"Yes, I did it all."
Hu Zhong admitted it immediately.
His mouth was about to burst with laughter, and the exaggerated smile on his face made him look like a man-eating beast, making everyone's scalp tingle.
The clan leader's expression became increasingly ugly.
"Why? The tribe treats you well. You are a native orc of the tribe. I value you very much. Why would you do such a thing?"
"There's no reason. The other tribe has abundant female resources and promised to let me join after the matter is accomplished." Hu Zhong lowered his head, and a disdainful voice continued to emanate.
"It's not like here, where I can't even find a partner, and the tribe is even worse, with scarce resources. It's hard to survive. Even a fool would make the right choice!"
His voice was loud, rough and resonant.
But Hu Jiaojiao frowned, she only heard disgust for this place in his voice, but not the high emotion she had imagined.
I always feel like something is missing, something is wrong.
“Hu Zhong, how did you become like this? You were not like this before…” The clan leader’s face was filled with grief and disappointment in Hu Zhong.
Hearing this, Hu Zhong raised his head suddenly, his pupils dilated, and the whites of his eyes were squeezed to show countless red bloodshot, as if they were about to fall out at any time.
"All animals can change!"
He yelled hysterically, almost insanely.
Immediately, his body began to tremble again, and the amplitude of the shaking became stronger and stronger, "Ha! Hahahaha... You have no idea how hard it is for ordinary orcs like us to survive!"
"You can't see it... You can't see it at all!"
The clan leader's eyes were filled with sadness. He closed his eyes in pain, and his voice instantly aged ten years:
"Hu Zhong... betrayed the tribe and colluded with other tribes to frame his people. We threw him into the Ten Thousand Snake Cave. The tribe will not tolerate such a traitor."
Every word was trembling, showing how painful and desperate the patriarch was when he said this.
The younger generation he had his eyes on actually did such a thing.
"Long Mo, take him to the Ten Thousand Snake Cave and let everyone watch him being punished."
The patriarch hardened his heart and gave the order through gritted teeth.
As the patriarch, in order to take care of the entire tribe, you must give up all unnecessary mercy.
Long Mo nodded, dragged Hu Zhong's leg with one hand and walked out of the tribe, in accordance with the chief's request, so that all the orcs in the tribe could see him.
Hu Zhong showed no intention of struggling. He dug his hands tightly into the ground, leaving long bloody marks.
He had a grim smile on his face, and kept growling ferociously and crazily:
"You don't know..."
"You will never understand..."
The orcs passing by stopped and looked at the scene in astonishment. Soon, the news of Hu Zhong spread throughout the tribe.
The animals couldn't believe that Hu Zhong, who was usually loyal and honest, would actually betray the tribe.
Can!
He looked so crazy that the animals thought he was crazy.
A mad orc who can do anything.
No orc was willing to believe him until his roar fell into the snake cave, and his crazy roar was drowned out by thousands of poisonous snakes...
The patriarch did not go to see it himself because he was afraid that he could not bear it.
Hu Jiaojiao naturally wouldn't seek abuse. She went to the Ten Thousand Snake Cave to see the Hittite's things. Looking at the tribe leader who had aged a lot in an instant, she whispered to comfort him:
"Chief, this is his choice, you can't blame anyone else."
The chief sighed, his voice full of vicissitudes, "I know, if it was told by any other beastman, I wouldn't believe it, but this is what he said himself..."
He just couldn't understand how an orc could suddenly change so much.
Could it be that all along, his strong, honest, and kind attitude towards others was just a disguise
He disguised himself very well.
"I'm fine. I just hope Hu Qiang and the others can return safely. It's good that they return safely." The chief shook his head, looked towards the west of the tribe, and muttered.
"Don't you still need to build the stone house? I'm fine, you can go back now."
Seeing that Hu Jiaojiao was still standing there, looking at him worriedly, the clan leader waved his hand and signaled her to leave.
Thinking of the unfinished business, Hu Jiaojiao nodded.
On the way back from the patriarch's house, you have to pass by Lu Mian'er's house.
When passing by, Hu Jiaojiao saw Lu Mian'er standing next to a group of orcs, listening to something with a bad look on her face.
Seeing Hu Jiaojiao approaching, she immediately forced a smile and walked over quickly, "Jiaojiao."
"What are they talking about?" Hu Jiaojiao asked curiously.
Lu Mian'er glanced at the beastmen and explained in a low voice, "They are talking about the new female. She is so pitiful..."
When Hu Jiaojiao heard that it was related to Huang Yue, she became even more curious and asked in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"I heard from them that Hu Zhong has been pursuing Huang Yue recently, and Huang Yue has been pretty nice to him. I thought they would become a couple, but I didn't expect something like this to happen suddenly..."
Lu Mian'er sighed, looking melancholy.
She also saw Hu Zhong's appearance when he was taken to the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave just now.
Hearing this, Hu Jiaojiao frowned subconsciously.
"Hu Zhong is pursuing Huang Yue?"
In the book, Huang Yue was indeed pursued by many orcs, but she remembered that Huang Yue never accepted or refused, and it was impossible for her to become a partner with any orc.
"Yes." Lu Mian'er nodded, "She doesn't even know what happened to Hu Zhong."
As the two were talking, they heard the orcs next to them talking in low voices.
"I thought Hu Zhong was lucky to win the favor of Huang Yue, but I didn't expect him to do such a thing!"
"Fortunately, Huang Yue hasn't become his partner yet."
"If Huang Yue knew that Hu Zhong was this kind of orc, she would be heartbroken..."
Hu Jiaojiao walked forward, grabbed one of the orcs and asked, "Excuse me, has Hu Zhong been close to Huang Yue recently?"
The orc had a look of impatience on his face, but when he turned around and saw that it was Hu Jiaojiao, he smiled and answered patiently.
"Yes, they have been going out together recently. Hu Zhong even told us that Huang Yue would soon agree to mate with him. Who knew that Hu Zhong would do such a thing."
They have been very jealous of Hu Zhong recently.
When they learned that something had happened to Hu Zhong, they all became more gossipy than the females.
"Oh, thank you."
Hu Jiaojiao nodded and let go of the orc.
It seems that this is just everyone's guess. Huang Yue did not really agree to mate with Hu Zhong, which is indeed consistent with what is written in the book.
As they were talking, the door of the wooden house not far away was opened.
A female walked out, it was Huang Yue.
She looked like she had just woken up, with sleepy eyes. When she went out, she raised her hand to block the sunlight, which seemed to sting her eyes. She looked like a gentle beauty.
Seeing her come out, the animals' voices gradually became quieter.
Hu Jiaojiao glanced at Huang Yue from afar and saw that there were still signs of waking up on her face. Her face was flushed, and she indeed looked like she had just got up in the morning. The doubts in her heart were suppressed.
After saying goodbye to Lu Mian'er, Hu Jiaojiao quickened her pace and headed home.
Unexpectedly, they met three people from the Lu family on the road.