Chapter 25: No Mercy!

“AHHH! YOU ALL ARE F*CKING COWARDS!! COME BACK HERE!!”

Vir and Dara walked closer to the screaming young man, Vir’s rage started to slowly emerge again when he saw the young man. The young man was struggling to remove the spear piercing his shoulder, then he noticed the two were walking toward him.

He was horrified especially at Vir, he saw how Vir mercilessly killed a few members of his tribe by just using his hands.

“DO NOT COME CLOSER! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?! I AM THE SON OF THE CHIEFTAIN OF THE BLOOD TRIBE! YOU CAN NOT KILL ME! MY FATHER WILL BURN YOUR TRIBE IF YOU LAY EVEN A SINGLE FINGER ON MY BODY!”

Dara stopped when she remembered the chieftain of the Blood Tribe, the fear on her face was very visible. Dara stopped Vir from walking to tell him her thoughts.

“Maybe we should not kill him, we can use him as a trade from the Blood Tribe to leave us alone.”

“THAT IS RIGHT! IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR TRIBE TO BE DESTROYED YOU BETTER LET ME GO! I PROMISE THAT I WILL CONVINCE MY FATHER TO SPARE YOUR TRIBE!”

‘Just you wait once I get out of here, I will make sure to f*cking kill every single one of you. I will display your head in front of my tribe as a trophy.’ the young man secretly thought.

Vir just glanced at Dara, but After that, he continued walking in the direction of the young man while showing his killing intent, to make the young man realize that he was about to die.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING! DO NOT COME CLOSER! ARE YOU NOT AFRAID THAT MY FATHER WILL DESTROY YOUR TRIBE IF YOU KILL ME?!

Vir finally arrived in front of the young man, then he raised his right hand to grab the head of the young man.

“I do not respond well to a threat”

Vir started to slowly tighten his grip, squeezing the young man’s head.

“AHHHH! STOP! STOP! PLEASE STOP IT!”

Finally, the young man’s skull was crushed by Vir’s hand. The blood from the head splurged everywhere, some blood even splashed at Vir’s face making him more terrifying to look at. Vir slowly turned around to look at Dara. Dara backed off for a few steps, she was frightened at the sight of Vir.

“We do not spare our enemies, especially from the Blood Tribe.” Vir calmly said.

Everyone’s reaction to Vir’s action was varied, Gunnar was ecstatic, Armani was satisfied, Berus was a little afraid, Alfred vomited at the scene, and Dara together with her groups was horrified. This version of Vir would be forever imprinted in their mind.

Dara was now questioning if Vir’s group was more dangerous than the Blood Tribe. However, she removed this thought immediately. To her, it doesn’t matter if Vir’s group was more dangerous, they already killed the son of the chieftain of Blood Tribe. The chieftain will kill all those involved. Therefore, she chose to trust Vir’s group.

Although Dara was scared of Vir, she still came to him to ask him for a favor.

“Vir, can I talk to you in private?”

Vir nodded, both of them walked far enough so no one can hear their discussion.

“What is it? Vir asked

“I want to ask you, can you let us join your tribe?”

“That decision is not mine to make. Also, our tribe has a food problem, it is not a good idea to add more people to feed.”

“If food is your problem, we can help you!”

“We do not need help from hunting, we can hunt food ourselves. The problem with our food supply is not because we lack people to hunt, but because the monster became scarce in this part of the forest.”

“No, I think you misunderstand me, I do not mean we help you with hunting, I mean we will help with that, but that is not the only value of my people. Like I told you before, my tribe specialized in growing plants and herbs, we can grow plants that can become a food source for the tribe.”

“Growing plants?”

“Yes, I know you might not be familiar with it, but in my tribe, planting is the biggest food source of our tribe.”

“I am interested in this, but I do not understand this kind of topic, let me call someone to help me understand.”

Vir called Armani to help him with this decision. When Armani arrived, Vir explained what they are talking about.

“Hmm… Growing plants for a food source, if I recalled correctly shaman Cartori mentioned before that one of our ancestors also tried this planting. However, he did not succeed.“ Armani said.

“That is because growing a plant is not that simple, it will not survive by just planting it randomly. There is a procedure you need to follow for the plants to survive, and this method is developed by my ancestors, they improved it with every generation to come.

This is also the reason why the Blood Tribe attacked my tribe to learn our secret method, but my father did not give it to them. That is why they destroy my tribe and persistently chase us.”

“Head Arrow, if she is telling the truth this might be the solution to our food problem. I suggest that we should bring them to our tribe to let the Elders decide. I know it is a bit risky, but if we did not do anything about our food problem sooner or later a lot of our tribesmen will starve to death. Also, we just lost 4 Arrows in this mission we need additional hunters.

Vir thought deeply before he nodded.

“I will let you meet our Elders, if you want to join our tribe you need to convince them.” Vir accepted Dara’s request.

“Thank you! I promise that we will definitely not let your tribe down!”

Dara instantly ran to her group bearing this good news. Meanwhile, Gunnar was teasing Alfred because the latter vomited from just seeing people die.

“Huh! What a weakling. Vomiting by just this much? HAHA! Wait… is this the first time you see people dying in front of you?”

“Yes! So go away psycho!”

“What did you call me? I do not know what this psycho means I feel like it is an insult?”

“It means you are crazy!”

“HAHAHA! Ow I thought it was an insult, I will rather be crazy than a coward like you”

Gunnar left after having his fun. Berus walked to Alfred when he saw Gunnar left.

“Do not mind him, he is like that to everyone. I also vomit when the first time I saw a corpse. So, you do not have to worry about it.”

“Thank you Berus”

After the wounded had been treated, Vir gather the attention of the Arrows.

“I know my decision cost us 3 more lives and I apologize for my impulsiveness”

“You do not have to apologize we share your feeling of hatred for those Blood people, it is not your fault. In fact, we all support your decision!” One of the Arrows interject

After hearing that, all the Arrows agreed to that one person.

“If that is the case, I thank you for not blaming me. Still, my decision cost us 3 important lives and for that, I will let the Elders punish me after we return.”

The Arrows wanted to disagree with this decision, but before they do Vir raised his hand signaling them to quiet.

“I have one more thing to say.”

Vir invited Dara to the front.

“This is Dara, she is the leader of their group. They are going to come with us back to the tribe. Their cooperation is very important to the tribe, so, treat them well. Go now, rest, tomorrow we will be going home.”

Alfred didn’t even listen to Vir’s speech because of exhaustion, he just sat down, then leaned into the tree behind him. Alfred experienced and saw a lot of new things in this mission that would change him forever. Berus sat beside Alfred to rest with him.

“Are you okay?” Berus asked Alfred.

“Ah yes, can I ask you something Berus?”

“What is it?”

“Can you tell me why all of you are angry at the Blood Tribe?”

“I do not think I am the best person to ask that question, because when that incident happened, I am still too young to fight. So, I do not know the whole story. It is better to ask those people who are directly involved.”

“I see, thank you.”