Chapter 17 The Matriarch
"Drew, what's the matter?" Affected by the failure of copying magic, Abel was in a very bad mood at this time and his face looked ugly.
Drew looked at Abel with some surprise, not knowing what happened, but he still apologized to Abel with great clarity: "I'm disturbing you, Abel, but the patriarch Geralt is looking for you, I want to ask you for some advice."
"Captain Geralt is looking for me? Do you know what's going on?" Although he was disturbed by copying magic and was in a bad mood, Eber was not angry with Drew for such a thing, but he just frowned and asked him what Geralt was looking for him for.
"It's about..." Drew was about to answer, but seemed to remember something again. He looked around nervously. Seeing that no one noticed him, he explained to Eber in a low voice: "It's about magic. The people from the Runlift Tribe just now sent two injured people, which were said to be slaves who escaped from the empire, but they seemed to be cursed by magic, and they looked very strange. Captain Geralt hopes you can go and take a look."
"Slaves escaped from the Empire?" Abel was aroused by Drew's words and became very interested in this matter: "Someone can escape from the Empire and be cursed by magic? You just said that they looked very strange. What kind of strange method is it? Tell me in detail!"
However, Drew seemed to want to say but couldn't speak. After a while, he said to Eber, "You'd better go and take a look with me, I can't tell you. Anyway, the two people look really strange. You'll know if you go and see."
Seeing that Drew couldn't tell what was going on, Abel frowned and finally chose to go to meet Geralt with Drew.
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Geralt placed two slaves who escaped from the empire in the place where he and Abel had met before. It was too conspicuous and not suitable for hiding secrets, so Geralt placed the two slaves sent by the Flowing Tribe in a hut deep in the valley.
Although it is still within the valley where the Steel Leaf Tribe is located, it is deserted and far away from other Steel Leaf Tribes. A lonely hut stands on the uphill, with only a low wooden fence around it, which is so simple that even wild beasts cannot stop it.
Two soldiers from the Steel Leaf Tribe were guarding the door of the cottage with weapons in their hands. They looked quite nervous and stared at the surroundings with alertness, as if enemies would jump out at any time. There were a few people dressed completely differently by their side. I think they should be people from the Benliu Tribe.
When Abel walked towards the hut, both the warriors of the Steel Leaf Tribe and the people of the Runflow Tribe instantly picked up their weapons and looked at Abel with caution, as if he would attack him if he approached some more. However, when they saw Drew walking beside Abel, the warriors of the Steel Tribe put down their weapons, but the expression on their faces did not relax, and they were still nervously guarding around.
When the people of the Runlift Tribe saw that the warriors of the Steel Tribe put down their weapons, they also put away their weapons. They looked at Drew and Abel who were walking over with alertness and suspicion, especially Abelna and the people of the Steel Leaf Tribe, which made them look at him full of distrust.
While the people of the Runlift Tribe stared at Drew and Abel, Abel was also looking at the people of the Runlift Tribe. Their dress was different from the two human tribes that Abel had seen. They were not wearing fur or fabric, but a close-fitting short armor made of skin with scales like fish skin. Their two strong arms were exposed, and they surrounded their shoulders just to prevent cold. Each of them had a bone weapon with metallic luster on their waists, and they held it tightly with their hands. The shape of the spike made Abel guess that it was probably a fish bone.
Unlike the people from the Gray Mane Tribe I have seen before, the people from the Binglift Tribe look taller and more toned, with their body lines in a streamlined shape, which looks not as strong as those from the Steel Leaf Tribe, and their skin should look darker and even shiny, rather than having a layer of fluff like those from the Steel Leaf Tribe and the Gray Mane Tribe.
"Drew, you are finally here! The patriarch is anxious to wait, go in!" Seeing Drew's arrival, one of the guards of the Steel Leaf Tribe hurriedly spoke to Drew.
Drew nodded at him and was about to lead Abel into the house, but was stopped by the people from the Bendliu Tribe: "You can go in, but who is he? He is so thin, but he doesn't look like you guys from Steel Leaf." As he said this, the people from the Bendliu Tribe pulled out the fish bone weapon at his waist, as if he wanted to take action.
"He is a guest of our Steel Leaf Tribe. The patriarch Geralt asked me to invite him and let us in." Drew saw the people from the Binglift Tribe pretending to be alert, and hurriedly stood in front of Abel and explained to them.
