1 Oscilians Volume one

Oscilian Volume. 1. The Resistance. Leo.

It's twelve noon in Greenwich, the scorching sun beating down on everyone who dares to challenge it. In the middle of a great mountain is the small town called Polem. Its inhabitants are humble people but of incomparable will. In the city you can see houses of medium construction and small businesses. There are also animals everywhere. Such as Zebras, Raccoons, Bulls, Rhinos, etc. But the most amazing thing is that they interact with each other, they are not talking, but they are using non-verbal communication with gestures and looks. The inhabitants of the city coexist well with each other; in fact, you can see the animals lining up to shop. In this place, it is well known that all diversity of animals and humans live together.

Just outside the city is the Miderston Forest. It is beautiful but full of danger at the same time because in the city there is a rule, everyone who looks out into the forest either goes hunting or for a training physical faculties. In the middle of the forest is a young woman, about twenty-five years old, she is thin, long blond hair, gray eyes, and average height, she has dirty and torn clothes. She is there scared-looking around with expectation. Then a herd of six Hyenas appears and has her surrounded. But they are not traditional hyenas, they have larger and sharper teeth than usual. By their expression, they stopped being very hungry. The young girl still with a scared face looks at all the members of the pack cautiously, then she closes her eyes and smiles. Quickly the herd of Hyenas attacks her at the same time. But then the girl turns into a Leopard. Even though she is transformed, she still has her gray eyes.

In a matter of seconds, the Leopard jumps in some trees and attacks one of the Hyenas with a bite on a hind leg, then quickly jumps on another of the Hyenas that was about to attack and falls on top of it pressing on its neck, the Hyena looks at her in pain and the Leopard stops, then snarls another of the Hyenas, and bites the others. At this point, the Hyenas have no chance. There is only one Hyena left standing and the Leopard is more than willing to attack, but the Hyena transforms into a young handsome boy of about sixteen years old, tall, thin, with brown skin, big yellow eyes.

- Hey Leo, it's not fair that you fight to your full capacity. The young boy says.

The girl transforms again into a human. And she says with a serious expression.

- If you want to be part of the battle army, you must be able to defeat a defenseless Leopard without problems. I wasn't even attacking to my full capacity.

- But...

Tries to interrupt another young boy, who was a Hyena before.

- Your weakness is your lack of planning as a pack. Each was trying to hit me by his own way. Continues Leo.

Leo lets out his tail and while he talks he walks it over each of the boys, who have a defeated face.

- If you are a herd, you must think, breath, feel, and above all plan as a herd. That is the largest fortress of the Hyenas. Singles have little chance of success. Board, almost unstoppable.

- But maybe if we were given the opportunity to fight in the war, we would improve our fight. Says one of the boys.

- Don't be a silly boy. You would die in less than a second.

Leo hears a male voice in his head.

- We need you. Come.

Leo makes a worried gesture. Then she heads to the Hyenas.

- Analyze your defeat and improve your strategy. And maybe in a thousand years, you can be part of the Z army.

Leo transforms back into a Leopard and retreats at the speed of the wind.

In reinforced military camp, there are animals in formations and training, inside one of the tents there is a group of five military humans surrounding a young man in his twenties, white skin, in good physical condition, he's screaming in pain from a bite wound on his right leg. While the other soldiers try to help him, one of them just looks very angry with his hands behind him. This is a tall, strong, man in his thirties, one side of his face is hidden with a black mask and the other eye has a scar from a claw. Leo enters the store.

- I'm already here what is the pa… JOE!

Leo throws herself towards the injured man and hugs him, he tries to respond but the pain does not allow it. She quickly searches for the medical kit and prepares to open the wound to see the condition. What Leo sees causes her great pain in her chest, Joe's left thigh was almost completely ripped off. The man in the mask slips away. As he leaves, he looks up at the beautiful afternoon, many birds of all kinds of breeds are around the military field, the man with the branding only observes them in silence, right in front of the tent. Several soldiers come to ask them various questions and the man with the brand answers them with kindness but keeping his serious expression. After about an hour Leo leaves the tent with evidence on his hands of the hard work he did to stabilize Joe. Leo stands by his side with his face full of deep pain, he just looks at the ground without saying a word.

- Will he be saved?

Leo breathes heavily.

- Why? why did you send it to him why?

By saying those words, you can see how Leo sustains the urge to cry.

- It had to be. Answers the man in the mask.

Leo transforms only his face into that of a Leopard.

- It had to be? that is your answer Conan the Black Lion?

Leo approaches with all the anger he has in his body, right at Conan's face, almost digging in with his fangs. Conan doesn't move a muscle. He doesn't even bother to look Leo in the eye. Everyone around them stops their activities and watches them hearing Leo's roar. Leo turns his back on Conan to return to the tent but just before entering, he says.

- My family and I have unconditionally served the Z cause since our struggles began. We have put our Heart and commitment to our ideals. But something if I assure you. I am not willing to lose one more. Pray that it doesn't happen, because if it does, I won't answer for myself. Leo enters the tent. Conan turns sideways showing a little concern. One of the soldiers arrives and whispers something in Conan's ear. He changes his face to one of fright and quickly leaves.

Oscilians. Volume 2. The kingdom. Lyonne.

Nepenthes is the city where the kingdom is located. There are animals and people dress in a more refined way. There are also soldiers roaming the city on their horses. Most businesses have a badge with a white lion in the center while the edges are golden. An adult male deer is standing in front of a gigantic double door, he is breathing heavily and his body is shaking. After a few seconds a man with a black helmet with white feathers on his head, a wide suit with green and white stripes, a suit collar, and a spear in one arm, comes out and opens the doors allowing the adult male Deer to enter. The latter enters nervously; fear invades his eyes. When he crosses glances with the man, but he just looks at him without making any expression. Upon entering the Deer, he meets a gigantic chamber, with a rounded structure, decorated with all kinds of diamonds and crystals, gold-colored chandeliers, the ledge on the walls symbolizing the supremacy of the white lion over other creatures. The chamber itself consists of several floors in which various men and animals are sitting in silence while watching the scared Deer. Each floor is perfectly divided. In the highest part, we can see several people dressed in soft clothes sitting on giant chairs made of white wood and silk, decorated with gold edges. On this floor three chairs stand out, the two that are on the sides are larger decorated in the same way as the previous ones, in the chair on the right side is sitting a young woman of about 25 years of age, very long black hair, her hair is perfectly braided to one side with small curly bangs adorning her face, her skin is white with green eyes, on the chair on the left side is sitting an equally young man of about 26 years old, he is thin and blond in every expression of the word. His eyes are blue; they both look at the Deer with a tense face. However, the largest is made of fabric and dark wood, decorated with gold and diamond edges, but to the surprise of the Deer, this chair is empty.

Everyone looks at those present looking in an uncomfortable way at the Deer which at this point swallowing dry. Around him are dozens of men and women dressed exactly like the person who let him in, yet many of them instead of spears have bows and arrows. After a few minutes, a door opens on the upper floor, the glass on the ceiling is built in a way that the strongest sunlight reflects towards the most imposing chair and another right where the Deer is. From the door comes a gigantic White Lion dressed in light metal armor decorated with gold and white paint, his completely white mane seems to match the sunlight, his gray eyes are piercing but have a claw wound on his right eye... Those present notice, mainly the two people sitting in the main chairs, that the white lion has a mouth full of blood. All without exception make gestures of disapproval and indignation. Before sitting in the chair, the white lion transforms into a beautiful woman in her 30s. She is dressed in the same costume that the white lion had, but she is barefoot. She has completely white hair, red lips now of a more intense red color from the blood protrude on her face, perfect nose, as carved by the gods, her white skin when in contact with sunlight makes it seem that shines. She sits slowly in the chair. Servants dressed in white with shoes and utensils to comb and clean her quickly arrive and in a matter of minutes there is no trace of blood on her face, she is combed with two long pigtails and her hair loose back, small traces of diamonds decorate her hair. The woman rises from her chair, haughty, and with her face up, automatically everyone else follows her. The woman, still standing, makes a sign with her hands, and the others present sit down. One of the guards hits the Deer hard, forcing him to fall on his legs, in the form of reverence.

