Seeing that, Jared quickly retracted his murderous intent and said to the boy, “Kid, what's your name? Bring me there at once so we can rescue Emily and the others.”
“My name is Percy. Just the two of us won't suffice. I'm going to find the old village chief.” Percy ran toward a house as he spoke.
Jared had no choice but to trail after Percy since he was the only one who knew about Emily and the others' whereabouts.
Soon, Jared followed the boy into a house and saw an emaciated old man seated on a chair and smoking a pipe inside.
That man was the former chief of Rock Village, Antonio. Due to his advanced age, he handed over his position as village chief to the younger Ali.
Nevertheless, Antonio still held considerable prestige in Rock Village. If Ali wasn't around, any affairs of Rock Village still had to be discussed with Antonio before a decision could be made.
Antonio glanced at Jared but wasn't surprised. It appeared he knew all about Jared staying in Rock Village for the past few days.
“Percy, what happened? I heard you screaming outside,” Antonio asked Percy.
“Mr. Antonio, Ali and Emily killed a demon tiger on their hunt, but the loot was robbed by people from Cyan Village. They also injured Ali and Emily and have taken them captive,” Percy recounted anxiously.
“What?” A cold glint flashed across Antonio's eyes as he tossed the pipe in his hand on the table. “Those b*stards from Cyan Village have always opposed us. Now, they even openly rob and hurt our people. Hurry up and gather everyone in Rock Village. We're going to confront them!”
With that, Antonio bent down and pulled out a rusty broadsword from under the table.
“Hold on.” Jared stopped Percy.
Then, he turned to Antonio and asked, “Mr. Antonio, how do we fare against Cyan Village?”
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