Chapter 414

Taeya (1)

Mr Ye Lang, looks like your military skills arent bad at all, Athena was impressed. She was always proud of her intellect but right now shed realised how dumb she was to fall into their enemys trap.

However, she did not dwell upon the matter. It was very normal. There was a well-respected wise strategist within the camps of the enemy and she knew this persons skills far exceeded hers.

Military? I dont do military. Arent you all just playing some sand game? Ye Lang shook his head.

Game? You think were playing a game? This isnt a game, this is war!

Yeah, its just a game, Athenas expression returned to normal. She smiled at Ye Lang.

Why do I feel like youre faking your smile? Maybe its because youre a fox

Athena was speechless.

Fox, how many tails do you have? Ye Lang changed the topic suddenly, already losing interest in the sand game.

?? Tail? Just one, of course! Everyone in the fox tribe is the same, why would we have more than one? Not just Athena, the rest thought it was an odd question too. Why would he think she had more than one tail?

All the same? Oh, that would mean theres no such thing as the Kumiho, the nine-tailed fox I wanted to meet Daji Ye Lang remarked wistfully. He was very interested in meeting the legendary Daji.

[Note: Daji was a beauty from ancient China- King Zhou of Shangs favourite consort, often portrayed as a malevolent fox spirit]

Nine tails? Daji? Most of them didnt understand Ye Lang, especially not Athena. She had not heard of this human.

One tails pretty cute too. Tigress, lets go for a walk! said Ye Lang as he walked out. He did not drag her because he assumed she would tag along.

Go, follow him, Athena said to Tai Ya, dont talk too much, you just have to watch him. Pretend youre his servant, you know how to do that.

Uh Tai Ya was reluctant, her subordinates did not agree either.

This is for the greater good. You only have to do the little things. If he has any extreme requests, knock him out and lock him up. Never let him escape, said Athena. She was not cruel enough to force Tai Ya into this.

This was why foxes, who were naturally smarter than the rest of the tribes, relied on the tigers they were not cruel enough sometimes.

A human strategist wouldve told Tai Ya to fulfil her duties no matter what, even if she had to sacrifice everything to complete the mission.

Athena, now can you explain who that human is? Thomas asked after Tai Ya left.

I dont know either, answered Athena. Everyone was speechless, they didnt expect her to not know!

You dont? If you dont, why do you think hes important?

I dont know who the human is but I know the Tai Ya he is talking about, Athena smiled. There was the cunning of a fox peeking through her smile.

Tai Ya? Wasnt THAT Tai Ya?

Not her. Hes talking about Tai Ya, our friend is Taeya, Athena said, tracing the different Chinese characters on the sand table.

[Note: Tiger at the sand table = Taeya vs Tigress = Tai Ya; Im using different spelling so we dont get mixed up]

So Ye Lang had made a mistake. He was talking about Tigress, Tai Ya, while this lady was Taeya. Both names were pronounced exactly the same in Chinese, and not only did they have similar names, but they also had similar histories too. Both were once kidnapped by humans and involved in the slave trade.

According to the rumours, Taeya was kidnapped when she was very young. She was not as lucky as Tigress. Her owner treated her like an object. If it werent for the fact that she was young and her owner wasnt a paedophile, she would have suffered many more traumatic incidences.

As she got older, she finally found an opportunity to escape. However, her body was branded and there was a seal on her that would never be unlocked or removed.

With the seal, Taeya was a weak girl all her life. She had no douqi, no magical abilities or any self-defence abilities, only able to rely on others for protection.

This was why she could barely struggle when Ye Lang hugged her.

Tai Ya? I might have seen this name somewhere but I cant remember someone frowned.

Its only normal you dont remember. Tai Ya rarely reveals herself no, more specifically, people rarely mention her name, not many people know of her existence, Athena furrowed her brows and continued slowly, she was kidnapped when she was very young, like our Taeya, as a slave for the humans. However, I think her owner was very nice to her and never sealed her abilities. Instead, the human even trained her in martial arts and hired an entire mercenary group to escort her home.

Was there really such a thing? None of the members had heard of this.

Very few people know of this. And we all know this is considered a topic of embarrassment to the tiger tribe, they would never speak of it. I heard of this story only by coincidence. Thank goodness I did too or we wouldve lost this amazing opportunity, explained Athena. The opportunity she referred to was naturally Ye Lang.

Youve been talking for a long time but I still dont know what you mean. What are you doing? Who is this Tai Ya of the tiger tribe? asked Thomas directly.

Both of your questions can be answered at the same time. I cant tell you who she is but I think all of you have met her. And you would remember it too. I can tell you that she is the key to winning this war. That human would be used to threaten her, said Athena.

First, whats the use of taking a human, who took Tai Ya of the tiger tribe in as a slave, as a hostage to threaten her? And before that I cant think of any particularly memorable girl from the tiger tribe, Thomas was suspecting their key strategist, Athena, to be making a mistake.

Who would care if the person who treated them as a slave was dead or alive? If their Taeya saw her owner, she would tear him to shreds. His corpse would be torn to pieces before she would have peace in her heart.

To be honest, Athena doubted herself too. But her heart told her she was right.