- Please excuse me for being late, my dear Rodric, I was attending to some important matters. Do you know why I have quoted you here?

The Deer stays in motion, unable to pronounce a word.

- Oh my apologies, you can get up now.

The Deer gets up with difficulty. The white lioness gives a nod of approval and they help the deer up.

- you can transform into a human Rodric; I think our conversation would be more appropriate that way.

Immediately afterward, the nervous Deer transforms into a tall, dark-skinned man in his 40s, curly hair, brown eyes. As he is naked, some of the guards throw him some dirty farmer's clothes.

- Now that you are more comfortable, I will repeat the question. Do you know why I cited you here today, Mr. Rodric?

The white lioness's face is relaxed; she has an almost imperceptible smile on her face. The raven remains silent, head down, almost crying with terror.

- I see you are refusing to answer me, Mr. Rodric, but that's fine, I'll refresh your memory. Rumors reached me that one of my most loyal and lifelong servants was guarding one of those wild animals in his home. I did my research of place and to my surprise, you were Mr. Rodric. How much pain I felt for his betrayal. Fortunately, I personally took care of the problem. But as his benevolent queen, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself Lord Rodric.

The raven lifts its head, meeting the Queen's piercing eyes.

- That's right, I will spare your life and your family if you answer the questions that I am going to ask you. Do you agree Mr. Rodric?

The Deer nods.

- That good. How can that wild animal violate our security?

- I don't know, I assure you that that boy only came to my door asking for asylum ... I ... I am not part of them, my queen must believe me. I also deceive myself.

The queen laughs out loud throughout the chamber. Her teeth are large and white. After a while, the laughter stops.

- Mr. Rodric, it's even nice that you try to fool me. Since I see that he does not want to collaborate with me, he forces me to end this hearing in the worst way. I'll be sure to send personal greetings to his family.

The queen heads for the door, when she hears a voice.

- Underground. It is the most efficient way to circumvent the security of the kingdom. Vera those of group Z, they have managed to build underground tunnels in a perfect and masterful way. It's the way they can get in and out without being detected. There are even tunnels built throughout the city. Please don't hurt my wife and three children ... they are innocent.

The queen turns to look at Mr. Rodric, now with a tight face.

- Why? because of one of my most loyal subjects from many years ago?

- Because I'm tired of seeing how it oppresses us. Since you assumed power, Lyonne you have transformed into a despotic and evil monster. Your people, our people can't take it anymore. -says Mr. Rodric with tears in his eyes.

The girl sitting in the chair to the right stands up.

- How dare you disgusting peasant to call our queen by her name.

- Keep quiet!

- That you know your Rodric of power. Of everything, I must do to maintain order and civilized survival in our kingdom. Because you couldn't see that everything I do is for my people.

- Bullshit! Bullshit Lyonne. You became what we hated the most.

- Needless to say that you will receive the greatest punishment for treason.

- What about my family. I answered the question, please are they innocent.

- That family?

One of the soldiers enters with a black cloth bag dripping with blood, arriving right in front of Rodric spills its contents on the floor. Mr. Rodric is horrified to see that they are the heads of the members of his family, torn from their bodies by an animal with a large jaw. All those present make gestures of disgust, others of horror when seeing that several heads are of children. The two boys sitting behind her look at each other and smile cheekily. The queen is about to retreat slowly. The Deer lets out a cry of pain that is heard throughout the castle.

- You will fall, Lyonne, you will fall because the universe will marry to support a heartless monster. Screams Rodric.

- Execute it.

Five soldiers present are transformed into brown bears, and together they dismember Rodric alive, who laughs like a madman, while tears of blood come from his eyes for his family. The chamber doors are closed.

Oscilians. Volume 3. The Attack. Marcus & Xannus.

In a college of about ten floors, there is a classroom of about 100 meters with approximately fifteen students. Each has a considerable distance, the students each with their books are seated in leather chairs. Professor Gerch, a 7.3-foot mountain gorilla with brown eyes is explaining the different ecosystems of the planet and how each species is related to it. The students in this class are about fifteen to sixteen years old, most pay attention to the teacher, except Xannus, a young boy of sixteen, short brown hair, honey eyes, Indian skin, although is sitting is notoriously tall, but not very athletic, he is snoring in his sleep. Another student of the same age, but with black long hair with green eyes, decides to play a prank by drawing a dick on his face. But just when he is about to complete his task, a giant shadow alights behind him. Turning around is Professor Gerch. He lifts both students each one in one hand by the ears and kindly tells them that if they weren't interested in his class, he invited them to reflect in the punishment room. Both students in pain retreat to the punishment area.

The punishment room is a gigantic natural habitat, in which the students are forced to fulfill physical, intellectual, emotional tasks, it is like a refined military camp. Upon arrival, each student is assigned to complete an updated task list on their iPad, which if not completed, they cannot leave the room. Xannus and Marcus in teams are sent to the physical area to train natural survival. While Marcus plans a good strategy to cross a river with poisonous snakes and a forest with all kinds of feline predators, Xannus looks for a comfortable place to continue sleeping.

- Being the queen's nephew does not make you immune to punishment. Says Marcus with a sarcastic tone.

Xannus shrugs his shoulders and puts an arm over his eyes to avoid the light. Marcus takes a deep breath and puts his plan into action. He first looks for a giant rock and throws it in the center of the river, the snakes move away from the impact, quickly Marcus transforms into Gray Fox to jump on the rock and another on the other side of the river.

- I made it, I'm a genius! I'll break your record, cute little boy of royalty. I'll be out of this challenge in less than a minute. – Scream Marcus to pissed Xannus off.

Xannus is still snoring more intensely.

Marcus continues making strategies to outwit the different predators. He manages to outwit several members of a pack of wolves. But when he is going to celebrate his victory, the Alpha Wolf is going to attack him from behind but the brown Leon with honey eyes gives a blow to the wolf, throwing him a few meters away from Marcus, when he notices the movement he turns and runs away scared. The Brown Lion looks at him arrogantly, then turns to fight the wolves. who are not willing to back down. A pumping noise shakes the forest. Every animal stops to try to identify what it is. Xannus quickly transforms into a human again and Marcus follows him, the wolves disappearing through the branches.

- What was that? -. Marcus says scared.

- I don't know, but I know that if we want to survive we must get out of here. -. Xannus says looking at the ground.

The ground is cracked and continues to open progressively. Both are transformed into animals again and prepare to leave the punishment room. Xannus helps Marcus in times of danger and they both make it out without a hitch, only to see the school destroyed. Animals of different species and humans butchered everywhere, the amount of blood in the corridors can be compared to a waterfall, Xannus and Marcus transform into humans, Xannus is horrified, while Marcus cannot stop vomiting. Xannus approaches the classroom where he can see the professor with no guts and defensive wounds. Downstairs everyone e-mails and screams for shelter or calls for loved ones. More bombs are heard in the distance. Xannus manages to see many holes in the floor. Xannus takes Marcus by the arm, which is still vomiting.

- Come on we must find a safe place. I have a hiding place in the kingdom that can serve us.

- No. I must go find my family at the farm, they must be very scared. They need me.

Xannus looks sadly towards the outskirts of the kingdom where the farms are located. When Marcus follows him, his eyes fill with tears when he sees that he is completely consumed by fire.

