Chapter 9: Plot!!!
Lancelot, Cherry, and Dice became comfortable within the beast nation land and thanks to the stellar accommodation, they were able to settle in quickly.They were given a place to stay and treated like royalty, in a beast nation sense of the word.On this particular sunny afternoon, Lancelot sat with all the leading Chiefs within the beast nation land.Every major family had a Chief as both a leader of the family and the representative of the family in the beast nation.Over the years, a lot of Chiefs have been chosen but whoever had a higher display of strength and wealth had preference, making it an easy choice to be referenced as the top Chief of the beast nation land.While Lancelot sat with the leading Chiefs, Dice took the opportunity to get ample sleep.Also, Cherry had the time to practice her element more.She felt that a way for her not to be a burden to her brother with the increasing risk and battles was to grow stronger, so she constantly practiced her element to improve herself.Although Lancelot had told her not to be too concerned, she couldn't bear to be a useless defenseless sister, who always needed his help, with this strong point, Lancelot obliged to her demands to help her train and gave her instructions and materials to guide her training.The air nation had found spies to spread the news of the savages they were chasing, to other nations.They had also sent pictorial and bodily descriptions of their appearances, which had been circulated, some had even ended up being brought to the beast nation through air signals as none could enter the beast nation without undertaking the land test.Lord Paige kalliester had offered a million gold coins for each of the deserters caught, which makes a total of 3 million gold coins for apprehending Lancelot, Dice, and Cherry.He also gave a benefit of half a million gold coins for credible information that could result in them getting caught, this has naturally spread all around.There were agitations in the beast nation from hearing the news, as the reward was so tempting to let go of.Lancelot was much stronger than the beast-men could imagine so they feared he would be difficult to handle, and now that he could control beast-men abilities, it makes him even more formidable, so, they decided not to focus on him.However, their interest was to get at least the 2million from trading both corpses or living bodies of both Dice and Cherry.Back in the meeting between the top Chiefs of the beast nation and Lancelot, they were seated roundly in a large living room, in the center was a small pond in which fishes were floating around aimlessly, darting from one spot to another.One of the Chiefs spoke first to break the silence."Lancelot, you have to be careful, beast nation members are not that trustworthy, especially when it comes to matters of money" finished before another Chief butted in,"High Chief Goro, how could you speak ill of our people, you should be defending them and not selling them out"The Chief sounded disappointed as he spoke.High Chief Goro then responded;"The prophecy is more important to me than any race or tribe, it concerns the fate of the world, the safety of Lancelot, his sister, and hisfriend is paramount".High Chief Goro spoke with a look of determination the argument continued with all sides trying to raise their point perfectly.Elsewhere within the beast nation, the son of the top Chief that was killed during the confrontation with Lancelot, had been harboring and nursing resentment towards Lancelot, Cherry, and Dice.The circulating news gave him the perfect opportunity to enact his revenge. His name was Lennon.Lennon had the head Of a fox and a fox tail extending from his anal sphincter while the rest of his body was humanlike.He was surrounded by beast nation members that were loyal to his father. About ten of them were gathered around him."Lennon, we need to inform the air nation, that the people they seek are in our land, since we don't have any particular problems with the air nation, things should go smoothly and we could easily hand them over"One of the men spoke while waiting for an approving response but instead he got a retort by one of the men that disagreed with his statement."Idiot, what about the beast nation Land test? Do you think they can just waltz into the beast nation land without facing the test? Also with the way the air nation has been taking slaves, do you think they won't be tempted to attack beast nation members if they got the chance? I think we should think this through before we make a move" He finished speaking, causing the rest to nod in approval and mutter to themselves."So what do we do?"The initial speaker asked, having a look of realization,Lennon then finally spoke up, "We will kidnap both the girl and the other useless guy, we can save the last one for later while we claim the 2 million gold coins from the air nation"They all nodded in agreement as if it were an insignificant matter.Lancelot on the other hand had no idea that a plot was being made behind his back, while he was busy discussing with the Chiefs and preparing counter-protection for any form of invasion.Chapter 10: The return of Kendra!!!Days have passed by quickly in the beast nation and the tension caused by the air nation has built momentum to a point where some desperate beast nation members had gathered in seclusion around the quarters where Dice, Lancelot, and Cherry stayed.High Chief Goro had already seen through this possibility and assigned some of the most lethal guards in the beast nation kingdom to guard their quarters.Lancelot had told Chief Goro not to worry, that he could handle anyone who came to look for trouble, but high Chief Goro had refused to take away the guarding patrol around their abode.Lennon and his gang had halted their plans due to this, waiting for a better opportunity to make their move.On a bright and cloudy afternoon, a strange cloud formed in the sky above the beast nation, and droplets of water fell from this strange cloud, but what was more shocking was that before the droplets reached the ground, they coalesced and formed a crystal that had
