Once the command was given, the Ancient Zuggurant naturally split the ground wide enough that the Beastmen could not easily jump over .
"Weird." The Beastmen thought when they came across this split.
There was no Qi used, no signs of fighting, not even a beast that could make this happen.
"We have to either try and go around or wait and see if the Realm fixes this." The Beastman with the gold star said.
The decision was a hard one. Going around could take a while versus just waiting the same amount of time for the Realm to fix itself.
"I want to give a suggest." A woman Beastkin waved her hand.
"Go ahead."
"We split into three groups. We send two groups not more than three hours apart. That way we have at least a setting of how wide this crack this."
This was honestly a good idea. Even the Beastman with the gold star liked this idea.
"You two come with me." The Beastman spoke.
The two who came were the second in commands. If anything were to happen to him, they would share the load of commanding.
"We have thirty total Beastmen in our group. The first group only had ten. So, we need to pick nine Beastmen for our groups. As the woman said, "No more travel further out than three hours." I will stay here and make sure that I can at least send orders to the both of you.
If you happen to find that the cracked has been healed up. I do not care who. Go straight across and meet us on the other side. That way we know how long it will take to actually make it to the arena."
The two Beastmen nodded in agreement.
"If the crack seems longer than what we think. I will allow you both to send two people out an extra hour. If the crack still does not seem to end, return back immediately."
Hearing the orders, the two nodded.
"Alright everyone." The Beastman with the gold star spoke up.
Everyone listened quietly.
"We are taking the decision to split up seriously. So I need all scouts to come forward first."
Six of them came up.
"Split into a team of threes. Whichever second in command you want to go to, go."
"I want the woman who brought this idea on my team."
She came up.
"I need three pure warriors on each side. I do not expect to see any kind of fights. I would rather be safe than sorry."
While the two second in command had six members currently, the commanding officer only had four.
"You two go on ahead and finish. Whoever is left is with me. Set up tents and prepare for a stay."
The ones currently on the commanding officer's team went with him. The other two swiftly got their teams together and headed off.
"Do you believe that this crack is natural or could be done by an attack?" The commanding officer asked the woman and warriors.
"Natural is a little far of a stretch. By an attack, no. Simply because causing attacks of this magnitude would have alerted the first group. We would smell them trying to figure this out.
As far as natural goes, that is the only option we currently have and it is not a good option. What I believe, this is just my opinion. The Nature Moon Champion is wanting the first group of Beastmen to get along with whoever is in the arena." The woman said what was on her mind.
"I cold-heartedly believe that as well. Naturally made cracks are never this open nor are the creatures that would make this roaring." One of the warriors spoke.
"Seems like we have a scholar in our presence." The commanding officer told them.
"You flatter me too much. All I did was read what the King allowed me to read." The woman replied.
"Can you contact the Beastman Champion?" The commanding officer asked.
"There is a way to contact but the prices are steep. That is even if the ritual itself is right or not." The woman replied.
"What are the prices?" The commanding officer spoke.
"For a woman to contact, she must either sacrifice one of her family members," this nearly made the men vomit in anger, "for a man, he must either sacrifice his sack or sacrifice his firstborn child."
The group decided not to try to contact their champion.
"What about the other champions? Is there any method we could use?" One of the warriors spoke.
"We could try just asking the Nature Champion. Depending on it's mood or the way we speak to it depends what will happen."
"Why are you referring to the Nature Champion as an it?" The commanding officer's tone was not pleasant.
"This is just what I have read and nothing more or less. Apparently, once the Nature Champion goes to the second stage that being is no longer male or female. The Nature Champion chooses which gender he or she wants. Of course, they will naturally forget which gender they were originally."
No one said a word about this crappy stuff with the champions. Their mindset was now on trying to see if the Nature Champion would talk to them.
"Ask him. Tell him that we will sacrifice all earnings from the dungeon opening up to talk to him." The commanding officer spoke.
She went and got a branch once it had been broken into ten different pieces. She formed a small face of a human with those pieces.
"Go and ask if the Nature Champion will talk to us lowly Beastkin." She spoke to the face.
Once the Ancient Zuggurant felt the tug from the Beastmen. He asked Rex for his opinion.
"Figure out what they want. If it is just about you detouring them. Tell them that they women are not on good terms and are trying to get on good terms."
When the Ancient Zuggurant told the Beastmen about the problem. They were happy it was nothing major. They were afraid of what would happen once they got to the arena themselves.