- No!! -. Screams Marcus with pain.

- I am sorry.

- No. They are not dead; they cannot be dead.

- They must be hidden and scared. I must go, I must go save them.

- Going there right now is suicide.

- Well, I don't care what you think. If they die, I must die too.

Marcus transforms into Gray Fox and is about to leave when a grenade lands in front of them. Seconds before the explosion Xannus transforms into a lion takes Marcus by the neck and jumps to the first floor. Marcus can't tell that he's going through the impact and passes out.

Marcus wakes up, when he opens his eyes he realizes that he is in a large room. There are paintings of all the members of the empire, but the largest is that of a brown lion right in front of the bed. Marcus still feels weak but tries to stand up, he notes when trying to support his left arm on the bed that it is bandaged, an intense pain hits him. When he manages to stand up he begins to inspect the place, in the room, there is a shelf with many books on biology, chemistry, physics, zoology, botany, etc. Marcus notices that one of them is especially leaning forward, so when he tries to touch it he hears a familiar voice.

- They say that curiosity killed the fox. -. Xannus says with a funny tone.

Marcus nearly tripled in shock.

- Are you crazy? You almost killed me a second time from fright. Where I am?

Xannus slowly removes Marcus from the bookshelf.

- This my dear Marcus is my room. Needless to say that if you touch something without permission, I will rip your handoff.

- I haven't touched anything ... and why did you bring me here, what happened to the attack, the fire, my family.

Marcus begins to despair, Xannus relaxes his voice.

- I brought you here because after the impact of the bomb you passed out. I couldn't leave you there ... at least not passed out ... concerning the attack ... I'm very sorry.

Marcus's eyes fill with tears, and shaking his head he heads for the door.

- Don't forget, you owe me, one buddy.

Marcus rolls his eyes and without saying a word, opens the door to leave. When he opens the door, he meets a girl with sky blue eyes, brown skin, long white hair, and a red mouth. Marcus feels her soul leave his body for a few moments. His heart doesn't stop beating. The girl smiles at him slightly, she nods in salute and enters the room. Marcus wonders who that girl was and why he had never seen her before. Marcus shakes his head quickly and leaves the room determined, behind him, there are two soldiers.

- Mr. Marcus?

Shyly Marcus nods his head.

- The young prince told us to escort him from the palace so that he does not get lost. Please follow us here.

Marcus realizes that he was going the wrong way, so without opposition, he accompanies the soldiers. While on his way through the palace Marcus remembers that he had never visited that palace before, it is beautiful but above all full of luxury. Gold, silver, and platinum everywhere. After about ten minutes the guards dismiss Marcus and he finally leaves. Before saying goodbye to the soldiers, Marcus notices that a part of the palace is completely destroyed, but when he sees the people around him, every cell of his body is horrified. The city is completely destroyed. Destruction, chaos, dead and wounded everywhere, tears come from Marcus's eyes. He then remembers what he went out to, he quickly heads to his family's farm.

When he arrives at the small farming town everything is sunk in ashes. The few people who could be saved were because they fled, right next to Marcus a family mourns the loss of everything they had. Marcus's anxiety grows as he continues on his way to the family farm. When a tall man with brown skin and brown eyes finally arrives, he greets him with a hug. Neither can prevent tears from running down his face. Then without saying anything Marcus goes to the house slowly, when he arrives he sees some semi-empty bags and some people trying to pick up what little is left, but of all the farms, that apparently was the most affected. Marcus plucks up his courage and opens the bags and finds the heads of his entire family there. The Rodric's no longer exist. The people around him try to comfort him, but Marcus doesn't stop, he doesn't look at anyone, it almost seems that he stopped breathing, like a zombie. And he walking step by step he reaches the center of the forest where at the end he utters a cry of pain so strong that even in the palace they could perceive it.

Queen Lyonne sits alone in her stately chair in her office with her back to the door thoughtfully. When she hears someone knocking on the door. She allows him to pass. A soldier enters shyly.

- Queen Lyonne we are now ready for your speech.

- Thank you very much, Roger, please tell them I'm coming. - The queen answers, still turning her back to the door.

The soldier nods with the head and the queen took a deep breath with her eyes closed. The villagers are patiently waiting for their queen's notice. Many are injured, others still in shock, others do not stop crying in despair, a whole picture of defeat. The other royal members will listen to the speech from a separate room. Then at last the queen appears on the high balcony of the palace. She is haughty and firm. Although you can see flashes of tears.

- What we have experienced today has no name. We all know that the pain we are feeling will be sealed in our souls for generations ... Our enemy believes that he defeated us, they must be celebrating his victory even with the blood of our fallen on his hands ... But what they do not know is that the people of Nepenthes know how to rise from the worst calamities, they know how to search within themselves for the strength to continue stronger. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NOT TO BEAT US.

The inhabitants are beginning to feel motivated, they are determined now. Marcus is listening to the retired speech of the others in the shadows. Xannus sees it.

- They haven't beaten us because we're still here. What happened today will not go unpunished, everyone who was involved will pay. We will not take revenge; we will do justice. All of us will take care of eliminating this cancer from our nature.

The inhabitants are motivated, the words of their queen have restored their hopes. Everyone begins to transform into animals and make sounds of excitement.

- It goes without saying that the people of Nepenthes are at war. And we will win.

The girl who was sitting in the chair to the right of the queen in the audience of Mr. Rodric, called Bromenia is calm having a glass of wine, when suddenly she feels that she cannot breathe, she tries to swallow but cannot, she takes a Xannus by the arm indicating that she cannot breathe, Xannus tries to help her but Bromenia falls to the floor with her eyes rolled while convulsing, Xannus and the other members of the royalty shout for a doctor. Bromenia stops convulsing, transforms into a young white lioness, and takes her last breath from her. Xannus retreats crawling across the floor, slowly and confused. Marcus in the distance retreats into the distance in the form of a Fox while the other animals with his queen let the pain out of him. A hawk prowls the place.

Oscilians. Volume 4. The Attack II. Conan & Buster.

At the military camp, a Falcon arrives at Conan's tent and perches on his table. Conan was finishing drawing maps of the place for strategic uses. The Falcon transforms into a tall, stocky man with blond hair and sky blue eyes.

- Conan we have to talk.

Conan continues what he's doing, but nods his head.

- The kingdom was attacked. – Says Buster with a serious expression.

Conan immediately stops what he was doing and looks Buster straight in the eye.

- What? How? I have not authorized any attack.

- It wasn't us.

- Do you think someone else is involved in the war?

Buster looks at Conan wryly.

- I refuse to think that Lyonne ... the queen of Greenwich is capable of ... how is the situation?

- Bad There are quite a few deaths and injuries. The farm is completely destroyed. The queen made a speech and blamed us. We are officially at war. Like it was not like that already. Also, I think we need to send our best soldiers to Polem. We have to protect our people from any possible surprise attacks from them.

- Set up an emergency meeting at 9 p.m. with everyone.

Buster nods and turns his back on Conan.

- And Conan. Rodrick and his family are dead and the boy is missing.

Conan looks sad.

The entire military camp is gathered for the meeting. Including Leo and Joe who are in the back. In front of everyone are Conan and Buster.

- I imagine the attack on Greennich is known to everyone. They should also know that they blame us for such a cowardly act ... says Conan disturbed.

One of the younger soldiers gets up.

- This is our time to strike captain, to end this war once and for all. These people have oppressed us a long time ago, but this event is now giving us the opportunity to deliver the final blow.

Many young soldiers begin to support what he says. Buster steps forward to attack the boy but Conan stops him.

- What's your name boy?

- Sai sir.

- Sai, thank you for sharing your opinion, for us it is valuable.

