"I think this Village Chief is definitely not simple. Just watch—maybe you'll find out what purpose he serves soon enough," Uchiha Hikaru said mysteriously. He always felt that the Village Chief would prove to have other uses later on.
The Second Prince decided not to press the matter any further. Asking more questions might affect the actions of the people ahead, and he truly could not bear that responsibility.
The Village Chief slowly opened the huge cage. The divine beast let out an angry roar, terrifying the surrounding grass into stillness.
"I suppose you've already set up a barrier, haven't you, First Prince?" Uchiha Hikaru smiled at him, feeling that the First Prince must have made preparations.
If these people failed the trial, the barrier could temporarily seal the divine beast away. Someone would surely resolve the problem later.
The First Prince did not tell him what the actual situation was. He merely responded with a smile, and Uchiha Hikaru gradually understood.
Just as before, these hunters used their physical advantages and their intelligence to toy with the divine beast.
In the span of a turn, the last hunter to be released had already looped the rope in his hand around the beast's tail, leaving it unable to continue moving.
"Good! Keep coordinating like that! The people on the lower left, move in first!" The Village Chief directed them again. The beast's two left limbs were completely bound as well, and with a furious roar, it collapsed to the ground.
No matter what they did, they could not match the strength of its head. It continued thrashing its body, and the pressure on those people seemed immense.
At that moment, the Village Chief stood nearby, seemingly chanting something. Before long, an entirely new cage appeared and covered the beast.
"Damn,