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"Do you still believe your brat isn't dead?" Shamanka mumbled softly while examining the decayed flesh for one of her pupils.

"With all due respect, he isn't someone capable of doing this... Just look at all these people... that idiot wouldn't even know how to wield a weapon properly let alone kill so many people with such precision." Skah shook his head in disagreement, "It must have been the work of those cannibals. Just look at the way they have torn into the flesh of the dead. It has to be them."

"I already told you, the cannibals no longer exist. I personally took care of them before heading to your tribe. Even if some of them managed to escape, they wouldn't ever dare to make such a bold move against us." The Shamanka sighed, "On top of that... those bast.ards don't know the use of Bloodblade flower. Maybe your brat found about those plants and decided to use them on... my disciples."

"But the flower doesn't even grow in the wilderness in the first place!" Skah was in complete defiance. In his head, Zok would have died in the wilderness, even if he survived the attack from the arachnid, "How will he even get the flower then?"

"There are multiple ways for someone to get their hands of the flower. Maybe he ran into a trader, killed him and took his supplies with him." The Shamanka said before caressing her chin, "Or... he could have raided the supplies these fools had been gathering here."

It had been two days since Zok attacked the checkpoint and annihilated everyone there. It took the tribesmen so long to notice something was wrong because well, they hadn't heard from the brutes that the shamanka had placed there. So they went ahead to check the situation, that's when they were greeted by the carnage Zok had left behind.

There were five corpses. The other henchmen were there to repent for their misdeeds so no one felt bad about them in the least. But the twins were there to stop Zok from leaving the Wilderness, they didn't deserve death.

They were also one of the strongest pupils the shamanka had ever trained. She even thought one of them the godly move 'Thunderclap'. A move that could have given a grievous wound even to her, and still the twins died in a way worse than the cannibals had.

She had miserably failed to anticipate Zok's growth. If in fact, it was Zok who killed the twins then he was already powerful enough to take down the fifth and possible the fourth rank shamans. It was terrible news, to say the least. She had to put a stop to him before he became unstoppable. She had to do it for the sake of the God she served.

"Judging from the way things are going... that brat would make the prophecy true. I should not have taken a subtle approach and end him while I had the chance to do so." It was the first time for Skah to see the Shamanka so agitated, "I should have done that..."

Skah put his hands on her shoulder and that seemed to snap her out of her dilemma, "We can't change the past. So let's focus on what do w have to do now. As much as I hate to believe that bast.ard son of my wife is the cause of all this... I can no longer deny the possibility of that either. Just tell me how can I help?"

"Brand him as a traitor." She mumbled.

"What?"

"I said, brand him as a traitor and force everyone to hunt him down!"

"He might not even be in the wilderness anymore for all we know." One of the shamanka's lieutenants interrupted them, "And judging by the stunt he pulled here, I think he might have already left."

Standing 6' 2" tall, the Shaman's face was almost completely hidden from the view and only his blue lips were visible. His body was well hidden underneath his leafy robe.

He was one of the most respected people within the shamans and there were rumours he was born as a hunter, just like many but then one day he 'aberrated' into one of Okun's children. Even though he had given up on fighting monsters for quite some time, he still had a good share of his talents sealed within himself.

"No. He wouldn't leave. Not before he takes his 'revenge' on us." The Shamanka replied, "I can tell, he harbours strong hatred towards us. A hatred that has blinded him. He will come for us soon, we just have to be prepared when he does. Till then, we need to gather more information about him and how did he get so powerful all of a sudden."

***

Somewhere far away from the checkpoint, Zok was doing what he did the best, slaying beasts and levelling up. But killing low-level insectoids wasn't cutting it anymore. He had been it for about two days and yet he hadn't managed level up even once. Although he did manage to learn the skill he earned by taming Kaira. Also, after his fight with the twins at the checkpoint, he realised something.

Kaira was faster than the wind and her offence was strong. But she couldn't take a beating from his targets. Till now he had been using her to distract his enemies while he attacked them. However, that plan did not work the last time and probably wouldn't work in the future either.

Thus, he needed a beast that could defend itself as well as him and Kaira. Preferably a strong beast with sturdy armour.

"Where can I find such a beast though?" Zok mumbled while Kaira napped beside him. Just then the system threw some more texts at his face.

[You have accumulated enough knowledge to activate the secondary effect of your <Index > skill. Would you like to activate it?]

'I killed so many people to get my knowledge to 53 points. I am not gonna spend it so soon.'

[You will retain your knowledge points even after the upgrade. Activating the secondary effect would allow the system to access the knowledge imparted to you and look for a solution to your query. Would you still not like to activate the stated effect?]

"Well... if you put it that way, then why not?"

[Affirmitive. Request Acknowledged. You might feel some pain during the procedure.]

"Wait for a second! No one told me crap about the- Argh! I hate yo- Argh!"