Book 9: Chapter 35
“I told you not to speak!”
“How was I supposed to know that they weren’t my men?!”
Ling Yue and I angrily made eye contact. Truthfully, I wasn’t angry that we were taken away; I was angry, because I was concerned for Karana and company. To be honest, I don’t care too much about Karana’s well-being, but I do care about my Philes and Shusia. I don’t know if they’ll be saved from the snow avalanche.
I, in all honesty, never expected these people to not be Karana and company, but instead, natives of the snowy mountains. They carried guns, bows and arrows on their backs. I thought that they were going to attack us, so I had my gun ready to fire, but they didn’t do anything to us. They just surrounded us, and then requested for us to leave.
Perhaps it was because he noticed our tense expressions, a native turned his head around to say with a smile, “I told you, Your Majesty, we do not intend offend you. We just hope that you can come with us. We have already rescued your friends, so you do not need to worry. We noticed your group when the snow avalanche happened. Fortunately, it was not a serious avalanche. A big snowball dropped down is all. After we saved your friends, Lord Karana said that you had not yet been found, so we led a search for you.”
“Are Karana and the others all right?”
“They are all fine.”
“That’s good.”
I was relieved to hear that. I then looked at them and asked with concern, “What about the anthropoids, then? What happened to them? How many of them are there? We did we get attacked?”