Chapter 327: Night Visitors.

Chapter 327: 327: Night Visitors.

Night at the Tribe

Sun sat on his bed while most of the others gathered around him in the room. Ayra, Ally, Lord Vale, Lord Zark, Commander Lynn, Nyx, Rai, Kan, and the kids were all there, some sitting while others stood around him.

"How are you doing?" Ayra asked with a smile.

Sun shook his head. "I’m fine... I..." He hesitated, unable to stop thinking about what Lord Ash had said earlier. He turned to look at the others, his expression troubled.

"Please don’t misunderstand me. I promise I don’t know what he meant by that. I... I didn’t even know he knew my grandpa or my tribe..."

Worried, Sun tilted his head as he continued, "I don’t understand what’s happening at all."

Ayra smiled reassuringly. "It’s okay. Calm down first and get some rest. You don’t need to know everything... at least, not for now."

Rai tilted his head thoughtfully. "What if Lord Ash actually knew your tribe and had even been there before? But maybe he didn’t have a good experience there?"

Kan nodded in agreement. "That could be possible..."

Zay bit his lower lip before adding, "And that’s probably why he’s so guarded around Sun. Maybe he went through some bad experiences in his tribe."

As he spoke, everyone nodded in agreement. It certainly made sense.

"That could explain a lot..." Lord Vale muttered thoughtfully.

Sun shook his head. "I don’t know anything about that... No one has ever told me about anything like that."

Ayra smiled at him. "You’re around Ally’s age, so if anything happened, you probably weren’t even born yet. Don’t think too much about it, okay?" She gave him a reassuring smile before turning her attention to Lord Zark.

"But... don’t you remember him ever talking about something like that? Or mentioning any experiences he might have had with Sun’s tribe?" she inquired.

However, both lords shook their heads.

"We’re not the type to talk about such things much at all," Lord Vale explained. "We don’t discuss our pasts very often, even among ourselves."

Ayra nodded without asking any further questions. She understood why they might avoid such conversations. Whatever had happened must have been too painful for them to bring up.

"Let’s stay calm and get some rest. Maybe we’ll find out more tomorrow..." Ayra said, glancing at Ally.

Ally remained quiet. She had barely spoken since everything happened, so Ayra turned to her and asked, "Are you okay?"

Ally nodded. "Mmm... I’m fine."

Just then, a guard hurried into the room, drawing everyone’s attention. The beastman had arrived with some important news.

"There’s a group of men outside. Warriors from another tribe," he reported.

Lord Zark raised his eyebrows. "Warriors from another tribe?" he repeated as the guard nodded.

"Yes. We don’t know what they’re here for, but given the size of the army they’ve brought, we suspect they might be planning an attack."

Lord Zark cleared his throat. "Have you prepared our men for both attack and defense?" he asked.

The guard nodded. "Yes."

Lord Vale folded his arms and asked, "And which tribe are these men from? What species of beastmen are they?"

Everyone turned toward the guard, curious about his answer.

The guard hesitated for a moment, thinking. "I didn’t get a clear view of which beast clan they belong to..."

He paused before answering firmly, "But I’m pretty sure they’re rabbit beastmen."

The moment he mentioned that, everyone’s eyes shifted toward Sun, who was still sitting on the bed. Sun stared back at them, equally surprised and disbelieving.

"What?"

"Are you sure about that?" Lord Vale asked.

The guard nodded firmly, confirming his report.

"We don’t have time to waste here. Let’s go and find out what’s happening so we can decide how to handle it," Lord Zark declared.

"I’ll come along too!" Sun insisted as he climbed down from the bed.

"No, you can’t. You have to stay here..." Ally protested.

But Ayra shook her head. "No, let him come along. If they’re his people, there’s a good chance they’re here looking for him."

Lord Vale nodded in agreement. "True."

"Then I’ll come along too!" Ally announced.

"Me too!" the triplet snakes insisted.

"No. The kids aren’t coming with us," Lord Vale said firmly. He instructed Rai and Kan to stay behind and look after them.

Rai and Kan pouted in disappointment, staring at Lord Vale.

"Huh? But we wanted to come and see the drama too..." Rai complained.

"Me too!" Kan agreed.

Ayra smiled at them. "Don’t worry. We’ll keep you updated, okay?" she reassured them before turning to leave with the others.

Once they were gone, Rai and Kan remained behind with the kids. The triplet snakes folded their arms as they watched the others disappear from sight.

"So unfair," Neris muttered.

"Mmm. So unfair," Nat agreed.

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The atmosphere was tense as more than fifty warrior beastmen stood directly in front of the Netherwild Tribe’s entrance.

Just as the guard had reported, they were all rabbit beastmen. Armed and prepared to attack, they stood opposite a smaller group of Netherwild warriors guarding the gate. The defenders held their ground, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

"Let us in to search! If you refuse, we can’t promise to remain kind and polite for much longer!" one of the rabbit warriors warned.

But the Netherwild warriors guarding the entrance refused to back down. They persisted while one of them said.

"We can’t let strangers into our tribe! You need to wait for the tribe leaders to arrive so you can negotiate with them. We can’t make that decision ourselves!"

And so, the two sides continued arguing back and forth until reinforcements finally arrived.

The tribe lords, Ayra, and the others made their way to the entrance gate alongside additional warrior beastmen.

As they arrived, they came face-to-face with the warriors from the White Rabbit Tribe, who stood waiting on the other side.

Both standing on both ends while staring at each other for a moment without words.