76. What are you saying, brother

This was someone who had clearly been spared a life by the Great Chieftain, merely expelled from the Austro-Hungarian tribe as the great shaman, yet he shamelessly returned, swaggering while spouting slanderous words against the Great Chieftain!

No matter which way you looked at it, this was an act that trampled the honor and dignity of the high-ranking beastmen of the Austro-Hungarian tribe into the ground. Could the beast warrior endure such a thing? Thus, the anger of the beastmen transformed into anticipation, and that very night, they planned to set up an altar to summon the Great Chieftain, to have him judge this incompetent great shaman who had abandoned the dignity of the beastmen once again!

Having been spared previously, he showed no gratitude; this time, let him die under the might of the Great Chieftain! The vast majority of the simple high-ranking beast warriors thought this way.

So that night, as the open-air altar was prepared, nearly all the high-ranking beastmen who were aware of the great shaman’s provocative return gathered to watch. They looked forward to witnessing the arrival of the Great Chieftain once more, and even more so, they anticipated that the Great Chieftain would deliver true divine punishment to this ignorant great shaman!

At this moment.

As Gu Erdan, who had taken on the duties of the great shaman, shoved him toward the open-air altar lit by candles under the night sky, almost all the high-ranking beast warriors raised their torches and began to shout.

“This rat dares to return and insult the tribe and the Great Chieftain!”

“He’s dead for sure! We must implore the Great Chieftain to give him no chance to beg for mercy, just end him!”

“How foolish we were to believe his words before; he’s nothing but a fraud and a madman!”

In the next moment, Gu Erdan’s roar interrupted the clamor of all the beastmen.

“Silence!”

Pushing the great shaman, who showed no fear or remorse, and seemed to be waiting for something with confidence, to the front of the altar, Gu Erdan did not give the great shaman any chance to speak, continuing, “Now we shall summon the Great Chieftain to once again judge this unrepentant beastman!”

With that, Gu Erdan shot a glare at the great shaman, “When the Great Chieftain appears later, let’s see if you dare to act so arrogantly…”

The silent beastmen erupted in cheers. Although they could easily “beat the great shaman to death” if they wanted, it was clear that someone who deceived the high-ranking beast warriors and bullied the weak like a subhuman should indeed be judged personally by the Great Chieftain!

After all, just look! This great shaman, after Lord Gu Erdan left, immediately began to speak with shameless bravado!

“Judgment?” He jumped up directly, as if he had just eaten something foul, excitement and madness radiating from him. “If there’s going to be a judgment, then let your chieftain come out, huh!? I know your chieftain’s secret; your chieftain is a fraud! And yet, he still wants to judge me while he should be running away in shame!?”

His relentless provocations finally pushed the high-ranking beastmen warriors to their limits. Just as everyone was preparing to swarm forward and beat this arrogant fool half to death…

A shadow swept across, and a fierce wind blew out all the candle flames around the altar, flickering them to one side! By the time the beastmen realized what was happening and hurriedly halted, a massive and eerie shadow, illuminated by the candles, had already begun to speak in its signature chaotic voice.

“Step back, sinner of the Austro-Hungarian tribe; I shall be the one to judge you!”

The chieftain has arrived!

Now the great shaman is doomed!

With this thought, the beastmen warriors retreated, their eyes filled with anticipation, waiting for the great shaman to meet his end under the chieftain’s judgment! The surroundings fell silent.

“The great shaman has been expelled from the Austro-Hungarian tribe; you are no longer a beastman. Why do you still have the face to return!?”

“You have no right to expel me!”

The great shaman, who would have immediately cowered in front of the chieftain in the past, was now as excited as an eagle spotting a chick, even brazen enough that his face twisted with a mad grin!

“You are nothing but a fraud, a lowly beast! What right do you have to expel me!? Hahaha! I already know your secret! You are just a despicable…”

【Boom】

The shadow surged, and the next moment, the great shaman’s body was predictably “flipped” up and then crashed heavily to the ground. Yet even so, the great shaman, who was already suffering from “internal bleeding,” continued to laugh maniacally while spitting blood.

“Hahaha! Even if you don’t let me say it, it won’t matter! You incompetent beast, your true form will soon be revealed! And the rest of you foolish beastmen, take a good look! See what your daily worship and admiration of the ‘chieftain’ really amounts to! Only I am the true heir of the Austro-Hungarian tribe!”

Such a great shaman, if not mad or mentally unstable, was… utterly fearless!

And in the next moment, more and more beastmen seemed to sense something unusual! Following the direction of the great shaman’s maniacal laughter, they looked up at the roof of the temple, where a figure seemed to be sitting. Backlit by the crescent moon, in the glowing shadow, there were a pair of long ears unlike those of ordinary humans.

An elf!?

Seeing this figure, the great shaman seemed to glimpse a ray of hope, quickly scrambling to his feet and pointing at the chieftain’s shadow.

“What are you still dawdling for!? It’s her! It’s this beast! Hurry, make her reveal her true form!”

“Ah… the Austro-Hungarian tribe is such a hassle, but since it’s a task, I suppose I should put in a little effort.”

Having said that, she… suddenly leaped up! With her back to the night sky, it was as if she had pulled out an exceptionally large sword from the crescent moon beside her—so massive that even the orcs felt it might be a struggle to wield it—charging straight towards the shadow of the chieftain!

Cutting through the darkness that the chieftain had extended for defense, the “moonlight” on the sword’s edge had, in the blink of an eye, already locked onto the chieftain’s shadow, creating a pit in the ground and stirring up a cloud of dust!

All of this happened in the blink of an eye!

“Chieftain!!?”

By the time the orcs reacted, that elf had already succeeded! Was it an assassin from the elven women or something!? But weren’t the elven women supposed to have no such… such sword-wielding existence!?

The only one still thinking was the madly laughing grand wizard!

“Hahaha! Foolish orcs, take a good look! What exactly is the chieftain you admire!? Now, I am the true leader of the Austro-Hungarian tribe!” In the midst of the silence, the grand wizard’s voice sounded particularly jarring.

“This chieftain is nothing but a lowly beast, pretending to deceive you fools for so long! Only I know the truth, only I am…”

However, the grand wizard’s delusions came to an abrupt halt in the next moment.

Because, as the smoke cleared, he and the orcs were equally astonished to discover: what lay within was not the beastly form of the chieftain, slashed back to its original shape by the elf.

But rather…

A human?

“Long time no see, Sword Saint.”

A… woman? The detestable human woman who had previously driven him out of the Austro-Hungarian tribe!?

“Now, we can finally catch you.”