"Why are you back so soon? Could it be that you've already taken down that new noble's territory?"
The Pighead People leader naturally recognized the voice calling from outside—it belonged to the subordinate he had sent to Strength Fruit Village.
The only thing that surprised him was how quickly this subordinate had returned.
"Come in!" The Pighead People leader immediately called toward the door.
"Why are you back so soon? Have you taken down that new noble's territory, or discovered some other information?"
Without even waiting for the subordinate to speak, the Pighead People leader directly questioned him.
"Ch-Chief... something terrible has happened!" The Pighead People subordinate dropped to his knees with a thud.
"What terrible thing? Is that new noble very strong? Did the attack from Strength Fruit Village have no effect?" The Pighead People leader frowned.
"N-No, Chief. We haven't even gone to that new noble's territory yet. It's Strength Fruit Village that is gone!"
"What? Strength Fruit Village is gone? How could it be gone?" The Pighead People leader froze, unable to process it.
"Chief, when this subordinate arrived at Strength Fruit Village, I found that it had been burned down. All the clansmen... had already been killed!" The Pighead People stammered out what he had seen in Strength Fruit Village.
He had arrived in the middle of the night yesterday. Originally, he had planned to carry out his chief's orders after reaching Strength Fruit Village, then follow the group to that human territory and see whether he could pick up some benefits.
Who could have known that, before he even reached the village, he would see the corpses of clansmen strewn across the ground, while Strength Fruit Village itself had already been burned to ashes.
The sight had scared the wits out of him. He had