An Important Villain

New Problems

At the moment when Ian was being taken to the village by Erza, a severe crisis was brewing within the member of Ian's party.

Louis, who was supposed to secretly tail Ian and keep an eye on him, in case he did something stupid, saw the whole thing go down between Ian and Erza.

This is the version of the story that Louis made up from what he saw and delivered to Ash after he came back to the tent in a hurry.

1. Ian went to take another look at the village.

2. He was caught by surprise as some unknown beautiful tribal woman warrior held a blade against his neck with all hostility.

3. Although he managed to somehow persuade her to put the weapon down, he was still taken hostage by the woman.

4. Lastly, he got dragged into their village against his will.

He said that he came back to the tent so he could take either Ash or Damon with him.

Since they were capable of knowing each other's location, he wanted to let Ian know that they were coming to his aid by taking one of them with him.

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