320 Eldest bro (2/2)

As soon as the two stopped their ritual, a reaction occurred on the boulder that's in front of them. A piece of the boulder suddenly caved in and revealed a hidden entrance. Allan looked back at Raven and gestured him to follow them. Raven shrugged and went along.

The hidden entrance closed after they went in. Raven saw a staircase leading down, the passage was dark since the entrance was closed behind them. Nevertheless, the trio didn't need a torch nor any light source since they all could see pretty well in the dark.

They continued following the staircase down until they reached an iron gate. Raven could feel several presences behind that gate. His brows were raised since he could feel that these monkeys were strong. He could feel a presence of two peak Tier 3 monkeys and a mid Tier 4 not too far away from them.

The two, instead of knocking on the door, drummed their chests once more similar to what they did to reveal the hidden entrance.

At this point, Raven already understood that this must he some sort of a password in order for them to ensure that whoever goes here, really is a part of their tribe. They couldn't afford to get careless since there is a tribe that's targeting them. He also remembered that Dennis said that he couldn't go back to the tribe without Allan or else he will be treated as a spy. That must be kind of a rule that they have to follow.

As soon as the two finished their ceremonies, the doors opened widely and light suddenly flooded the dark cave.

Raven felt the ground shook for a couple of moments, he also felt that the Tier 4 ape was rushing towards them. He secretly went on guard but it turns out that he didn't need to.

”Oh my goodness. Thank god you two are finally back.” A deep voice echoed through the tunnel after the ground stopped shaking.

Raven then saw and 10 meter tall Ape with black fur and four tails, wrapping Dennis and Allan in a hug using it's huge arms. This ape bore great resemblance to the two, other than the fact that it is larger than the two of them combined and had four tails wagging behind it. Raven was convinced that this guy must be elder bro that the two referred to.

The eldest broke the hug and started sniffing them all over while running his hands all over their body. Raven heard him ask: ”Are you two hurt anywhere? Did you meet some bad guys outside? Did something happened?”

”Calm down, Eldest Bro.” Dennis chuckled and said: ”We're both fine as you can see. We'll tell you everything once we get back.”

”Right, Eldest Bro. Here.” Allan suddenly handed the strange fruit that he had been hiding all this time under his arms.

When their eldest saw what Allan handed him, his eyes almost turned into saucers. He then grabbed Allan using his other arm and said: ”This is…the Pulsing Flame Fruit!”

He then shook Allan slightly and asked: ”How in the world did you get this? Weren't this on a dangerous place? Don't tell me you…”

The eldest then gasped and said: ”Ai you stubborn guy! I remember telling you not to go after this! What if you got injured huh? And also, didn't I say that we didn't need to have any contribution for the festival since we gave out too much during the last time. Why didn't you listen?”

The eldest kept sighing in defeat as he worryingly gazed at his siblings. Allan scratched his head and said:

”Just take it and show it off. That would make the other shut up about us. At least, I hope.”

The Eldest sighed once more and enveloped the two into a fierce hug once more. It was then that the Eldest finally felt something was wrong.

He didn't notice it right away but he felt like there was someone who's watching them aside from the guards at his back. As he was hugging his brothers, he finally saw Raven standing behind them.

When the two felt their eldest froze, they instantly knew why. They then heard him whisper to them:

”Did you guys brought this human along with you?” His voice might be hushed but Raven could still hear it.

”We did. Don't worry, he helped us along the way.” Dennis replied.

”And he did save us from a predicament.” Allan added.

The eldest looked at them strangely and sighed. He then broke off the hug and went in front of Raven. He then performed a deep salute and said:

”We are humbled by your valiant presence, Sir Knight.”

”At ease.” Raven replied instinctively. And when he realized what he did, his eyes somewhat widened and asked:

”Wait, did you just perform a Knight's Salute?”