You Can't Leave
"You are looking for your peace of heart," Ta La smiled.
"How do you know all this?" Jen was stunned, as far as she remember she never met this woman, then how on earth she was aware most of things about her.
"A girl who is daring enough to stand against her grandfather, do you think you are weak to get defeated?" the evolved beast spoke again and revealed what was supposed to be impossible for anyone to know.
Now Jen was more alarmed, "I am not sure who are you?"
"I am the broken will of your grandfather, I was reserved by the evolved beasts and the actual strength of Red Riders, the tribe you are living for few days, right after you leave will be destroyed completely yet you are seeking for peace of heart," Ta La spoke and walked back to the tribe.
Jen stood rooted to her ground, should she stop her?
That woman or broken will told that if Jen could see in her eyes, her heart would be able to garner peace? If this was true then Jen should hurry to stop her, there was another aspect too, was her great grandfather aware about the region and its threats and what about his broken will? Did he intentionally let the Red Riders to keep it? But why in a form of woman? Or it was just an illusion, the woman was not actually woman?
Her head started hurting now instead of her heart.
Xuan Rong abandoned the diction long ago, the leader of the Red Riders tribe was a loyal of the evolved beast Lupa, but when he caught some evidences that Lupa was not sincere with the future of the Celestial Sphere, he thought to leave his side for good, Lupa got the news and wanted to kill him and all of them who were under the loyal but fate brought a guardian beast at right time.
The guardian beast tried to use the diction but it was damaged by Lupa, it was long ago, Xuan Rong was newly acclaimed as the Defender and the contenders were still in hope to violate the orders of the previous defender.
As soon as the diction was damaged, Xuan Rong appeared, he don't want to kill Lupa at that time because Lupa was one of the pillar of Celestial Sphere, if he had killed him the upper sphere would have used this opportunity because back then the situation was not good with the death of the previous Defender in the upper sphere.
Xuan Rong gave this broken will to the evolved beast and told that it would keep them safe wherever they would go.
Lupa apologized to the Defender but the truth never came out, and eventually Lupa was killed when he tried to assassinate his grandchild Jen Xuan Rong.
So Ta La was actually an evolved beast and broken will, why she said that Jen could look through her eyes because her father told about the recent developments in the intermediate cultivation battles.
"Human, is that evolved beast was speaking truth?" female sambar came into senses soon after she left.
If that evolved beast was speaking truth, her tribe was in danger, they were living peacefully not completely but still they live and care each other, what would happen if it was truth?
Jen could not hear her, the words of the evolved beast were still reverberating in her head.
There were too different situations for her, first one was her own peace of heart which was her priority until now, and the second was the possibility if she left the tribe according to the beast the humans would destroy it but what she can do to stop it, the strange human was insanely powerful and who knows how many of them were living in the human tribe.
If Red Riders has this strong will, can't they stop the humans?
Jen walked the same direction where evolved beast woman went, she was going to ask all these questions.
"Miss Jen, we have to stop here, if we walked further we might fell in a trap," after following Jen for some time, a custodian creature came in front of her and stopped her, they could sense the woman was no more there.
Jen nodded and stopped.
"Human, you did not answer?" Sambar spoke again.
"What did you ask?" Jen happened to be occupied with other thoughts and did not hear her question.
"I was worried about the future of my tribe, is the human tribe going to destroy half beast tribe? You are going to leave despite knowing this? You can't leave us in this situation, you have to do something, you should talk to the evolved beast tribe about it? I can see they won't neglect your presence," the female sambar spoke agitated.
Jen was speechless, when did she become involved in the conflict of four tribes? It was all words of the evolved beast but where was prof?
"Why would she speak lie to you, she seemed know you very well," the female half beast was truly scared by the words of the evolved beast woman.
It stirred the tension too.
"Let's chop some woods first, perhaps I have to stop here, this is what I always did, how can I forget the difference between responsibility and priority?" Jen shook her head, even if she tried her best, she was bound to her responsibility, she was going to regret it if she neglected her responsibility, as for as her priority was concerned, Zhi Chang have to wait for her, her heart says he was willing to wait and won't fear the conditions.
After they returned, both Jen and the half beast went to meet leader.
"Human you can't leave, the slave of the strange man is spying your activities and perhaps he followed you too, you have to be very careful," as soon as leader saw her, he heaved a sigh of relief, he sent few beasts behind but the slave who was following her went back suddenly.
The half beast leader was sure that the girl has some strange background.
"Leader, you have to meet the first leader, the situation might turn unfavorable soon," Jen responded.
"I could not understand?" the half beast leader got shocked to hear, the human was enemy of this girl, the human tribe only wished them to retreat in the void and there was never such situation where they have to be more scared, but from the words of this girl it seemed the matter was grim more than his anticipation.
"You might be thinking why human tribe did not attack in the previous weak? And why they are keeping silence? This time they are not planning to force Cursed Beast Tribe retreat…" Jen looked at the sambar and nodded.
"What are they planning?" leader stood up.
"They are thinking to take over this whole region," Jen spoke while observing the expressions of the leader.
"How could be this possible with the presence of Red Riders?" leader shook his head.
Red Riders were the symbol of power in the region, because of their presence, no one can create ruckus openly.
"We have to talk with the first leader and prepare to defeat the humans but it would not be easy," Jen was thinking something more crude, this region was enveloped under the six months night, they could use this black veil and plan.
Their plan would speak itself whether they will be able to defeat humans or not.
The half beasts were not at disadvantage, they could see in the night, while humans can use Eye of Dark Sight but it was crucial point that not all of human has this advantage.
The real problem was the number, they need to know how many humans were supporting human tribe with these intentions.
"I never saw them collectively attacking, they appear in pairs and cause some damage and then disappear," half beast leader was clueless about their numbers.
"Perhaps Red Riders know?" female sambar spoke this time.
"There is possibility but the question is whether they would listen to us?" the half beast leader never had a conversation with the first leader, it was because evolved beasts wanted to remain mysterious.
"The human is willing to talk them," sambar immediately spoke, half beast leader got little stunned, on what behave this girl would speak and what she would say to them?
Should not she be indifferent toward their conflicts?
And why this sambar was this confident?