-khah-

-krrrrrrrrr-

Khall tried to breathe. Since he was forced to drink that red liquid, he couldn't control his own body. It felt like a racing car that was tied to a very strong pillar. It wanted to go at its full speed yet the pillar prevented it to do that.

"what's....this feeling... it almost like beast mode...but far beyond control..."

-shuuuuu-

"need to control my breath..."

-ckrek-

The door opened and he could see that messy long green hair again. Marleus check the big hourglass on the table.

"half....big sand...then it's the time..."

(one big hourglass was around two hours)

He approached Khall while bring another copper bowl with the same liquid.

"this is...the second.... trigger..."

When he stretched his right hand to grip Khall's jaw, something unexpected happened in an instant.

-whuuk-

-criing-

A very fast bite attack aimed at his right wrist.

-ghiing-

The sound echoed within a little vibration inside the room. It needed a very strong bite to produce such a terrifying sound, and anything that got bitten by that without a doubt would be shredded into pieces.

"YOUU!! SICK HUMAN!!!!!" Khal growled

Marleus looked at his right hand. It was still intact and he moved his fingers and wrist a little bit. He successfully dodged that sudden attack.

".....your speed....increase....good..." He smiled

-greeb-

Once again, he grabbed Khall's jaw and forced him to drink the red liquid inside the bowl.

"RHAAAAA"

Khall tried to struggle yet he was in the same situation like the last time. He thought that he got stronger and created some opportunity to leave this place.

"I.... can't move.... kkghh"

-glup-

-kkgghh-

He was forced to drink that red liquid again. Marleus let him go and left that room. He also turned the hourglass upside down before he closed the door.

This time, the sensation in his entire body was totally on different level than before.

"RHAAAAAAAAAA...HUMAANN!!!"

His chest felt like burning. There are so many weird sounds coming from inside of his body. His breath became unstable and his eyes started losing its focus.

-krrrrrrrrr-

"I'LL....KILL THAT HUMAN..."

-----++-----

Early in the morning.

All of the villager was gathered by the fighters in the plaza. They wandered what this was all about.

"will those humans attack us again?"

"i won't be surprised if that happens.... they already killed so many fighters and hunters..."

"what will the elder do? Mugha said he couldn't stop them.."

"I know.... if Mugha couldn't do that... that only means one thing..."

The elder came and walked to the center. Mugha and Shanti followed him at the back.

He raised his hand. That's the sign for everyone to give attention to what would he say.

"all of my families....we all know that our tribe is in a dire state... only by single attack, with only ten soldiers, humans killed more than twenty of our proud and mighty fighters..."

They listened and waited. Their fate depended on his decision.

"I'll give you two choices!! we will leave our village and go to the north, or....."

They were still waiting.

"we will leave our fate at our furr'dhad's hands"

-whaaa-

"the last howl sacrifice ritual? we're seriously considering that as an option?"

"there's no way I'll let my son become a sacrifice!!!"

"we will leave this village!!! as long as we have our families, we can start anywhere!!"

"if you want to sacrifice them, then let's fight to the death with those humans!! that will be better!!"

The villager started to show their protest. The elder closed his eyes and said nothing about it.

"SILENT!!"

Mugha's voice ringed through the entire plaza. In an instant, all of people's attention gathered at him.

"like our elder said, you are the one who will choose what we will do next"

"then it's already decided then!" One of the villager shouted

".... but before that, let me... no, let us tell you what we have in mind"

The moment Mugha said that, all the remaining fighters came out and lined up behind their leader. Not only that, they wore a plain brown clothes with a necklace that had a animal's bone as the pendant.

"that outfit..... don't tell me..."

"it can't be...."

All of the people knew what that outfit meant, and Mugha knew very well what would happen after they saw what their families wore in front of them.

-----( Chapter 125 "A little wolf 23" )-----