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Two days later.

Many of the ice phoenix tribe members have returned residence. They could not flip a blind eye to what occurred in Blue gem metropolis.

With them was the present matriarch of the ice phoenix tribe, the princesses’ grandmother. She was strengthening the seal of the demons within the north. So, she was not within the Blue gem metropolis when the assault occurred.

She was incensed after witnessing the poor situation of the town. Quickly, she heard in regards to the precise injury performed to the town. Understanding her predicament, to rapidly clear up the quick drawback, she convened a tribal assembly.

In the meantime, Alex felt trapped.

He was residing his dream, however one thing felt off to him now and again.

The ice phoenix tribe handled him like a visitor. The meals was good and the residing situation was nice. In contrast to how he used to reside within the stone head tribe, he did not need to care about something. Life was straightforward.

And this tingled his bulls**t sensor.

One thing was off about the best way they had been treating him. And every time he tried to depart, he was persuaded to remain. Sooner or later, he realised that he did not have a alternative. He was underneath home arrest. He was a damned prisoner.

This scared him barely. He might have escaped the place if he needed. However the roots he has on this world and his identification as Meru prevented him from doing so. It was higher to unravel any misunderstanding earlier than leaving. In any other case, the ice phoenix tribe would come to the stone head tribe to cut his head off.

“Sir Taka, how are you feeling at this time?”

“Fairly good. After consuming the muscle progress medication, I can transfer my proper arm once more. This requires a celebration. How about I ship somebody to convey the chicken-like magical beast?”

“Ha-ha, you jest.”

“No, I already ship somebody to convey it.”

“Hm, we will have fun,” Alex mentioned whereas nodding his head. “Would you thoughts if I invite the servants of the palace?”

“No drawback. They’ve performed nicely in serving us for the previous few days.”

“Any information on why we’re underneath home arrest?” Alex all of a sudden requested.

This caught Taka off guard. He checked out Alex and smiled knowingly. He additionally felt as if they had been being stored underneath home arrest. Regardless that the ice phoenix tribe would not disregard him with none legitimate cause. He was ready for them to present an official assertion.

“The explanation is perhaps easy. For instance, the skills we confirmed throughout our battle.”

“However why ought to the ice phoenix tribe care about that? We helped them throughout a disaster. Should not they thank us as an alternative of imprisoning us?” Alex probed for extra data.

“What you mentioned is sensible. However the nature of the disaster this time was not pure. Somebody intentionally orchestrated an assault on the entire metropolis. It was something however pure. And the timing was impeccable too.” Lifting a cup of sizzling tea, he drank it with a realizing smile. He was calm and composed.

“Regardless that we do not utterly perceive their motives, I might definitely say it was an inside job. Or else, how can they assault exactly when the matriarch of the ice phoenix tribe was away? There are not any coincidences in a state of affairs like this. They’re even suspicious of one another. So, how can we be not suspicious of their eyes.” Taka elaborated.

Though Taka might have gave the impression to be gradual at occasions, his thoughts was truly a lot faster than most others. He rapidly understood the fundamental state of affairs of the ice phoenix tribe.

“I ought to make preparation to import every day requirements into the town. It might be onerous to reside with no residence within the harsh winter of the north.” Taka was not attempting to profiteer within the disaster. He was wholeheartedly attempting to assist the individuals.

From his interplay with Taka, Alex slowly started to know the individual referred to as Taka. Regardless that he was a middle-aged gourmand, he was not a idiot. He was an individual of rules.

Alex nodded after listening to this. He could be an incredible enterprise companion, he thought.

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The tribal assembly was about to begin. The soldiers of the tribe sat within the viewers seats whereas the leaders and elders sat on the centre.

Within the viewers, Meena and Laya had been seated near the centre. Her sister Kalina was sitting with elders and leaders of the tribe. She was the one youth among the many group of individuals sitting within the centre.

They had been ready for the matriarch to seem earlier than continuing with the assembly.

And as they needed, the matriarch of the ice phoenix tribe quickly got here from past the viewers. She exuded a grim presence that chilled the room to sub-zero temperature.

