Tribe Situation

The search party is underway. Many have gone out for the sole purpose of finding the missing group that suddenly disappeared the day before.

Only a few had stayed back in the tribe, so it could be protected.

Right now they are at their most vulnerable, with little protection, and barely any manpower plus the riot that's been occurring inside. It may seem this place will fall any day now.

"When will you find my son!?"

"How long is it going to take you to find them!?"

"Astr and Avil were with them, how could they go missing!?"

"What should we do, ma'am, they have gone total berserk and could attack you any minute?" Asked the golden eyes man by the Elders Side.

"Everyone Quiet!"

A single shout had shut them all up, simple yet effective.

"Good, you all were acting like a wild beast we hunt, and here I thought we needed to hunt you down. Good thing you all turn into stable animals" She said in a somewhat joking matter, laughing at her little joke, but that flew over their head as they thought such a thing would come true.

'*Sigh* Elder'

Seeing the one beside her shake their head, she cleared her throat." *Ahem* Anyway, you all need to stop worrying, we promise you all we will find them no matter what."

Everyone stood silent, afraid to speak up

"U-Um, w-what if they don't come back a-and we are screwed.?"

Well, almost everyone.

Glaring deeply at the eyes of the one who asked, the lady shuddered in fear, afraid her every being will be ripped to shreds

Smiling, she answered her question, "They will" She smiled even more.

"Even if they don't come back, we still have the strongest top 4 still alive and kicking, so no matter what we will stay strong no matter the situation."

Lying, a good way to manipulate the weak-willed

"I mean she does have a point, those 4 are stronger than Avil and Astr"

"Y-yeah, and I might even think just the 4 of them will be enough to stop the group that went missing"

"Yeah!"

Indeed, it has worked, they have been manipulated by the simple tactic of lying. Weak-minded fools I tell you are easily tricked by simple words, but it's a good tactic even used by the strongest of individuals to trick the strong and weak alike.

Talking among themselves, the Elder went inside and sat down in relief.

"It looks like your reputation has improved considerably compared to before, where you used to rule with fear"

"Haha yeah… I guess their view of me has improved a lot after that certain incident that took place." She exclaimed

"Even so I could see they still fear me as even a simple joke shut them up."

"Patience requires progress, Elder. As you can see, they are getting comfortable with you, even going out of their way to voice their complaints to you. Now that's what I call progress in my book, Elder."

"Hahaha true. Let's hope this whole affair goes well"

"I hope so too, Elder."

****

"Fucking damn it!"

"Hey, stop yelling, you're going to attract the animals around here, making us waste our strength." One said to the one who yelled

"We have been searching for hours and no progress in the slightest. Why do you think I'm so angry, you damn fool!"

"Who are you calling a fool? You're the one who yelled, which could get us killed!"

"You bitch!"

As they were about to fight, someone intervened in their little kids' fight.

"You idiots, stop fighting, or I will feed you to the hennoos"

Both of them gulped and stayed quiet.

"Yeah just trust Zar, guys. He got good senses so let's trust him a little longer"

Both of them didn't say anything and only nodded, continue walking behind Zar

"Heh, I guess you shut them up with only your voice, Zar." Someone said, but the person named Zar ignore him as he picked up something

"Wait here, I smell something foul."

Listening to his orders, they all stayed behind as Zar begins to get closer to the foul stench.

"What is that foul smell? It almost smells like…"

"!!!"

He got closer at a quicker pace, not even looking at his surroundings to see if there are any animals around him. He's either stupid or knows what he's doing

Finally reaching the scene, he found the source of the repulsive smell

"Blood." He whispered

"It's a bloody area, literally"

Walking around slowly, he tasted the dirt and the blood surrounding it. Just doing this almost made him puke.

"Shit."

****

"Is that true Zar?"

"Yes Ma'am, it was definitely blood from the group that went missing" Zar Answered

"Did you at least see a single body or body part?"

"No Ma'am, not a single body was ever found, we searched wide and long around the area but the only thing that remained was blood."

"Shit, what am I supposed to do with the people outside who want answers?" The Elder became distressed at the sudden revelation that had fallen upon her.

Not caring for her distressed state, Zar called out to the Elder once more.

"Ma'am"

"Yes, Zar?"

"I haven't explained everything yet."

"Oh, sorry about that, please carry on then" Changing her attitude completely.

"In that area, a particular taste was bothering me. It was like many animals in one being."

"Are you suggesting that they got killed by wild animals?"

"No, ma'am, it was many types of wild animals in one person. Like they were in a group, but such species will only fight among themselves."

"So you are suggesting that"

"Yes, ma'am, I believe it was it that killed them."

"Fuck, so that person was really telling the truth. Fuck, this is a problem."

Everyone in the room hearing this information began to get nervous, of course, they never met it before, but they have heard of it in legends.

"Were there others besides 'That' that was with it?"

"I'm not too sure myself, all that blood keeps me from finding out if it was really the truth. That's why we search to see if there are any survivors among that group"

"I see"

….

The room became silent, no one knowing what to say next. I mean, what can they even say in this situation? Ignore it? No, of course not! This is something that has frightened them since they found out it's actually real.

A legend you might have thought of as a fairy tale was actually real, but instead of a fairy tale, it's a god-damn scary story that comes to life.

….

After a few minutes of silence in the atmosphere, The elder broke it by asking a question.

"Everyone, what do you think? When one of our own got attacked, he told us that he's with the Distruzione Tribe. Do you think that it got helped?" She asked

"Yes." Zar was the first to answer, "It was bleeding heavily that one might think it died from blood loss. So before it could die, the DIstruzione Tribe helped it.

"Hmmm, you do make a valid point."

"As for me, I believe he didn't get help. This is a monster in legends, for Unja's sake!"

"That's stupid, even a monster would die from blood loss like any other beast," Zar said calmly

"So what? This is a beast that we didn't even know about until we reach a high position, so of course, this thing will dangerous"

"How foolish yo-"

"*Sigh* arguing in this situation." she said, chuckling a bit

"Indeed ma'am"

"So, what do you think? Did it had help or not?" She asked the golden eye man beside her

Thinking for a bit, he tries to come up with the best answer suitable to tell the Elder.

"Just tell me outright. No need for you to give a suitable answer that will satisfy me, just your honest opinion"

"Then if I may, my answer is that I do not know."

"Can you explain why you think that?"

He nodded and began to speak "Both make a valid point, in any case, no animal can survive an extreme amount of blood loss while at the same time this is a monster we are talking about that made huge achievements in the Morte Era. Also despite having huge achievements in that era, we still don't know much of it" He answered his reasoning

"Huh, so you too came to the same conclusion. So a 50/50 chance."

"Indeed"

"Hahaha, shit."

She didn't know what to do. If it's true with the Distruizone Tribe, then they are doomed, but if not they still might have a chance.

'Please help me, goddess Unja.'