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Chapter 488: Chapter 489: Old Affairs 26
Before his eyes, on a nearby open ground, stood a wooden stake surrounded by patches of black, seemingly scorched by fire.
A hint of gloom passed through Hai Qin’s eyes, and he dragged the chieftain of the Sky Swallowing Python Clan towards the stake.
"Ajue!"
Ajue nodded, and with a wave of his hand, a golden rope, seemingly possessing a life of its own, flew towards the chieftain of the Sky Swallowing Python Clan and tied him tightly to the stake.
The tribe members peered around and gasped at the sight.
Hai Qin glanced at them and then at Ajue, "I’m going to fetch Aqi. You watch them here."
"Sure."
Hai Qin sprinted towards the hidden cave entrance, peeled back the bushes, and found Aqi still sound asleep inside.
She was curled up tightly, clutching herself closely. Whether she touched her wounds or something else caused her pain, she twitched from time to time.
Hai Qin felt a swirl of pain in his heart, and he delicately called to Aqi, "Aqi, wake up. I’m going to avenge you."
Aqi responded groggily a few times, but she did not fully wake up.
Unable to bear it, Hai Qin held Aqi in his arms and steadily headed back towards the tribe.
In the tribe—
One by one, the Sky Swallowing Python Clan members emerged. They saw their chieftain tied to the stake and showed no anger nor intent to save him; their expressions mostly indifferent.
They circled around the stake, like spectators watching Aqi being tortured, with different lights flickering in their eyes.
Ajue glanced at them and waved his hand. A golden prison cage sprung from the ground and encompassed them all, causing a stir among the crowd.
Hai Qin, with Aqi in his arms, approached. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
The chieftain of the Sky Swallowing Python Clan was tied to the stake. He hollered in anguish, "No, this is not possible! How did you find her? No, you’re tricking me, she isn’t real, she’s fake!"
Hai Qin didn’t even bother to look at him. He sat down on the ground with Aqi half-lying in his arms, her hands unconsciously resting on his chest.
He formed a bit of condensed water flow and lifted it to Aqi’s lips, "Aqi, wake up, drink some water."
Touching the icy coldness felt like a weary traveler who had finally found an oasis after wandering in the desert for many days. Aqi became a little more conscious.
Her brain slowly started to process, absorb her surroundings, the anguishing wails of the Sky Swallowing Python Clan chieftain pierced her ears.
Aqi myself started shaking with fright, and her body started to hurt again, and tears unconsciously welled up in her eyes.
"A... Aqin ...Aqin ..."
A twinge of pain flashed in Hai Qin’s heart, but he still gently comforted her, "Aqi, don’t be scared. We have capture him. He cannot harm you anymore, don’t fear, don’t fear, Aqi ..."
Aqi gradually calmed down.
Ajue let two of the Beastmen out from the cage and had them pile firewood around the stake, forming a solid barricade.
To avoid unexpected complications, he set the wood aflame directly. The Sky Swallowing Python Clan chieftain howled and cursed aloud, but nobody cared.
Hai Qin, cradling Aqi, whispered in comfort, "Aqi, look, I will make him pay for every wound you sustained. Don’t worry, I will protect you."
Aqi trembled, her eyes brimming with resentment for the Sky Swallowing Python Clan chieftain.
The heat from the flames incessantly licked the skin of the Sky Swallowing Python Clan chieftain. His water content gradually evaporated, his skin started to crack and dry, and excruciating wounds appeared all over his body.
The Sky Swallowing Python Clan chieftain screamed in agony, his voice hoarse. Yet there was no glimpse of compassion in the eyes of the tribesmen.
