Chapter 1459: Well-Fed and Warmly Clothed, Meeting Youwa Again

Standing where the Ancestral Spirit Hall of the Green Vine Tribe should have been, Xia Duo looked around blankly; apart from withered yellow weeds, there were only a few sparse old trees.

Every trace of the Green Vine Tribe had vanished without a shadow or a track, as if everything experienced just a few days ago had been entirely a dream.

Xia Duo knew in his heart that the Green Vine Tribe could not have disappeared for no reason; it must have been the Elves, or more accurately, the Moonshadow Family, plotting behind it.

"What exactly are they hiding?" Xia Duo muttered.

There were absolutely no non-natural Magic traces in the surroundings; even when casting spells to Scrying, he could not find any suspicious traces, as if the Green Vine Tribe had never existed in this world.

Xia Duo kept tracing his memories from a few days ago, comparing them to the wilderness scene before his eyes; a thick sense of unreality welled up in his heart, but he preferred to believe his own memories.

Especially—the 1,200 pounds of High-Grade Mithril sent by Elder Limo of the Moonshadow Family was still safely stored in his Personal Space!

How could everything in the past possibly be a dream!

After checking carefully many times, whether it was traces of Other Plane interference or tracing history, Xia Duo had failed to find any clues.

Because he had signed an agreement, he himself could not go to investigate the situation of the Mithril Mine; at this moment, he had begun to doubt whether that Mithril Mine even existed.

The existence of the Mithril Mine was initially learned from a young Shaman of the Green Vine Tribe named "Youwa", and Xia Duo could be certain that the other party had not lied.

But just because they did not lie, does that mean it is Reality?

Even Xia Duo himself could use mind spells to implant some simple information into someone.

If the Elves of the Moonshadow Family were proficient in mind spells, perhaps they could forge a "true" memory that was nearly indistinguishable from reality, making it impossible for the subject of the memory to identify, and impossible for outsiders to judge.

Thinking of Youwa, Xia Duo simply returned to the Territory; in any case, no useful clues could be found at the Green Vine Tribe for the time being.

……

Daxia Territory.

As soon as Xia Duo returned, he saw a chaotic crowd squeezed into Code Plaza; the crying of children, the angry scolding of women, and the shouting of adults were endless.

If one listened carefully, one could even hear dogs barking, wolves howling, and horses neighing; the whole place was in a complete mess.

Xia Duo's expression darkened instantly; if he hadn't returned, he might not have seen this. At this moment, he could no longer spare the time to go find Youwa for questioning, so he directly cast a spell to "pull" Laidun over from who knows where.

"Ah, my Lord! Why have you come?"

Having just recovered from the discomfort of the sudden teleportation, Laidun saw the Lord standing before him and was immediately startled, hurriedly explaining:

"My Lord, the Logistics Department of the Territory has already gathered a large number of people to work through the night, but this arrival of several tens of thousands of people at once has indeed exceeded our expectations.

"We have already allocated housing to some, but the rest can only be temporarily settled here and at the Altar Square to the west."

Hearing Laidun's explanation, Xia Duo's expression softened somewhat; this migration was indeed somewhat sudden, and it had come through a Portal.

The original plan was to board a ship via Zhenisi, rest in Seventon, and then sail all the way back to the Territory, which would take at least one or two months per trip.

Plus, it was impossible to transport everyone in one trip, so the time left for the Logistics Department was relatively generous.

But looking at the chaotic scene around him, Xia Duo really could not bear to watch, and immediately asked: "Where is Jibu? What is the current situation at the Security Office? Why is no one maintaining order?"

"Jibu is at the Training Ground. Not long ago, the Security Office received your Indication, my Lord, and has already recruited a batch of Territory residents from the Wuhui Tribe. After the people from the Grey Eagle Tribe arrived at the Territory three days ago, Laidun selected a portion of them to join the Security Office. It's just that there is a huge difference in concepts between the two sides, and the languages are not mutually intelligible; even with security officers from the Wuhui Tribe mediating, it is not something that can be completed in a day or two."

Laidun rarely defended Jibu, but Xia Duo was not satisfied; he directly issued an instruction:

"There is no need to complete the training all at once. Now that they are separated from their families, they will inevitably have resistance; arrange for them to maintain order first, and in the process, instill the Territory's ideology and concepts into them, popularize the Territory's policies and regulations, and complete the training."

Then, he mentioned: "I see that some of these people in the square have not brought enough food, and the temperature has been dropping during this time. Did you hear the children crying? Is it from hunger? Or from cold? Even if housing cannot be provided for the time being, supplies such as food, clothing, and tents must be given enough."

"Yes, I will go arrange it right away." Laidun responded and was about to leave.

"Wait."

Xia Duo suddenly called out to Laidun and asked, "Where is Maka?"

"I think I saw him at the Altar Square earlier; that side is close to the Training Ground, and some Grey Eagle Tribe warriors who have not yet been dismissed still need him to come forward and restrain them."

"Understood, you go get busy."

"Yes."

……

After leaving Code Plaza, Xia Duo flew directly to the Altar Square adjacent to the Wolfburg River in the west; during this time, he used a Scrying spell to find people and landed at the location where Maka was.

In fact, before he landed, Maka and the Grey Eagle Great Shaman, who saw him flying over, had already stood out from the crowd and directed the surrounding tribe members to clear a slightly larger space.

"Maka, the incident was sudden, and the Territory was not prepared to receive all of you at once. However, you need not worry; I have already made arrangements to ensure that all new Territory residents are well-fed, well-clothed, and sheltered from the wind and rain."

"Thank you for your concern, my Lord. May I ask if you have any other instructions?" Since he was already living under someone else's roof, Maka kept his attitude very humble, without any airs of a Patriarch.

This scene of his submissiveness even drew angry glares from some tribe members; although the vast majority of these tribe members could not understand the Netherese language, they could see the Patriarch's attitude clearly.

Xia Duo also noticed the strange looks from the people around him, but he did not take it to heart; after asking for Youwa's location, he left directly.

……

Youwa had actually been sent to the Tower of Time long ago; after all, he was a Spellcaster from a hostile tribe, and even with Xia Duo's Restriction Spell in the short term, it would be difficult to control him for long.

At that time, whether to kill or not to kill, and who would kill whom, would all be a big trouble.

After Maka mentioned this to Laidun, Laidun had someone send Youwa to the Tower of Time; if Xia Duo had just asked Laidun about this, perhaps he wouldn't have needed to make an extra trip.

……

Tower of Time.

Xia Duo still did not go to see Youwa immediately; in any case, the other party would not be able to run away for a while. He talked with Niya for a while before coming to the negative first floor.

In the cell, Youwa could still move freely, and even food and water were not lacking; he looked exactly the same as when Xia Duo took him away from the Green Vine Tribe three days ago.

But today, the moment Xia Duo saw him, he clearly noticed the slight strangeness existing on him.