Let's work together

"Stop! Don't shoot, put your bows down," She shouted in a panic. She was worried that someone might shoot the group.

For a minute, most of them were confused why she was panicking like that but after carefully observing the group, they understood why.

"It's the Kano tribe, we couldn't identify them because of their skin colour, don't shoot," Everyone quickly put down the bows and looked at them.

Eva was in the group confused why they tried to shoot them but, after hearing the shouting notices, she understood that they mistook something.

"Usha, are you there?" Eva shouted in her loud voice. She had a super loud voice which could easily intimidate an enemy.

There were ten or twenty girls beside Eva, so they thought Usha will welcome them with wide arms but, they didn't know how wrong their predictions were.

"Ushaaaa!" Eva kept shouting until she peeked from the wall.

"Let's us in I have something to discuss with you," She said seeing her head popping out.

Usha didn't reply to her as she kept staring at her, Eva got confused for a minute about why she was like this,

"We have nothing to talk about, leave," Usha's words took both sides by surprise. Eva had no idea why she was being like this but, the ones who are closest to Usha knew what she was doing.

"What are you talking about, Usha? Let me in I have something important to discuss with you," Eva said raising her voice. The laidback attitude she had was nowhere to be seen.

Usha gritted her teeth seeing Eva's desperation but, she had already made up her mind to be an amazing chief to her own tribe than being a good friend to Eva.

Usha had a guess why she is here, it is to ask for light magic but unlike when Nara supported them, Nym has very limited mana. It could barely cover the whole tribe but, if she had to add more to that list it would be a disaster.

"We won't open the gate, go back, Eva" Usha was trying her best to sound harsh but, the sadness was overflowing in her voice.

"What?" Eva was taken by surprise by her words. She never thought that Usha, her best friend would refuse her like this.

It took her a few seconds to understand the situation,

"We came here to ask help from Nym, let me talk with her," Eva felt betrayed and angry because of Usha's words. She had no idea that Nym didn't have enough mana to provide so, she thought that it must be the selfishness of Usha.

"She has nothing to talk about with you, leave otherwise we will consider you as enemies,"

Usha's words tick off Eva as she started to yell at her,

"Damn bitch! I thought you were my friend, is this how you treat a friend? Coward," She was scolding her with every single insult she knew.

Usha took it silently as she kept looking at her,

"Leave!" Usha's words caused her to stop talking.

Eva looked disappointed and angry at her for doing this to her, she thought about attacking but she controlled it as she was heavily outnumbered,

"Ron people, you're a disgrace to our friendship from here onward our friendship is over," Her words caused everyone to gasp.

"From here onward it's war, I will take what I want even if I have to kill everyone," She expected Usha to attack her but, it never came as she kept looking at Eva with sadness.

After another two years here they are fighting again with each other for real, Usha finished her story of their past and looked at Nikol, who was listening to everything with interest.

"So that's what happened huh?" Nikol listened to their whole story without disturbing them, he had many questions but he decided to ask them later.

"I'm really sorry to hear about it, but the past cannot be changed, I will help you guys to change your future by helping you in present," Nikol's words took them by surprise.

Both Usha and Eva were looking at each other remembering the good old times,

"As expected you two were good friends, aren't you?" Nikol asked.

"..."

"..."

Both Usha nor Eva didn't say a word as they kept staring at each other.

"Awkward!" Nikol thought, he tried to change the topic to ease the mood.

By now, Eva had calmed down from her berserk state. Nikol got to know that even though she looks like a lioness she had the qualities to listen to others but still she was a fierce one.

"I understand about the case with Nym and her mother but, how's she now? Still no difference?" Nikol asked without noticing Alva peeping at them.

"Her health is becoming worse and worse, I don't know why but the curse is eating her from inside, I don't think she will live for more than a year," Both Usha and Eva had sad faces as they loved Nara the same.

"What about Eldora? Didn't you guys see her again?"

