With the bear tamer on their side, Rex, Luther and Karina left the spot and rushed towards the other side where viru is.
Viru looked at the twin sister as she was trapped in Viru's cosmic field that significantly increased the gravitational force on her. He walked close to the sister and said,
'Wanna give up?'
'No way in hell!'
The sister resisted the cosmic field strong heartedly and ran towards viru with her spear held in her hand. Her resistance to the force field astonished Viru. He has not seen anyone yet to be so mobile even under the field. Maybe his elite team can do it, but they were evolved powerful monsters.
She slashed at viru in distance with her long spear. Viru dodged it seamlessly as he took out his sword to slash at her. The twin sister predicted the attack and dodged it brilliantly.
'You are really quite the warrior aren't you?'
'You didn't know? I'm the god damn best!' She ducked and sent the spear flying towards Viru. Viru used his sword to parry her spear. The spear lodged itself into the ground beside him. The twin used this moment of advantage and uncovered her dagger as she offensively maneuvered against Viru.
She was at Viru's blind spot as she was engaging in. she thought that she definitely had him. To her surprise, a sword emiting red aura covered his back, floating in mid air.
It was Rex's skill, 'mana swords'. Looking at the sword, the twin immediately stepped back as she can't engage against it. As she collected her thoughts back for a new strategy, a loud voice resounded,
'Aliyaaaa stop!'
It was the twin brother with the rest of the party.
' so your name is aliya then, Nice to meet you.'
smiled Viru at her as he shifted his eyes away in a moment to look at the entering party.
'I assume it all went according to plan?'
Questioned viru as he saw them walk towards him.
'It's all done. We have the tamer and none of the warriors died. We also managed not to kill the beasts.'
Karina jumped in to deliver the results.
All the rhino warriors around them fell silent as most of them were confused about the current situation. Few of them relealised that Aslan, the beast tamer twin had surrendered to the enemy. They also didn't hear anymore noises inside the settlement as it was quite loud before. Even with the defeat, the warriors somehow didn't worry themselves much. The reason for that was, no one died in the battle. Some were deeply injured, but zero casualties. They turned their gazes towards aliya, the spear warrior twin. She didn't have her spear on her and also dropped her signature dagger.
Aliya and aslan were evolved monsters and did not look like non intelligent monsters like the rest of them. Their bodies were more evolved for tactical battles. Anyone one at their first sight can tell the twins apart from the monsters. Their father was also an evolved rhino warrior. But ever since he died, the monster settlement has been facing serious troubles from the forest. The situation has been improved in the past year, due to aliya and aslan's skill and strength. They have managed to deal with most of the monsters and so the life took a better turn. But it was not going to stay the same as the possible future dangers were plenty.
'Okay, you win. I know I wouldn't win anyway.'
Exhaled aliya as she ascertained the situation a long time ago.
'I will say it again, I'm not here to harm anyone of you. This is just a recruitment process for my dungeon. I will have you protect my dungeon and also let you have a safe haven there. The possibilities of unlocking your potential is not just a dream anymore under me. I think it should've been clear the moment you saw Luther.'
Explained Viru about his proposal and limitless possibilities that his dungeon offered to his subordinates.
'It's alright with me and I believe my brother has already agreed to your terms'
'Yes I did.' Said aslan as he looked at aliya.
'Aliya, I've always known what a fierce warrior you have been. You're not going to waste your talents being a normal guard or a settlement leader. You were also the main reason which inclined my thoughts towards accepting this deal.'
Sympathised aslan as he wanted his sister to reach greater heights.
Aliya and aslan discussed further as they listened to Viru's proposals. They were more than happy to agree to all of it. As monsters, their basic instinct would not have nothing against them to follow someone stronger than them.
Aliya and aslan made the entire settlement agree to Viru's proposal. In moments, Viru gained a whole lot of subordinates under him.
The warriors as they became Viru's subordinates, felt a surge of energy within them. They didn't know what it was, but it seemed to have given them hope to become a lot stronger.
The important and interesting matter about this village is not just their numbers, but also the talented warriors, especially trained by aliya. Viru witnessed their prowess as he crossed fists with most of them. They would develop and evolve even more under his dungeon.
Viru no longer had to worry too much about the safety of his core. He did have Cylia when worst came to shove. His plan was primarily to build a strong dungeon without depending entirely on Cylia. His future as a dungeon master was looking pretty good.
He also had complete hope in the other party on their mission to conquer the kroken monster village. Eventhough viru knew about the powerful village chief mage who was more powerful than aliya and aslan combined.
Viru's trust in Pyra, Luro, Rosev and Zain was unbreakable.
The preparations to move out continued. The party decided to spend the night in the settlement as it was already late and it is a ridiculously stupid thing to migrate through the forest in large numbers, especially at this time.
Aliya,aslan,Viru, Rex, Luther and Karina sat together around the fire celebrating their new addition and exchanged several conversations about the forest and the hardships they've endured.
Aliya was astonished to see how powerful Luther has become. Luther used to be the strongest warrior in the settlement second only to the twins.
Now he easily surpassed them in battle prowess. This was not only due to his recent evolution, but also his determination to prove worthy to be by Viru's side. He also had tough competition as pyra and Luro were even stronger than him. Naturally he had to improve himself significantly to atleast have a chance at competing for the strongest subordinate.
Aliya's spirit burned like a glowing fire as she heard about Luther's story and his loyalty. She could already feel the seed of evolution in her ever since she became a subordinate of viru. All that was lacking is more time as Viru's subordinate inside the dungeon. With certain time period and experience, aliya, aslan and other capable rhino warriors will eventually reap the fruit of evolution to become formidable foes.