The family of brown bears who were busily minding their own business suddenly felt the presence of Voli. After all, they lived in a forest where they have to fight for their food and lives. They had cultivated their instincts to detect threats.
As Voli got nearer and nearer, the brown bears finally saw his appearance. They suddenly felt a strong pressure on their bloodline as Voli's life level overpowered them. Because they are of the same species, Voli's mythical bloodline was like a divine decree to them, and they felt that they have to bow down in the presence of Voli.
The brown bears felt fearful, so they came out from the waterfall and stopped bathing then knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to Voli.
Seeing this, Voli felt stupid for a while. 'Why are they bowing to me? Did they see my handsomeness?'
Voli didn't like being worshiped, not to mention with the same specie as him. He didn't know why, but he felt strangely close to the bear family that was in front of him.
Suddenly, a question appeared in his mind. How would he communicate with them? After all, the bear family in front doesn't seem to know how to talk.
"Voli, it seems you're really slowly becoming a big shot." Aoi walked to Voli's side and said in a teasing voice.
Voli rolled his eyes. "Stop..."
"But how would Voli talk to them?" Sofia butted into the conversation.
"Animals and beasts communicate with body language or some specific sounds." There's a book that Fein has read in the library which mentioned that animals communicate like this. "But you can try telepathy."
"Okay, master." Voli nodded.
Then he focused his mind to meet the mind of the brown bears. 'Stand up!'
The brown bears raised their head as they heard Voli's voice on their heads. 'Yes, sir!'
The two parents bear and their two children stood up straight tremblingly.
"What's scary about Voli?" Fein muttered.
In reality, Fein couldn't feel it as he was already used to Voli's presence and a large amount of degu energy. On the other hand, other beasts would be instantly intimated by Voli's aura. What's more, creatures that were the same species as him.
"Master, they aren't scared of me, but amazed by my handsomeness." Voli raised his head proudly.
'C-can I ask?'
Voli heard a voice in his head and saw the male-parent brown bear's voice in his head. It was a rough voice.
'Go ask...' Voli responded and pretended to be generous.
'Why can you talk with humans?' This is what confused the brown bear. It was the first time it saw the same kind talk to humans.
Voli felt smug inside, but he can't act like a spoiled kid in front of them, right? Or else his majesty would be lost. 'Me? Well, if you reached the realm where I was, you can also talk with humans! But the road is bumpy and full of peril.'
Voli's voice was full of solemness as if he experience countless hardships just to reach the height where he was now.
The Brown Bears were really not that intelligent, so they bought what Voli told them with a look of awe and respect.
Fein and Sofia just watched Voli and the family of brown bears interact on the side with faint smiles on their face.
Voli acted high and mighty all the way. They learned from the brown bears that it would take another thirty or so miles to reach the border of the country.
Which means they were already halfway to their destination!
Of course, the brown bears only had limited intelligence, so Voli couldn't get much useful information from them. However, they finally knew the name of the endless plain and the forest they were currently located in.
It turned out that the name of the Endless plain which wasn't really endless if 'The Vast Expanse' then the name of the forest where the waterfall is located was 'Gubat Forest'. Gubat Forest had its own characteristics. The leaves of the majority of trees were orange. Then, the animals that live in the Gubat Forest possess C-rank degu energy just like the two-parent brown bears.
The waterfall they were currently in is the fourth water source in the whole forest, which was allocated to the Bear clan of the Gubat Forest.
Yes, Bear Clan... It turned out that the population of bears in the forest was enough to consider it a clan. It consisted of fifty-six families of brown bears.
When Voli heard this, his eyes lit up and a crafty smile appeared on his face, which didn't escape from Fein's eyes.
'This damn Voli wants to tame them all?' Fein felt that he raised Voli in the wrong way.
Just as Fein expected, Voli really wants to make the bear clan submit to him!
'Do you have a leader? Bring me to him!' Voli looked arrogant at this moment.
'Leader? We don't have that... Bear families only help each other out and there's no one qualified to lead us since we are all C ranks.' The male-parent bear answered through telepathy
'C rank? Damn, too weak...' Voli started to feel that it wouldn't be worth it to tame such a weak clan.
But Voli still wants to do it since it is the same species as him and he wants to have his own power. He wants to make them stronger. With his force, he might be able to help his master more!
"Master, if I managed to make the Bear Clan submit to me. Do you have a way to make them stronger?" Voli looked at Fein expectantly.
Hearing this, Fein became thoughtful. Does he have a way to strengthen the bear clan? Of course, he doesn't have one, but he can make one! 'I only need to optimize their bloodline and removed the useless codes.'
"Yes, I have. I will just create a potion that would remove the useless parts of their DNA, thereby increasing their potential."
Fein was confident that he could do it in one month. After all, he has already sufficient research and knowledge about genes. He had already created a way to perfect his genes. What's more, just a mere potion that would optimize genes? For him, it's all basic operations!