Faruth walked calmly towards the centre of the Lizardman village that they had destroyed just a short while ago. After hunting down the remaining Lizardmen that fled the village, he handed the ones that had been injured to Grimanth and hoped for the best. Due to his [Basic First Aid] skill, Wulfarth was sent him to increase their chances of success.
In the centre of the village that he was headed to, was the cages filled with malnourished slaves, Gnolls, Goblins and the other mysterious 6. Excluding the large bull headed creature, all of them were slumped or crouched over, likely lacking the energy to even speak, never mind move.
Though he didn't have enough troops to surround the cages, he had Hoki, Droki, Frothen and the two female hunters on guard, so they were more than likely secure. Alneth, on the other hand, had been sent back to the village not only to escort Grimanth and the injured trio back, but also bring supplies and villagers that would be necessary in the freeing and transportation of the former captives.
Arriving at the cages, Faruth and Hoki looked at each other, before Hoki began to speak.
["Chieftain, there are no problems here. Other than that big fellow over there, I doubt the rest even have the energy to move. We've waited for you to come back to see what we should do."] {Hoki}
Faruth was somewhat pleased in his heart. He could tell that they took their duty seriously, after all, Hoki was missing his ever so present laugh that emerged almost whenever he spoke during the village's meetings.
He glanced over at the cages and saw those that laid inside. Some looked at him with fear, almost tearing up at the sight of him. Some glared at him with open hostility, but perhaps that was only masking the same fear that the others had shown. But two of them caught his attention. The two female Tigerkin looked at him with a gaze of reverence and after using [Appraisal], he soon found out why.
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[[Name: Wix]]
[[Age: 21]] [[Level: 9]]
[[Race: Tigerkin]] [[Title:]]
[[Job: Druid]] [[Affiliation: None]]
[[EXP: 2382/7500]] [[Stage: 1]]
[[Status: Weak]]
[[Village Status:]]
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[[Blessings:]]
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[[HP: 2784/2784]] [[MP: 3720/3720]]
[[Stamina: 1978/1978]]
[[Attack: 116.5]]
[[Defence: 141]]
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[[Strength: 43]] [[Endurance: 48]]
[[Vitality: 58]] [[Agility: 46]]
[[Intelligence: 60]] [[Wisdom: 62]]
[[Charisma: 12]] [[Luck: 6]]
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[[Skills:]]
[[Active:]]
[Rock Bullet lvl.2]
[Spike Pierce lvl.1]
[Water Ball lvl.1]
[Water Slash lvl.1]
[Tangle lvl.2]
[Vine Strike lvl.1]
[Vine Whip lvl.3]
[Resource Harvesting lvl.1]
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[[Passive:]]
[Mana Control lvl.3]
[Earth Magic lvl.1]
[Water Magic lvl.1]
[Plant Magic lvl.2]
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[[Name: Vi]]
[[Age: 17]] [[Level: 8]]
[[Race: Tigerkin]] [[Title: Mystic]]
[[Job: Druid Priestess]] [[Affiliation: None]]
[[EXP: 6823/7000]] [[Stage: 1]]
[[Status: Weak]]
[[Village Status:]]
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[[Blessings:]]
[[Blessing of ???]]
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[[HP: 378/378]] [[MP: 3160/3160]]
[[Stamina: 625/625]]
[[Attack: 132.5]]
[[Defence: 119.5]]
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[[Strength: 25]] [[Endurance: 18]]
[[Vitality: 21]] [[Agility: 25]]
[[Intelligence: 79]] [[Wisdom: 40]]
[[Charisma: 25]] [[Luck: 70]]
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[[Skills:]]
[[Active:]]
[Rock Bullet lvl.1]
[Spike Pierce lvl.1]
[Tangle lvl.4]
[Vine Strike lvl.3]
[Vine Whip lvl.4]
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[[Passive:]]
[Mana Control lvl.1]
[Earth Magic lvl.1]
[Plant Magic lvl.3]
[Lesser Luck lvl.1]
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The two had connections to nature themselves, through their [Druid] and [Druid Priestess] classes, so obviously they would be affected by Faruth's own class, which was basically the pinnacle of classes that had a connection to nature, or so he assumed. Because he was of a higher stage than them, it just added to the mysterious aura around him, boosting the duo's fanaticism even more.
Moving on from the two of them, he noticed that the Gnolls mostly looked at him in fear, the Goblins with hostility and the mysterious four with mixed gazes. Sometimes showing slight fear, sometimes showing hostility and sometimes confusion.
Faruth began to move towards the people in the centre while Hoki followed behind him. After arriving about 3 or so metres away from the closest cage, the to looked at each other before Faruth nodded and Hoki began to speak once more.
["I see all of you in those cages and my heart burns with anger and sadness. My name is Hoki, I am one of the Village Elders under the great Chieftain Faruth, the very man you see before you!"] {Hoki}
At this, Hoki pointed at Faruth who was currently standing in a pose displaying his own majesty. However, the man inside was nearly dying of embarrassment. It was a good thing that his skin couldn't be seen through his pitch black fur because he was sure it was as red as ALice's fur. Without noticing his embarrassment, Hoki continued to persuade the group to Faruth's greatness.
["He has destroyed the Lizardmen, your captors! He has declared a war against their very kind. He will not see anything like this happen again, ever! And do you know why he did it? Do you know who he did it for? You! All of you! He saw the way that you were treated and almost went mad with anger! Are you not grateful? That this great Chieftain, this man that has everything anyone could wish for, risked everything he owns, even his own life, for the sake of rescuing you? Not only that, but he is bringing supplies for you, to heal your sick bodies! Is he not merciful? Is he not the greatest leader this forest has ever seen?!"] {Hoki}
Faruth had picked Hoki to give the speech to the captives because he had found that during the meetings he was able to speak his ideas clearer and more forthright than anyone else. He had a perfect gift of gab. He couldn't quite believe that anyone would listen to his words, but as he finished, some of them began to cry tears of joy while praising his name, while some remained the same but overall they all looked happier. But weren't they supposed to be malnourished captives, where did they get this energy from all of a sudden.
When he was deep in thought, he noticed Alneth running towards him with a group of villagers following behind. He seemed to be completely out of breath and staggering but had a half smile on the side of his face.
["Alneth, what is the matter? Are you alright?"] {Faruth}
["Lo-lo-lord, ha... ha... It-it's Marth... Marth has begun evolving!"] {Alneth}