CHAPTER 605: CHAPTER 578: CHIEF LEADER 96

As soon as the short man crawled out of the ground, he wanted to escape quickly, with no intention of lingering in battle. However, Yan Shuangshuang didn’t give him the chance to escape. She swiftly moved in front of him and kicked directly at the man’s head.

The short man was just a regular warrior, naturally no match for Yan Shuangshuang. He didn’t even have time to react before Yan Shuangshuang’s kick shattered his skull, and he fell to the ground without a sound.

Of course, Yan Shuangshuang was measured in her actions. This time, she only knocked out the opponent because she wanted to see if she could extract the location of the Cave-dwelling Tribe from this man, hoping to completely eliminate the Cannibal Tribe.

She untied the crying child, who was scared, with tears streaming down his face and unable to make a sound because his mouth was gagged, from the short man’s back, and used the rope that tied the child to bind the short man tightly to prevent him from escaping.

Once Yan Shuangshuang finished tying up the short man, the child she rescued finally reacted and began to cry loudly.

Although Yan Shuangshuang knew the child was crying because he was terrified, the piercing cries still inexplicably annoyed her.

Unable to help herself, she rubbed her temples. Yan Shuangshuang thought that she indeed disliked children. Chacha could only be considered an exception, of course, because Chacha was very sensible. Even when facing life and death, he never cried so annoyingly in front of Yan Shuangshuang.

Fortunately, the child’s cries quickly alerted the people of the Crocodile Tribe. Warriors of the Crocodile Tribe emerged from their houses wielding various weapons and saw Yan Shuangshuang standing helplessly while a child clung to her leg crying, her forehead throbbing with veins.

Moreover, they saw the short man in front of Yan Shuangshuang, whose stature clearly betrayed him as a warrior from the hateful Cave-dwelling Cannibal Tribe, leaving no need for further thought to understand the situation.

Luckily, among the people who ran out were the parents of the child who was clinging nonstop onto Yan Shuangshuang’s leg.

The couple quickly approached and took the boy with a voice as loud as a dolphin away, finally sparing Yan Shuangshuang’s ears from his cries. As for this couple’s repeated thanks, Yan Shuangshuang didn’t care.

The quickly arriving leader Cang Yun and Great Witch Mu Sheng looked with grim expressions at the short man tied up on the ground by Yan Shuangshuang.

It was because they were careless today, partying too hard, and sleeping deeply that they let the horrible Cave-dwelling Tribe slip through. They took away the children without them noticing. If not for Yan Shuangshuang, their tribe would have lost another child today.

The people of the Crocodile Tribe held long-standing grudges against the Cave-dwelling Tribe. Now, looking at the short man on the ground tied up, they angrily rushed forward, punching and kicking him, as if they wished they could beat the short man to a pulp to vent their anger!

On one side, Yan Shuangshuang frowned. If the short man was beaten to death, her plan to pry out the location of the Cave-dwelling Tribe would fall through.

But this wasn’t the Yanhuang Tribe, even though the Crocodile Tribe was friendly to her, that was only hospitality to guests, not trust or unconditional obedience.

If it were the people from the Yanhuang Tribe, Yan Shuangshuang could directly intervene because the Yanhuang Tribe fully trusted and obeyed her, but the Crocodile Tribe did not. Yan Shuangshuang could only rely on Cang Yun and Mu Sheng, who had authority, to listen to her.

Thus, Yan Shuangshuang didn’t stop the Crocodile Tribe from venting their anger on the short man but instead said to Cang Yun and Mu Sheng, "This man is a warrior from the Cave-dwelling Tribe; you two could try to extract the exact location of the Cave-dwelling Tribe from him."

Yan Shuangshuang didn’t need to explain everything; Cang Yun and Mu Sheng already understood her meaning. In truth, although primitive people were straightforward and reacted slowly, they weren’t foolish; they just lacked creativity and imagination compared to modern people because they didn’t have enlightening books and teachers.

This is precisely why they’re not stupid. Upon hearing Yan Shuangshuang’s words, Cang Yun and Mu Sheng, who had been prompted, both had a flash of understanding and immediately grasped what Yan Shuangshuang meant and simultaneously agreed with the idea.

It’s notable that although the Cave-dwelling Tribe was a disgusting Cannibal Tribe that continually troubled the Crocodile Tribe, the Cave-dwelling Tribe’s warriors weren’t really a threat?

The Cave-dwelling Tribe was truly troublesome for two reasons: their hidden lair was hard to find, and their sneaky, swift tactics made them elusive to the Crocodile Tribe.

Even if occasionally those taken could be kept, the warriors from the Cave-dwelling Tribe who came to capture would escape, as they dominated the underground advantage, leaving the Crocodile Tribe defenseless.

If the Cave-dwelling Tribe’s lair could be found, Cang Yun and Mu Sheng were confident that their Crocodile Tribe could easily uproot this disgusting underground Cannibal Tribe.

Once the idea struck, Cang Yun and Mu Sheng hurried to stop those who were beating the short man and urged them not to kill the man, as they prepared a method to pry open the man’s mouth.

Yan Shuangshuang did not concern herself with subsequent events; although Cang Yun and the other people of the Crocodile Tribe weren’t skilled in interrogation, Yan Shuangshuang believed that Mu Sheng, the extremely intelligent Great Witch, would have ways to get the information he wanted.

Although she helped solve a big problem for the Crocodile Tribe, she wasn’t a part of the tribe, and it wasn’t appropriate for her to involve herself in such significant matters for the tribe. One must be considerate when being a guest; helping is acceptable, overstepping is unpleasant.

Of course, once Mu Sheng extracted the confession, Yan Shuangshuang could help in attacking the Cave-dwelling Tribe and contribute to the effort, and Yan Shuangshuang herself also detests these cannibal tribes, so she was more than willing to help.

That night, Yan Shuangshuang comfortably slept next to Ta Xue, while the people of the Crocodile Tribe remained busy through the sleepless night.

However, the Crocodile Tribe was full of intense vigor, because after a night of hard work, their Great Witch Mu Sheng finally extracted from the battered-to-the-point-of-near-death short man the location of the hated Cave-dwelling Tribe’s lair.

Yan Shuangshuang woke refreshed, picked up Ta Xue, and went out intending to catch some fish to make fish soup for Ta Xue, and grill some fish for her breakfast. Whether or not the Crocodile Tribe had a habit of eating breakfast, Yan Shuangshuang wasn’t sure, but she definitely needed to eat.

However, as she stepped out of the stone house, she saw the Crocodile Tribe warriors, with dark circles under their eyes yet full of energy, honing their Stone Axes and Stone Spears on grindstones, entirely in preparation for battle.