Located in the heart of the great forest of Kegali, a region so dangerous that few would dare to enter it. Some only saw it by traveling to the sky, but none dared to go inside. The Red Island. It wasn't a blood-splattered island, nor did it have red flowers or crimson water surrounding it; it got its name from the monsters that lived on it.
Home to the infamous Peasant evolution line colony, as well as the widely known Death Canyon in the middle of the massive island.
Being surrounded by two massive rivers, the largest of any river in the Kegali forest. The Kanundra Hell's Gate, which began with the other river in the north part of the Red Island and ran through the northeast, eastern, southeastern, and southern parts of the Red Island. The Metisaya Hell's gate, which shared its origins with the Kanundra Hell's gate in the northern part of the Red Island, then headed northwestern, western, southwestern, and all the way down to the south, where both massive rivers would meet again.
Each of them was known as Hell's Gate because they served as entrances to the Red Island and were guarded by a variety of monsters whose sole purpose was to prevent any army of Peasants from easily leaving their islands. Nature's way of preventing a dangerous race from wreaking havoc in the forest. The Gerolak evolution line was one of the species that guarded the Hell's Gate for years, specifically the Kanundra Hell's Gate. They were not, however, alone in such a difficult and important duty that they had placed themselves in; they were just one of many.
Any creature could enter the island as long as they could cross the raging river. Allowing prey to simply enter the Peasants' den was preferable to allowing them to escape. To the point where huge and powerful monsters purposefully made some parts of the Hell's Gates shallower by putting stones and soil in the river, luring monsters to go inside the Red Island and excavating them again after a few days or even weeks, guarded by monsters to prevent those who entered from getting out. Detaining them on the island with the ferocious Peasant evolution line.
Furthermore, monsters who dared or were lured to enter the dangerous island could populate the place, and some of them could populate extremely quickly, such as the Slugs, who could still thrive in the Red Island despite the constant hunt of Peasants. When it came to reproduction, the Slugs and Peasants were two monster species that were not far apart. Those monsters provided prey for the Peasants, keeping them on the island.
Despite the abundance of Slugs and other monsters to hunt on their inhabited island, the Peasants would still try to venture out and hunt for other monsters on the other side of the rivers. And, like the hellish beings for which they were known, they were difficult to contain. As a result, there was a constant war going on, and it was always all out, red knights against the giants of Kegali's vast forest.
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It had been a few hours since Eon discovered the massive colony and decided to go hunting with 20 other Peasants. The Peasants' behavior was easy for him to mimic; the leader of the group, who had the highest level of them all, was leading the way while tracking any sign of prey nearby. They couldn't talk like Eon, but they could communicate through body language, and all Eon had to do was follow them around and never leave their formation.
They ravaged every nook, stone pile, massive tree, and muddy swamp. They were moving like mindless machines hour after hour to fulfill their duties despite the fact that no one was watching over them, the perfect workers. Their only purpose, lacking a will of their own, was to serve and die while doing so.
RACE: Peasant [Level: 2/10].
HP: 20/20
MP: 14/20
Top Speed: 4 km/h
The entire group came to a halt while traveling through the tall grasses when the leader came to a halt and shook its antennae very quickly while closing and opening its mandibles. When the other Peasants saw it, they raised their heads and closed and opened their mandibles in preparation for the impending battle.
Eon, on the other hand, simply observed them while tilting his massive head. He was opening and closing his mandibles slowly. He couldn't see what was ahead because of his lack of racial exclusive skill, Sensory Antennae, and poor eyesight using his dot-like eyes.
The leader of the group rushed forward with a sudden momentum, followed by the entire group closing and opening their mandibles. Eon joined them and ran with them in the direction they were all going. They galloped through the dried leaves and stone piles like the red knights they were called. They made their way through the massive trees to their destination.
The image of two monsters became clearer as the entire area cleared. Unlike the other Peasants, Eon only had a proper view of them when his dot-like eyes finally caught sight of them.
