160 Xoran and Tam: Using the Two Prisoners!

Seconds later, the cry of the Dragon halted. At this moment, a man--seemingly in his late 30s, was rushing towards the Village Chief's office and occasionally stumbling along the way. The man barged in the Village Chief's office that had consequently awakened a girl who was tied and sleeping on the wooden sofa. 

"Lehkuhmhehiikghoo!" The girl grumbled under the cloth that was tied to her mouth.

The middle-aged looking man ignored the girl and simply took a deep breath before he combed his mixed black and white hair upwards, and said, "Bad News, Respected Village Chief Tam! There are only around ten thousand men left!"

"Xoran is it?" Village Chief Tam asked with a frown. The middle-aged man could only nod towards Village Chief Tam whilst forcing out a smile. In response, Village Chief Tam sat on a chair behind the Village Chief's desk and asked like a boss, "Where are your fifty thousand men? I thought that you can summon more soldiers through the magical summoning portal of the Village?"

"That..." Xoran hesitated to speak for a second. But after noticing Village Chief Tam's gaze, Xoran can't help but take a gulp and report the truth towards the Village Chief. "Th-The truth is that I sent almost twenty thousand men to the western shore and fight a thousand men--"

"Don't tell me that your men lost." Village Chief Tam interrupted whilst maintaining his calm and cold demeanor.

"No, respected village chief!" Xoran shook his head and said, "We annihilated the ten thousand men, single-handedly. But... Before my men could retreat, three gigantic ships had arrived on the western shore. And aboard it... were gigantic moving trees and beasts that killed my men! We are trying to hold off the enemies as we speak. However... Despite our numbers, we are only able to slow the enemy's advance! To fight the gigantic trees and beasts, we have no choice but to ask for your magnanimous help respected village chief!"

"Is that so..." Village Chief Tam said with a calm demeanor. That said, the veins that seemed to burst in his forehead had increased, indicating that he was furious deep inside. "Then... Release the prisoners! Let them help you in your battle!"

"The Prisoners?? But... With all due respect, Village Chief! What if they went against my orders? Won't it just be additional trouble for us?" Xoran argued whilst forcing out a smile.

Xoran could only force out a smile towards Village Chief Tam as beads of sweat started to fall on his face. He knew that if he spoke another word that the Village Chief won't like, his life might end at this very moment. Thus, he can't help but stare towards the Village Chief in a daze.

"Is that not enough?" Village Chief Tam asked, staring daggers towards Xoran.

"N-No! It's enough!" Xoran said, trembling in fear. "I'll do as you arranged, Village Chief! Since time is not on our side... I'll leave now and do the preparations. I suggest that you leave the village with that girl as soon as possible."

Village Chief Tam simply smirked and said, coldly, "Don't worry about me, Adventurer! I won't fail as you did!"

Xoran could only retain forcing out a smile as he bowed towards the Village Chief Tam and left his office. This made Village Chief Tam follow his gaze towards the departing Xoran as his smirk straightened and his face became completely covered with a wolf's fur.

As Xoran's figure vanished in the distance, he glanced towards the girl and said, "Your Father's precious village is most likely finished!"

Village Chief Tam stood and went towards the little girl. Then, he grabbed the tied little girl and carried her to his shoulder, and said, "Too bad... It was an ideal stronghold--being in the center of the great western forest. The best breeding ground! Unfortunately... We have an unexpected visitor! Even if that bastard, Pocras, faces the little goddess, I must leave this place at any cost. Fortunately... Your father and your uncles... Together with those foolish humans... They would be enough to hold that little brat--long enough for me to escape to the East."

The little girl could only struggle as Village Chief Tam left his office--heading towards the Northeastern Village Gate. He blended amongst the scrambling players and, soon, was able to leave Kagat Village without leaving a single trace.

"I'll be back!" Village Chief Tam murmured, coldly, as he stares at the distant figure of Kagat Village. 

At this moment, inside a heavily guarded house in the middle of Kagat Village, two men were keeping an eye towards two men who were wrapped with metal chains that were embedded in the floor.

