Just as Shien was deep in thought, a burst of arguing suddenly came from ahead.
"What's going on?"
Shien came back to his senses and looked ahead.
What he saw made Shien raise an eyebrow slightly.
Because he saw someone he knew.
Someone he was not exactly on good terms with—someone he had even fought, or rather, someone Shien had given a one-sided beating.
"Get the hell out of my way!"
With an enraged roar, a tall, powerfully built tiger-man punched a Beastfolk warrior away.
That tiger-man was anything but ordinary. The aura emanating from him was incredibly powerful, so oppressive that many of the surrounding Beastfolk warriors trembled in fear, their faces filled with terror. It was clear they feared him greatly.
The Beastfolk passing by were likewise startled by that aura, and even more so by the sudden violent scene.
But they quickly recognized the tiger-man's identity.
"Isn't that the chief of the Tigerfolk Tribe, the top Legendary-tier expert, Nobu?"
A Beastfolk blurted this out in astonishment.
That tiger-man expert was Nobu.
The chief of the Tigerfolk Tribe, ranked second among the Beastmen Race; a level ninety-seven tiger-man warrior; the Nobu whom Shien had beaten up in front of House Poztut just to see Shafna once.
"That's him!"
"Our Beastmen Race's second strongest. Who wouldn't recognize him?"
"What is Chief Nobu doing?"
"You're still calling him Chief Nobu?"
"Right, he isn't chief anymore."
"How pitiful."
The Beastfolk were initially shocked, then filled with regret as they began whispering among themselves.
Shien's five senses, enhanced by the Outer Perception of Heaven, allowed him to hear every word clearly.
"Not the chief anymore?"
Shien's raised brow immediately furrowed.
Only then did Shien notice that something seemed wrong with Nobu's condition.
Thick chains bound his body. Only the chains around his