Yu Huatian ultimately did not personally take the stage to put on a grand show. He merely called over one of his subordinates to make a token display.
It truly was only a token display.
"Thank this young master for his mercy, you bunch of beasts!"
Thus, Ak drove a group of half-dead Lizardman variants over to Young Master Luo. After listlessly lashing them a few dozen times, he grunted and left.
At that moment, outside Brocade Guard Camp.
"This... my lord, I still have another clansman. Before you arrived, another human took them away..." the Lizardman Priest said timidly. "Could you perhaps..."
"I heard the one taken away by Mr. Lu resembles you somewhat." Young Master Luo asked curiously, "A relative?"
"It... it's only a clansman. They were ill, which is why they look rather like me." Qilachikukuku stammered, "My lord, you've already rescued them. Saving one more person wouldn't be too much trouble."
Young Master Luo remained expressionless. "You'd prefer me to let you go as well, right?"
Qilachikukuku's expression shifted slightly. They instinctively glanced back at their clansmen, who had been tortured, then gritted their teeth and said in a low voice, "I'll agree to anything!"
Miss Maid whispered something into Young Master Luo's ear. She then approached Qilachikukuku and whispered two more sentences.
Qilachikukuku's face showed a trace of struggle. "All right... all right."
No members of the Brocade Guards appeared. Before this group of Lizardman prisoners stretched the boundless Crimson Wasteland. The shackles on their bodies had already been removed. If not for Qilachikukuku soothing them from the side, they most likely would have launched a counterattack.
These Lizardmen had dared to pursue and ambush Zhu Chundai's group after they had raided their tribe. They were clearly quite courageous themselves.
"Priest, the men of