"I tried to find her but, we found nothing about her after that day, even the dark elves who were captured by us didn't know where she was," Usha said gaining attention of Eva.

"And, no signs of my mother either," Eva flinched at her words.

"What about you, Eva?" Nikol wanted to know everything about this problem to come to a solution.

"I didn't see her either, I think the only one who knows what happened is my mother, but she's in a deep slumber," Since she was already calmed down Nikol decided to let her go.

Even she understood that raging like a bull at this moment won't bring any benefit to her.

"So that means something must have happened 5 years ago, that caused her to go into hiding," Nikol's words caught both of their attention.

"Most probably, remember we saw her monster already dead, she must have been fatally wounded," Usha was trying to be friendly but Eva quickly rejected her.

"Don't be friendly with me bitch! This kid is right but I won't listen to anything you say," Nikol could understand her anger but still he didn't want them to fight like this.

"I-i told you, I had no choice, do you think I liked abandoning my one and only friend?" At last, Usha snapped causing the atmosphere to become wild again.

"You should have said that to me without abandoning me like that," Eva quickly took a defensive position in case they started to fight but, Nikol quickly interfered.

"Stop! Stop! Fighting like this won't do anything, well let's just stay calm and take a decision," Both Usha and Eva took their seats back hearing his words.

"Kid! You're always telling us to let's do something, do you even have an idea?" Eva asked causing Nikol to smile cheekily.

"Of course, I have,"

"Right now, our future is bleak so I think joining the two tribes will help us to survive easily," Nikol couldn't finish as both Usha and Eva objected to his idea.

"Impossible! I won't do that with a traitor like her," Eva shouted.

If this proposal came when they were best friends, she would have easily agreed to it but right now she hated Usha more than anything. Still, her hatred for Eldora and dark elves were on another level.

"Nikol, it's not possible we do have not enough light magic to protect all of them, Nym barely has the magic to cover our own people," Usha said.

"Chief, listen your thinking is very wrong and what you did in the past was a bad thing, I don't know why you thought abandoning them would be a good idea in the past, but right now you have me, I can impregnate all of you and create new lives and if the Kano tribe also joined us our numbers would be doubled,"

"Indeed, we don't have enough magic but, we have two powerful chiefs and double the number of womanpower, think about it" Nikol's words caused both of them to think about it deeply.

"Don't forget, in the past, you managed to protect this city because of the effort of both of your mothers, don't you think having two powerful girls like you is better than one," He kept talking to convince them.

"Kid, you're right but what about the control structure? I don't want to be controlled by her," Eva had no problem with abandoning her city because it was already half destroyed by the attacks of dark elves.

"Let's create a council," Nikol's words confused both Usha and Eva.

"What's a council?" Usha asked.

"Simply, power is divided among both tribes and all the decisions are taken by votes, To those who break the rules, I will not provide the chance to have sacred impregnation, I will stay as a neutral party," Nikol suggested.

"Kid, how do I know you will stay true to your words unlike someone here?" Eva wanted to believe him but her past betrayal didn't allow her as the scar remained on her heart.

"Can't you see I'm different from both of you, what advantage do I have if I betray you? I just want your help to find my sister, and I will help you for a better future, simple deal,"

At this point, Nikol was pretty sure that he won't be able to go back to earth but still, he couldn't give up on his sister.

"I agree," Usha believed in Nikol.

Eva thought hard about it before giving up, if she continues like this her tribe won't have a future so she also agreed to the deal.

"Wait, kid! I want to see how this sacred impregnation happens, bless me first," Eva requested making Usha remember her most hectic night.

"Here? Usha, can I take a room with a bed?" Nikol didn't want to hesitate now as he was going to take full responsibility for his words.

"You can use my room, Don't worry I will take care of everything until you do it with her," Usha wanted to join but, someone had to oversee all the work.

"Do what?" Eva was confused because she thought he is going to just bless her or something with his magic power.

"I will show you follow me," Nikol quickly grabbed her hand.