Sescia's sudden challenge startled all dozen or so wildman elders present. They instinctively turned to look at the others around them, undisguised wariness in their eyes.
At the same time, more suspicious gazes turned toward the wildman elder confronting Sescia.
"Youman, you do need to explain this," the Tribal Chief said, looking at him with a frown.
Youman was this wildman elder's name.
Youman was a subordinate he had personally promoted. Having worked together for years, the Tribal Chief knew his temperament fairly well, and Youman's actions this time were indeed somewhat extreme compared with his usual conduct.
This inevitably stirred some suspicion in him as well.
"Chief, I saw this boy sneaking toward Moon Lake with my own eyes. Although he didn't succeed, I'm certain he has some designs on Moon Lake!" Youman hurriedly explained.
"That still didn't call for..."
The Tribal Chief wanted to say that even so, there had been no need to go to such extremes and attack to kill, but Youman interrupted him.
"Chief, have you forgotten? What happened with that member of the God Race back then... I only hardened my heart and struck to kill to keep that from happening again..."
Youman's pointed reminder immediately changed the wildman Tribal Chief's expression.
Naturally, he knew what "what happened back then" referred to.
Back then, a member of the God Race calling himself the Mechanic had disregarded the truce between their two races, entered the Ancients' tribe, and lived among them for a long time. In the end, he had even jumped into their sacred Moon Lake in full view of everyone!
That incident had caused an enormous uproar in the tribe at the time.
Until then, every creature that entered Moon Lake had been native to Jie Forest. Born of Moon Butterflies and nurtured