"Your Majesty, could it be that the Black Mountain Tribe is actually Lion Sky's lair?!"
An incredible thought popped into Yingjie's mind.
If that's the case, then Ah Tang has done them a huge favor! They've unintentionally taken down Lion King's stronghold and cut off his escape route.
A hint of surprise flashed in Hu Shen's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a chill.
Unexpectedly, Lion Sky was the culprit who made Ah Tang homeless. No wonder the Earth Dragon Beastmen are nothing like the beastmen of ordinary tribes.
Furthermore, those resources and divine stones are something that ordinary tribes could not possibly possess.
Let's settle all our old and new scores this time!
"Chase!"
At his command, the beasts seemed to be injected with adrenaline, moving even faster through the forest.
...
The sudden bad news threw Shida into disarray.
The group of orcs had no choice but to find a place to hide temporarily.
"Shida, what do we do now? Father seems to be dying..." Shi Ling looked at Shi Tian, whose face was getting paler and paler, and felt a tightness in his heart.
"I, I..."
Shida was also extremely anxious and at a loss.
The Black Mountain tribe was their last resort. Now that the Black Mountain tribe was gone, he couldn't think of any other way out, no matter how hard he tried.
Shitian seemed to sense something and struggled to open his eyes.
He found himself lying on the ground, with only Lion Feather and Lion Da guarding him, along with a few lion-clan beastmen.
Although he was unconscious the whole way, he remained conscious and aware of what was happening in the outside world.
He could sense that he was truly done for this time.
Not only that, all his painstaking planning and lifelong ambitions could not be realized.
“Ah Ling…”
Lion Sky's voice was weak and hoarse, like that of an old man.
"I'm here, Father. How are you feeling?" Upon hearing the voice, Lion Feather excitedly knelt down and grasped Lion Heaven's hand as he tried to raise it.
"Ah Ling, your father has wronged you." Before Shi Tian could finish speaking, he began to cough violently.
"Cough cough cough..."
“Chief!” Shida looked at Shitian with a sad expression.
"Shida." Shitian slowly turned his gaze to Shida beside him, "From now on, A-Ling will be in your hands. You must take good care of A-Ling for me."
His voice was weak, but he deliberately emphasized the word "take care".
A flicker of obsession flashed in his aged, sickly eyes.
“Chief, I will.” Shida understood, his voice trembling slightly.
"Father, I don't need Shida's care. You'll be fine. I'll go and beg them. As long as we get the Divine Stone, you'll recover!"
Lion Feather's eyes were red, and the knuckles of his hand gripping Lion Sky were white.
Upon hearing this, Shi Tian looked at Shi Ling, his gaze falling on Shi Ling's face, which bore only a slight resemblance to his own.
Ah Ling looks like her, but not like herself.
However, the portrait of Ah Ling was also fake; he had stolen it.
His beloved Ayu became mates with that old man, leaving him heartbroken. So he found a female who looked similar to Ayu and had a son named Lionfeather born outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
But he dared not bring that female back to Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, nor did he dare face Ayu.
Every time he saw Ayu, he felt intense disgust for that female, until when Lion Feather transformed, he caused that female to die "accidentally".
From then on, he imagined Lion Feather as himself and Ayu's cub and raised him outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
He has always lived in a dream he has woven for himself.
He wanted to make his and Ayu's cub the new Beast King of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, as if that would make his dream come true.
"Ah Ling, it's no use." A self-deprecating smile appeared on Lion Sky's lips.
Unexpectedly, after fighting for half his life and finally getting that old guy dead, he was defeated by the cub that old guy raised.
He can lose, but his Ah Ling cannot!
"Ah Ling, you must become stronger. Only by becoming stronger will you not end up like your father..."
Lion Sky murmured, but his voice grew weaker and weaker.
It was as if the recent lucidity was merely a final burst of energy before death.
Lion Feather's heart skipped a beat, and the hand in his palm suddenly slipped away.
"Father! Father!"
"I will never leave the tribe again. I will do whatever you say. Open your eyes..."
He screamed and shook Shitian's arm.
The orc in her arms was already lifeless.
"Little chieftain, something bad has happened! The orcs from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain are catching up!" Just then, the orc guarding outside suddenly ran in anxiously.
Shida gritted his teeth and grabbed Shiling, "Little Chief, we have to leave. The Chief has already left, and you can't afford any more accidents."
He promised the chief that he would take good care of the young chief.
Lion Feather wiped his eyes, wanting to take Lion Sky with him as well, but Lion Da stopped him.
“Little chieftain, the orcs of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain are after you. If we take you away, they won’t let you go.”
"But how can I leave my father here!"
Lion Feather's eyes were bloodshot, and his voice trembled.
Shida's eyes were resolute as he gripped Shiling's wrist tightly, saying each word distinctly:
"Little Chief, this is the Chief's wish. Do you want the Chief to die unable to rest in peace?"
The two remained locked in this stalemate for a moment.
In the end, Lion Feather was defeated, and looked reluctantly at Lion Sky, who was no longer breathing.
He desperately wished that it was all just a dream, and that in the blink of an eye, his father would tell him that he had just been bluffing.
Shida pulled the lion feather away.
Upon arriving at the orc guard's post outside, he addressed the two orcs who were completely unaware of the situation:
"You two, take the chief around the Black Mountain tribe. The little chief and I will go find the divine stone. We'll meet up with you after we find it."
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