Edwin came towards Ast and with a serious expression on his face, he said "Ast, I beg you please save Anna, earlier Alena came to tell us that you have helped the Ferro tribe in breaking the curse and she conveyed your message to leave the forest with their tribe together.
But before we could leave we were attacked by these vile intruders. Anna is my brother's daughter, he and his wife died for our tribe and now she is the only remaining family that I have. Earlier she was with me and when suddenly we were attacked I asked Alena to protect her and made way for them to escape.
But now I don't know about their whereabouts, please Ast I beg you save my Anna" said Edwin still holding back his tears but his cracked voice and red eyes told how much he cares about her.
"I will find them, but you have to take the tribe out of the forest as soon as possible. Please leave her to me, I will try my best" said Ast as he moved towards Viktor who was torturing and collecting information from the remaining intruders.
"Master the situation is as we predicted, this is the doing of 'The Order', they have hired a lot of mercenaries and adventurers to do their bidding. They have formed many teams and sent them according to their powers in various regions of the Orient forest. We are still relatively safe as they are still trying to find my coffin but once they realise that I am out, they might even try to wipe the whole forest out and then it would become impossible for us to survive" said Viktor a grim expression.
"Viktor tell me something why are they going to this lengths to kill you?" asked Ast
"Master as I told you earlier I was a pioneer in the field of System Research and they fear my knowledge of the system more than they fear me as a warrior, so they want to remove a variable as soon as possible but secondly and more importantly they do this because they can.
Master, imagine all the strong people in the world instead of fighting each other began to bully the weak, that is the situation we are in. They have all the resources available, to do as they please and they barely compromise. Even I sometimes wonder how can they cooperate to this extent without falling apart. (take the example of strong nations fighting each other)" explained Viktor
"Viktor, send your bats to do the scouting we will move towards the Fero tribe but we need to find Anna and Alena. You should already know their appearance right (Viktor knows about all his experiences)"
Viktor nodded in confirmation and his bats separated and began looking for Anna and Alena in all directions.
Viktor again entered Ast's shadow and Ast after seeing his tribe leaving started moving in the opposite direction towards the Fero tribe.
Ast had ordered his blood devil to accompany his tribe on their journey, his blood devil was now level 12 with a cooldown of 2 hours.
Ast started moving towards the Fero tribe location, and just after 5 mins he received a signal from his blood devil in response, Ast tried to use his shared vision but what he saw made him sweat buckets.
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After begging Ast to save Anna, Edwin gathered his tribesman and started moving towards the exit of the forest.
Many among the group along with Edwin were wondering about what had Ast experienced that made him grow to this extent, they were aware that he had awakened 'the analyst' talent but it was one of the reasons for their confusion, as 'the analyst' should be a weak non-combat talent, but seeing Ast they wondered if there was some added mystery to these talents.
Edwin did ponder about this but his head was filled with other matters. He was praying for Anna's safety as he felt incompetent, unable to protect her. He also felt guilty for the death of many of his tribesmen and felt as if he failed them all as a leader. It was a vicious circle in which his thoughts were trapped and right now too much emotional baggage weighed on him.
While the group proceeded with the journey some distance ahead they were brought to an abrupt stop by the figure of a man flying in the air.
He was wearing a white and red coat with a green badge having an insignia of pegasus, his red hairs were slick back and his eyes sharp, he looked at them with contempt and ridicule.
"My name is Greg Blake and I am a proud member of the famous organisation 'The Order' and a proud representative of the Blake household, I am here on behalf of 'The Order' to purge this place which has become the nest of evil. I will show you mercy and grant you a quick death. Let my fire purify your souls and unburden you of your sins"