It was almost dusk when the trio of father and sons returned back to the tribe. Ambhik's father was suspicious of the man and thought his tribe must be near. Seeing the strength of that man, he become apprehensive thinking of the tribe this man was from. Cause the strength he showed was not less than the strength of his own tribe's chief but his tribe chief lack that savageness of a beast of that man.
He took a long round turn inside the forest toward north thinking of warding off any followers that man might have send before him to get the location of his tribe. He was without a doubt wary of that man and didn't want that man or his tribe to find out the location of their tribe.
He had fought many tribes before alongside his friends and none of them they had lost under the leadership of their current tribe chief but it was also true that non of them were as strong or even comparable to their current tribe chief. But that man was as strong if not stronger than their tribe chief. So he was apprehensive of that man and thinking of his tribe.
All the way till now, the father was only thinking how to ward off any followers if he have and then how to reach their tribe as soon as he can. He has to inform the tribe chief of a Savage Tribe in the forest as well as the strength of that man.
Ambhik's father had heard a lot about the savage tribes, they were the ruthless tribe, they loot, rape and even eat other humans. They were the synonym of demons in the human's settlement but he had never seen anyone from savage tribe before only heard of them and their savageness.
So on seeing that man, he was sure that he was from that specific tribe. Cause for him, no other humans can be this ruthless and full of blood thirst. There was one other possibility too, that the man was a shapeshifting demon. But that possibility was almost none cause demon settlement was still far from there and even the nearest demon settlement was still far in the depth of the mountain. So for him the only possibility was that they were from Savage Tribe. Savage Tribe usually live deep in the forest and only show themselves whenever they had to hunt.
Even if that tribe is no less than demons, they still had to hide themselves in forest cause there were no kingdom who wants them near their territory. They were usually chased and killed whenever and wherever they were seen by any kingdom. So they mostly hide in the depth of the forest. But never in his dream had Ambhik's father or anyone in his tribe had thought that they were this close to that vicious tribe.
After reaching to his tribe the first thing that came to his mind was to go to the Tribe Chief but he still had that deer on his shoulder that was dead now, with blood oozing from it's mouth and other injuries so his back was now coated in a thick crimson cover as well as Ambhik and his brother were still not leaving him and a deep rooted fear can be seen in the eyes of both boys. So he went alongside them towards their hut with that dead deer and his children.
He told everything to his wife while she was washing his back. After hearing everything there was shock and an unseen fear visible on her face. The beautiful face was now completely devoid of any color now. Understanding her fear, he consoled her. After washing the crimson liquid from his back, he went to meet the tribe chief.
For Ambhik and his brother the day was unexpected in many ways, he felt like he had a nightmare. But the night was peaceful, today they had deer's meat for supper. His father was still not back from meeting the tribe chief. So the two brothers after waiting for a long time, ate and went to sleep. Their mother was still waiting for their father to return.
Back in the hut of the tribe's chief, there was a grim atmosphere. When Ambhik's father told him about that man, detailing everything not leaving a detail behind, he saw a very ugly expression on the chief face and the two women behind him started whispering something with each other with very serious face, maybe trying to guess who was that man.
Suddenly the tribe's chief called all his remaining forty nine men and the tribe's sacred priest and told everything he was told by Ambhik's father and with a grave face he ordered them, "We have to leave this place now."
Some men hesitated and wanted to say something but no one voiced anything.
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Meanwhile in depth of forest, surrounded in absolute darkness.
"Are you sure?" Someone asked.
"Hehe… yes I'm sure. There's absolutely a humans group on the outskirt."
"But what was he doing in such a depth. Humans rarely came in such depth of the forest?"
"Yes. Why? Are you sure he's not some soldier from any kingdom?"
"Yes. Maybe he was here for searching something."
"No he didn't look like those humans. He was not even wearing those metal cover on him. And there was even two human child…Hehe…" while saying he licked his lips.
If Ambhik's trio was here, they would have recognized this voice. But on seeing his figure and body this time, they would have terrified or even died unconscious.
"I'm saying, if you all are coming then come, if not then tell me. I'll go and have a feast myself."
"Maybe he would have already alarmed everyone and left that place. Why are you so sure that he would still be there?"
"No he is still at the outskirt. I can still smell them." He said with a sinister laugh and while twitching his nose.
"It's been really ages since we had tasted a human flesh. We should take this risk. I agree with him."
"Hehe… and let me also tell you this. He doesn't look like a high born or godkin or even from any nearby kingdom. Even if he lied about being a hunter but I don't think he was far from being someone like them. At most his strength was at par of our kids."
"Hmm.. then we should not delay and go for the feast that is calling us."
"Fine… I'm already bored of eating these tasteless animals."
"What about you? Are you still hesitating?"
"Of course not but I think we should not forget why we came here? Lord send us to human settlement to investigate that human prince.
What if attacking those humans alert that human prince?"
"Don't worry we're far away from that kingdom. And why we even have to worry? We just need to enjoy every single one of them without leaving anyone to tell the tale."