49 Mans Fury (1/2)
Chiwenga was currently in a very horrible mood. His one and only disciple was nowhere to be found. It had been four days since he disappeared and Chiwenga felt as though his life was crashing down. He had ran all the way to Bindura when he heard the news and even went into the forest to search for his disciple. The only hope that him and everyone else held was thanks to Shumba.
Shumba was yet to react in anyway. This at least signified that Taku was still alive. They had attempted to use the connection between Shumba and Taku to locate Taku but it was to no avail. According to Chiwenga Taku was too far for Shumba to be able to get a definite location. The reason what Chiwenga knew this was simply because he left a soul imprint on Taku which no weaker than the connection Taku had with Shumba. And with that soul imprint, he could only vaguely sense its position.
The problem was that the forest was way too large. If they just started searching at random places then there was chance that they could come back empty handed, even though there was a chance of success it was slightly too low. With the evidence that Taku might still be alive the Ivory Guard issued a search mission. Maka's team even cut their holiday short as they rushed from the capital to Bindura.
A total of two hundred teams went out for the search. But after a full month of searching, they all came back empty handed. Some teams elected to give up and it was at this moment that Maka's team arrived in Bindura. Without wasting time they went straight to the inn that Taku's team were staying in. The streets by this time were now bustling with people. The beast wave had ended and the citizens did not have to worry about their safety anymore.
This inn though was now not accepting any more customers. When Chiwenga came he just presented the inn owner with an offer he could not refuse. And with that this place became Chiwenga's house. Of course Chiwenga kept all of the chefs and staff. Maka's team entered the inn and immediately saw Taku's team sitting quietly on around a table.
Seeing the team of four walk in. The quartet of Tadi, Ranga, Tino and Nyasha did not even greet them in any formal way. They just gave them a slight nod and maintained their silence. The opposite party did not feel the slightest bit wronged by their behavior. They knew exactly how they felt and returned their own nods.
Maka's team consisted of two males and two females. They all sat down around Taku's team and remained for a while before a girl who was wearing a blue amour spoke and introduced herself and her teammates to Taku's teammates. ”My name is Rujeko, these are my teammates. Rumbi, Tafara and Masimba.
”My name is Nyasha. This is Ranga, Tino and Tadi. It's a pleasure to meet you all.”
Maka's team nodded in agreement. Tafara was a pretty big guy, but with a glance one could tell that he was incredibly hyper. The same could be said for Rumbi, she was fairly beautiful, to the point that Tino kept stealing gazes at her. Masimba on the other hand was rather reserved, out of all of the people here he was the only one who looked really calm. What gave him away was the anxiousness in his eyes. Rujeko looked to be the most mature out of all of them and also she seemed to be strongest.
”I heard that you guys have a way to see whether your leader is alive or not. Is this true?” After a brief period of silence Masimba asked the question that was on everyone's mind. Tino nodded and then explained. ”The contract of equals that Taku and Shumba signed is a bit peculiar. If Taku was to die the Shumba would feel incredible pain and would potentially go berserk. The stone they used to make has a soul binding effect, so their souls are pretty much connected.”
”If their souls are connected then doesn't that make it easier to find him?” Tafara spoke with a hint of impatience. ”He should be able to sense his partner's position right? How useless is this creature and its master that it can-…”
Before he could even finish his words he was already up in the air being held by the throat by a black figure. ”Do you dare finish those words?” everyone in the room except for Taku's teammates broke out in cold sweat when they saw this scene. Tafara at the moment was extremely terrified. He could not even sense anything beforehand. Before he knew it his feet were already dangling in the air.
Rujeko tried her best to calm herself down as she spoke. ”I apologize for my teammate's rude remar-..”
”Shut up!” the black figure shouted. ”Who gave you the right to speak?”
Rujeko immediately shut her mouth and did not have the courage to say anything anymore. Even the usually calm Masimba was slightly frightened by this scene. Just how powerful did the opposite party have to be for them to not even pick up on his movements?
”Now can you please complete your sentence from before?” the figure spoke without hiding its hostility at all.
”That's enough.” A masked man walked into the inn. ”There was no need for that. His teammate also went missing. He just let his emotions get the best of him that's all. Just put him down.”