95 A Berserker

Opening his eyes, Rudra saw an unfamiliar ceiling. He blinks his eyes for second before trying to remember the dream he was having. However, despite searching into my memories he couldn't find it.

No matter how he tried diving deep inside my memories in my brain, He cannot find it. It made him frustrated for some reason.

"All I remember are some of the snippets from my sleep!" Rudra saw a few blurry images surface in his mind after much concentration, a golden black giant eagle flying in the skies.

"So that's what it was about!" He released a sigh.

Shaking his head, "There's no point in thinking so deeply about it if I can't find it."

He closed his eyes as he examined his Ent body, using the Omniscient Eye technique Rudra looks at his figure almost similar to before but his left side of his body now has a totem of an eagle running all over it.

The Eagle looked as if it had been intricately carved on his wooden frame looking almost alive.

Rudra then proceeded to look inside his body. The black heart with part red and green veins, It is the second heart or to be accurate the Demonic Heart.

The black heart would constantly release a terrifying yet domineering aura surrounding it.

"Nothing seems to have changed." He calmed himself for a moment still unsure of how long he had been in the surreal dream.

"Onto the final step now!" Rudra roared as the Wooden Energy rushed from inside his heart into his whole body lightening up the eagle totem carved on the left side of his Ent body.

A green light flashed into the eyes of the now wooden eagle frame as it screeched separating itself from his body and flying into the air.

A wooden eagle with the rune-like green light flashing all over its body was flying in the air, the commotion caused by his awakening caused the other Ents who were guarding around to heave a sigh of relief.

Rudra stood up on his feet looking at the pile of broken wooden fragments that were previously covering him into a cocoon-like structure. Then turned to look at the Wooden Eagle with a green almost ethereal energy covering it all over.

Rudra felt the Eagle was another extension of his body he could control its every moment see what its eye could see feel what it could feel, and it almost felt natural making it fly.

"So the dream was not without a purpose!" Rudra felt a happy feeling being transmitted from inside the totem carving on his left shoulder.

"Hmm, of course, you can!" Suddenly a soul almost invisible to everyone except Rudra flew off from inside the totem into the Eagle as Rudra stopped controlling it.

A spirit guardian as some ancient trees have. This was what the Totem was a spirit that had decided to protect something for trees these totems usually tended to be made by some kind of beast that had made it it's home. For some tribes, totems were a way to communicate with their ancestors the totems were a mysterious thing for even cultivators as they often included the matter of soul include din its origin.

When Rudra had found the Eagle almost at its dying breath he had persuaded it to become a spirit guardian for him thus successfully acquiring himself a totem.

Rudra turned his attention towards the two of the Ents who had made their way towards him,

"Lord.." Oak bowed his head in respect while Wis just stood there staring at his face.

"Ahem! What's up did something happen while I was Ummm busy" Rudra disregard the awkward interaction with his new minions that he was still not used to and got to the point.

"Almost all the members of our group have completed their mental refining to the mortal stage I have proceeded to teach them the common language of the continent," Wis reported in a plain tone.

"That's very good!" Rudra nodded delightedly at the result.

"Lord Wis was suggesting for us to leave the manor to move into the deep of the forest." Oak who looked like an old man stated just as Rudra stopped speaking.

"oh!"

"Lord, the other Ents decided against it as leaving you alone and unguarded would be high treason!" Oak continued giving reports on the matter.

After a while, Rudra got a general gist of the situation after all the Ents had completed their mental training they felt that cultivating in the Manor was far less beneficial than in the dense forest.

So Wis had suggested for them to move to inside the forest for cultivation while some of them guarded him, but it was declined by the other Ents who were keen on guarding him.

But the rate of cultivation was indeed an issue that even Rudra was worried about.

"At the present stage, even a normal patrol group roaming in the forest could rip this Ent family of mine to shreds turning them into deadwood." Rudra mulled after he had asked both Oak and Wis to return back.

"What should I do, Stealing more wooden essence would only make the Demonic side see me as a threat, they might even try to destroy me for meddling in their plans."

"A single high-level elder from their faction could level up my faction many times over!" Rudra shuddered at this thought.

The threat was real but Rudra felt his heart pound in excitement as he quickly made numerous plans that would give him the maximum benefit in this current skirmish going on in the Tranquil forest.

"A double agent why didn't I think of it before!" Rudra laughed deviously as one after another he formalized his evil plan that he would follow.

"Oak!" Rudra yelled towards the giant Ent who rushed towards him.

"I want all of you to move into the forest but you would always stay hidden in the canopy remember you must not get caught by any other group be it beasts or humans understand!"

Rudra first planned to hide the whole of the Ents into the forest as they acted like real trees and cultivated quietly near the edge of the forest. While he would be disguising into a demonic cultivator or disguising as a righteous cultivator.

It is time for me to make a new identity but this time it would be a berserker demon disciple. Rudra laughed along the way as he entered into the forest, turning his Ent physique back into a human form but this was his usual body but he had decided to modify the face.

The new face had numerous scars running over it as it made him look fierce a brown beard covered his chin and a thick mustache over his lips, a crew cut hair. and simple brown eyes.

This was the new identity that he had planned a berserker demonic disciple in the foundation stage. He was still unsure of a name that would suit his current form.

"All I gotta do now is find an opportunity to mix in the demonic faction!" Rudra muttered as he moved quietly on the forest floor.