Chapter 347: The Village (1/2)
Chapter 347: The Village
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Ye Chong got back to the village, Old Jalopy was exchanging warm greetings with the villagers. Clearly, Ye Chong and Rui Bing's heroic act had gained trust of the villagers. The mommas were holding Rui Bing's hands, muttering some words imperceivable afar that made Rui Bing's face reddened as her lead lowered with a kind of embarrassed expression.
Rui Bing quickly welcomed Ye Chong upon arrival.
”Are things alright?”
Ye Chong shook his head, ”The guy ran away, he took a blow from me though.”
Rui Bing could not be more shocked than this. She was well-aware of her man's skill, seriously what kind of human could ever escape his grip? That person must be quite a deal. Knowing her man's battle style, he would not let go of his prey till the prey died.
”Well...” Upon seeing Rui Bing's expression, Ye Chong elaborated, ”The guy disappeared right after he got into the woods. I felt strange too.”
”It must be your first time of encountering the Abductor, I suppose. They are the kinds who abduct not everybody but children and are extremely skillful in hiding themselves. The more puzzling the surrounding, the more confusing they get.” The villagers had been mesmerized by Ye Chong's performance before, so he was quite dignified in their words.
Ye Chong nodded and asked on, ”What does the Abductor do?”
The villagers were shocked by his question, it seemed like a common sense for everyone here to know who the group of child abductors were. ”Mister, are you truly unaware of the Abductor?”
”Hahahaha... Forgive my friends.” Old Jalopy came into the scene hurriedly, ”They came from the far, faraway. They aren't really aware of the things here. Sigh, can't help it, they are so fascinated by the scenery here that I was asked to get them over here. Hahahahaha, and so I did you see. Please don't take it by heart if they had done anything offensive.”
”Ohh!” The villagers showed understanding, with one old adult laughing brightly, ”Haha, don't have to be so formal. The Abductor would have gotten their job done if there weren't you guys. That fine young man has some skills you know what, better than myself back in his age! The pretty lassie there too.”
Old Jalopy smiled and turned back to Ye Chong and the group, ”Abductor is a group of child-abductors. Nobody knows who they are and what they work for. They just hide in the dark and capture any child with potential who had never returned since then. People have no idea where the children had gone and what the Abductor wants them for. There would be a batch of missing children annually but somehow these child-abducting oddities seem to be extremely skillful. I swear they would make serious fortune if they ever utilize their skills by conducting classes, parents would send them the children themselves.”
”Right!” Sighed the man, ”With their skills, people would be flocking to their classes. And words have been heard, saying how those abducted children must have a certain standard of potential, judging by how skillful and insightful those child abductors are, though it's quite astonishing to see them here too... Man, our village actually has talented kids to be abducted. What a waste if nobody guided them to harness their talents...” And he took a look at Ye Chong, passionately.
”Hahaha!” Old Jalopy laughed and said, ”Congratulations for the village still having the two talented angels intact! Once they grew up happily, the condition here surely would change! Hahaha, sadly we won't be witnessing such achievement, we have things to do or we would have taken them as apprentices.” Indirectly he turned down the offer.
”Oh... Ha...” The man seemed disappointed, though his happy-go-lucky tone unchanged, ”Well they have their own fate, their own tale to make. So, not to worry histories like us. I must say all of you seemed to have a long journey. All worn out and that, why don't all of you get in and have a rest? I could offer some drinks and both of us, the old men could have a nice conversation.”
”Sure, sure!” Smiled Old Jalopy, ”It's been quite sometime since I ever took a journey myself. I no longer know how the outside world looks, I really would be glad to get some insights from you!”
The villagers were kind as they welcomed Ye Chong and his mates in group.
The houses were broken, the pipes were broken, the barrels were broken, the people were... Ye Chong was as speechless as his mates, since they had finally come to an understanding of what Old Jalopy meant when he said the place was pretty bad in productivity. They almost thought they had turned back in time and returned to the hunting-and-gathering era. No one could see a single touch of the technologies. The fish webs were a knit of ropes, which only could be seen in the museum in today. There were fish poles, wooden chairs and porcelain basins, crudely produced. What kept the oil lamps ignited on wall was the fat of fishes they caught, as one could smell the fishiness of the room upon entry.
The walls were a fascination to Ye Chong's eyes, as every brick of them was made out of Celestine, one could even see the cuts over each piece. Apparently these bricks were removed pieces by pieces from a giant boulder of it, with bare hands. How many bare hands would that need? Ye Chong finally understood why the place respected the potency of humanity more than anything.
Anyone who could dice Celestine by bare hands must not be an ordinary. No one could cut Celestine into bricks even by brute force.