11 Doji and Ravu

Ethan didn't know when his eyes became wet,with tears tardily running down his checks.

"I miss you mother,stay strong wherever you are"

Ethan missed his parents badly,his clan members especially Patriarch Lawrence showed him love and care,he was grateful for that but it was not enough to cover the feeling of his parents.

"A man is not meant to cry,a man is meant to be strong inward in times of pain"

Ethan wiped his face as he said with a despondent heart what his father always preached to him.

Ethan stared at the fire,as his mind strayed away with dismal thoughts.

Ethan was lost in thought for a long time but was derailed from his line of thought with the awful smell produced from the boar which had almost turned into coal.

"Ahh!!! my meat,am so going to starve!!"

Yelled Ethan as he quickly pulled the boar off the fire.

Ethan rose up and descended on the boar using all the skills he had to rescue the meat of the boar from turning bitter due to the excess fire it had consumed.

It didn't take long before Ethan had finished the task,he sat on the ground breathing heavily with his face covered with a victorious smile.

"This will still be more than enough"

Said Ethan as he stared at the good part of the boar's meat which he separated from the damaged one.

The good one equaled to at least half of the bear,it was still better as half is far better than none.

But even though nothing happened to the meat of the boar,Ethan could not possibly finish a whole boar,when he wasn't a glutton.

Ethan pulled the meat closer to him ready to have dinner of an almost destroyed meat.

Ethan laughed remembering how scared he was when he thought he would sleep with an hungry stomach.

It suddenly appeared to him that training in the forest had opened him to more ratio of food than the normal he ate at his clan.

Ethan's face suddenly turned to a frown,his surroundings all of a sudden became uncomfortable for him.

He couldn't pinpoint what was wrong but he knew something odd was going on.

Ethan became more security conscious ready to pull his sword into battle.

He dived into his meat once again still monitoring his environment,it didn't take long before Ethan felt a ferocious aura within his region.

His heart shook with fear which had happened for a long time ever since he got to the forest.

He knew something probably more than this power was approaching him.

Ethan didn't stand up he sat on the ground calming himself down and readily waiting to release the sea of mist.

The density of the aura grew stronger and closer,with Ethan's hand more closer to his sword strapped on his back.

Ethan suddenly saw two bright eyes appear before the flame,it gave Ethan a great fright that almost made him to scream and climb to the top of a tree in fear.

Ethan had many thoughts in his heart,he had careful chosen this place,no extremely strong beast should be around the area.

The glossy eyes were far brighter than that of the fire,the eyes drew closer to Ethan every seconds till the existence finally appeared to Ethan.

It was a large black panther which was as wide as a bear and huge like a lion,its eyes were like sapphire with its strong dark fur emitting sharpness like a blade .

There was a strange rough white mark on its head which gave the panther a vicious appearance.

Ethan had never seen or read of any beast that looked like this panther,the epitome of it all was that Ethan could not even read what the cultivation level of the panther is.

But the panther was not alone,sitting on the panther is a young boy with striking green misty eyes,his face was impeccably smooth.

The lad was just as handsome as Ethan,his face emanated a friendly nature which added to his beauty.

Both Ethan and the lad stared at each other for a long time before Ethan decided to break the silence.

"Who are you" said Ethan with unease in his tone.

"My name is Doji and my beast is named Ravu" said the lad with an alluring voice,he rubbed the fur of the panther just after mentioning its name,the panther astonishingly roared towards Ethan in acknowledgment of its name.

This produced more consternation about the panther in Ethan's heart.

A beast which acted with such intelligence is no weakling.

"We come in peace" said Doji as he dismounted from the panther's back.

Ethan didn't know why he just believed the lad in front of him,he felt it was risky and stupid but something just kept telling him that Doji was someone good to be with.

Ethan suddenly noticed that Doji and Ravu's attention where on the meat before him,he could see hunger dancing in their eyes.

"It would be stupid of me to think that they came here for meat, the panther could easily use me for dinner if it wished" said Ethan as he laughed in his heart.

Ethan decided to be a gentleman as he brought out the claw of the kinged claw panda which he had sharpened into the structure of a dagger,the method he used was crude and not equal to that of a blacksmith so the efficiency was low .

But Ethan didn't care he could easily kill another one if he wished for a professionally made one which he would not want has his sword was more than enough.

He sliced a chunk of meat and handed over to Doji who at first rejected it but later accepted after a lot of persuading from Ethan.

Ethan sliced another chunk of meat which was meant for the panther,but he suddenly became confused not knowing what to do,should he throw it to the panther or what.

He stared at Doji for help,the latter seeming to understand laughed but didn't say a word.

The panther suddenly moved towards Ethan,which almost made him jump in fright,the panther walked majestically towards Ethan with it directly staring at him.

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