章 66: Exile

At this moment, the elders on the right and left, along with others present in the tent, had the same reaction of astonishment.

Anibal, on the other hand, had a reaction of curiosity. Unlike the others, instead of being astonished, he became curious about what would happen now that such a person had arrived.

Scar, however, had a reaction of fury.

He rose from his throne, the same one used in the first meeting, and angrily shouted at the old man, "Balak!!! What is an exile like you doing here? Leave right now if you don't want me to kill you with my own hands!" Scar said furiously.

In response, the old man Balak retorted, "Kill me? Who? You? Of course, you can kill me, but then what? Can you and the tribe deal with the consequences? Boy!?" Balak said.

With that, the elders on the right and left quickly intervened to try to calm the situation.

"Calm down, calm down, I know Balak shouldn't be here, but please, Chief, even you would have difficulty resolving things if he dies here," said the two elders, providing a rare glimpse of them working together.

Smiling at the situation, Balak began to speak with Scar.

"I didn't come here to cause trouble, Scar," said Balak.

Calming down, Scar returned to his throne and asked why Balak had come here, even knowing that it could have cost him his life.

Smiling, old Balak replied, "Of course, it's about this competition. Not just me, but others want to know what you intend with this competition. At first, I thought you were allies of the foreigners, but now I'm in doubt since I heard you planning their deaths," Balak said.

Calmly, Scar responded, "We are allies. We had some differences, so after much thought, I asked their leader to take my place as chief of the tribe."

"Of course, he refused my proposal and suggested this competition, which I agreed to," Scar said.

Listening to this, Balak spoke calmly, "You asked their leader to take your place as chief of the tribe? You?" Then he said, "Scar, the thirsty one, the blood-colored one, the one who did everything to be chief, asked someone to replace his position as chief, after all you've done!?" Balak shouted with sarcasm and anger.

"Don't try to deceive us again, boy, we all know you very well, we know what you're capable of. I know you wouldn't give up your position even if it was the only way for you to survive. And do you expect me to believe this story that you would simply give up your position for another, furthermore, a stranger, or are they offering you something so valuable that you'd give up your position? Or are you plotting something with all of this? I'm inclined to believe the latter," Balak said.

With the same emotionless face, Scar replied, "I don't care what you believe or not. What I plan is not the concern of exiles like you. Whether I have something to gain from this or not is also none of your concern, but mine," Scar replied.

"I'm tired of this, you better leave, or you will really die, and I don't care if I'll have trouble with this. You won't have to worry about it anyway," Scar said.

"Alright, but remember, we'll always be watching what you do," Balak said as he left the tent, leaving behind a somber atmosphere. Even with his emotionless face, Scar's eyes still gleamed with a thirst for blood, as if he desperately wanted to kill someone.

"Anibal! You take care of tomorrow's strategy, everyone can leave," Scar said.

"Yes, sir," Anibal and the others who were gathered replied.

"Qin, make sure he leaves the tribe," Scar said.

"I'll make sure the exile leaves discreetly, Chief," Qin replied.

After everyone had left, leaving Scar alone, even though he was alone with his emotionless face, his eyes continued to thirst for blood.

Clack.

Without realizing it, Scar crushed a piece of his wooden throne arm.

Even though the tent was silent, his thoughts were not.

Damn!!! I should have killed them all, who do they think they are to interfere with my plans like this, soon they will regret what they did, I will make them beg for mercy, I will have everything I want, no matter who stands in my way, I won't let that happen again, not in this life!