The Silver Teeth Clan stared at the massive Lotcar, frozen in place, at a loss.
The decisiveness Lotcar had just shown exceeded their imagination.
They never imagined that the approachable and warm Lotcar who treated everyone kindly, would do such a thing right in front of them.
Lotcar slowly turned his head, making many villagers’ hair stand on end.
A few guards instantly moved to the front of the crowd, baring their teeth, ready to defend against Lotcar.
If Lotcar were to leap down from the platform, they would swarm him to prevent the tragedy of seven years ago from happening again.
However, Lotcar did not attack. His gaze swept over the crowd, searching for a specific figure, but ultimately, he could not find it.
Leaping down from the platform, the huge wolf’s form suddenly shrank, and silver-white magic power scattered into the air, Lotcar transformed back into his original burly Beastman form.
Under the watchful eyes of all, he walked towards Kai Bu, who lay in a pool of blood.
In the end, Lotcar still left Kai Bu alive, his sharp fangs did not pierce Kai Bu’s throat.
This was not an act of mercy from Lotcar.
Even though he somewhat understood the reasons that had driven Kai Bu to transform, Lotcar could never truly forgive everything Kai Bu had done.
If only Kai Bu had knelt down and confessed all his crimes at that moment, sincerely apologizing.
Perhaps there might have been a slight chance of forgiveness.
But Lotcar knew that Kai Bu would definitely not make any concessions; he had chosen a path of no return, and the two were bound to fight to the death.
The platform used for the ceremony was not meant to be a battleground to end each other’s lives.
Lotcar was afraid, that if he couldn’t control the killing intent inside him and tore Kai Bu into pieces right there, today’s scene would no doubt become a nightmare in many clansmen’s hearts, depriving them of peace and filling their days with fear.
That feeling, Lotcar had experienced before, he did not wish to impose the same pain on his clansmen.
Kai Bu lay in the blood pool, barely holding onto life, his body temperature rapidly fading, leaving him unattended would not take long before he died from excessive blood loss.
With his back to all the villagers, Lotcar shouted loudly,
"Everyone listen to me!
Next, I will reveal all the truth, and then, without mercy, I will take this guy’s life.
If any of you still believe in him, come over and save this guy.
Lotcar did not continue, but started to share everything he knew with the villagers.
Lotcar knew that mere words were not proof, and he did not know how many would believe what he said.
But that did not matter.
All Lotcar wanted was to convey everything he had experienced to the villagers here, nothing more.
The villagers looked at each other, unsure whether to believe Lotcar’s words.
Just then, a female voice called out from across the creek, it was Dream Moon, guarded by Kai Bu’s confidants.
Following Kai Bu’s instructions, his confidants had taken Dream Moon to a cave near a small waterfall to wait for the sacrificial fight to end and for Kai Bu to complete the Clan Leader succession ceremony. Afterwards, they were to bring Dream Moon to the center of the platform for a trial and purification.
But these confidants had never expected that Lotcar would return, toss Kai Bu into the creek in that manner, and be about to strip Kai Bu of his life.
If everything Lotcar said was true, and Kai Bu died because of it, they didn’t know what to do next.
Realizing the dismay of Kai Bu’s confidants, Dream Moon took control of the opportunity, tore off the cloth gagging her mouth with her tiger teeth, and shouted out loud.
Kai Bu’s confidants didn’t stop him, instead, they pulled Dream Moon out of the cave and brought her to the other side of the creek, facing Lotcar,
"Release Kai Bu, we are all partners of the same race, especially on the day of the Full Moon Festival.
If you do that, I will release your daughter."
Looking at Kai Bu’s confidants across the river, Lotcar shook his head,
"It’s already too late."
If the villagers had rushed up immediately after hearing Lotcar’s narration, Kai Bu, whose Magic Power was fading with his blood, might have been saved.
Lotcar squatted down and pressed on Kai Bu’s neck, cutting off his last breath.
Rather than handing Kai Bu over to those people and letting them witness him die, it was better to end Kai Bu’s life with his own hands.
Since he was going to bear the sins anyway, at least he could make it easier for others.
Kai Bu’s confidants across the river suddenly widened their eyes, unable to control their anger,
"What on earth are you doing! Were you just luring us out here on purpose? Do you not care what happens to your daughter at all?"
"I didn’t intend that, nor did I expect Dream Moon to be in your hands.
Since Dream Moon is in your hands and you brought her out , I’m somewhat relieved.
Everything is over now, my revenge is also over."
Across the river were familiar faces, Lotcar knew that even if he didn’t go to save Dream Moon, she would definitely be fine.
Lotcar stood up again and looked towards Dream Moon,
"Dream Moon, you really have grown up.
Forgive me, I will bear everything myself.
In the days to come, you might be looked down upon and criticized by others.
But please believe that one day, this village will return to its former peace.
Everyone will contribute their strength to protect the stability of the village.
Just patiently wait."
"Father..." Dream Moon’s lips trembled slightly, "Father did nothing wrong, it’s all that guy’s fault, he made father become ! We have quite a bit of evidence about him, hidden in mother’s grave.
Mother believed until her death that father would definitely come back, and I always believed that father would come back."
Despite somewhat anticipating that his wife might no longer be alive, Lotcar couldn’t help but feel immensely melancholy when he learned this from his daughter,
"Indeed, you are a remarkably strong girl, just like the girl I met, perhaps, you two could become close friends.
From the moment he stole the Racial Essence, Lotcar had given up his position as Clan Leader and decided to focus on his revenge.
Perhaps, if Yang Yu hadn’t been captured by the Plant Clan, he could have thought of a better solution, giving him more options.
But now, leaving was the best option available.
Making this choice, Lotcar felt the person he most owed an apology to was the Old Clan Chief, who had held high hopes for him, yet he still hadn’t guided his people as the Old Clan Chief had envisioned.
"Dream Moon, my dearest daughter, till we meet again."
A silvery light once again enveloped Lotcar’s entire body, and a huge Silver Wolf appeared out of thin air, then rapidly retreated back the way it had come with the speed of thunder.
No one went after him, nor could anyone catch up.