118 I Suddenly Pity Them... (1/2)
Hidden in the shadows of the night, three figures were travelling deep within the ground.
”Will this really work? Won't this kind of trap be too obvious?”
”Even if it's obvious, the damage will already be done by the time they realize something is not right.”
”Well, even if this fails, we can just come up with another plan.” The young boy sighed. This mysterious trio was naturally Greyson, Snow, and Theo. Carefully held in Greyson's arms was the young heir of the Devil Fox Tribe whom they secretly abducted earlier. Using his earth element, he was leading the group through the ground to the territory of the Blood Rabbits. After Theo's scouting, Greyson's tunnel led straight into the adored princess of the Blood Rabbit Tribe's burrow. Not surfacing, Theo pulled out a carefully sealed flower and flung it into the room. Thin dust pollen released from the flower. Counting the time, they finally surfaced to see the rabbit was passed out. Knowing it was his turn, Greyson brought the fox over before opening its jaw and biting down into the rabbit. Soon, marks of red poison spreading throughout the rabbit's veins appears. Each Devil Fox contained a Flame Poison within their bodies that was released through their teeth. Slowly dying in its sleep, the rabbit never felt what happened to her. Gently placing the fox down, Greyson turned to Theo who nodded his head. Using his wind element, Greyson carefully contained all the evidence of the powder from the flower and then jumped back into the tunnel. The earth element closed the tunnel and eliminated any traces of their secret arrival. Miles away, three bodies resurfaced and it was only then that Greyson released the powder back into the air high up in the sky. All traces of a tunnel and foul play disappeared.
”I still feel like this won't work...”
”You just don't understand how precious each child is to the tribe leaders. They usually are not prolific. These two are most likely their sole child after millennia of trying. One dying will drive them straight to insanity.”
”Really?”
”Just wait and watch!”
...
And just as prophesied, Theo returned with breaking news. The young prince of the Devil Fox tribe was caught running away in the Blood Rabbit territory after the discovery of the murder of the tribe leader's daughter. In his anger, the Blood Rabbit tribe leader slayed the fox before asking for his identity. Infuriated, the Devil Fox tribe leader launched a revenge attack and slaughtered a group of female scavengers of the Blood Rabbit tribe. In this way, heated battles started to occur between the tribes without the Hargravens knowing how to stop them. Taking sides was not possible.
Dumbfounded, Greyson could not believe such a simple plan worked. These kinds of plots occurred all the time in human countries to incite conflict. Primarily within the royal and aristocratic families, all sorts of ugly politics happened in secret. How could they not realize how suspicious it was for the Devil Fox heir to randomly kill the beloved Blood Rabbit tribe leader's daughter? Maybe it was a difference in mentality like Theo mentioned. Humans could always give birth to another child, while these higher-level magic beasts struggled with offspring all the time. This was why the number of young dragons was so dismal. At this time, both sides might have already calmed down and realized the set-up, but it was too late since the deaths already occurred. Deciding not to dwell too long on the subject, Greyson just accepted the success and did not question it. Now that the Hargraven side was thrown into chaos, it was the Cidian Bear alliance's turn.
However, soon Theo returned claiming everything was already taken care of.
”What?! What did you do?”
”It was nothing too big. I'm actually surprised they bit the bait so easily. This time I did not even need to kill anyone.”
”Okay, no need to be mysterious. Just tell me what plan you implemented this time.”