This is Triste's trap.

Trist knew that within the Great River Wanderers, the elders had always had a means of identifying members of their tribe if they had betrayed them, and that this method had always been claimed to be "to help members of the tribe identify poisons, pestilences, and curses" (though he did not know that this means incense).

As the guides departed, Graves took all their pay, and if they returned empty-handed, the elders would be suspicious.

Put yourself in your shoes, if these thousand-cup nomads say that they are drunk, will the elders suspect that they are poisoned or enchanted?

If the elders become suspicious, it means that they have a good chance of subjecting these guides to that particular test.

Don't forget, there was a guide who, after getting drunk, used to yell at the elders......

As a result, this unlucky bastard was detected by incense and had "betrayed the elders".

Faced with this situation, this guide is simply speechless!

What's the situation?!

Don't...... After drinking too much, you lost your words after drinking?

This guy is obedient, but unfortunately even if he guesses the reason for the incident, it turns out that it is too late.

The tattooed man grabbed his chest without saying anything, and then lifted him up in the air and threw him off the boat.

The criminal code of betrayal can be infinitely more serious than the "use of violence" before Trist.

The next moment, several giant pythons appeared in the river, directly strangled the guide who was still struggling to death, and then dragged him to the shore.

The remaining two guides were almost stunned at this scene, and they had the heart to resist, but their hands and feet were weak, and they could only look at the elder.

I saw that the elder slowly picked up the knife on the ground and stretched out his hand again.

"Come, let me see if you've been poisoned."

The other two guides were lucky - they fell into a deep sleep before they even had time to say anything after being drunk with the Ice Spirits, so the smoke python didn't break.

In this case, the elder reverted to his previous soft-spoken appearance, comforted them, told them to be careful of the foreign schemes, and sent the tattooed man back to his sailboat.

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After all, the guide who was fed the python was the most experienced and highest-ranking of the guides, and the death of such a guide would inevitably cause a kind of tragedy for the rabbit and fox of the great river nomad guide.

But because the cause of his death was "betraying the Great River Wanderers", even if everyone knew in their hearts that he was just a betrayed elder, ...... Still no one will be able to mourn him at the beginning of tomorrow.

Soon, that same night, the family of the deceased guide was thrown off the ship—they were banished as "unclean", and the elders knew very well that the grief of the dead man would not last long, and that as long as his family did not make trouble, everyone would be sad for a day or two.

These river nomads have always been self-conscious, high-minded, and cowardly.

The imprint of non-violence and non-resistance has been etched into the bones of these river wanderers by the elders, and those who have the slightest desire to resist have been banished or killed by them.

Just as Trist despised, these river nomads living on sailboats were no different from the cattle kept in captivity by the elders!

Under normal circumstances, the family of a deceased guide would have fallen prey to slave hunters - in the Anaconda Valley, many of whom specialize in capturing river wanderers, and if it weren't for Trist's special talent for climbing aboard a ship bound for Bilgewater, he would probably have been branded as a slave and taken to Noxus.

But now, Trist and Graves, who were the initiators, have saved the exiles.

Interestingly, the death of the guide was directed by Trist - but when confronted with Trist, who identified himself, the exiles seemed to be connected to him, and did not think that "the deceased died because they accepted their employment", and hugged Trist's thigh.

After some comfort, Trist, who had left the survivors, had a wonderful expression on his face - Rhodes knew that he was disgusted by these "compatriots" again.

Numbness and cowardice, these two attributes have been perfectly fulfilled in the body of the river wanderers, who only know how to be submissive and never take the initiative to resist and fight.

The only thing that gave Trist a little comfort was the little son of the dead guide - the little guy who raised his little fist and shouted "The elders are big bastards" and was slapped in the face by his own mother reminded Trist of himself a long time ago, so in the end, he chose to separate the little guy from his mother and take him with him.

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Late at night, after Trist patiently lulled the boy named Vaddos to sleep, Rhodes appeared in his room.

Looking at the firmness and determination on Trist's face, Rhodes also smiled: "Found the meaning of saving the river nomads?" ”

"Found it." Trist nodded, then put on his wide-brimmed top hat again, "The numbness and cowardice of those people have gone deep into the bone marrow, but...... I want to be like a child like Vados, but I still need to save it. ”

"So?"

"Lord of the River...... Although the title sounds a bit similar to Bilgewater's ugly catfish, I'm willing to give it a try. ”

"But have you ever thought about a question?" Rod raised his brow with interest, "Vaddos's father actually died because of you. ”

"So what?" Trist smiled, "If he's willing to come to me for revenge, then at least I've succeeded—isn't it?" ”

Rhodes nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the Card Master who was fully rejuvenated—but then he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"It's the middle of the night, what are you going to do?"

"Drink!" Trist's tone was full of reason, "I didn't want to accept the status of a river nomad before, so I was very restrained in drinking, and even that bastard from Graves thought I wasn't good at drinking......"

"Now, since I am going to be Lord of the River...... Then you don't need to suppress your preferences, right? ”

"No......" Rhodes looked at Trist with some surprise, "There are still a few things to work out about the plan, and you're going to go drinking without doing your job?" How are you like Graves anymore? ”

"Isn't there still a boss for you?" Trist laughed, then threw out a round of cards, "I always feel like you're having fun every time you do something, so I can't stop my boss from having fun!" ”

The next moment, with a flash of light, Trist finally disappeared in place.