But the people from the Benliu Tribe did not put away their weapons, but stubbornly stopped at the door of the cottage and said seriously: "No one is allowed to go in without our patriarch's permission!" As he said that, he pointed directly at Eber with his weapon.
"Get out of the way! This is our Steel Leaf Tribe. Put away your weapons! Otherwise I will be rude to you!" Drew immediately pulled out the wooden battle axe that was inserted into his back and held it in his hand. Seeing that Drew pulled out his weapon, the two soldiers from the Steel Leaf Tribe next to him still took their weapons and stood firmly on Drew's side.
"I said, no one is allowed to go in without our patriarch's permission!" However, the people from the Benliu Tribe seemed a little stubborn, and a group of people were blocking the door of the cottage and refused to move out of the way.
Just as the two gangs were about to fight, the door of the cottage was opened from the inside, and Geralt walked out with a tall and toned woman.
"Class leader!"
"Class leader!"
Whether it was the Benliu Tribe or the Steel Leaf Tribe, when Geralt and the woman came out, they all put down their weapons and greeted the two of them. The Benliu Tribe quickly stood beside the woman and vaguely protected her, as if she was the patriarch of the Benliu Tribe.
The matriarch dressed the same as the people from other people from the Running Tribe, but her close-fitting fish-skin short armor made her toned figure undoubtedly highlight. With her long light blonde hair tied into a ponytail, her wild and charming face made Abel unable to help but feel a little excited.
"Who can tell me what's going on?" Geralt looked at the people of the Bendlift Tribe with a gloomy face, and then turned his eyes to Drew: "Drew, what's going on? I asked you to invite Mr. Aber, why did you almost fight with the people of the Bendlift Tribe? Can't you even do this little thing?"
"Sorry, the patriarch, I have invited Aiber, but these people from the Running Tribe said that they would not let Aiber in without their patriarch's permission, so we would start arguing." Seeing Geralt's tone showing dissatisfaction, Drew hurriedly explained to him, and at the same time, letting Geralt see Aiber standing behind him.
"Mr. Aber! It's great that you're here. There are some things that need to be followed by your advice!" Geralt's eyes lit up when he saw Aber standing behind Drew and welcomed him.
Seeing Abel, the female matriarch of the Benliu Tribe also showed an interest expression and whispered to the people of the Benliu Tribe next to him: "Who is he? He is also from the Gangle Leaf Tribe? You just had a conflict with the people of the Gangle Leaf Tribe because of him?"
The people from the Broadflow Tribe who were asked by her were quickly explained to her in a low voice. At this time, Geralt quickly walked to Abel and asked him into the room and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Abel, these two people were very injured. We really don't know what happened, so I asked you to come and have a look."
Seeing Ebert following Geralt towards the door, the people of the Benliu Tribe instinctively wanted to continue to stop them, but the female clan leader raised his hand to stop them and took a step forward, standing at the door of the cottage and asked Geralt: "Captain Geralt, who is this person? He doesn't look like his member of your Gangye Tribe. If you ask him, is he able to solve the injuries on those two people?"
"This is a distinguished guest of our Steel Leaf Tribe. If even he can't solve the injuries on those two people, I'm afraid no one in the entire Thousand Needle Forest can do it." Seeing the matriarch blocking the door of the cottage, Geralt's eyebrows frowned unconsciously, but he still explained Abel's identity to her. Of course, Geralt was not stupid enough to directly tell the identity of Master Abel, but just said in a certain tone, as if Abel must have a way to solve the problem he mentioned.
"A distinguished guest of the Steel Leaf Tribe?" The matriarch heard Geralt say this and looked at Abel with suspicious eyes, as if he wanted to see what was amazing about him. However, at this time, he had taken off his inscription leather armor, just wearing ordinary clothes, and a thin sword hanging around his waist, looking too thin, even a little shorter than the matriarch in front of her, making her eyes full of doubt.
However, since Geralt was the guarantor, the matriarch still did not make things difficult for Abel. He just glanced at him distrustfully and finally let him go. However, when Abel passed by her, she still whispered to Abel: "Don't be scared, little boy, I hope you can really have a way to solve the problem, otherwise I won't let you go easily!"
Chapter completed!