Even so, he didn't make much noise until he got near the river. John jumped and disappeared into the water from this island, and moved towards another small island, which is a long distance away from this island. He still does not want to face these people. But if they gave him the absolute reason, he wouldn't hesitate to kill those who stood in his way.

A few days later, John reached the island. Then John moved towards a valley that was very well hidden. After reaching the Hidden Valley, John spat out the stone room.

John looked at the stone room thought for a minute and decided to leave from there. To return to the island where people live. Because he can't open the stone room and take out a potion flexibly, with his large body. He decided to take away a human from the settlement to help him. So, he swam back to the island with people.

In the meantime, people in the settlement are gathered in the gathering hall and discussing the incident that inflicted fear on most of the people in the settlement. The elders are also present there, Elder Samuel looked at the gossiping crowd with an impatient expression on his face.

Elder Henry smiled gently at all the people and said unhurriedly "All of you, please be quiet. The traces left beside the gathering hall are due to natural mud sunk. This happens due to a lot of water in the ground. It's nothing to worry about, we have faced this situation numerous times in our lives."

Hearing this most of the people calmed down. But the tailed people still looked unconvinced, some of them were even angry. One of the young-tailed men in his twenties is particularly angry, so he raises a question "Elder, then what about my companion? What happened to him, what was the reason for his sudden disappearance along with other animals in the settlement? What do you have to say about it?"

Hearing this, other-tailed people's emotions also got aroused at the thought of their missing companions. Only the small animals in the house are alive in the settlement. Almost most of the animals that used to roam in the settlement have disappeared without a trace making the people in the settlement question their safety, after this incident.

Seeing that the situation is escalating and getting out of hand. Elder Henry coughed to let them notice his presence and give him some respect. But with emotions running high, most people didn't care about the Elder. Seeing this Elder Henry sighed, as he knew this kind of situation was bound to happen. But he thought he could manage them with his experience.

He finally understood that only if we give what we had promised and what we had already provided will people listen. If there's any type of sign that there is trouble and can even cause life-threatening crises. They will point fingers at you and ask why aren't you doing anything.

One of the hunters with a tail came forward and shouted at the crowd "Silence! You all are behaving like only you are hurt. I also lost my companion and need answers. But I didn't point my fingers at others and question where my companion was. This kind of situation is happening first time in our settlement and needs to be investigated thoroughly, before giving any explanations."

Then he looked at the Elders and declared "The council will say when they have exclusive proof for the reason of animals going missing. So, wait patiently, and let's do our work in the meantime without wasting our time and the council's time in this meaningless quarrel."

Seeing the performance of the hunter the Elders all nodded their head with satisfied smiles. As at least one member is thinking for the people. This is one of the qualities to become an Elder. The council noted his action and put him on the list of the members of the Elders.

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Using the hard-won peace in the hall, Elder Henry came forward and said with a sigh "I can understand your feelings. You have to understand that, we also lost our animal companions. We are gathering every clue to get to the bottom of it and not to miss anything. So, wait patiently for a few days."

With Elder Henry's compromise, everyone left from there to continue their daily activities. After everyone left, Elder Henry and others looked at each other with solemn expressions on their faces. Finally, Elder Henry asked solemnly "Do you find any ship in the surroundings or other people's presence on the island?"

Hearing this question, Elder Samuel replied with a puzzled expression on his face "I led a group of guards and looked at every nook and corner of the island and in the surrounding sea. But I didn't find anything that signified the presence of other humans on the island."

Hearing his answer, most of the people present looked puzzled, as the answer was very different from what they all expected. Because what is stolen is a very expensive thing, according to the lord who led all of them here. So, there's a very high possibility some humans stole their items.

One of the Elders with no mutation on his body asked with a puzzled expression on his face "How can anyone leave with the stone room? No human can't possibly do that right."

For this question, Elder Henry answered with a mysterious expression on his face "I have seen a humans who can do more than that. But they won't possibly come here and steal our things. So, it may be an act of a group of thieves. They should be so good at this, that they can leave without leaving a trace."

The Elders present also seen or heard about high humans, who don't behave according to the common sense of humans. So, they also put aside the doubt that someone like them stealing their things. The atmosphere became silent without any answers.

Seeing the situation, Elder Henry thought(These fellows, it didn't matter who stole it. Because we can't possibly retrieve from those who can steal silently, and kill all of our animals without any of us noticing. The important thing is now to give an ending to the matter.)

Even though he thought so, Elder Henry didn't want to tell what he thought. As there will be people who will contradict him thus resulting in an unnecessary situation. So, he said, "I think it may be done by a group of people with mutation who are specialized in stealing."

"If so, I don't think they will be anywhere near our island. So, what we can do is increase the defense of the island and we also need to introduce a group of guards who are responsible for patrolling the settlement at night times. At the same time, we also need to keep people on top of the mountain to see if any ships are coming near our island. Only if we do so, can we stop these kinds of situations from happening in the future."

Hearing the suggestions of Elder Henry, all of them conversed for a few minutes and changed their plans a bit. Before finally agreeing to implement these steps in the future. After finalizing, they all decided to delay the public answering as long as possible to let their anger calm down.

At the same time, they also decided to give a new animal companion to those who lost the animals. During a discussion of this topic, Elder Samuel asked "Why do you all think? The robbers stole the animals from our settlement."

Hearing this question, most of them remained silent with no answers. Only Elder Henry answered him "Who knows maybe the robbers want us to think that some animals did these things not humans. At last, we only know somebody stole precious items from us easily and slaughtered our animals without leaving any clue other than weird marks on the road, and what we can do is improve our security to prevent these types of situations from happening in the future."

Everyone also heard hidden meanings in these words. So, they stopped talking about finding the culprit, without knowing the culprit was returning to their island to commit one more crime. John swam toward the island at a rapid pace under the deep water making the sea environment chaotic.

A few days later.

John finally came near the island, he raised his head a little bit out of the water and looked at the island that was miles away. He checked the island with his extraordinary senses as usual. But to his surprise, he found a presence of humans on the outer island. They all patrolled the island uniformly with new animal companions.