One of the two men--personally guarding the chained men, played with the fire that was lighted like a candle on his hand. He sighed and glanced towards the other man with him, chuckling, "It's so noisy outside... Those bastards are probably having a good time toying with the enemies." 

The man beside him did not respond--keeping his eyes closed and his arms crossed, whilst facing the two prisoners. This, in turn, made the man--who was playing with fire, frown and grumble, "Come on man... Say something, at the least! It's too boring being in the guard duty--"

"Whose fault do you think it is?" The man asked, keeping his eyes shut and his arms crossed. Then, he continued to scold, "If only you had burned Wan's body into ashes... That bastard could have died and the Guild Leader Xoran would have not been suspicious of our player force!"

"Come on man... Let's not talk about the past. A mistake is a mistake! I kept burning everything after that, right?" The man smirked as the fire in his hands become stronger--strong enough to let the man beside him feel the intensity of the heat. 

That said, the other man simply opened his eyes and stared daggers towards the annoying man beside him. In the next second, he breathed out white smoke in his mouth--as if he was in a snowing area, whilst the ground below them had turned into ice and had reached up to the ankle of the 'annoying' man.

"Yeah! And you also burned our own men to their death! So, if you don't fucking shut your mouth... I'll fucking freeze you to death! Guild Leader Keya already had a lot of problems in managing our player force. Don't add up to her burden."

The annoying man simply chuckled as he extinguished the flame on his hand, and said, "Relax man! You and Elder sister Keya should take things more lightly. Although we are not currently as strong as the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Player Force, we are still stronger compared to the other Southeast Asian Forces."

The other man could only sighed in response--breathing out white smoke. And at the same time, he lifted his foot from the ground, breaking the ice path that was connected to the feet of the annoying man and consequently melting it in the next second.

"Just because we outnumber them, it does not mean that we can overpower them! Besides... Other than the 'seemingly' American players in the Asian Server... No one amongst the ten countries on the United Asian Force knew the identity of the Top Four Players of the Continental Event."

"Tch!" The annoying man flicked his tongue and complained, "Don't mention those bastards! If the United Asian Force had not suppressed us from using our elemental inheritance, we could have been on the top ten rankings."

At this moment, the door of that house opened and Xoran walked in, saying, "Top ten? Are you sure about that young man?"

"Xo-Xoran?!" The annoying man forced out a smile in astonishment and said, "Ahehehehe, I was just hoping! I was just hoping! It's not bad for young men like me to be ambitious, right?"

"Ambitious?" Xoran stared daggers towards the annoying young man. This, in turn, made the other man--the man with the same 'fake' ice inheritance as Ryu-san, stood in front of the annoying young man. That said, Xoran simply stole a glance toward the other man and shifted his gaze towards the two chained men, and said, "Release them! The Village's safety is at stake! We need every single help we could get."

"B-But... What if they--" The man said.

But before he could finish his words, Xoran interrupted him and said, "They won't! After all... His daughter's life is on the Village Chief's hands."

Despite Xoran's remarks, the man and the annoying man did not remove the chains of the two prisoners. Thus, Xoran ordered other men outside the house to remove the chains of the two prisoners.

After doing so, the muscular one of the two prisoners stretched his arm--consequently hitting the head of one of the guards that removed his chain. That hit had displaced the head of that player, killing him on the spot. While, at this moment, the other prisoner--another middle-aged looking man, was being held by the guards as he started screaming towards Xoran.

"Where did you bring my daughter! Where is that bastard, Tam?! I am going to kill that bastard!" 

Despite his cries, Xoran did not utter another word. Instead, Xoran stared towards the muscular man beside him and was on his guard. 

Fortunately, other than the unfortunate player, the muscular man did not harm any other players and simply sighed after caught Xoran's glance. He placed his hand on the middle-aged man's shoulder and said, "Relax, Antonio! They have your daughter... Let's go along with them for now. Besides... If I heard it right, the Village is under attack."

Xoran simply nodded whilst retaining his cold demeanor. Then, he turned around--seemingly leaving the house, and said, "Let's go! The enemy would arrive soon!"