The next sound was the echoing howl of two young gray wolves huddling together, their eyes darting throughout the formation of the newly arrived army.
RACE: Pup Diviar Wolf [Level: 2/10].
HP: 16/20
MP: 10/20
Top Speed: 4 km/h
Defense: 0
[STATS.]
Strength: 2
Agility: 2
Intelligence: 2
[DAMAGING ACTIVE SKILLS.]
Vicious Gnaw [MP Cost: 5] [Level: 5/20].
[NON-DAMAGING ACTIVE SKILLS.]
Howling Call [MP Cost: 1].
One of the young wolves stood bravely, exposing its sharp fangs and growling. With a height of half a meter, it was a towering giant in comparison to the Peasants surrounding it, who were slowly approaching to launch an all-out assault.
RACE: Pup Diviar Wolf [Level: 1/10].
HP: 7/10
MP: 2/10
A dirty weaker pup, shivering as it limped behind the stronger pup. They were part of a pack that dared to enter the Red Island in the middle of the night, but were ambushed by a larger group of Peasants. A single pack normally had at least five members, but the others were eliminated, and the weaker ones escaped.
However, because they were newborns and were still learning to navigate the forest, they were stranded on the island with no other Diviar Wolves to guide them. And they were already tired of running from everything on this island at this point.
They had been trying to navigate the Island's difficult paths for hours. They discovered it, the entrance to one of Hell's Gates. However, the Hell's Gates entrances were already closed, and they were the first to notice.
Eon had seen the bodies of those Diviar Wolves who had died being carried in the canyon earlier that day. These two survivors did not actually survive; they were declared dead the moment they arrived on Red Island.
As a visual signal, the group's leader raised its head and closed and opened its mandibles. Eon was familiar with it, having witnessed it before, but he was no longer on the receiving end of it. Eon dashed toward the two struggling Pup Diviar Wolves.
Eon's six legs moved in unison as he ran alongside the group's leader, who was accompanied by the other 19 Peasants. Seven Peasants rushed to the weaker one, while 14 others, including Eon, charged straight at the stronger one.
There was no remorse, only survival instinct.
Both Pup Diviar Wolves used their racial exclusive skill, Howling Call, for the final time. But... No one would come to their aid, not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't.
This was Red Island's horror.
[Lethal Augmentation has been activated.]
[Savage Bite has been activated.]
The Level 2 Pup Diviar Wolf lunged its head toward the leader of the group of Peasants, activating its Skill, Vicious Gnaw, with a desperate, ferocious roar. However, before the Pup Diviar Wolf's fang could strike the strongest Peasant, Eon's gripping mandibles reached the Pup Diviar Wolf's neck and clenched it tightly.
[Savage Bite has dealt 1.45 damage.]
[Lethal Augmentation has dealt 1.45 damage.]
The young wolf cried out in agony, but that was not the end of it... The strongest Peasant's gripping mandibles caused the Pup Diviar Wolf to growl in agony, followed by the other 12 Peasants who lunged their ferocious mandibles and gripped on the body of the overwhelmed young wolf.
Both Pup Diviar Wolves cried and cried... Helplessly howling while being surrounded by a horde of Peasants.
It wasn't even a fight... It was a heinous one-sided massacre. The assault had already ended moments after it began. The two Diviar wolves, the last survivors of their pack, collapsed. With eyes that were open but showed no sign of life.
[You have received 2 experience points.]
He only received experience points from the stronger Pup Diviar Wolf because he did not inflict damage on the other one.
As the other Peasants began to lift the two corpses to carry them back to their anthill, Eon's blank, dot-like, black eyes focused on them.
He couldn't imitate the Pup Diviar Wolf's form and skill because he didn't deliver the finishing blow.
The group's leader stood in the middle of the crowd and raised its closing and opening mandibles, indicating that the goal of their long hunt for the day had been met.
RACE: Lesser Teplonide [Level: 1/10] [Exp. Points: 5/25].
HP: 10/10
MP: 7/10