But on getting to the house, he claid to have knocked and got no response, and thus, he was forced to pick the lock and force his way in;
But on getting inside the house, he found no one and everything around seed to point out that these people have been gone for a while;
Thus the tribe mber decided go ask around if anyone had seen the couple around and they all claid to not have seen the duo for more than a month
It was also the sa when the Guards at the tribe wall were asked and when they also claid to have not seen them in a while, the tribe mber then ca to report it to the Tribe Leader;
But after so investigations on their part and without finding any form of struggle or battle within the house, the investigator declared that the parents left after feeling betrayed by the tribe, and thus, the matter ended there
"But that's three kidnappings in a year, there is nowhere you will go and that wouldn't be alarming" Elder Fu sounded almost accusingly;
"Like he said, we all thought they left, and at that ti, them leaving sounded as the only plausible scenario;"
"After all, I will feel the sa way if I told people that my only child has been kidnapped but they refused to listen and claims she ran away, when I know she would never do that" The Tribe Lady supported;
"But the next year-" The Tribe leader continued; and this ti, he said the first month, the tribe mber who reported the case of the missing parents was the one who went missing, and it took a little while before they all realized that he was also gone..."
"But since the investigator just made a declarations just a few months prior, the rest of the tribe mbers felt the man had also deserted the tribe just like the parents
Furthermore, it was claid that, many people co to join their tribe almost every month, because not only was their settlent urbanized and wealthy, but they were also independent, and served as a place where people from different Empires could co together to witness, learn and enjoy the cultures of their neighboring Empires
"Where did such a tribe such as your get the wealth to build such a place, after all you said people were attracted to this place because they saw it was urbanized which ans you must have built this place to this extent before people started flooding in" Min Hong asked through Elder Fu once again;
"Are you insinuating that we are the ones behind all these kidnappings?" The Right Grand Elder asked;
"Not at all We are simply open minded and considering all the possible scenarios" Elder Fu replied;
"Irrespective of however you think it to be, our source of wealth is sothing that we cannot share with outsiders"
The Left Grand Elder spoke with a straight face and flat tone that indicated that the matter should be dropped;
"What if the unknown we are trying to uncover is within the unknown you're trying to keep unknown?"
Ignoring the fact that everyone in the area had to take a minute or two to translate what Min Hong was talking about, Little Fei's voice resounded within Min Hong's head;
"We are ready!"
"Alright then, begin Rember, leave no inch of ground uninspected"
"Got it!" Little Fei replied
When Min Hong returned to go pick the fake hairbrush earlier, he had tucked Little Fei and Daniel into his nostrils telling them to tickle it once they were ready, so that his sneezing would be genuine and draw no suspicions from the Elders
Thus, when he sneezed earlier, he sent Little Fei and Daniel flying into the distance, and now they were crawling through the seams beneath the doors of each individual mansions to investigate the Tribe Leader, his wife and the three Elders mansion
"Alright, since we called for help and we genuinely want you to help us, I guess we have no choice but to tell you then" The Left Grand Elder spoke as everyone looked over to him;
"We happen to own a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone mine, and that is where our wealth cos from"
"Now that we have uncovered the unknown, can we move on?" He added as Elder Fu nodded his head before the Tribe Leader continued;
"After the tribe mber went missing, then the number of people who went missing triple in just a week, and that was when we realized that our tribesn were indeed being kidnapped"
"Afterwards, entire families began to go missing all of a sudden, and the frequency of this kidnapping then began to increase, and when the entire tribe went into a state of massive unrest, we decided to request help from the East Wind Empire, but their demands were excessive"
"Let guess, they asked for the Spirit Stone mine?" Yu Ming asked;
"Yes, but we couldn't give it to them, because if they took it from us and decide not to help us what could we do?"
"We won't be able to ask another power for help because we would have nothing to pay for their services, and neither can we seek revenge and risk being the victim of a genocide"
"Then we also called to the Dogon Empire for help, but they weren't in good terms with the East Wind Empire for so reasons, and our proximity to the East Wind Empire ant they couldn't help either"
"We also tried reaching to the Jun Empire, but were always ambushed by bandits and a notorious rcenary group in the Land Of Stones, and the guan Empire was simply too far;"
"Thus, we simply made nurous flyers requesting for help and spread it across the three Empires requesting for anyone who can help us"
"And how many have co to your aid so far?" Gong Yi asked
"Twenty four groups and nineteen individual experts" The Tribe Leader responded, as the group stared at him in shock;
"Now you know why we're a little skeptical of your desire to help"
"Also, our tribe is now empty, but we know if we solve this mystery, our tribe would return to its forr glory, and that's why we allowed you in." The Lady chipped in
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