Chapter 367 Don't Be Reckless
The leader and the chieftain looked in the direction he was pointing, and their expressions changed instantly.
Those beastmen who hadn't left yet showed their anger upon seeing this.
“That’s where our female servants live. Even if you’re from the Holy City, you’re not qualified to live there!”
"That's right! So what if the Holy City is so great! If they look down on our Lion's Roar Tribe so much, why did they even come here!"
"Heh, calling yourselves sinful beasts all the time? This cursed land doesn't welcome you!"
The orcs, dissatisfied, surrounded the entrance, preventing them from entering the tribe.
In the Holy City's ranks, a young man with a pointed chin and hooked nose raised his hand and waved it away, instantly scattering the orcs surrounding the entrance, who fell to the ground in a disheveled state.
"presumptuous!"
The young man scoffed, "The Holy City is the city of all beasts, and the Holy Temple obeys the command of the Mother Tree. How dare you, sinners from this small cursed land, disrespect the Holy Mother and her attendants of the Holy Temple? You deserve to die!"
Leader Rupert stepped forward, frowning.
“My lord, although the Cursed Lands accept orcs exiled from all over the continent, it is not a sinful land. The various races in the Cursed Lands have guarded this place for generations, resisting the cursed beasts. No one can condemn us!”
In the past, he would have been extremely respectful, and the deep-rooted sense of hierarchy would have made him regard the temple as the supreme authority in all things.
But now the tribe has Jiang Xi, the female messenger. She is the earthwalker of the Mother Tree and a blessing bestowed upon the cursed land by the Beast God. She has given the cursed land a glimpse of the future and has given Rupert and the tribe's beastmen and females confidence.
"How dare you talk back to me?" The young man was furious and was about to raise his hand to unleash his supernatural power.
But then, an elderly voice rang out in the air.
"Loca, stop."
An elderly man with white hair, wearing a white robe, stood with his hands behind his back on the roof of a stone house.
The young man called Loka immediately stopped and bowed.
"Great Protector".
The High Protector of the Temple looked at them and the carriage with its curtains hanging down, and spoke calmly.
"Don't cause trouble in the Lion's Roar tribe, and follow the tribe chief's instructions in everything."
Loca looked up in disbelief, and the others were also filled with surprise and confusion.
The young orc who initially wanted to requisition the castle spoke up in displeasure.
“Grandpa, how can we wrong the Holy Mother? This is disrespectful to the Mother Tree.”
The Temple's Grand Protector snorted at him.
"Needham!"
Now that you're out of the Holy City, you'd better put away those little temper tantrums of yours.
Needham pursed his lips in displeasure, but didn't dare to refute.
A haughty and aloof female voice came from inside the curtain.
"Great Protector, what happened?"
Upon hearing the voice, the Great Protector stepped closer, stood outside the vehicle, and whispered the situation inside.
"The Lion's Roar tribe has two Earth-rank beastmen, and both of them are Jiang Xi's beast husbands."
One gasp after another rang out from inside the curtain.
"How is that possible?"
"How could she possibly have a beast husband of the Earth Rank?"
A woman's voice chuckled, "Could it be that he married an old orc with gray hair?"
After she finished speaking, there was a moment of silence inside the curtains.
Then, a loud slap rang out, followed by a cold female voice.
"Speaking without restraint."
Sobbing sounds rang out.
"Please forgive me, Holy Mother and Great Protector, it's all my fault."
An orc outside the carriage looked at the Great Protector and spoke at the opportune moment.
“But the Holy Lady is of incomparably noble status, how can she be treated with such disrespect?”
"If the Great Protector grants the wishes of these savage beasts, I'm afraid it will only embolden their arrogance."
Another richly dressed orc echoed this.
“When the Holy Mother travels, all things and beasts must make way for her. Even if Jiang Xi has restored her outward spiritual power, she is still just a Holy Mother’s favorite. She should serve the Holy Mother to avoid disrupting the proper etiquette and her status.”
“If the Holy Mother does not come to greet her when she arrives, she has already offended the Mother Tree. Does she dare not give up the house and offend the Mother Tree again?”
"It was because she disrespected the Holy Mother that the Mother Tree stripped her of her outward spiritual power..."
The orc who had just been knocked to the ground gritted his teeth, stood up, and ran back to the tribe.
"Just you wait! What's so great about a few fourth-tier cultivators! We have earth-tier cultivators!"
First Lady Natali stepped forward and spoke.
"Jiang Xi, the female envoy, is highly respected in the tribe. It is the blessing that the Mother Tree and the Beast God bestowed upon the Cursed Land, benefiting the seven tribes of the Cursed Land. The Holy Queen and the female envoys have come from the Holy City, but they are only staying temporarily for a while. They should stay according to the tribe's arrangements."
"If we offend Jiang Xi, the female envoy, it may provoke the anger of the beastmen and females of the Cursed Land."
"The Cursed Land is an uncivilized place. Although we are the leader and the chieftain, we have no control over them. If anything happens that offends you, we will not be able to stop it."
The high-ranking orcs of the tribe alone certainly couldn't stop the people from the Holy City.
But just because they couldn't stop them doesn't mean the female beastmen couldn't stop them.
Natali made the pros and cons clear. If they still insist on going their own way, then whatever happens, they can't blame the tribe.
Rupert: "Please come with us to our lodgings."
He led the procession in another direction, but the Holy City's troops didn't move; they were waiting for the Holy Maiden to speak.
After a moment of silence, the curtains on the carriage frame were pulled open to both sides.
Inside the carriage were thick, luxurious cushions. Among the four fair-skinned females sat a green-haired, golden-eyed woman. Her appearance was not particularly outstanding, but she seemed to radiate divine brilliance, captivating anyone who looked at her. They would want to prostrate themselves at her feet, beg for her mercy, and offer her all the best things in the world.
The orcs of the Lion's Roar tribe were stunned the moment they looked inside.
But soon, the red light that suppressed their supernatural abilities swept across the surface of the sea, instantly bringing them back to their senses.
When he looked at the only holy woman on the continent again, his confusion disappeared, and he began to make comparisons in his mind.
The orcs on both sides of the carriage and the orcs and beast guards following behind bowed in unison, placing one hand on their chests as a salute to the carriage.
"Lord Holy Lady."
The four holy females inside the carriage bowed their heads in respect, not daring to overstep their bounds. One of the holy females had a red handprint on her face, clearly from being slapped by the holy female earlier.
Saintess Natia raised her chin, looked at the chief and chief female of the Lion's Roar tribe, and said coldly.
"Now, can you arrange a place for me to stay?"
Rupert and Natalie were also momentarily dazed, but both regained their senses under the power of the curse.
Rupert summoned the orcs and led the cart toward the cluster of stone houses on the edge of the village.
Natia frowned slightly upon seeing this.
Along the way, apart from some ancient beastmen and that strange tree god tribe, all other tribes would immediately submit to the Holy Light upon seeing her.
Is there something strange about this Lion Roar tribe?
The leader took two steps out and looked at the carriage with a puzzled expression when he saw that it hadn't moved.
"Holy Mother and all the female attendants? This way."
Natia suppressed her doubts for the time being and raised her hand to signal the group to follow.
She didn't force her way into the stone house, but she gave Needham and Loka a look, signaling them to go and check things out.
Needham is the direct grandson of the Great Protector. If something happens to him, the Great Protector will certainly not stand idly by.
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