Chapter 27 Chapter 27 The Third Wish
The house was quiet for a moment. The two guards felt a little strange because this Kuman had never been quiet since they captured him.
At this moment, the Kuman inside suddenly shouted, "Brother, are you here to save me?"
The two Minotaur men suddenly shuddered and turned around warily. One of them drew his bow and shot an arrow in their direction. System 05 stepped forward and said, "Don't misunderstand me, we're just passing through."
"Who are you and what are you doing here?!" The two guards reacted violently.
System 05 had never seen these two Minotaur men before; they must have been guarding the area the entire time. He produced the investigation warrant, but the two men didn't recognize him and wouldn't listen. System 05 tried to persuade them by bringing up Kane, but the two guards, believing Kane wasn't there, thought System 05 must be deceiving them and charged forward with their weapons drawn.
System 05 reluctantly stepped aside, telling Federer not to kill him. A moment later, both guards collapsed to the ground.
System 05 thought that Federer's fighting power was indeed very high, and it helped him solve many problems along the way.
"Let me out!" There was another knock on the door. System 05 took the key from a guard. When he walked over, the room became quiet again.
System 05 lowered his head to unlock the door. The moment the door opened, a dark shadow attacked him from above, but he was prepared. He took a step to the side and avoided the attack.
The man inside was thrown forward by inertia, and System 05 only then noticed that his weapon was the chains shackled to his hands. The prisoner struggled to his feet and turned around. He was a typical Kuman, short, dark-skinned, and with a single horn on his head. Kumans' age was usually hard to tell, but this one was clearly a minor.
The Kuman looked at System 05 and the others breathlessly and asked, "Who are you?"
"Didn't you just call me Big Brother?" System 05 said, "Your Big Brother sent us to rescue you."
He just said it casually, wanting to test Kuman's reaction. Kuman shrank back guiltily at first. He had originally intended to attract the two guards' shouting, but when System 05 said it was someone sent by Big Brother, his eyes widened and he said happily, "Really? That's great. Let's go back!"
"How do we get there?" System 05 asked.
Kuman: "Go through the back mountain. They are all out now. There must be no one in the back mountain."
He took two steps, raised his hands, and revealed the chains: "Help me open this, I can't walk with it on."
System 05 said, "I don't have the key to this lock."
"Let me try." Federer asked him to put the chain on the ground, then raised his epee and cut the chain in half with one sword.
After the chain broke, the Kuman laughed loudly, picked up the hammer next to him and smashed it at the unconscious Minotaur.
System 05 grabbed his wrist, stopping his movements. The Kuman turned around, staring at him with red eyes: "What are you doing? I'm going to kill them!"
"No need, maybe the others will be back soon, let's go."
Unable to break free, Kuman gave up and headed back to the mountain with System 05 and Federer. There was a hidden path in the back of the mountain. As they walked, System 05 spotted a small mound of earth. He took a closer look, and Kuman also noticed it, spitting fiercely at it.
"This is the previous leader of the Minotaur people." The Kuman sneered and said, "His greed ruined everything."
Fortunately, Kuman didn't step on the graves again. The three of them walked through a secret passage for a long time and finally left the Minotaur village. Kuman felt relieved and listened for a moment. He said, "They seem to have stopped. Let's take this opportunity to go back."
The Kumans were good at working underground, so their eyesight was poor, but their hearing was very sharp. As they walked towards the Kuman village, they listened carefully to the movements around them.
"What's your name?" asked System 05.
"My eldest brother asked you to save me, didn't he say my name?"
"He just said you were locked up." System 05 answered very smoothly.
"My name is Kugugu." The underage Kuman said, "How did you get into the Minotaur village?"
System 05 made up a random excuse and asked, "Why did you and the Minotaur fight?"
Kugugu's face was filled with anger: "This is naturally all due to the Minotaur's greed and excessive bullying!"
System 05: "But I heard that it was the Minotaur who allowed you to stay here, so the Kumans could settle here."
"Bullshit!" Ku Gugu panted violently, glanced at System 05, and said, "Come back with me. I'll explain it to you slowly."
Kuman Village was very close, and soon they saw a village. The closer they got to home, the faster Kugugu walked, and finally he almost ran. He waved his hands and shouted, "Brother, brother, I'm back!"