Buster looks annoyed, while Leo rolls her eyes. Sai feels that he was a hero from what he said. Conan approaches the boy as he speaks.

- I would like to ask you Sai, what are the animals that feed on the dead or injured? Perhaps it is the lion, tiger, giraffe, elephant, seal, bear ... which is Sai?

Sai is now getting nervous; the words do not come out. Conan looks at him expectantly.

- The vulture sir.

- Right. And tell me Sai are you a vulture? Is there a vulture among us?

Conan looks around for answers; everyone shakes their heads. Sai sits embarrassed.

- We must all have something very clear. What we do today will be passed down to our descendants for immeasurable generations. And I don't know about you, but I'd rather live one day with honor than one hundred and twenty years to die in disgrace. We are not gathered here to celebrate the misfortune of our enemy. I want to inform you that our programmed attacks are stopped until further notice.

Many fully agree, but a few make an angry face.

- No one will approach Greennich without my consent. We will concentrate our efforts on protecting Polem from possible attacks by fanatics. Those who require them can return to their families. The others keep training. They are not vacations. They can be withdrawn.

Everyone retreats except Buster and Conan, Leo also approaches.

- Maybe it was us after all. Buster says sarcastically.

- I worry about those new young soldiers. Most are still full of revenge and pain. We will keep an eye on them.

- And here comes the only woman who breaks me down. Says Buster to Leo.

- A Leopard with a Hawk. Not even in your dreams. Responds Leo.

- Leo, it's nice to see you. Is your brother recovering?

Leo ignores the question.

- I heard the boy is missing. It is true?

- That's right, I've looked for him everywhere but I still can't find him, hope he is not dead, I know he is important to you. Says Buster.

- You should stay investigating potential rioters. I'll find the boy. It was me who found him in the first place.

- And will you leave your little brother alone and defenseless?

- Buster! -. Conan claims.

Leo walks over slowly looking Buster in the eye. When close, she squeezes his penis hard, making Buster have to shrink her in front of her.

- That's our secret asshole. I am always with him. Leo says in his ear.

Leo finally let's go of him, and Buster kneels to the floor.

- I will leave at dawn. Yes, my brother is fine, keep him like that. Leo says as he leaves.

Buster struggles to get up.

- One of these days, it will not be with her human hands that she will squeeze it.

- And then she wonders why I'm in love with her.

They both smile, as they watch Leo retreat.

There is also a closed-door meeting at Queen Lyonne's palace. They are the highest merchants and influential of the city. They are talking about the attack and its next movements, it is obvious that the queen is uncomfortable.

- It is obvious that the attack was not made by the rebels in the sugary city of Polem. If so, we would be finished. - Says an unpleasant old man. He has a tattoo of a hyena on his left hand.

Everyone looks at the queen, but she remains silent.

- I think we should take what little we have left and run away- Says another of those present.

- Well, I think we should make a strategy and take revenge by attacking Polem. Such people are capable of dying for a plate of food.

Oscilians. Volume 5. The Planning. Lyonne.

The queen stands up silently, turns around to turn her back on everyone.

- I received correspondence from Mantophes. They will send us soldiers with the highest abilities. They tell me that they will arrive in two days. Rather than speculate, I order you to rebuild our city with the few resources you have left. I would like to offer good hospitality to the guests. As for Polem ... that city can be considered missing.

Everyone present smiles. One of those present asks about the sudden death of the queen's niece, to which the queen replies.

- An unfortunate fact.

The queen leaves, but before leaving she looks for a few seconds at a painting. The others follow her. Inside the painting, in a small passageway are Xannus and Violet looking worried.

Oscilians. Volume 5. The Silent Forest. Marcus.

In the middle of a dark forest, Marcus is dirty and hungry, but he walks like a sleepwalker. He passes some signs that are already deteriorated by time, that warn that no one should approach those places but Marcus ignores them, he only hears voices in his head repeating over and over again how failed he is. and can't stop remembering the death of his family. Suddenly he hears the voice of a child asking for help. Use his nose and smell blood, Marcus transforms into a fox and follows the voice quickly. Suddenly everything around him is hazy and it was night. Yet Marcus uses his senses to follow the voice, which is becoming more and more heartbreaking. The child sounds as if his skin is being ripped off in life. Marcus also notices that the place is also particularly quiet. Despite the boy, he doesn't hear anything move. Marcus finally reaches his destination, slowly approaches and notices that there are two black bears attacking a cub. Marcus can see how they eat his insides, in life. Marcus quickly makes a plan. He knows that he must first try to separate them, he also knows that he is faster than them. Marcus begins to make noise, the bears look at each other and one of them decides to see who is there. When he gets close to the noise, the bear notices that it was just a rock, but then he hears his bear companion screaming in pain. Marcus managed to dig his claws into her eye. The attack was successful, but the bear manages to hit Marcus by throwing him to the ground, Marcus gets up quickly, but notices that he feels a strange cold in the blow received. Before the other bear arrives. Marcus takes the opportunity to attack the bear's other eye. this time making sure not to get hit. Upon closer inspection, Marcus notices that they are not ordinary black bears, rather they appear gray in color and their skin has wounds and it appears to be decomposed. The other bear manages to arrive, but Marcus and the boy's body have disappeared. Both bears scream, one in pain and the other in rage because their food managed to escape. Marcus is running as a human with the child's body. Near them he notices that there is a cave, illuminated a brilliant green. Marcus runs there, when he arrives he puts the boy on the floor. Marcus looks like a big hole in the abdomen, the boy doesn't have an arm. He is losing a lot of blood. Marcus is horrified to see that the boy is a bear cub. Before taking his last breath the boy says.

- Your soul is pure, thank you for respecting me. Run away ... run away from here.

Marcus lowers his head sadly. Then he realizes that he has no idea where he is. Despite being a forest, everything is uncomfortably quiet. No insects, amphibians, not even nocturnal animals that should be hunting are heard. It's like Marcus is in limbo. Marcus takes the puppy's body and lets it run down a nearby river. It's already dark and Marcus must find a place to sleep, so he decides to return to the cave. There he notices that the cave is illuminated with blue and yellow lights. As there is light, Marcus decides to check his body and notices that he has a large bruise on one rib from the bear's blow, as he is very tired, he decides to sleep. After a few hours of sleep, Marcus must wake up to a few drops of water falling on his face. He then he notices that the cave is completely closed and several jets of water are filling it. Quickly Marcus tries to find a way to open where the entrance of the door used to be but it is useless, it is completely solid stone. Marcus inspects the cave, which is not so big and discovers drawings of people drowning in it, despite this and the yellow and blue crystals that illuminate the cave he does not see anything, so he decides to go to the other end to see if he finds another way out. However, when he reaches the other end, he only finds another rock very similar to the previous one. The water is now up to his knees, even though the cave is closed Marcus is freezing cold. He tries to touch the stone to see if he finds any openings, but only notices that in the center of the rock there is a hexagon with medium holes around it and a large hole in the center. Below is a picture of a person with both hands open and sparks that appear to be glowing green. Now the water reaches his waist and in 15 more minutes he is already on his neck. Marcus swims desperately from one side to the other looking for a way out, but he is unsuccessful. He then he remembers that when he arrived the crystals had a green color. Think, why have they changed color? then remember that yellow with blue forms green. As the water is already very high, Marcus can swim and take one of the crystals and swim again towards the hexagon which is completely covered with water, Marcus introduces a yellow Crystal in one of the medium holes and as if it had a pressure of air the hole swallows the crystal, but nothing else happens, on the contrary the water is now faster, Marcus has almost no room to breathe so he looks around and notices that the crystals are perfectly divided into colors three by three. Marcus remembers that when entering the Crystals, they were green, so he decides to combine the colors three by three that would form green. He quickly takes three yellow and three blue Crystals, the colors intensify and form green, then he continues but is running out of breath, after putting the last three Marcus finally runs out of breath. The hexagon in the center fills with a green liquid. All the other gems in the cave are now green. Finally, the rock that covered the door opens and Marcus shoots out like a bullet coughing up water. Where Marcus is now seems to be a warmer place, there is a very long river, around there are trees and mountains. The thunder announces a heavy rain, Marcus looks towards the cave but decides not to go back inside so he transforms into a fox and climbs a tree with many branches, which manages to protect him from the rain for that night. In the distance, yellow eyes that shine like the moon watch Marcus.

