Chapter 234: Rescue 2

Meanwhile, the elves...

Aino was somewhat surprised to see a group of men in black sneak into the giant rat tribe’s clan hall. She had not expected that anyone else would come here to take advantage of the chaos. She told her people to stop and hide in the shadows to see what they were up to before making any decision.

Then smoke billowed out of the clan hall.

Aino’s lips twitched. Wow, burning down someone’s ancestral hall. That was really immoral. She had originally come to the clan hall just to make a fuss and draw them out. Unexpectedly, these guys who had come to fish in troubled waters were even more ruthless than she was. They were quite something. Tsk tsk, she was not ruthless enough. She had not even dared to burn down the clan hall.

The elves behind Aino were also dumbfounded. Burning down an ancestral shrine was considered extremely immoral in their Fairy Tale World. Those men in black had no idea what grudge they held against the giant rat tribe.

Just as Aino was about to leave, she suddenly realized what was happening and cursed under her breath. "Isn’t this just asking for trouble for us?" They were trying to shift the blame for the burning of the clan hall onto the elves! Aino ground her teeth. Those little bastards. Don’t let her find out who they were! Did they think the elves were so easy to blame? If she had not still had to save the humans, Aino would have loved to go and arrest those opportunists and give them a good beating.

After taking one last look at the giant rat tribe’s clan hall, Aino led her people toward the prison. Unexpectedly, they ran into Miss Shu Xi on the road, confronting several men in black. Aino squinted and watched for a moment. This was not a good situation. This was the only way to the prison. How had it happened to be blocked here?

"You are not elves, so who are you?"

Shu Xi stared carefully at the person opposite her. She could tell that the other party was not an elf. Elves were not that short. The hoods of the men in black were so large that they completely obscured their faces.

The leader of the men in black said, "Miss Shu Xi, get out of the way if you don’t want to die."

"Hmph! My sister was right after all. You’re just trying to shift the blame onto the elves so we can’t catch you, right? Luckily, my sister is smart and guessed what you were thinking!"

The burning of the clan hall was a major event. If they blamed the wrong people and missed the chance to find the culprit, how could they explain it to their father? If the elders knew the culprit was still at large, they would be furious, right?

The man in black sneered, ignored what Miss Shu Xi was saying, and waved to the people around him. In an instant, everyone present started fighting.

This gave Aino an opportunity. They quickly slipped away while the other side was fighting. The most important thing now was to rescue the humans. Let them fight if they wanted, but they must not delay her business. At first, Aino had been furious with the men in black, but now she did not care anymore. They had at least helped hold off the giant rats, which was pretty good, so she decided not to curse them for now.

Arriving near the prison entrance, Aino searched the area and soon found the switch. But why was there such an obvious mark on it? Aino’s lips twitched. This definitely was not left by the giant rat tribe, so who had left it? Could it be a trap? However, Aino did not have time to think about these things right now. Saving lives was the priority, trap or not.

After the prison entrance was opened, Aino rushed down with her men and immediately saw Shu Ba, who looked like a silkworm cocoon, in the corner.

Aino: "?"

The elves looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Where’s the sleeping gas? There are other races inside. Take them all down first. Since those men in black have been discovered by the giant rats, they should take the blame." Aino smiled. Oh dear, it was indeed the elves who did the rescue, but who would have thought that a group of opportunists would suddenly appear? Well, sorry, but they would have to take the blame.

The elves quickly threw in the sleeping gas, covered their mouths and noses, and waited for it to take effect. Two minutes later, a thud was heard from inside, and only then did Aino lead her people in.

They soon discovered that the humans’ cell doors were open, but the humans had not reacted at all and did not dare to come out. Aino: "...?" Looking at the cell doors of the other races, not a single one was open. Aino fell silent, and the elves behind her exchanged bewildered glances. What did this mean? She was a bit confused about the current situation.

"Never mind. Just take the humans with you, and don’t worry about the rest."

The elves quickly took out a small item, a shrinking fruit that made people shrink after they ate it.

"Lord Aino, I’ll go down and see whether there are any humans on the second floor," an elf volunteered after spotting the stairs leading down.

Aino nodded, gesturing for him to go. But before the elf could head toward the stairs, the only human trapped on the second floor came up on his own. Seeing that the giant rat who had opened the door had not returned, he had thought he should come out and check on the situation. After all, the other races whose doors had also been opened were not talkative people. He had gone to check the stairs so that if anything happened, he could quickly return without being discovered. Unexpectedly, just as he reached the top of the stairs, he heard a voice, and in it he heard the name "Aino."

They were elves!

He quickly ran up to her. "Aino! An elf?"

"How did you get up here? Are there still humans down there?"

Zhang Ke shook his head. "That’s all. It’s just me. Why have they all fainted? What happened?" he asked hurriedly when he saw that his fellow humans had all fainted.

Aino pointed to the other races. "Someone can take the blame for what happened tonight, so these people can’t be left awake."

Zhang Ke nodded. "Then I...?"

"If you’re awake, stay awake. Eat the shrinking fruit first. By the way, why were your cell doors open?"

Aino was still puzzled by this, but since all the humans on the first floor had fainted, she could not ask them. Upon hearing this, Zhang Ke’s expression turned strange. "It was done by Shu Nan of the giant rat tribe. She opened all the doors and took away an outsider who was locked up with me on the second floor. I was worried it was a trap, so I didn’t come out."

"Shu Nan?" Aino frowned, not understanding Shu Nan’s actions. "Never mind. Let’s go first and talk about it later."

Zhang Ke had already eaten the shrinking fruit and was placed in a small box by Aino. After confirming that no one had been missed, Aino quickly led the group up. They needed to hurry. After returning to the ground, Aino looked around, and to make sure no one was there, they quickly spread their wings and flew into the sky.

Meanwhile, Lin Yun and her group, thanks to Sang Biao’s warnings, successfully escaped the giant rat tribe’s territory. However, they also ran into new trouble. Monsters roamed outside the giant rat tribe’s territory, and it was still dark, which was when the monsters were most active.