Chapter 69: Unexpected Helpers
The entire tribe stood there stunned as the Shaman acquitted the Outsider of his crimes and took him away. But when they gathered their bearing, everyone turned towards A’Mila for answers as she was the only one who could stop the Shaman.
However, A’Mila stared back at them blankly. She knew everyone was thinking why she didn’t intervene, even though they knew very well why she didn’t.
While the chieftain was the tribe’s leader and led the tribe through daily activities, the Shaman was someone who existed to control the chieftain from going rampant and getting drunk on power.
The Shaman rarely ever intervened in the proceedings of the tribe, but when they did, it was considered to be on behalf of the gods.
While at first glance, it might seem that the Shaman could veto anything they didn’t like, the power to overthrow a Chieftain’s decision was limited to thrice yearly.
After all, it wouldn’t do the tribe any good if either the chieftain or the Shaman got high on power. Hence, both roles existed to keep the other in check.
"To think she would use her authority like this after not using it for years," Akila shook his head, enraged by his mother’s decision to save Adrian from punishment.
"But she wouldn’t appear after more than a year to do something like this," one of the tribals spoke. "Maybe the gods wanted her to intervene?"
"Bullshit! Why would-"
"It makes sense; it’s not like anyone could inform her about what’s happening on such short notice," yet another chimed in. "It has to be the gods’ decision to spare the Outsider."
Within moments, the tribe had divided into two groups. The first group wanted to follow the Shaman as she had saved them from tragedy before, despite living hundreds of kilometres away from the settlement and wanted to trust her judgement this time as well.