Marcus manages to sleep even in the rain. When he gets up, he notices that he is very hungry so he decides to hunt. However, he again he only hears absolute silence. Wind makes strange noises on logs and surfaces. Marcus decides to walk looking for at least trees with fruit that he can eat, however the trees were beautiful, green, healthy, but without any fruit available. Marcus walks for hours, but he doesn't see a single person or animal anywhere. After walking for about three hours, he sees smoke rising a few feet from him. Despite the lack of food, Marcus enjoys how beautiful the place is. Everything seems to have never been touched by human hands. Marcus comes from where the fire comes from, transformed into a fox, hidden in some bushes, he notices that someone has left pieces of cooked fish next to a fire. Marcus slowly approaches the campfire, while he walks he investigates that there are no traps, after a few minutes Marcus arrives without problems at the campfire, there are fish and other meats, as Marcus is a vegetarian he decides to only eat the fish. When finished he is satisfied. Marcus feels that he drops a drop of something on his leg, he transforms into a human to see better, it is a drop of what appears to be blood. When Marcus looks up he sees a family of rabbits hanging from a tree. But Marcus would swear there was no tree on top of the fire. Then Marcus decides to get up somewhat confused and walk until he finds someone, but everything is silent, stealthy, in that place there is no life. Marcus sits in a hill looking at the cloudy sky.

- I deserve it. In this place ... lifeless. How could I be so stupid and not see that Connan, Leo, were ruthless killers ... or maybe it was a trap ...-. Marcus says to himself.

Suddenly Marcus feels a breath behind him, then a girl of about six years approaches his ear.

- You're sitting on my stuffed animal ...

Marcus jumps with fright and turns to face the girl. The girl takes a dirty rabbit stuffed animal that was under Marcus, she cleans it up a bit, and she hugs him while she tells him that everything is fine. Marcus still looks at her scared.

- My name is Maily. And I have lived here since I can remember. Don't ask me about my parents, I haven't been able to find them yet, they are here somewhere ...

The girl has very long blond hair, her hair covers half her face, she has gray eyes and white skin. She is wearing an elegant but dirty blue dress, Marcus notices that the dress has a gold claw clasp. Marcus relaxes a bit. Marcus goes to ask him something but Maily interrupts him.

- You want to know where the silence comes from ... it is because everyone is frowning ... Oh if this is a forest like any other, there is a lot of life here, but everyone is afraid ... of the Oscilians.

- But it can't be ... the Oscilians are already extinct. They are myths that are told to children who do not want to sleep early. - Marcus says incredulously

- I always fall asleep early ... I'm a good girl, although it doesn't matter ... I'm always alone ...

Maily begins to look at her teddy bear and laugh strangely, Marcus notices that his teeth are fine, he has a golden chain with a ruby in the shape of a tooth.

- I need to get out of here, I must figure out who took the life of my family and orchestrated the attacks on Nephenthes. It is very likely that both events are related. -. Says Marcus standing up.

Miley laughs out loud. Marcus turns and looks at her doubtfully.

- Nobody leaves here.

- Excuse me?

Marcus is waiting for an answer to his question but the girl just smiles. Marcus decides to leave with his back to the girl, but he wants to ask more questions, but when he turns around, the girl is gone.

- Fuck all this. I'll go back to base to ask Connan what the hell happened. I will clear up all this and avenge the death of my family. It is what I must do.

Marcus decides to go back just the way he got there, he was confident since he could solve the puzzle, it would not be a problem to do it again. But when walking the temperature is getting lower and lower. When he reaches the river it is made of ice and it is starting to snow. Also when Marcus looks for the door it is gone, everything is rock, without any kind of light. The cold is so strong that Marcus begins to stop feeling his hands, so he decides to become a fox since his fur protects him more. Marcus looks around him and notices that the road where he was with the girl is sunny, as it was possible that at a distance of a few kilometers the climate was so different. But instead of going back, Marcus sees that there are some holes in the mountain and decides to go there. When climbing the small mountain, he notices that the other side is the same dark forest with dense fog, with cold weather but it is not snowing. Marcus decides to go there for the night, but he is very hungry. A few meters in the middle of the forest he notices a mango tree with beautiful yellow fruits. The tree is completely green, unlike the others. Marcus sneaks up to the tree slowly, but apparently, there is no one to claim the food. Marcus climbs and when climbing he transforms into a human to eat. Marcus, already satisfied and with ammunition, decides to withdraw, but when he is going down, he begins to hear sounds of monkeys approaching. Every time they are more and more. Marcus tries to hide in the branches, hoping the monkeys won't notice. The monkeys are macaques, they are small, gray, and brown, with large brown eyes. They all go quickly towards the mango tree. About 30 monkeys come to eat, all are eating and seem not to notice Marcus' presence. Many fight over food. After half an hour, the monkeys are already retreating and Marcus manages to breathe, but a small Macaque is staring at him, Marcus signals him not to scream, but the monkey when he sees that he was stealing the mangoes begins to scream and Calling the others, Marcus approaches the little Macaque and covers his mouth to try to shut him up, but he does it so hard that the little one faints. When Marcus turns around, the other Macaques are seeing how Marcus has just killed one of his babies. His eyes turn black and they start screaming. Marcus decides to transform into a fox and jump from the tree to escape, but around fifty more Macaques surround him below. Marcus knows that he is lost, but decides to fight, he lets them know that it will not be easy to kill him by showing them his fangs. The Macaques do the same, but some have the rocks tied with leather ties as a weapon to attack, and the fight begins. Marcus jumps and lets many of them hit their heads themselves, in that Marcus tries to retreat to separate them and not have to attack them all together, one after another they are bitten and gouged by Marcus's skillful claws. However, they are too many for Marcus alone, he has been fighting for about an hour and he is already tired and very badly injured, and the macaques do not stop arriving. But no matter what Marcus keeps fighting until one approach from behind him giving him a blow to the head, Marcus faints instantly. While the macaques take him away, the girl looks seriously into the distance.

Marcus wakes up and the first thing that hits him is the bad smell of rotting meat. His head is still spinning, but little by little he regains consciousness. apparently, he is in a dark place when a door opens. Marcus is human and has bare chest skin. He is full of sweat and very thirsty. In front of him are about a hundred Macaques just watching him. Marcus observes that he is in a cave illuminated with emeralds, from far away a Macaque with a crown slowly approaches until it reaches Marcus's face. Upon arrival, he transforms into a human. Marcus sees a very thin man, his clothes are dirty but he seems to be Arab royalty, his eyes are big, but his nose, mouth, and ears are small. He has no hair and his skin is pale white, almost transparent.

- Where is it? -. asks the king hoarsely and savoring his lips.

- Who? -. Marcus asks weakly. - Listen, it was not my intention to eat from your mango tree ... but it is over, so why don't you let me go and we talk about how I can pay you.

The King Macaque gradually begins to laugh, until he reaches a laugh. The other Macaques turned into humans follow him. When he turns around giving Marcus a hard slap. So hard that he broke her turn her nose. The laughter continues until King Macaque raises his hand.

- The Mango plant is not ours, nothing belongs to anyone here. So concentrating ... where is she?

