And as they were getting worried and depressed with him, Roy said something completely unexpected,
"Well it will be hard to survive, but if we do the benefits will surely be worth it!"
Unable to control herself Alena asked,
"What do you mean by that Master!?"
After Roy announced that he had sent Ileana to some special place to live, learn, and grow, she was trying whatever she could to have his attention, and confidence.
Roy had clearly noticed this, but he still pretended to not care much, as he wanted her to push herself further, but he still answered her question,
"As long as we survive this, we will be the overlords of this area! All the other tribes will either accept our rule, or they will perish, as simple as that!"
Roy was probably the only person who could say that with a calm and natural face, like he was talking about mowing the lawn in front of his house.
But the weirdest part of this was the fact that the ladies around him didn't seem to doubt his words.
Even the new additions, the dark elf Eya, and mercenary lady Beatrice seemed to believe those words.
The two of them were the ones that Roy had captured the night that he broke through to become a Rank 2 Warrior, and had subdued the next day.
Certainly, their subjugation wasn't easy, as he had to spend a lot of sweat, and stamina, but with the special card called Valerie on his hands, they had no other choice but to accept.
As a matter of fact, the other warrior of that night was Beatrice's husband, but Roy clearly didn't care about it, as he was still inside the cage prison of the tribe.
He had made sure to make it clear for the new additions what expected them if they took a false step, so even though he was in there, Beatrice hadn't gone once to visit him.
Her heart didn't belong to him it was as bright as day for him, but he didn't care much about her heart at the moment. All he cared was her body, and her skills.
But that didn't matter right now, what it mattered was that the moment he said those words, the whole mood started to change once again for the better.
Even though this seemed like something good on first glance he didn't like it in the least. These women were just too depended on his words, and his skills.
He certainly wanted to be their Heaven, and Earth, but at the same time he wanted them to have their own strength, standing, and goal for the future.
He didn't need brainless sexy dolls behind him, he needed women that were capable and worthy of serving him, and being beside him.
But certainly not each and every one of them was like that, as there were a few who were able to understand his expectations and vie towards them, like Gisella, Gidella, Eya, and Beatrice.
The surprise of the night though was that 10 years old little girl who was already a Rank 1 Fire Mage. She was a true genius and Roy felt truly lucky to have discovered her.
She had the potential to become a Concubine for him in the future, but right now she was still really young.
With that out of the way, the celebrations continued through all the night, as Roy enjoyed a grand night that night.
The next 3 or 4 days were peaceful and calm too, but after the 4th day trouble started appearing around them.
His beasts were catching more and more smells, and traces of enemies in the surroundings, which clearly spelt trouble for Roy and his tribe.
In Roy's eyes though this whole happening was more of an opportunity than a misfortune, as not only would he be able to become the overlord of the area, but his beasts would also grow stronger.
He had already instructed the beasts surrounding the camp that every warrior that they managed to catch or kill in the surroundings was theirs, and they could eat to their hearts content.
He didn't know exactly why, but in these few months he had carefully observed them, he had found that eating Human bodies was especially effective in increasing their Ranks, and their strength.
It was the same for the opposite case as well, for Human Mages or Human Warriors, cultivating Magic Power, or strength through the cores of powerful beasts was especially effective.
He was unable to understand the reason, but nonetheless he was able to affirm that it was truly the case, so he had sent a few of his beasts in search of some beasts' cores.
On the end of the 4th day though he received an interesting piece of news, as the warriors of another tribe had camped not far away from his camp.
Not only that, but they had also sent 3 warriors to scout his tribe, that unfortunately had fallen prey to his beasts.
Since it was already night, they had decided to camp at a distance from his tribe, and most probably attack his tribe early in the morning.
Roy didn't care if these guys had a plan of attacking in the morning by surprise, or if they were going to come and fight as warriors frontally, but no matter what they would still lost.
The fortifications of his camp had finished not long ago, as there was now a wooden wall surrounding the camp, sentries on the trees, spice defences, and a lot of traps in the area.
Those guys seemed to have only around 40 Warriors, with only a minority being bona fide Rank 1 Warriors.
So, most probably they would already die before then even dented his pontificated wooden wall around the camp.
But why should he give them such an opportunity, when he could take care of them out in the open, and protecting the traps on the area.
There was still no sign of Coyote around, but he had a feeling that those bastards wouldn't let the matter rest.
So, he couldn't afford to break his teeth by chewing these nobodies. Furthermore, this was a great opportunity for him to surmount a surprise attack, and catch a few more warriors.
With that thought in mind, he immediately called Bran and Bog to his side, as he said,
"Bog select 20 Warriors and prepare for battle, we leave in 30!
Bran you keep the other Warriors under alerts on behind the wooden walls, and be prepared for any emergency!"
"As you wish Leader!"
This was going to be a great field training for a part of his Warriors, and for the rest it would be an emergency training exercise.
Even though there was no sign of any other enemy in the area, Roy didn't dare to lower his guard, and get cocky.
From what he had learned until now, even though forest barbarians were separated and each one looked only their own interests they still had a structure built around them.
There were seed tribes, like the one he encountered first with 10-20 Warriors. Small tribes like the one he was leading now, with a force of 40-50 Warriors, and at least one Rank 1 Warrior.
Middle tribes like the Coyote tribe, with 100-200 Warriors and with at least one Rank 2 Warrior, having under their control around 10 small tribes.
Logically there should be other bigger tribes and steps in the hierarchy, but he had no idea about their strength, or power.
This was all he had until now, and he could only work with this information. His tribe was on the boundaries of the Coyote control area, and he had 3 tribe neighbours from the other area.
If he wasn't careful, then he would be facing not only Coyote, but even the attempts of his neighbours to take over his tribe, as he was in between two fires.
The ones attacking now were clearly his neighbours, from across the area, so he had to make sure that he didn't fall for a trap on the way.
Giving the orders to Bran and Bog, he immediately turned towards Gisella and Gidella. These two even though fighting with each other most of the time, were still the best in his Harem.
Not only in logic but also in strength, as they were the undisputed number 1 and number 2 in the Harem Rankings that he had started not long ago.
"Gisella, select 2 teams of Harem Guards, and 4 Mages and prepare for battle as well. Gidella you make sure that the rest of them are in stand-by, and ready to fight at a moment's notice!"
"Yes, Master!"
With that taken care of, Roy made a connection with his beasts to instruct them to be more vigilant of the surroundings as he attacked the camp outside.
He also ordered the sharp-toothed wolves to go behind the camp, and scout the area, he didn't know why but he had a feeling that things wouldn't be that easy.
After all, the wooden wall, and a few other specifics of the camp were visible from afar, and the enemy Warriors camp outside wasn't that far away.
It was bright as day that this was most probably a bait for him and his army to leave the camp, but he wasn't afraid of it.
As long as he had enough strength, and coordination he was confident of not only eating the bait whole, but also the main dish behind it.
He couldn't help but get a bit excited thinking about it…