Taiya (2)
So she shook her head and said, "My intuition tells me that the relationship between this Human Race boy and that Taiya is not the ordinary kind. He is someone who can threaten him! And you say you don't know who she is? Have you forgotten who pierced your ear? If she hadn't shown mercy, would you still be standing here talking?"
"It's her?! Is she a teenage girl?" Thomas exclaimed in shock, clearly unable to believe that the person he had in mind could be the same as a little girl like Tiger Girl.
"That's right!" Athena nodded. "The Little Tigress War God of war you're talking about is named Taiya. No wonder you don't know her, because this is her first time appearing on the battlefield! Now you should understand whether it's crucial or not."
"This..."
They never expected it to be this little tiger girl. The reason they didn't know her age was because they had never seen what she looked like. She always wore a strange mask, preventing anyone from recognizing her.
Athena seemed to think the news wasn't shocking enough, so she dropped another bombshell. "You may not know, but the little tiger girl, Taiya, was trained in martial arts by her master. Her style is completely different from the orthodox Tiger Clan techniques."
"You mean, Little Tiger Girl's martial arts skills come from that Human Race just now?! How is that possible? Looking at that boy, he doesn't seem to know any martial arts skills. He looks like he could be blown away by a gust of wind..." Everyone present thought this was impossible. How could Ye Lang, who was like that, raise such a powerful Little Tiger Girl?
"Don't judge a book by its cover! Also, just because he can teach doesn't mean he needs to know it himself," Athena said profoundly.
"I understand, but wouldn't it seem a bit too despicable for us to do this now?" Thomas nodded while pondering the matter.
"No, this is war. Being a little despicable is permissible. Human Race are even more despicable than us, and they're no different! At most, we'll apologize to them after it's over," Athena said somewhat casually.
"..."
Would an apology still be useful at that point?
"Alright, it's decided then. Tell Taiya to be careful and not let him find out... But speaking of which, what's wrong with this Human Race boy? How could he even mistake this?" Thomas said with a hint of doubt at the end.
"I've noticed this problem too. It's probably because he hasn't seen Little Tiger Girl Taiya for eight years, and Taiya also somewhat similar to Little Tiger Girl, so he got confused! However, he is indeed a bit absent-minded..." With Athena's keen perception, how could she not have noticed this?
"I think so too, he looks a bit clumsy," an Orcs girl said softly.
"Although he seems a bit slow, he's actually quite capable. He only watched for a short while, but he was able to predict both sides' offense and defense and point out the problems we overlooked. This is not something an ordinary person can do." Athena shook her head, looking somewhat serious.
"Could he be faking it to us, and that he came here to gather information for Little Tiger Girl?" someone asked, a question that many others probably shared.
Athena nodded and said, "That's possible..." There was one more thing she didn't say: she felt that Ye Lang wasn't lying, but was genuinely confused.
"Then shouldn't we be even more careful? Men, keep a close watch on that Human Race and don't give him any chance to escape!" Thomas ordered.
Athena did not object to this; in fact, she felt it was necessary, since she couldn't be sure whether her feeling was right or wrong.
At this moment, Ye Lang was unaware that he had become the center of the incident and was being monitored from all angles. He was talking to Taiya and touring the place.
Although Ye Lang was talking, he didn't seem to mention his own affairs or Tiger Girl's affairs; he was just chatting about random things.
Perhaps it was because he heard Athena say that Taiya amnesia and needed time to adjust, so he stopped talking about those things; or perhaps it was because he himself felt that there Taiya, so he didn't tell her too much, only some unimportant things.
Instead, Ye Lang asked a lot of questions about this place, such as the lives of the people, the Orcs, and the ongoing war...
Of course, Taiya, as someone who could attend military conferences, was no pushover. Naturally, she wouldn't reveal her secrets. She was just chatting with Ye Lang about trivial matters.
But this seemed to be enough for Ye Lang, since he was just chatting casually anyway!
And so Ye Lang settled down in this tribe. He was accompanied by Taiya every day, which could also be described as being monitored, but he didn't notice it.
On the other side, the red and blue armies were fighting, less than a hundred miles apart!
As Ye Lang had predicted, the Red Legion began to lure and confuse the enemy, while the Blue Legion, knowing about this, made a strategic adjustment.
The three troops that were supposed to go to the rescue not only did not go, but also began to gather their forces. Then, they launched a "three-pronged attack," catching the Red Legion, which had originally launched a surprise attack, off guard and causing the Red Legion to collapse immediately.
The Red Legion reacted swiftly, adjusting its forces and redeploying its troops in a short time, preventing the Blue Army from gaining any further advantage.
At that time, in the Red Legion's camp, a young tiger girl, upon receiving the news, asked in surprise, "What?! They figured it out? It seems there are experts over there too; they shouldn't be underestimated!"
"Athena is over there. She's the most brilliant young fox spirit among the Fox Tribe recently," the person next to Little Tiger Girl responded.
"Even the older generation would find it hard to tell that this is the young master's military strategy... This Athena might become the strongest person in the Fox Tribe..." The little tiger girl began to admire Athena. Before, she thought Athena was nothing special, but after exchanging blows a few times, she felt that Athena was still a bit immature.
"Young Master..."
Those around Little Tiger Girl were all eager to see this young master, because they had heard Little Tiger Girl talk about him more than once, and each time she talked about it, her tone became very different.