The matter at Black Wind Stockade had been resolved, but the young women left behind posed a problem for Minato Namikaze and the others. Wherever these young women were left on their own, they would become easy prey, and Minato Namikaze and the others did not want them to fall back into their former lives.
Just as Minato Namikaze was struggling with this problem, a large crowd of refugees approached, numbering close to a thousand. The young women seemed to have spotted their families and ran headlong into the crowd. Seeing their reaction, Ye Feng and the others guessed that these people must be their relatives.
An elderly man emerged from the crowd and approached Ye Feng and the others with someone supporting him.
"I am the spokesman for these people. Thank you for saving these children." As he spoke, the old man bent forward, about to kneel before Ye Feng and the others.
Ye Feng and the others hurried to stop him. They could not accept someone so elderly kneeling before them.
Only after talking with the old man for a long time did Minato Namikaze understand their situation.
Born into this chaotic age, refugees from every country were like ants, their lives and deaths depending on nothing more than someone else's whim. After the three stockade chiefs arrived here, they began collecting wealth from all around, and any pretty young women they saw were taken away. Some people had resisted before, but they had all been killed.
Such things were fairly common along the borders, especially here, where three countries met and chaos was even worse.
The three stockade chiefs had also declared that as long as the refugees paid them tribute, they would ensure that they could live in safety. To these refugees, the three chiefs were