Chapter 1041: Turbulent Winds Precede A Raging Storm
Gu ngng stood up and turned to sit on the window ledge, dangling her legs casually over the edge as she leaned her head against the side. “We also opened up our well at Saint Nazaire to other tribes, and for free. You have been managing the exercise yourself and know how many conflicts cropped up... unless your disciple Oakley is better than you at diating disputes—but this is sothing I can’t believe.”
Lea gave a mild smile but kept quiet. How could he not have noticed this anomaly?
But he had promised Gu ngng never to hide things from her again. So although he had noticed the strange situation, he didn’t investigate and even forced himself not to try and analyze what was happening.
Because the mont he uncovered the truth, he would have to tell Gu ngng or it would count as hiding the truth from her.
But he didn’t want Gu ngng to be embroiled in those troubleso matters. Hence, he had no choice but to be prepared to make his move only after the enemy had struck.
Anyway, his ngng held extraordinary powers. She also had the formidable Elvis to protect her. They would be able to overco any adversity.
So as long as the shady undertakings didn’t extend to his ngng, he would turn a blind eye to it.
Gu ngng remained leaning against the side of the window. “It’s too peaceful. A peace that feels very bizarre... I just feel... it’s like how turbulent winds precede a raging storm.”
The moon was already in its second phase.
Without realizing it, over a one month had passed since Gu ngng returned to Sauder.
The past month had been peaceful beyond belief. Gu ngng went over to play with those leopard cubs every morning. Those cubs grew very close to Gu ngng. Their gurgling noises were especially endearing. Sandy’s health was also improving very well, and she would share with Gu ngng the adorable and astonishing behavior of her babies.
At noonti, Elvis would co and fetch Gu ngng back to the stone castle, where Lea would have lunch waiting for her.
The past month was the peaceful life which she had always dread of, but Gu ngng felt increasingly fretful with each passing day. She just felt that sothing bad was brewing. It was like a tiny piece of snow tumbling down from the mountaintop—by the ti you noticed it at the bottom, it would have already turned into an unsurmountable and unstoppable avalanche.
Gu ngng kept feeling like she was teetering on the verge calamity , as if there was one hand gripping her throat and making her feel very much ill-at-ease.
It was now halfway through the drought season and this was the most unbearable stage.
They could endure the front stage of the drought by drinking more water in advance, and then drinking the blood of their prey. But now... even their prey had no blood left in their bodies.
Demand for Sauder’s well grew trendously. The crowd queuing up for water increased day by day, and Oakley had no choice but to extend the water retrieval schedule to the entire day. Even so, they could not keep up with the demand.
Greed was one of man’s most basic nature.
If the entire world had no water, everyone would have no choice but to endure it regardless of how painful it was.
But if the rest world had no water, but you did...
You were fated to endure the jealousy and hatred from everyone else.
Previously, Sauder’s source of life was a secret and no other tribe knew of it.
But since Oakley publicly announced this resource—so what if it was the ssengers tribe? When Saint Nazaire’s well was dug, how many people took the risk of offending the ssenger of the Beast Deity to steal water? In the end, it was only because Gu ngng opened up the water source for everyone that finally resolved the issues. The queues for Saint Nazaire’s well were longer but it was a fair system.
But Oakley...
He was only offering the water source to the 16 surrounding tribes.
In other words, apart from those 16 tribes, everyone else was in a maddened craze and they had all gathered at Sauder.
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