Everybody within the corridor stood up once they seen her. They bowed to point out their respect whereas she walked calmly by the viewers till she reached the centre of the corridor. She quietly took a seat within the center.

The matriarch of the ice phoenix tribe ought to have been an aged lady. She was virtually 100 and ten years previous this 12 months. But, she appeared like simply somebody in her fifties. And she or he was the one tier-five warrior in the entire tribe.

She was somebody revered by everybody within the tribe equally. And to sit down in her presence was thought of an honour and a privilege.

Regardless of the honour of being in her presence, many individuals stored their gaze averted, too afraid to satisfy her eyes.

They had been ashamed of their incapability to guard the Blue gem metropolis.

“The tribal assembly has formally begun.” Introduced the primary elder of the ice phoenix tribe as soon as all attendees had settled in. He continued on to listing the agenda for the assembly.

“We will likely be discussing the issues regarding the terror assault towards the Blue Gem Metropolis and the Ice Phoenix Tribe. We can even look into the accountability and accountability of these concerned within the incident. And most significantly, we’ll look into the theft of Blue Gem, one of the necessary spirit totems of the tribe.” All of a sudden everybody gasped. Nobody informed them in regards to the theft.

The Blue Gem was a crystalline drop of blood left behind by an Ice Phoenix. It was a spirit totem that ensured the power and prosperity of the tribe. Even the town bought its identify from crystal. And realizing that it was stolen shocked the individuals.

The Blue Gem was saved within the monolithic shrine within the centre of the palace. It was one of the safe locations in the entire continent. And but, some had stolen it from proper underneath their noses. This was too stunning of a revelation to be taken frivolously.

“First, the elder council wish to query princess Kalina.” Pulling everybody again from their ideas, the primary elder mentioned. After that, he took his seat. It was apparent from the best way he behaved that he disliked the princess.

In spite of everything, when the matriarch was away. Kalina was thought of the pinnacle of the tribe and he or she had all of the decision-making energy. She held a higher place than all of the elders current.

So, they’d disagreements greater than as soon as whereas governing the tribe. This may need deteriorated their relationship. The truth is, it may very well be one of many explanation why he was not holding again in his criticisms of Kalina.

And another excuse was his ambition to seize energy from the princess. By humiliating the princess, he was attempting to place his son as a doable alternative for her. He attempting to make his son the subsequent head of the ice phoenix tribe.

The matriarch additionally agreed with the primary elder, inviting Kaina to face up and be questioned.

“Kalina, you had been tasked with defending the tribe. So, let me ask you. The place had been you in the course of the assault?”

“The place had been you when the residents had been being killed?” Sharp pointy questions had been requested by the elder council.

And Kalina was stumped, incapable of answering any. It momentarily reminded her of the tragic scene within the metropolis. And she or he paused. Regardless that she tried to save lots of as many individuals as she will be able to, she was truly attempting to save lots of her sisters. She valued her sister’s life greater than that of the residents. It was true that she failed to guard the individuals. She felt responsible and ashamed.

“Every part else may be forgiven. You may not have been robust sufficient to guard everybody. However what had been you doing when the enemies stole the blue gem. The place had been you?” The primary elder who was ready promptly requested. He needed everybody within the tribe to see how ineffective their princess was.

The blue gem was crucial to the tribe. It was one of many explanation why their tribe turned robust. And every of the 9 nice tribes had spirit totems that represented them similar to the blue gem. And dropping one thing like that was an unacceptable mistake. The primary elder was attempting to make use of this case to his benefit and seize energy away from Kalina.

“First elder, you also needs to have a look at her deserves. She alone took down 5 of the twenty beasts that had been summoned inside the town. Regardless that about eight hundred individuals died in the course of the assault, it might have been extra if not for the princess.” The third elder mentioned.

He appeared dignified and calm whereas speaking. Nevertheless, he was not actively supporting Kalina. He was there to supply a impartial stance to the polarised dialog. Everybody was starting to lose their belief of their princess. And it will not bore nicely for the tribe to bash such a gifted particular person.

After voicing his opinion, the third elder stored quiet. And the matriarch noticed all the things intently.