123 Losing Freedom (1/2)

The entire sparring field was silent. No one said anything. They just looked at Xue Wei and Hei Gou with shock evident on their faces.

These two experts were from the backwater Kingdom of Heping, the most primitive kingdom in the entire continent, yet they were capable of fighting and dominating other experts at their own level and even those above them despite their humble roots.

Hei Gou remained in the field in the hopes of someone stepping up to challenge him. However, the strongest experts in the younger generation were second layer Sky Warriors, and thus they all gave up stepping forward after seeing the fate of the last person.

Hei Gou shrugged his shoulders, but he noticed that everyone looked at him with displeasure.

”This ought to be our end of the trip to the Chaos Vulture Tribe,” Xue Wei smiled wryly. He had wanted to stay for longer, but things were not too suitable for them to stay.

Initially, they had been invited because of Hei Gou, and now they were being alienated because of the black dog as well.

The Little Tribe Chief's face was filled with reluctance when she looked at Xue Wei, and Elder Zhang was also rather unhappy with how things had went down.

”You like him, right?” Elder Zhang asked in a low voice to the Little Tribe Chief. Although her face flushed red, she understood that now was the time to be honest. ”I like Xue Wei,” she acknowledged after hesitating for a moment.

”He can become a great tribe chief alongside you,” Elder Zhang nodded his head as he looked at Xue Wei with greedy eyes. ”Unfortunately, that young man who looks like Little Lao is not suitable to stay in the Chaos Vulture Tribe. He is far too arrogant.”

”I do not think that they will split up,” the Little Tribe Chief said hesitatingly, but she too felt that this Hei Gou was too arrogant and brazen to fit into their village. Arrogance was okay, but being respectless to the tribe was not allowed.

”Little Tribe Chief, lead them back to their tent and make sure they do not leave the tribe for now,” Elder Zhang gave her the final order before he turned around and left with the other Elders, heading for the central tent where they could discuss their plans.

Xue Wei sensed that something was not right. He saw the Little Tribe Chief coming towards them, which made him protectively stand by Hei Gou's side.

”You want to protect me?” Hei Gou laughed slightly when he saw Xue Wei's actions. Xue Wei snorted, ”I know I am not strong enough to protect you, but we are on this journey together so I might as well try.”

”Relax, both of you,” the Little Tribe Chief said, having overheard their conversation. A sad smile appeared on her lips. ”We are not here to judge you; we just wish to guard you on the way back to your tent so that no one attacks you out of anger.”

”So basically we are prisoners now?” Xue Wei asked wryly. The Little Tribe Chief did not answer this question.

”This way, please,” she said as she gestured for the duo to follow her.

”Should we make a run for it?” Hei Gou asked. Xue Wei could not help but stagger when he heard Hei Gou state that out loud without bothering to lower his voice.

”Idiot, if we make a run for it now, we will not even get to the other side of the training field.”

”Glad you realized that,” the Little Tribe Chief sighed as she nodded her head.

”Following me back to your tent will be your best solution. From there on, just do what you are being told.”

Hei Gou shrugged his shoulders and followed Xue Wei, but he noticed that Xue Wei was observing the surroundings with a tentative expression on his face.

When they returned to the tent, Xue Wei found that four guards of the ninth layer of the Sky Warrior rank had been positioned around it, all of which were looking very menacing and fierce.

His expression turned sour, but he knew that right now there was nothing he could do against the Chaos Vulture Tribe and their menacing attitude.

”Sorry, it seems that I made the wrong decision when we entered the Chaos Vulture Tribe,” Xue Wei said to Hei Gou as they were seated in the middle of the tent, finally alone.

Inevitably, he knew that every word he spoke would be heard by the Sky Warriors.

Hei Gou looked at Xue Wei and saw the former place a finger on his lips and wink at him before using his compressed voice to covertly speak to Hei Gou.

”We are going to escape this place as soon as we can,” the concentrated voice said, a compressed booming resounding in Hei Gou's skull. ”It will not be easy considering the strength of those old men guarding the tribe, but it should be possible.”

Hei Gou snickered and nodded his head. He said nothing, but his eyes were lighting up.

”I think that the tribe will turn hostile towards us the moment we try to leave,” Xue Wei continued through compressed-voice communication.