Chapter 11: Beast nation Forest!!!High Chief Goro had relayed all the information from Kendra to Lancelot and his team.Lancelot has spent most of his time in deep meditation, constantly learning about his element, 'fire', and that of air and beast that he had added.He knew he needed to be very strong if he wanted to make a statement in defiance of the tyranny of the air nation.He practiced constantly as his sister did, onlyDice spent most of his time in pleasure and restHe felt he had gone through a hard time previously and thus needed time to rest before more wars were encountered.The message from Kendra had piqued the interest of Lancelot but he felt he needed time to persuade this beast-men to join the fight.Nonetheless, for him, power was more important at this point if he were to succeed in fending off the air nation. He decided it was probably best to join the water nation.He decided to leave the beast nation in three days and since he had already passed the beast natio
Chapter 12 ambush!The air nation team leader sent a whiplash directly at Lancelot.At the same time, the lion beast-man roared and jumped at Lancelot, extending the claws of his hands to its full extent and then getting his hands in a grappling motion, directly swiping atLancelot's neck.Lancelot quickly spun to the side, simultaneously pushing out flames out of his body.As the intense fire roared to life, it moved like it had sentience and surged around the hands of the lion beast-man.However, surprisingly his skin was tough and the effects occurred weakly, it managed to only slightly singe the hair of his hands while his claws were completely unaffected.Cherry joined in the attack this time.She started sending wave after wave of fireballs towards the flying air nation soldiers and the beast-men on the ground.The fireballs then hit the beast-men.it burnt some of those beast-men to ashes and seriously injured others but for those that were sent after the flying air nation sold
Chapter 13: Power hook!!!Lancelot, Cherry, Dice, and Kendra all ventured deep into the forest of the beast nation for two reasons:One, was to find the legendary hook of the beast nation, while the other, was to get to the water nation in the shortest possible time.That being said, going through the beast nation forest was not without its challenges.A lot of beast souls who haven't been able to rest had lingered and gained bodies of monstrous animals, they roamed the forest aimlessly, with an eye for only one thing, which was to destroy anything that doesn't look like them.The first few beasts they encountered had been easily dealt with but as they progressed, the beast's proved to be rather more challenging to deal with.They managed to get to where the hook was, it hung on a tree way taller than other trees in the forest, and for some reason, the beast monsters were drawn to it.A large scorpion the size of two huge bulls that were merged, stood in front of the hook.The scorpio
Chapter 14: Anaconda!!!Lancelot stood rooted to the spot, staring at the humongous snake that was speeding towards him.He didn't have a look of fear nor was he calm, his creation of the tiny worms had made him lose a huge amount of his soul energy, he felt weak to the bones and he didn't have enough time to regain his strength.Cherry looked to his brother, panic evident in her voice as she screamed,"Brother get out of the way' ,She started rushing towards his direction in a bid to rescue him.Lancelot saw this, and an overwhelming feeling of wanting to defend her washed over him.Lancelot went down on the ground and closed his eye as he tried to connect with the forest animals.The ground started to tremble and the gentle breeze blowing suddenly became fierce, making even the anaconda struggle with its movements.The anaconda beast came close to hittingCherry,At exactly that moment, Dice rushed in at the nick of time and pulled Cherry backward, allowing the giant snake beast to
Chapter 15: Massacre!!!The Anaconda sped out of the forest and dashed into an open path before skidding to a halt.The speed with which it had moved and how it angled itself among trees and shrubs, had made the people being carried on its huge body have their hair messed up or coming in contact with all manners of debris that made it a mess.Cherry was in the worse state, as her tied-up hair was completely exposed and swaying with the wind.The hair carried little wood waste and some leaves, which were poking out irregularly.Kendra on the other hand pulled water from the atmosphere and used it to clean her hair.Dice had a short haircut, so his hair was relatively fine.Lancelot was still unconscious, in a sleep-like, meditative state, his eyelids which were shut were showing a faint glow from beneath it.Kendra used her powers to lower Lancelot and herself from the Anaconda while the rest jumped off at a convenient height.Cherry ran towards Lancelot as he lay unconscious on the gr
Chapter 16: Awakening!!!Kendra continued to lay the souls of the departed water nation members to rest.She didn't stop for a minute to catch her breath, and neither did she pay attention to those around her, until she finally was done with all the dead souls.She used the heavy elemental presence of water to sweep the streets, returning the condition of the houses to their former glory.Her movements were elegant, the very act itself was enthralling, and both Dice and Cherry were stunned by her graceful use of the water element until it was barely noticeable that the town was attacked earlier.She then rested on top of a tree stump that was cleaned by her water-cleansing skill.She stared at the unconscious Lancelot by her side,"When will you wake up? I need you to avenge me" She spoke to his unconscious body.There was no response for a while, until, suddenly, from a distance, quiet sobs rang out and she could hear faint cries coming from an underground tunnel.She knew exactly wh
Chapter 17: Water Element Training!!!As days passed by, they never forgot the massacre they had witnessed, In fact, once in a while the children could be heard crying for their parents.Kendra was also reeling from the immense loss to the water tribe but she never dwelt too long on it.Xanthu was charged by Kendra to train the Kids personally to use and control their water element.As days went by, their training session started to give results. Out of 39 of them, 18 had been able to successfully control small columns of water.The training pushed the children to bring out their true capabilities.For days without end, they would train, eat, andthen learn some theoretical history and knowledge about their world and others; Like how to wield their powers and who they fundamentally were, and then they would train again before they passed out from exhaustion.This continued for days, into months. and they grew stronger, physically and mentally.Lancelot had spent most of his days in is