Before long, just as Nalant had expected, they discovered a Beastfolk gathering place in the woods a little over a li away.
"My lord, we found it! The bees found a Beastfolk gathering place!"
"Is that so? How large is the gathering place? Are there many Beastfolk?"
"My lord, there are at least several hundred Beastfolk, but the bees can't calculate the exact number. I've already sent Little Gray to investigate as well!" little Sherry replied, lifting her small head.
"Alright, then we'll withdraw beyond the forest for now and wait! Also, have the bees continue scouting in other directions to confirm whether there are any other Beastfolk tribes."
"Yes, my lord!"
After giving his orders, Nalant led his subordinates out of the forest with their haul, waiting for further reconnaissance.
Meanwhile, at a Beastfolk camp more than fifty li away from Nalant and the others, a special caravan arrived that day.
Why was it special? Because this caravan was actually a human caravan.
The Beastfolk and humans were currently on very tense terms because of border disputes.
Although caravans with powerful backing could still travel to the Beastfolk Royal Court to trade, they could only go to the Royal Court. Their parties also had to include enough guards to protect the caravan and fly banners specially issued by the Royal Court permitting trade between the two races.
Yet this caravan bore no markings at all, looking more like a smuggling caravan that had to stay in the shadows.
"Sir Kari, this is the chieftain of the Black Rock Pighead Tribe!"
"Chieftain Ouni, this is our lord's captain of the guard. He has come at our lord's command to discuss a matter with you!"
After the convoy stopped, its person in charge immediately introduced Kari and the Pighead chieftain