That night, Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui slipped into the Tuxia Tribe's territory. The Tuxia Tribe was one of the tribes affiliated with Hilaris, and a fairly large one at that. Its chief was Garrett.
The man in Dongfang Minghui's portrait was Norbert, the priest of Garrett's tribe. Norbert was a sinister man whose standing in the Tuxia Tribe was second only to their chief's. He rarely showed his face, conducting the tribe's diplomatic affairs from behind the scenes.
Leon remembered this man because he had an excellent memory. Anyone he had met even once left an impression in his mind.
He had met Norbert once. With Hilaris backing them, the Tuxia Tribe always strutted through the Trading Grounds with their noses in the air, often bullying smaller tribes and treating them unfairly. For tribes fond of burning, killing, and plundering, stirring up conflict and hatred was precisely what they relished.
The Trading Grounds prohibited fighting. Whatever race or Beast Tribe clan visitors belonged to, they had to obey its rules. Leon enforced those rules, suppressing provocations and defiance with force. Domi, a particularly troublesome warrior of the Tuxia Tribe, had forcibly seized another tribe's chief's daughter at the Trading Grounds and assaulted her, igniting a dispute between the two tribes. Leon had led his men to arrest him and, in accordance with the Trading Grounds' rules, executed him by hanging as a warning to others. Norbert had appeared then, his face covered by a headscarf, exposing only a pair of small, vicious eyes as he tried to intervene. Leon had shown him no consideration whatsoever and killed Domi.
He suspected that was when the two of them had become enemies.
In the still of the night, Little Lecher's vines quietly threaded their way around the Tuxia Tribe's tent. A