12 TURMOIL IN LITTLE PLACES (2/2)
”You performed well.” Old Han neared her and said.
”But he has the totem !” Yi clenched her fist and said.
”You must persevere. One day, it will be yours.” Old Han said, as his eyes shone.
***
Druid Colony, Gateway Continent.
While Claire was away slaughtering beasts and grabbing herbs, two figures sat on a crudely made stone bench facing a sexy woman in conservative wuxia clothing.
”Magic is mysterious, and is difficult to understand. What we try to do is find order within chaos, through experimenting and trial and error...” Yun Bao spoke as she explained the phenomenon called as magic.
Two hours later she stopped, then tossed over a scroll to Madhu. ”These are all the magic spells that are commonly used. Practice them well and try to chant it according to the method I described before. Remember, try to articulate it properly, or there would be accidents.”
The sexy senior didn't wait for their reaction and she immediately went inside her tent. Param stared at the scroll in Madhu's hands, feeling disappointed. The Druids hardly knew the logic behind the working of magic. They only used trial and error to find new spells, and many of them were found accidentally. For example, one was found when a druid tried to imitate a beast's voice, another one was a bathroom singer and made a discovery while singing. There was even one druid who once had a sore throat and made a discovery when she spoke through her dry throat !
In short, although Yun Bao taught them the technique to use magic, Param felt as if he did not actually 'learn' anything.
”We can only depend on ourselves.” Madhu sighed and said.
The two walked into their tent and began analyzing the spells.
***
Somewhere on the Gateway Continent.
Deep into a vast cave, various torches lit. The place was well ventilated and clearly not naturally formed. Many beasts sat in a circle with respectful expressions, their eyes shining with intelligence. At the center of the circle were five beasts, all having humanoid structures. These beasts had clearly broken through their boundaries and gained intelligence ages ago. Although they were from different species, it seemed as if their end path in evolution was similar, as they all looked more or less the same. In the middle of the circle were various fruits and nuts, and even some crudely made alcohol.
The silence in the cave was broken by a Tiger-like Sage beast. He communicated with all using the unique hand signs.
”There have been many killings of the young ones by the invaders. Those bastards are even stealing the gifts of the nature !” He spoke angrily and grabbed a handful of nuts, stuffing his mouth as if his previous anger was a lie.
”Those people are maybe hunting for us. I even secretly saw those bastards take out our brother's body apart ! Those evil creatures literally separated his organs !” a Wolf-like Sage beast spoke sadly, as he ate a few nuts and gobbled the pungent alcohol.
”Those bastards deserve to die !” the Bear-likeSage beast spoke to the point, and received a lot of cheers from the audience.
”But how do we fight ? Those evil creatures have many mysterious things to attack !” the Ape-like Sage beast said.
”Should we ask for one of the Sovereign's help ?” the Lizard-like Sage beast said, and the cave suddenly became silent. All of them knew that if a Sovereign entered the game, not only would they kill the intruders, but also destroy a large part of the forest.
The silence prolonged, until the Tiger-like Sage beast spoke : ”They won't help us. For them, all creatures are puny existences.”
All eyes stared at the Tiger-like Sage beast. He was the informal de-facto leader of all. They were waiting for his decision.
The Tiger-like Sage beast sighed. ”We'll have to make use of the Ancient beasts.”