- I don't know who the hell you're talking about ... because you won't let go of me and I'll teach you to hit. -. Marcus says angrily.

- Interesting ... you're an outsider ... how did you see her so soon? ...

The King Macaque takes a whip made of wood. He runs it slowly over Marcus's body, while the others look at him making their mouths water. The King Macaque grabs Marcus by the hair and smells him from neck to face.

- The girl with the bear, where is the girl with the bear? -. the king macaque says to Marcus in his ear.

- I don't know ... we just talked a little bit and I decided to leave. That's all. -. Marcus says, barely able to speak.

The other Macaques now have a psycho smile.

- Wrong answer. -. Says the King Macaque.

The Macaque king shakes his staff and snakes come out of it. Then the Macaque raises his hand and hits Marcus, opening a wound. Marcus screams in pain.

- Are you crazy? I already told you a damn animal that I don't know where any girl is!

- I do not believe you. I can see through your lies ... Oh boy I will make you feel a lot of pain until you tell me where it is.

The King Macaque laughs and the others follow him. Then he takes the staff of snakes and gives it several more lashes, now the blood trickles down Marcus's body until it reaches the floor, then he lets one of the snakes enter through his ear. After an hour, Marcus's body is unrecognizable, full of bites and wounds. But Marcus doesn't pass out.

- You're making a mistake ... if you don't kill me. -. Marcus and the macaque king's eyes meet, but Marcus's eyes are completely dark now.

- I'll let you rest now so you can reflect on your next answer, you know what happens when you're wrong here. Without water and without food of course ... And of course, I will not kill you ... if I do, who will tell me where the girl is ... How could a weak fox like you hurt me?

The other Macaques laugh uproariously and retreat, King Macaque takes the staff, waves it and the snakes disappear again, then retreats. Marcus is breathing heavily, he is very thirsty and hungry, the pain from his wounds is intense. Then Marcus looks towards the exit and there is the girl with her bear, looking at him with a smile. Marcus lowers his head and allows himself to rest.

Oscilians Volume 6. The Tramp. Xannus.

The queen is in her office with one of her advisers looking at a board from across the continent. It is an exact replica with buildings and even people. The advisor is saying something in her ear, Lyonne frowns. And she looks at the board, in the direction of the farm where Marcus lived. Lyonne is thoughtful. After a few seconds, someone knocks on the door. Lyonne allows entry, it's Xannus and Violet.

- You sent us to call Aunt Lyonne? Xannus says shyly.

- That's right, please come in and close the door.

- The only way out of here is with the permission of the Oscilians.

- But we already talked about that Maily, they are extinct.

- And that's why it's impossible to get out of here ...

Lyonne signals the counselor to cover up the model of the continent.

- Please have a seat. -. Says the queen making a sign of courtesy.

- Before I tell you what I need you for, let me ask you these questions. Do you trust your queen?

Xannus and Violet look at each other somewhat confused.

- Of course, for our queen, we would go to hell and back. Xannus says without hesitation.

Violet just nods her head silently.

- Good to Know. After the events of a few months ago still not clarified, you know that we have begun an exhaustive investigation to understand how such an attack could be possible. And putting the ends together we have discovered that there is a piece that is missing. Which mysteriously disappeared on that fateful day. Can't you imagine who I'm talking about?

Violet shakes her head, while Xannus stares Lyonne in the eye. The queen gets up and walks slowly to stand behind both of them, then lowers her head putting it right in front of Xannus and Violet, but says looking at Xannus.

- Marcus.

Xannus makes no reaction. Lyonne stands up staring at both young guys.

- For the crown, his flight is suspicious, so his presence is required for interrogation. In fact, I wouldn't mind if you brought him back alive or dead. From what we know the end of him would be practically the same.

- But my queen, we have no idea where it may be. We know that Chkrelms in the crown have tried to find him and it is as if the earth has swallowed him. Maybe he's already dead. - Says Violet.

- So, bring me his corpse ... what's up guys, don't you think you are capable of fulfilling such as easy task for your queen?

- We will leave early tomorrow. I'm taking Kyle the owl to send you reports of our findings. -. Xannus says getting up from his chair.

- Well said, nephew. Let me know if you need anything before you leave, if not, I hope the goddess Demeter be with you.

Violet looks at Xannus contemptuously but says nothing, they both get up and leave in silence. Almost when Xannus and Violet are about to leave the door the queen says.

- Xannus, next time you spy on a private conversation from the queen. I will gouge out their eyes and tear off her ears to feed the beasts. -. The queen says while smile.

Xannus and Violet swallow hard, and they leave quickly, when leaving the queen changes the expression to serious.

Oscilians Volume 7. The Black Wolf. Marcus.

Marcus is still tied up in the cave of the Macaques. He is very thirsty and hungry, the macaques in human form with his king return to continue the interrogation. The Macaque King approaches Marcus.

- I haven't introduced myself boy. My name is Maximus. I only intend to introduce myself before you die. By your expression, I imagine that you do not intend to tell us where the girl is.

Marcus lasts a few minutes without saying anything.

- What do you want it for? what did he do to them? she's just a little girl

- Only a small you say -. Maximus says laughing out loud. - It's none of your business boys, just tell us where it is, or instead of snakes, I'll use scorpions all over your body. Is that what you want?

One of the macaques approaches the king trying to tell him something, but he ignores him several times, before allowing him to tell him what is happening in his ear.

- What? the swarm of bees again ... that's the girl's doing, yeah ... everyone gets ready, we have a sweet emergency ... Apparently, we'll continue our conversation later boy. Do not despair, we will be back soon.

The macaques retreat quickly, the last to leave is Maximus who looks at Marcus like a predator looks at its prey, then retreats. Marcus tries to pull the rope but it is useless, he is too weak. Then he closes his eyes and begins to remember happy moments with his family, how they picked him up when others mistreated him, he remembers how strong his father was and how he gave him the name Marcus, who was one of the best and full of honor warrior kings from the past, but then he remembers the attack, the farm set on fire and his family, dismembered. Then anger invades his body. he begins to feel the fire inside him. Pain, remorse, sadness, and suddenly he thinks of himself as a fox, strong, cunning, young. Marcus's entire body begins to fill with red hairs little by little until he opens his eyes and now they are yellow.

The macaques return with Maximus at the helm, happy after having destroyed the bees with fire. But to his surprise, Marcus is not there.

- Where are you, boy? I don't know how you managed to let go but you impress me ... I don't think you're a fox since you were too weak for that ... because you don't come out of where you are and we talk, boy.

As he spoke Maximus slowly approached the rope, while he motioned for the other macaques to surround the place. Upon reaching the rope, Marcus emerges in human form from the shadows.

- My name ... is Marcus.

Then Marcus transforms into a fox. Maximus notices that he looks different, his eyes want blood, his jaw drips with saliva. Maximus slowly retreats putting his hand in front of Marcus.

- It can't be ... this is impossible. Maximus says with his voice cut off.

Marcus takes a bite, ripping off Maximus' hand, he falls to the ground and screams loudly, and turns into a macaque. Marcus takes him by the neck and looking at all the macaques around him, he bites him harder and harder until he cuts his neck, killing him. One of the macaques tries to attack Marcus but he takes its claws out of him and scratches him in the neck, leaving him unconscious and bleeding. The macaques begin to tremble with fear, seeing Marcus devour Maximus, then they try to flee, but Marcus uses the shadows to kill them all, one by one, except the babies, nor the pregnant females, he let them go. Blood, screams, dismembered bodies are seen all over the place. At the end of the fox's body is covered in blood, Marcus is weak, so he falls down and before fainting, he manages to see the girl, who is watching him closely.

