Thus, the Fox Clan elder and the Fox Clan girl waited in the rear for over ten minutes.
More than ten minutes later, Captain Bull, who had previously left with the Minotaur warriors, returned once again, his expression rather grim.
The Fox Clan elder's face darkened at the sight. "Captain Bull, what happened?"
"Lord Sage, the birds startled into flight ahead were not caused by the human noble, but by a small Beastfolk tribe pursuing us from the rear," Captain Bull replied.
"This... Grandfather, could that group of humans have discovered us and truly fled into Withered Leaf Swamp?" The Fox Clan girl finally showed a trace of disbelief.
She had always heard her grandfather say that humans were cunning. She had never expected that even when her grandfather personally made a move, he would not be able to deal with them at once.
"That should be impossible. Those humans cannot be unaware of the dangers of Withered Leaf Swamp. If they truly discovered our ambush, even turning back the way they came would be better than entering Withered Leaf Swamp. At the very least, they would still have a chance of escaping our pursuit."
"But if they entered Withered Leaf Swamp, then out of their ten thousand people, absolutely no more than one in ten would make it out!" the Fox Clan sage said after some thought.
"Lord Sage, I've heard that human nobles are all shameless and crafty. Could it be that, when faced with danger, they were willing to abandon those serfs and truly enter Withered Leaf Swamp despite the risks?" Captain Bull asked.
"Although human nobles are indeed shameless and would not care about the lives of their subordinates at a critical moment, I believe they are more likely to have fled in another direction!"
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