Chapter 436: Migratory Clans
In the next few days, the captive-escorting troop was all in peace, with nothing
big happening at all.
On the straight road paved with flagstones, this large troop had been moving
directly south. One couldn’t see the head or tail of this troop, and could only
hear rumbling footsteps that even made the ground shake constantly. From
time to time, one could hear those non-humankind slaves’ howls and yells,
human warriors’ excoriations, and the sounds of whip lashes.
During these couple of days, Mo Shan and Mo Shui had been extra attentive to
Ji Hao. Every day, they would show up around Ji Hao for a few times, either
bringing Ji Hao some wine and grilled meat or fresh fruits collected by Ink Ape
Clan warriors from quite far away. Anyway, they were so complaisant to Ji Hao,
as if Ji Hao was their true blood father.
However, no matter what they presented, Ji Hao would always accept it in front
of them, then burn it all out with fire after they left.
Even Man Man, who had the simplest mind, and Taisi, who was a bit
muddleheaded, had both realized that something was not right. They
subconsciously raised their vigilance, and by now, they were rather cautious
when doing anything. Besides, except for Feng Xing, who had been hiding God
knew where, the rest of them had been trying their best to stick together, no
matter what they were doing at the moment.
Another three days passed as fast as the blink of an eye. Abruptly, the moving
speed of the frontal side of the troop slowed down.
Ji Hao wasn’t counting on those Ink Ape Clan warriors for coming and
reporting the problem. Instead, he leaped up into the air, feet trodding on a fire
cloud while looking into the distance from a high place. Dense clouds of smoke
had risen from the front, straight up into the sky. Large groups of animals
were roaring loudly while crossing this straight road slowly.
Therefore, regarding this straight road, the humankind had set an extremely
strict rule:
During the war time, all unrelated people were forbidden to enter into the
areas within five-hundred miles of both sides of this road; anyone who
violated this rule would be seen as a spy of the non-humankind and would be
executed.
Although the war had stopped by now, elite human army forces were still
stationed in Chi Ban Mountain, watching out for the non-humankind armies
in the north, in case they were only feigning defeat. They were ready to counter
any sudden return and surprise waves of attacks on the human army.
Therefore, although a part of warriors from small clans, who were not so elite,
had already begun leaving the Chi Ban Mountain area in succession, this great
war wasn’t completely over yet. It still required another couple of months only
until those high-level core leaders of the human army such as Emperor Shun,
Si Wen Ming, and Huaxu Lie began leaving in small batches this great war
could then be counted as truly over.
“Which clan do these animals belong to? How dare they obstruct the marching
on this straight road?” shouted Ji Hao in a harsh tone.
No one responded Ji Hao. Those Ink Ape Clan warriors stopped walking slowly
as if they didn’t even see Ji Hao. Some warriors had even leaped down from
the powers of senior Magi and even Magus Kings. There was even no lack of
Divine-Magus-level beings in the dark-kind.
Zhamu was a dark-kind big warrior, and although the power system of his
kind was different from the one of the humankind, it was obvious that he had
peak-senior-level power, and was only a small step away from the level of
Magus Kings.
“Firstly, I know that this straight road is an important path for the humankind
during wartimes, and migratory human clans are the lowest kind among all
human clans. They don’t have the right or the guts to cross this path during
wartime.”
“Secondly, if they are really migratory clans, why don’t they have elderly
people and women among those forty-thousand clansmen? Instead, all those
clansmen were young and strong.”
“Thirdly, I found heavy armors, large-scale crossbows, and longbows on their
supply-transporting vehicles. They’re migratory clans who are supposed to
live on animal husbandry. Migratory clans don’t need heavy armors or those
long-range, highly lethal weapons. Something is not right about them.”
Zhamu saw the limitary screen cast by Ji Hao emit a dim glow, but still, he
cautiously lowered his voice while speaking.
Ji Hao looked at Zhamu and remained silent for a while. Then, he took out a
handful of jade coins and threw them on the ground in front of Zhamu.
“Great Job, Zhamu. Your experience can help me a lot in the future. Just make a
good effort. With these jade coins, you can get your daughter some pretty and
brand new clothes.”
“Go tell your warriors… Put on armors and get ready. Tonight, we’re going to
do some killing.”
Speaking the word ‘killing,' a fierce and cruel beam of light flashed across Ji
Hao’s eyeballs.
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