Marcus awakens and mist invades him, it is night and he is still dirty with blood, mud, and sweat. Marcus goes to a nearby river and looks in the mirror, his eyes are red with blood. Marcus freaks out and throws himself back, he couldn't recognize himself. Then Marcus decides to bathe trying not to look at his reflection in the water, he also tries to wash the clothes he had and lets them dry. Marcus is not surprised that there is not a single fish under the water, the place is practically dead. Marcus still has several wounds and blows all over his body, he wants to take a nap but hunger strikes, so he decides to transform into a fox to go find some fruit. Marcus walks miles and finds nothing, most of the plants are dry or have no fruit, Marcus is up in a tree when he sees three thin Bobcats fighting over a piece of meat. Marcus's mouth is watering, his eyes are transformed, he plans how to eat the piece of meat without possibly exterminate the three lynxes, Marcus goes down and quickly tries to take a bite on the meat but accidentally rips out the aorta artery from one of the lynxes, the others are focused on the piece of meat, Marcus quickly ripped the face of another of them, coming face to face with the largest Lynx of all. Both look at each other, but the Lynx launches the first attack with his claw, but Marcus only turns around without showing any sign of pain, the Lynx tries to attack again but it is useless, Marcus jumps dodging each attack, making the Lynx attack in circles, Marcus waits for the perfect moment, to attack the Lynx in the neck, but stops when he sees that the Lynxes transform into three naked and scared women.

- Please don't kill us sir ... the foo ... food is for my children. They ... need it.

- That's a lie! this wretch has no children.

The woman approaches and stabs the other woman by the neck with a branch. Marcus can't believe what he sees, so the woman starts laughing.

- Lying bitch.

Marcus is out of his mind, he does not know what to do, so he simply takes the piece of meat and decides to leave.

- No, no, please don't take the food, I'm willing to do whatever it takes.

The woman begins looking at him with a seductive face. Marcus doesn't even turn around; he just disappears into the shadows.

- Hey, that's not your motherfucker. came back.

The women keep screaming while the others only start to cry. Before disappearing completely, Marcus hears how the women start devouring each other and drown in their madness. A few days later the feeling of failure begins to set when in the forest Marcus finds a woman injured in the middle of labor, Marcus quickly looks for hot water from a spring to help the woman with the birth of her babies, but shortly after. Marcus hears the hissing of snakes approaching. Marcus turns and fights them off, they get several bites on him but he ends up killing a few and the other flees. He looks at his bites and sucks the venom out of his veins and returns back to the woman. They both manage to deliver the baby, but he's not breathing. He tries to give him CPR but it is useless. Marcus slowly starts to break into tears as he hands the corpse to the woman, she begins to scream with sadness, drops the baby and grabs a rock, and begins to bash her head again it over and over again, Marcus tries to stop her but before he reaches her she the sound of her skull cracking stops him on his tracks. As time goes by, Marcus sees as families murdered each other for food, like others torture and kill for pleasure. Marcus sees how children born in this place can only think about killing, others are too sad to eat and starve to death, Marcus notices how despite all his efforts to help, it is useless. For every second he spends in this place, Marcus's heart loses its light. Little by little Marcus turns into a being cold as night, the shine in his eyes is gone and only the hatred and revenge is left on his heart. He allows the anger and pain from losing his family to consume his thoughts and heart. Marcus became a shadow; you only see him when he wants you to see him or if it's the last moments of your life. He physically is difficult to recognize, despite being dirty, his eyes have changed from green to an intense black, his hair is more lake tied in a short tail. He has wounds all over his body and a large scar from the end of his ear right down to his mouth.

Marcus tries to remember the happy times with his family, but it's like they never happened. He then remembers the attack. He suddenly hears some drums beating. It's strange, he had never heard music in this place before. Marcus quickly eats a piece of meat and buries the rest and goes to the music. Upon arrival, he notices about a thousand animals of all kinds making a giant circle around a giant Grizzly black bear and a Siberian tiger, which look at each other intensely. Marcus transforms into a fox and sits in the crowd. Chimpanzee approaches and stands in the center of them takes a stone knife and cuts himself by dropping the drops to the ground, then screams.

- To death

Then the bear and the tiger come to fight. The tiger strikes first tearing the skin of his opponent's arm. The bear shakes his arm as if he felt nothing. The Siberian tiger regains momentum to attack now with its fangs, but when it is close, the Grizzly bear grabs it by the jaw and throws it on the ground. The Siberian tiger gets up a bit dizzy but is not finished, he also notices that the Grizzly bear cut himself with its fangs when grabbing it. The Siberian tiger decides to change strategy for defense and provokes the Grizzly bear with gestures, the very annoyed Grizzly bear lets out a loud roar and then goes to bite the Siberian tiger, but it jumps to the side to bite one of the arms of the bears, which for the first time screams in pain. The crowd begins to cheer for the Siberian tiger as the winner. But again the bear just ignores the pain and gets into a fighting stance. Marcus is next to a black squirrel, which eats a nut while he watches the fight.

- Hey what's going on? - Marcus asks the squirrel.

- Won't you steal my nuts?

- I'm asking, what's going on?

- Humm is the Oschu battle.

- Keep going.

- Well, the animals of the forest create this battle for fun and to know who is the strongest of us. It is always good to know who to definitely avoid facing.

- The highest predator…

- From the forest yes.

- And that bucket behind the circle ...

- It is the blood of fifty newborn babies.

Marcus rolls the eyes while keeping his face with no expression. He keeps silent.

- You really didn't know anything you ignorant right? You see, Brog is the Grizzly bear. He has been our champion for over ten years. Tonight every three years' challengers come from all over the forest to take away his throne. Each time a challenger wins he has the right to drink blood from the bucket, which makes him stronger for the next battle and helps heal wounds. You wonder what the prize is. The power to hunt whatever, whenever you want. Even now after the event, he could hunt any of us.

Marcus stares at the bear and realizes that it is quite similar to one of the bears he faced upon his arrival in the forest. Anger runs from his veins.

- I don't have time for this.

Marcus decides to retreat but sees a boy hiding in the crowd enjoying the fight, then watches a wild boar desperately searching for something. Marcus takes a deep breath and decides to stay. The fight between Grizzly Bear and the Siberian Tiger continues, the tiger bites the strong bear on one arm and tears a large piece of meat from him. The tribe already believes it is the winner, it just hopes to give it the last attack. The bear is only standing up, no longer screaming or looking upset. The crowd stops yelling, they can't believe the bear has finally given up. The bear looks up at the full moon which illuminates the blood scattered all over the floor. The tiger decides to make the only attack by biting the neck of the bear, just a few inches, the bear takes the tiger by the two molars, burying the fangs in its legs. The tiger tries to get away, but it is useless, the bear screams and in a few seconds the tiger falls to the ground with its jaw separated in two. To make sure the bear begins to tear the body of his opponent. Another Grizzly bear approaches to remove the lifeless and dismembered body of the tiger. The bear cries out for victory, and the crowd follows. The bear takes a good sip from the bucket of blood and his eyes shine, several of the wounds seem to disappear.

- Interesting… the blood really heals the wounds-. Marcus whispers to himself.

Several challengers try to take the throne from the bear, but it is useless, now the fights do not last two minutes. Marcus just watches the boy trying to find the best moment to get him out of there. After finishing the last fight against a gorilla, the bear finally smells something different. The boy realizes and tries to escape but the other bear stops him, lifts him upside down, and hands him to the fighter. The boy screams and tries to hit the bear, but it is useless, he is trapped. The bear transforms into a tall, bald man, with black teeth, but a stocky body.

- This time, I will eat a fresh child. Says the bear while he laughs derisively.

He transforms back into a bear and opens his mouth to put the whole child's head in, but something scratches him on the back. The bear, still holding the child, turns to see who dares to touch it. A fox looks at him challenging him. The bear throws the boy away and he transforms into a human again.

