Six months later.
Without the help of the Mindhive, the government's effort against the Brutal were gone to waste. No matter how big of an army, or how expert of a mental warrior was sent, nothing but mutilated corpses and rumors came back to explain the changes in this particular son of Iewah. At the same time, the news of the death of the Mindhive was spread far and wide, reaching new ears every single day.
Unwilling to face, or even know what the repercussions of killing one of Iewah's mature children was, instead of attributing his death to the female explorer, the universal government had decided to blame Daniel, who ironically enough, was the actual perpetrator.
This event caused the fame of both Daniel and his group to grow as quickly as the infamy of the Brutal, turning the two into the most talked about children of Iewah of their generation.
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Daniel's planet.
