Chapter 782 - Another Worm (1/2)

After Shao Xuan left, the people in the cave did not sleep either, all observing the outside intently.

Mai brought his people around to patrol the area, setting up many traps. They had not previously done this due to concerns that other tribesmen might fall inside. But tonight’s incident made Mai change his mind– if tribesmen from other tribes fell inside, that’s their own fault for straying where they’re not supposed to!

It was currently night time in the Fearsome Beast Forest. What did a first-timer in the forest expect?

However, when he thought about the explanations offered by Thunder Mountain Tribe, he privately understood too. He would also panic if his children went missing. But he was still displeased and so did not treat them very kindly.

Seeing Shao Xuan return safely, Mai rushed over. He saw the people carried by Caesar and Shao Xuan.

“Who are they?” Mai asked.

“From the other side of the sea, likely slave masters.” Shao Xuan could not ask too many questions in the forest because there were too many threats. Unless it was a resting spot, one should not remain for long in there. That was why he could only force answers for the most important questions, then bring people back for interrogation later.

“It’s them! Chief, they were the kidnappers!” cried Chang Di, panting heavily.

“What?! Them?!”

“They were the ones who took our tribesmen?!”

The tribes who had lost people all squeezed over, no longer scolding Chang Di for running around, instead placing their attention on the two people Shao Xuan brought back. Their glares of hatred almost burned holes on both of them.

“I’ll ask them first.” Mai dragged the two away, both locked up far away from each other. One in the cave, one outside, both interrogated separately.

Making the spectators stand back, he got someone to scoop some water and splash it on the unconscious person.

The cold water from a mountain stream immediately woke the unconscious man up. Seeing himself completely surrounded by tribesmen, he came to his senses very quickly.

Every pair of eyes felt like a blade cutting through him.

His eyes widened, scanning his surroundings.

I don’t know these people… Nope, nope… eh?!

His eyes widened even more when he saw Shao Xuan, then yelled and half-rolled and stumbled backwards to keep a distance between them.

“Speak. Why did you follow us into the mountain?” asked Mai, dragging him over.

The person looked at Mai, retracted his neck when he saw Shao Xuan, gulped, then spoke,  “No, we were not following you. Actually, we were already in the forest long before you arrived. We only came to this region a few days ago but it wasn’t because we wanted to, we came with other people.”

“Other people?” Mai looked at him. “Who?”

“Yi family members, and others all from King City,” he answered hurriedly.

“When you kidnap our tribesmen, where do you bring them to?” asked Mai.

“We bring them to… I don’t know.” As he spoke, his eyes kept darting at Shao Xuan, then saw Shao Xuan lifting his arm and started to shudder, hiding behind Mai. “I really don’t, I’m only responsible for bringing people away, then I pass them to another person. We really don’t know where these people get sent too.” Defending himself was useless now, these tribesmen recognised him.

“Are you an organisation?” asked Mai.

“We are members of ‘Bi’,” he replied.

Mai had heard of this name but could not put his finger on it. Tao Zheng behind him reminded that ‘Bi’ was the largest slave-trading organisation on the other side of the ocean. If this was done by them, then the people who were kidnapped must be sent over there already.

The Bi organisation had a clear hierarchy and job separation. Since the two people Shao Xuan caught were merely low-level workers, they knew very little.

“So that means it’s also possible he doesn’t know where they were sent,” said Mai.

“That’s why I’ve been saying that he doesn’t know anything. He’s useless, throw him to the…”

“Wait!”

When the man heard Shao Xuan’s nonchalant tone and recalled the cries of agony from his mates in the forest, he shook uncontrollably and explained hurriedly, “I know some important information! Whatever I said was true!”

Mai pretended to hold Shao Xuan back. “Wait first. Since we still can’t find the missing people, might as well listen to what he has to say.”