- Is everyone watching? this little animal tries to challenge me. How long do you think this fight will last? a second or two?

The boy tries to escape, but the other bear stops him. The man turns into a bear again, Marcus rolled the eyes, gives a jump and scratches the bear in one eye. The bear screams and the crowd stops when they see the eye just hit the floor. There are several Macaques in the crowd, which recognize Marcus and start yelling at him that he is a murderer, and tells the bear to be careful that he is very dangerous. Marcus takes advantage of the shock to continue his quick attacks towards the bear's face, but he opens his arms and hugs him. Marcus is trapped in a bear hug, Marcus feels like all his ribs are broken, but he manages to free his hands and with the little strength he has left, he will drive his claws strong into his back, the bear cannot stand it anymore and he lets it fall, Marcus manages to leave deep holes in the bear's back, but it doesn't seem as weak as he expected. Marcus is super weak after that hug; he can hardly stand up. Maily peers into the distance. Everyone asks the bear to finish the fight by ripping off the fox's head, the bear goes towards the fox. Marcus looks at the bucket of blood and just when the bear is going to catch him, he uses his last strength to jump, falling on the bucket spilling his liquid. Marcus falls unconscious on top of all the blood. The bear is now more annoyed than ever, but he will take his time to give the final blow to Marcus, who on his side decides to stick out his tongue to take all the sips of blood that he can. In a matter of seconds Marcus feels how every cell in his body duplicates with inexplicable speed, he begins to convulse and roll his eyes. The bear notices that the spilled blood was very close to the fox's body, so he decides to finish it off quickly, but to his surprise, Marcus is no longer lying on the floor. The bear turns around and the fox is right in front of him, the bear freezes when noticing that he no longer looks so weak, then the fox begins to laugh and laugh and laugh, with completely black eyes. At a great speed the fox begins to scratch the body of the bear completely, the bear does not have time to react, Marcus moves in the shadows. But the bear notices the pattern and manages to give the fox a big blow, it falls but gets up laughing even more. Then saliva comes out of the fox's mouth, he looks at the bear so intensely that his instinct asks him to escape.

The fox runs towards the body of the bear, digs the claws of all four legs into its chest, and bites its neck, the bear cannot breathe, it looks for a way to tear the fox from it, but it is useless. The fox jumps back, removing the halves of the neck completely from the bear's body, it falls to the ground dead. The crowd does not know what to do, fear invades their bodies. The only one to get up and clap is Maily, but no one follows her. The fox starts laughing and laughing and laughing, so everyone present retires for their lives. The fox disappears into the shadows.

The fox only goes hunting at night, he stalks his prey stealthily, but first, he implants terror with his smile. Many say that it is invisible, it attacks without warning and at the least expected moment making him one of the most dangerous, audacious beings of the place, they call him " Kashiri "(Last smile) Because it is the last thing to see before you die. But they say that Kashiri has a code, does not kill children, women, or injuries. On the contrary, he helps them. Many see Kashiri as a blessing, the savior, since as it also protects, predators have almost no opportunity to hunt defenseless beings, while others say that he is the most dangerous and ruthless demon of the whole place.

After a few weeks, Marcus is up on a big hill. His eyes are now yellow, similar to those of a wolf, He doesn't even remember who he is anymore. The forest has completely consumed it, but at the same time, the forest is also being dominated by it. Animals no longer dare to fight against him and his word the law. There is a relative order in all chaos. But Marcus is empty inside. He wonders if that was the purpose of his life. If that was the reason for his birth, looks down and thinks about and throwing himself looks tentative.

- You're not such a coward to end up like this.

Marcus looks at Maily with no expression, she slowly approaches and sits down with her stuffed animal next to her.

- None of your business.

- It's true, but still, here I am.

- Leave me, alone kid.

- Marcus… why are you still here?

- Because I decided to stay, that's all. - Marcus has the most plane face.

- Are you sure it's not because you think you deserve to be here?

- I don't know who you are, kid, but once again for your safe leave me alone.

Marcus tries to retreat but is stopped by giant wolf paws. Marcus can't believe what he sees, next to Maily there is now a giant black wolf. For the first time in a long time, Marcus seems to be confused.

- Sit down, I'm not done talking.

- But I do.

Marcus tries to remove the wolf's paw, but he just can't, so the wolf knocks him down and sits right in front of Marcus, looking him in the eye.

- Will you come and sit down now?

Marcus looks through the eyes of the wolf who is willing to rip off his legs if necessary for him to sit down to speak. Marcus looks through the eyes of the wolf who is willing to rip off his legs if necessary for him to sit down to speak. So he decides to sit down and talk.

- This place was beautiful, full of life, abundance, love ... this was the main kingdom of this part of the world, hidden underground is the castle ... my castle ... but one winter came the plague, thousands died in the village, including my parents, and as I was an only child I became the youngest queen in all of history ... but I was very young, my counselor and the minister began to deceive me by putting reforms to the town, demanding impossible taxes, punishing Mercilessly everyone who opposed ... I did not know anything, until after a few years the people rebelled, they were attacking, murdering, I was in my room, I did not understand anything ... the maids took me to a secret hiding place and there I stayed, waiting for the noise to stop. After a few days, in the end, I stopped hearing the screams and I was able to leave, corpses, dismembered bodies adorned the place, and I found food, water and I hid outside the castle, I saw how there was no order, the inhabitants had gotten out of control, I saw how the heads of all the royals were hanging down ... I decided to go far away, here in fact. And as you thought that my life no longer had a purpose, then I opened my arms and shouted that I would give my life to whoever would take away the pain I felt, that I did not care what it would cost, and then he appeared next to me… He told me that the only way to stop feeling pain was to share it, so I asked him to transform this place into my realm of pain. And if little by little we manage to turn the forest, my forest into what it is today ...

- Who is- Marcus tries to ask, looking at the Wolf.

- It is an Oscilian. Legendary and mystical animals, they are chosen by nature to live for thousands of years, it is the experience that makes them superior, we are the reason why this place is what it is, others must suffer for me to stop feeling pain. ... and I thought that was the way it should be until you arrived ... I thought that because of your loss it would be easy to submerge yourself, but I don't understand why you help others, you resist murdering children or women, although the macaques tortured you that day, you never thought of telling them where you were, despite feeling pain, you keep the good that your family gave you. So I decided that I want to see inside you, I want to know how you do it ... no you will not die and if you have something in return, by making the deal with us, at the end of our trip you will share knowledge with an Oscilian. You will not be invincible, but close.

Marcus goes to say something, but Maily cuts him off.

- Before you accept you must know that the price will be too high, it is possible that you lose all sense of humanity within you ... to transform yourself into something new, I must destroy what you are now ... you must also know that pain fascinates me ... I will make you experience so much pain and in so many different ways that in the end, I will be your best friend ... but if you accept, I will also show you places that not even in your most remote dreams would you think of visiting ...

Maily gets up, stands next to the Wolf, and spreads her hands.

- Will you come with us?

Marcus transforms into a fox, and while cutting eye contact, paws him without saying a word. A huge smile along with pointed teeth invade Maily's face.

Leo is right in front of the forest where Marcus is, a scarf covers part of her face, she decides to continue, but Conan interrupts her in his head. Leo turns pale.

- What do you say? poison? children? ... I don't think it's a coincidence either ... the water dam… I'll go to Fastegui to investigate ... yes I'll also use our contact in the kingdom to obtain proves against the queen for the attack ... I think the boy will be fine for now ... you know the answer of that Conan ... I'll report you whenever the fuck I want.

Leo looks at the forest somewhat sad, turns into a Leopard, and quickly disappears.

To continue…