Alyan waited with an impatient manner as he was waiting for his second to arrive as they needed to talk about the possibility of expanding the tribe by connecting the small water source as well as the other medium sized water source together. And make plans for him to become the next tribal chief.
As Alyan continued to wait with impatience he heard a voice come from outside of his tent.
"You call for me, Alyan and why so late at night man, I was just about to head out and have some fun with the new slave girls." Replied an anguished voice.
When Alyan heard the voice outside of his tent he frowned as he hid the old map behind a screen as he called his second into his tent.
"You may enter Ashern, just ignore the two dead dogs on the floor as someone will take care of them, and when did we get new slave girls Ashern I wasn't told of this?" Alyan turned around to face the individual who walked into his tent.
Ashern was a 2.2 meter tall man but was all skin and bone with a long scar that went from the side of his head to his neck. He had a bald head, small narrow eyes and thin lips. Ashern might not have been the best looking guy but he was definitely feared among those who knew about him. Ashern was a very cruel and sick individual who took pleasure in watching others being eaten alive by vicious insects and monsters all while making the individual's lover or those he cares about watch. Or if he was really bored he would force himself upon them as they watched their loved one die being eaten alive.
"Well they just came in and some look amazing. There's this one who's body is perfect but the damn tribal chief already took her! And what the hell did you call me for I was just about to enjoy myself dammit." Ashern completely didn't care or respond to the two corpses on the floor as he was more concerned with why Alyan interrupted his play time.
"Well for one we have things to discuss, two apparently the tribe is haunted by a purple eyed devil, and three why haven't we received that 'notebook' from that lowly merchant, I can't remember his name and nor do I care I just want to know where in the GODS, NAME, IS, IT!!!"
Alyan was furious at the end as the notebook he was looking for was something that he overheard from the first hunting captain and he has been trying to get that notebook ever since.
Carl was very adamant about not handing it over as he saw Alyan as a spoiled child or brat that needed to learn his place.
"So you interrupted my play time to discuss what? And as for the damn notebook we still haven't been able to figure that out but, before I had fun with that messenger's body and killed him. I happened to remember him mentioning running into an individual with purple eyes when he was at that merchants tent last." Ashern had a very ugly and lewd smile on his face as he remembered that day as it was just two days ago.
Alyan frowned again as this was already the second time someone mentioned those damned purple eyes again and it was starting to infuriate him.
"Was your messenger seeing ghosts too? It's impossible that someone in the tribe currently has purple eyes as the individual doesn't exist anymore. But since he mentioned it to you, do you remember if he said anything about this so-called person!" Alyan was not having a good last couple of days as all the plans he had to increase his strength and influence had fallen flat and was getting him nowhere.
Asherns eyes furrowed and frowned at the same time as he tried to remember if the messenger mentioned that person before but it was only that one time.
"Sorry it looks like it was the one time but forget about that for the moment you still never told me why you interrupted my play time as the only thing we discussed is this so-called ghost of a devil."
Alyan rubbed his yellow golden eyes in frustration as he was annoyed that no one was able to do anything he asked for or understood why he was so furious.
"Forget about the damn ghost devil. We have to discuss how to handle the Elite Red Horned Bearded Lizard nest when those two come back with a report so we can increase the strength of the tribe and make way for me to become the next tribal leader…."
The two continued to have their discussion until the second moon was crowning on the horizon.
Ashern left Alyans tent in a hurry as he was held back longer than he liked leaving Alyan looking at that old map as a fantasy played in his mind, with a child-like smile on his face.
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Polemos had no idea what was going on in the tribe as he had a little more important thing to worry about as he was looking at an odd scene happening just below.
After Polemos was all done with the declawing of the lizards and getting both their scales and meat, Polemos didn't hesitate to start dinner as he really wanted to try and see how the red horned bearded lizard tasted.
When everything was all made both Rose and Polemos didn't hesitate to dig in, when the roasted lizard meat touched Polemos's tongue he was in for a treat as the meat was very heavy but had a wonderful flavor and had a slight spicy taste in the end.
"This is so good, I'm so glad I had that thought. Hopefully the other monsters or beasts are edible or taste good too. How does it taste for you Rose? Rose?"
When Polemos asked if Rose was enjoying the roasted red horned bearded lizard he was shocked to see that she had already finished the whole pile as he was only able to get a single bite in.
"Well you very much enjoyed that then didn't you Rose, well it's a good thing that there is plenty more for later."
Polemos just smiled as he continued to enjoy his dinner while writing in his journal about the events that happened today so he could look back and then learn from his experiences.
When Polemos was done with everything he looked up to notice that Rose wasn't lying nearby until he heard a noise from outside their camp. When Polemos went to go and check he was confused as it looked like Rose was thrashing about against the rocky spire.
'What is she doing, is she training or is it something else entirely? Or does it have to do with the lizard's meat, did it increase her strength, well if it did that's good for her….wait doesn't that mean she's evolving into a Special Elite then, shit.'
When Polemos was able to remember one of the books he read about the power hierarchy of the beasts that inhibit this world he remembered that this next level was something that usually only stage nine True Acolytes are able to handle while Polemos currently wasn't anywhere near that stage yet.
"Well this, this, I don't even know what to call this situation. I just know it's bad and this was not what I was expecting." Polemos could only watch as Rose continued to thrash around against the spire. The only other thing Polemos could think was to build a dense fireball in both hands when he hoped she stopped.
Rose continued to thrash around for a while and then slowly stopped.
Polemos started to build the fireballs in his hands to prepare for something he didn't really want to do but, if it cost him his life he would choose life.
Rose didn't move even after she stopped and just stood there for about five minutes.
Polemos decided to get Rose's attention by shouting her name: "ROSE!!"
The moment she heard her name called she snapped her head towards the one who called her name. And when she saw the individual she hissed very loudly as it even reached the red horned bearded lizards as they had fear in their eyes.
Polemos stalled for a second but before he could speak Rose was already halfway up the spire and was getting closer by the second.
"Damn she got a lot faster, that'll make things complicated but if not then tomorrow will be very easy then." Polemos had a wry smile as he started to walk backwards to create some distance from the edge of the hole. So that way if he had to release the fireballs it would be a straight shot.
Rose made it to the top in a few seconds and just stared, towards Polemos as she started to wiggle and hiss at the same time.
Polemos was very shocked and confused as this was not what he was expecting as he tried calling her name again to see how she would react.
"Rose?"
When Rose heard her name again she started the wiggle again but in a jittery fashion and hissed in a low happy manner.
"Ssssssssssssssssssssssss."
Polemos was very surprised but also very happy as it looked like even though she got stronger she was still able to remember who he was, as he also clenched his hands to put out the fireball spell in each hand. As he congratulated Rose on her increase in strength.
"This is awesome Rose, congratulations!! How about I make some more of that roasted red horned lizard meat to celeb-."
Polemos wasn't able to finish as he noticed that Rose rushed right past him towards the fire as she hissed with impatience.
"Hissssss."