckled and then said: ”I just want all of you to join me in my travel back home.”

There was an absolute silence after he said that. His words rang on their ears loud and clear but for some reason they couldn't get themselves to believe what they just heard.

”B-Benefactor…what did you…”

”I meant what I said.” Raven nodded towards Neman as he made his point clearer. ”I want to take all of you back to the Kingdom. Let's get you out of this horrible place and I'll take you to a place where you will be safe.”

”Not to sound unfaithful Benefactor, but could we really come along with your journey? There's way too many of us, and the road back might be dangerous.” Nana's father commented on the side.

”No problems with that.” Raven chuckled and waved his hand, ”I'm not alone, remember? As we speak, my comrades are paving the way to make sure that our journey back would be smooth.”

”To totally honest with you. The whole reason why we came here is to get you out of this place.” Raven stated, much to the shock of everyone who's listening to him. ”We saw your state, all the way from our home through some special means. Our King ordered us to come and save you from this dire state.”

”King? Big Brother, what is a King?” Nana asked curiously.

”I told you earlier that the Kingdom, my home, is just a very large tribe right?” Raven said, to which Nana nodded. ”Well, a King is basically our Tribe Leader. He is a very powerful man, more powerful than I am. He is also kind, gentle and protective. He won't hesitate to protect our home even at the cost of his own life. That is why we respect him and hail him as our King.”

”I believe that he is watching us right now.” Raven said much to the shock of people who turned around and started searching for the King. Raven laughed and explained: ”He's watching us all the way from our home, he's not physically here so no need to be tensed or search for him. He's just observing you all since in his mind, he already considered you as one of his people. That is why he sent us here.”

The members of the tribe were touched when they heard that. So it turns out that the King was already looking after them.

”If no one is against the relocation, I'll send a message to my comrades so that we could move tomorrow morning.” Raven added as he saw them pondering about their decision.

”It's but a shame Benefactor but, our tribe has nothing to offer towards your home. At worst, we might become dead weight into the Kingdom and I for sure wouldn't like to offend anyone in your home because of our uselessness.” Neman said in a sad voice, his words somehow resonated with many tribesmen.

It is true that they virtually had nothing to offer for the Kingdom. At best, they are just another volume of useless people that will move towards there and the tribe already owed them far too much.

”Like I said, that's not gonna be a problem.” Raven replied while smiling warmly, ”We are not expecting anything from you. We just want you to be safe within our walls, and so long as you have no intentions of betraying our Kingdom, then we have no qualms of accepting you. In all honesty, even if refuse for now, in a few years, you will eventually end up in the Kingdom since we are expanding our territories slowly but surely.”

”And don't you worry about being useless towards the Kingdom. We have many ways to solve that problem. Once you settle inside the Kingdom, we will teach you livelihood skills like farming, sewing, poultry or cattle raising and so on. And who knows, maybe your children will become Official Knights of the Kingdom one day.” Raven stated.

”Big Brother, what is a Knight?” Nana asked once more.

”Technically, A Knight is a proper term to identify the people who are like me. In short, those who have special abilities that makes us different from the rest. But in truth, A Knight is a person who would take arms and protect our home in the times of need.” Raven explained while ruffling her head, ”If you want to know more, then once you're old enough, you can go to the Academy to learn more about Knights.”

”Mama, Papa, everyone. Can we go with Big Brother please? I really want to see the Kingdom.”

Nana's request tugged at the heartstrings of her parents. If it were them, they would naturally go with them. However, at the end of the day it would be Neman who would decide whether the tribe would go or not.

Fortunately, that's not going to be a problem.