The Kumans had just fought a battle with the Minotaur, and many of them gathered at the village entrance, armed and wounded. The strong smell of blood filled their nostrils. When they heard Kugugu's voice, they turned around in surprise, their faces filled with disbelief.
One of the Kumans shouted for the gate to be opened, and Kugugu ran all the way in and pounced on the Kuman.
The Kuman was slightly taller, with darker skin and thicker leather armor, making his muscles appear particularly powerful. He hugged Kugugu and looked at System 05 and the other man suspiciously. At this time, Kugugu pointed at System 05 and said, "Brother, catch him quickly! They are undercover agents sent by the Minotaur!"
System 05 exclaimed, and the other Kumans became excited when they heard about the Minotaur. They immediately rushed over with weapons in hand. Federer kicked a few of them away without even drawing his sword.
"We're just passing by." System 05 said to Kugugu's eldest brother, "You should have seen us yesterday."
"Yes..." Kugugu's eldest brother remembered that Federer's appearance yesterday had quickly ended a fight. He believed that the two men were just passing through, but they had also followed Kane to the Minotaur village yesterday. "What do you want to do?"
System 05 said, "I rescued Kugugu. You should be able to believe that I have no ill intentions."
Ku Gugu shouted, "Brother, don't listen to his nonsense. He lied to me! I was telling you, brother, how could you find such a powerful person to save me?"
"Shut up." Kugugu's elder brother put him down and said, "Go back and rest first, take care of your wounds, and leave the rest to me."
Ku Gugu was taken away, and before leaving he shouted, "Brother, you must be careful."
"My name is Ku Dudu," said Ku Gugu's eldest brother. "I'm the village chief. I believe you two have no ill intentions. Please come in and talk."
He told the others to disperse and go back to rest. Many people had been injured in this battle. System 05 and Federer walked in and saw an even lower house. Or rather, it had only a roof above ground, with most of the space underground.
Kumans are underground creatures.
"Excuse me, where are you two from?" Ku Duoduo asked.
"I'm an investigator from the Holy City." System 05 took out the investigation order. Ku Dudu's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his voice: "I'm sorry, Ku Gugu is young and naive. He doesn't recognize the investigator's uniform."
In fact, Ku Dudu didn't know him either; he had only heard of him vaguely and guessed at him. This place was too far from the Holy City, and most of the time, the Holy City's affairs had nothing to do with them. Therefore, the Kuman people had never even heard of someone as young as Ku Gugu.
Ku Duoduo brought System 05 back to his home and went down through the underground passage. It was cool and windproof inside, but the ceiling was too low. System 05 could only stand upright, so Federer had to bend over.
Ku Dudu brought two chairs and asked them to sit down. "Thank you, Investigator, for rescuing my brother. We attacked Minotaur Village for so many days just to save him."
System 05 asked: "How was he captured?"
"The village was truly out of water, and that day he volunteered to fetch water from the well, and was captured by the Minotaur." Ku Duoduo clenched his fists. "We negotiated with them several times, but not only were they unwilling to release Ku Gugu, they also abused and beat him. He was just a child."
System 05 asked, "Why is this happening? I heard that the Kumans and the Minotaur used to help each other. The Kumans are good at mining, and the Minotaur are good at casting. You've been working together for so many years, why did such a big conflict suddenly arise?"
Ku Dudu shook his head: "The conflict didn't arise suddenly, but was planted twenty years ago."
He pointed in the direction of the Minotaur people and said, "Sir, you spoke with them yesterday and may have heard their story. But that's not the case. Twenty years ago, when we settled here, the headman of the Minotaur village welcomed us and said we could work together, with the well water shared by both villages. At the time, my father thought he was a good man, believed him, and agreed to the cooperation agreement."
"In fact, the terms of the treaty are extremely unfair. We send all the ores we mine to the Minotaur village, and they only give us two gold coins per ton! And they sell us the weapons and tools we make at even higher prices. The longer we cooperate, the harder our lives become! And the Minotaur people, on the other hand, gain a huge amount of wealth!"
"That would have been fine, but later they even started restricting our water use!" Ku Duoduo said indignantly. "They posted people guarding the wellhead. Whenever we went to draw water, they'd watch us from the sidelines and wouldn't let us take any extra water home! Two years ago, the former headman of Minotaur came over and told us we'd have to pay for water from now on. This is simply too much!"
"We clashed, and in the chaos, the village chief died. From then on, our battle with the Minotaur village began."
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