Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 302 - 246: The Tower’s Defenders are in Conflict!_2

Chapter 302: Chapter 246: The Tower’s Defenders are in Conflict!_2

"Father, I’ve had enough of staying here! I don’t want to guard this place anymore, let these experts dig it up, and let’s go to town to have a better life!"

His older brother yelled at their father.

"Eckram, you bastard!" the old man pointed at his elder son and scolded: "This has been guarded by our ancestors for generations! If you don’t want to guard it, you can get out! I’ll let Saat stay here!

But why did you bring these guys here? They will dig up and destroy everything our ancestors protected! You’re desecrating our ancestors’ glory! You bastard!"

"What glory? It’s all in the past! It can’t make our lives better or make us stronger; it will only lead us to die slowly and silently! I’m not willing! I’m not willing!"

Eckram’s last sentence was almost a roar.

He was truly unwilling!

Indeed, this place had been defended by their ancestors for generations.

But their ancestors used to be a relatively large tribe here, guarding the place until now; the entire tribe has changed from over a thousand people to less than a hundred.

If they continue to guard this place, the tribe will indeed be gone.

He wasn’t afraid to guard; as a herdsman, he could survive with grasslands and cattle and sheep.

But what’s the point of guarding like this?

The once powerful Western Region Wusun Country has long disappeared into the annals of history; what’s left now?

The glory of their ancestors can no longer be reproduced, so what’s the use of guarding?

The old man was silenced by these words.

When he was young, he had similar thoughts, except that life was not as good as it is now, and it was chaotic outside.

So at that time, guarding here was indeed good.

But now life outside is getting better and better, they communicate with people in the small town, and they know what life outside is like.

It’s tough to continue guarding here.

Not everyone in the tribe is naturally extinct. There are also those who, like Eckram, have similar ideas and then quietly move their families away.

He is the leader of the tribe; he cannot leave. If he leaves, the entire tribe will disperse.

But his son is telling the truth.

There aren’t many people left in the tribe now.

The original rules of the tribe were to find a wife or husband within the tribe.

But now there are fewer young people in the tribe, and his two sons have grown so much that they have not even married yet.

Do they still follow these rules?

But these rules have been passed down for thousands of years. Would the legacy guarded by their ancestors for so many years come to an end in their hands?

At this moment, one of the "experts" in the felt tent came over, lifted the curtain, and said with a smile to the old man:

"Elderly Ellie, what have you been thinking about? Actually, I think Eckram has a point. What you are guarding here should be a very ancient relic.

This relic’s excavation is of great significance to the historical research of our country!

If it continues to be so silent, maybe eventually the relic will become more and more dilapidated, the things inside will rot away, and in the end, there will be nothing left."

Upon hearing this, Ellie trembled.

He had never thought about this issue before. The tribe’s ancestors asked them to guard this place, but as for what they were actually guarding and doing, he could hardly remember now.

Ellie only remembered that it had been guarded, waiting for someone to come and restart it, and then...

What would happen next was something Ellie thought about when he was young, but now feels that it was an almost impossible thing.

However, habits die hard, and the ancestral rules cannot be abandoned easily, right?

Just then, Alistair Murray’s shout helped the expert.

Despite Eckram’s protestations that he would no longer guard the place and wanted to leave, when he heard the noise nearby, he was the first to run out.

From a distance, he immediately recognized Sean Knight and his group!

Actually, that day, when Sean and the others were digging at the ruins, Eckram had the idea of breaking the jar and simply letting them dig up everything he was guarding so that the tribe would no longer have any bondage and they’d be free.

But he didn’t expect Sean and his team to withdraw that day and not return for two days, so he called cultural relic protection experts over the phone.

He didn’t expect these guys to come back again!

Eckram felt a bit regretful, if he had known that he should have called the experts two days later and let these people dig the place, it would be better than calling the experts himself and getting his father’s complaints.

However, it was too late to say anything now that these people had arrived, making this place even more "lively"!

As these people emerged, the expert also noticed Sean and his group. He immediately turned his gaze to Ellie and said:

"You see, there are actually other people here too. They don’t seem like tourists more like they’re here to find something!"

As soon as the expert said this, Ellie’s face immediately turned solemn!

If they were really here for the place she was guarding, that would be troublesome!

Although it was not too far from the inhabited small town, it was only about a few dozen kilometers away.

It was normal for herdsmen to occasionally visit due to the presence of grassland.

Even if tourists came by occasionally, it wouldn’t be considered anything unusual.

However, very few people would drive their cars deep into the grasslands and come here to investigate the terrain.

As an older and experienced person, Ellie naturally knew that Sean and his group might be up to no good!

So whether to trust the expert or to check the background of these people, Ellie was torn.

At this time, Eckram and Toby Roberts had already galloped on their horses towards Sean and his group!

Meanwhile, the other tribal residents were also coming out of their felt tents, looking vigilantly at Sean and his group!

Although the experts had driven here, they were invited by Eckram.

As long as the experts were talking to Ellie and had not yet reached a deadlock, these people were guests.

But it was hard to say if Sean and his group were.

So even though there were people in the tribe who shared Eckram’s feelings, they still instinctively remained alert when outsiders arrived.

After all, there were quite a few guns in these felt tents!

Eckram and Saat rode their horses up to Sean and his group, followed by several old men in their forties and fifties.

"Who are you?" Saat shouted from his horse, "This is a private grassland, and outsiders are not allowed in!"

Eckram didn’t speak, he wanted to hear what Sean and his group had to say.

Alistair Murray, knowing that these people were brought here by him, immediately stepped forward to explain:

"We are here as tourists. We just wanted to enjoy the scenery and then leave."

He thought that the place Sean and his group were looking for must be a deserted area. Since there were people here, they could just look for an uninhabited area. Either way, as soon as they left, these people probably wouldn’t care anymore.

After he finished speaking, he translated his words and the other party’s words to Sean and his group, to avoid any misunderstanding.

Sean’s gang of three protected Sean but didn’t speak up, instead, Sean looked at these people thoughtfully.

"Since we’re not allowed here, we’ll leave," Sean thought for a moment and said, remembering the tire tracks from earlier, he asked, "Ask them about the person who came by car earlier. I see that these people all ride horses and probably rarely use cars..."

Alistair Murray didn’t expect Sean to ask this question, wasn’t that meddling in other people’s business?

However, since Sean asked someone to ask, he went ahead and asked the question directly.

Saat listened to Alistair Murray’s question, looked back at Eckram, and was just about to reply when Eckram suddenly spoke up:

"You didn’t come here as tourists. You came here to find something, right?"

As soon as Eckram said this, Alistair tensed up!

How to respond to this?

After hesitating for a moment, he immediately translated it for Sean.

He couldn’t decide on an answer to this!

Sean carefully looked at Eckram and, at this point, Eckram was basically sure that Sean was the leader of this group.

Sean suddenly felt that Eckram’s gaze was familiar!

He instantly thought of the gaze he felt when they were excavating the ruins!

"Were you watching us before?" Sean asked directly.