Chapter 946: Igniting an All-out War (2/2)

Finished with their talks, they soon parted ways. And, once the Monster Gecko King was halfway towards the first village, dragging the corpse of the creature it had killed, it stopped, feeling pain in its feet as it hurriedly lifted its leg, noticing a few bone trees had sprouted, numbering in the dozen.

Since these bone trees were absorbing the immense vitality in its blood, they were growing at a pretty fast pace. In a hurry, it pulled them all out, struggling to do so near the end as the roots of a couple of bone trees came out with a significant chunk of its flesh.

It had even lost a couple of leg bones in the process, bleeding profusely. As both its legs had suffered the same fate, it wasn't able to pull them out fast enough. In the end, its legs were severely damaged, preventing it from being able to run or even walk properly.

Barely managing to limp by balancing its body using its tail, the Monster Gecko King eventually arrived at its village, soon returning to its tent as it sat on its throne, immersing its legs in a pool as it relaxed.

This pool had been artificially built since they knew about the healing properties in the ocean water. So, every day, a team of Monster Geckos headed towards the ocean and brought in some water. They formed two of these pools in their village, one for the general populace to heal their injured foot and the second for its personal use.

Immersing its feet in the water, it frowned, unable to put a handle on the emotion it was experiencing for the first time in its life.

Similarly, the Monster Gecko King from the second village was also in a similar state, having injured its feet due to the traps. Only now did it realize that when it dashed towards the light source. As it arrived closer, its legs were pricked a lot.

And now, it understood the cause, grunting as it also relaxed its feet in a personal pool built for its use. After suffering from bleeding feet for the past few months, they managed to create these pools.

A couple of minutes after the two Monster Gecko Kings had left, near the protruding roots of a large bone tree, a small platform opened up as Krune peeked out. The handle to lift the platform was a small piece of rock that he had carved out from the ground.

”Soon, there won't be any scope for diplomacy since they just had one now. When the same thing repeats tomorrow, their trust would completely collapse.” Krune nodded as he closed the platform, smudging some of the rock dust he had scattered over it as camouflage.

He had set up the place more than a week ago, biding his time until he completed the boat. After digging under the roots of a relatively large tree, he drilled a narrow path before connecting it to the surface in a relatively wide-open place.

It was a place with an open route towards the first and second villages. So, it was the perfect place for his plan. Once he finished digging the narrow tunnel, Krune installed a tube in it, making its end peek out of the ground. He then emitted his Neon Radiance from within the hole, sending it using his index finger that he inserted into the other end of the tube.

He then peeked out from the hole, noticing that a considerable extent of the light was emitted in the place. After finishing his plan, Krune stood at the place and unleashed the beam first, keeping it active for three seconds.

He then replaced himself with the body of a Monster Gecko whose blood had been completely drained out. He kept it in the place as his dummy and retreated into the hole. This way, his body wouldn't be visible in their senses.

On top of that, he didn't rely on his Sonic Radar to see for the time being, only keeping his ears on the surface of the hole to feel the vibrations. Knowing that they were able to sense it somehow, he wasn't able to use the Sonic Radar, not to mention in such proximity.

He emitted light through the tube and caused the dead Monster Gecko to glow.

Moreover, without its blood, its body looked warm in the eyes of the Monster Geckos, something he had confirmed a couple of times before in his experiments. Plus, no Monster Gecko looked warm in the eyes of others. So, it would be treated as an outsider.

Krune knew that the Mutants were smart while the Kings were even smarter. So, he used their smartness against them. And thus, the following scene played out.

Based on the Monster Geckos he had killed daily, if the Kings thought about it carefully, they might realize that the outsider might only be one individual. And that exactly played along to his strategy.

After they left the place, Krune exited his hole and slipped back to his cave. After that, he continued to hunt the Monster Geckos daily for his needs, soon being able to sense that the unrest in the villages had further increased.

And just like that, the diplomacy established between the two villages crumbled as the sense of trust between each King vanished. They began to assume it was the other party that was using any excuse to hunt their own.

Soon, as he had expected, the tension increased so much it went up in flames, igniting an all-out war between the first two villages.