He had to guard against her hurting his clansmen again.
Su Qiao thought it over and did not object.
"All right, then. Be careful."
Xize finally showed the first smile he had worn in months. "Okay."
Su Qiao drew the dagger from the side of her trousers and handed it to him. "Wait. Take this knife with you."
Roland still had another knife, and the people from the Tiger Clan were no good either. Having a sharp knife for self-defense would always be better.
"No need. I have a bone knife. You keep this to protect yourself. I'm leaving."
Xize knew she was formidable, but she was still a female beastman. She could not transform, nor did she have sharp teeth or claws.
After he left, Su Qiao quickly found Han and Wizard Yi and told them what had happened.
When she mentioned Xize, both of them fell silent.
Han, of course, felt that now that the man had returned, he might set his sights on Su Qiao. That meant Han had one more person to guard against.
As for Wizard Yi, deep down, he still hoped Xize would return.
After all, he had watched the boy grow up with his own eyes.
When Hu brought his clansmen and followed Roland to the woods in front of the Wolf Clan Tribe, he was stunned by the strange wall before the tribe, which stood even taller than he did.
The beastmen working beneath the wall, laughing and chatting as they worked, each looking healthier and more vigorous than before, made him feel that he had been deceived.
"What is going on?"
"Didn't you say all the food in their tribe had been burned? That many of them would surely have frozen or starved to death during Snow Season, and the