Looks like I guessed right.
Ade and his people were here to do something important.
That matter was probably closely connected to the clansman of theirs whom the villagers had eaten.
"Judging by the strength you've displayed, that clansman of yours shouldn't have been weak either. How could he have been captured by ordinary people?"
"Because she was giving birth at the time. That was when she was at her weakest—she was even weaker than an ordinary person—so those villagers were able to capture her."
"What about the child?" A question suddenly occurred to me.
Ade looked at me without speaking.
"Is the reason you haven't left because you've been searching for that child all along?"
Ade sighed, then said, "That child is our clan's future leader, so we have to find him."
"Could he also..." I did not continue. I was afraid that child had been treated as food as well.
Ade shook his head. "No. The Great Prophet divined it. The child is still alive, and he is somewhere in this area. But we've searched for nearly two hundred years and still haven't found him."
That was right. A hundred and eighty years had already passed. Wasn't that nearly two hundred years?
They had actually spent nearly two hundred years searching for a future leader.
"Does your clan have a leader now?"
Ade said flatly, "Yes. I am acting as the leader for now. But once we find him, I must give him the leader's position."
"Two hundred years have passed. Do you think he could still become your leader even if he's alive?"
"Two hundred years is indeed a long time for ordinary humans like you, but it is nothing to our clan. Among the life forms on Earth, humans actually have the shortest lifespans. Of course,