Death... and me

Rean's group quickly left the Azure Hyenas Territory. Those beasts would be at high alert for a time, afraid of losing any other Azure Spiritual Flower. Rean and Roan's plan was to fight a few low-level Stage Two Demon Beast, but the Azure Hyenas are too strong for them at the moment. They already attack in a group, and if the leader decides to appear, they might not be so lucky this time.

Their group carefully made their way out of the deeper parts, once again arriving at the borders of the inner region. From there, Rean and Roan battled a few Stage Two Demon Beasts while Malaka, Diakar, and Opril practiced with the lower-level ones.

In the end, the Twins got three Stage Two Demon Cores while Malaka and the other got two Stage Ones. As mentioned before, the higher the Demon Beast's level, the easier it is to have a Demon Core.

However, just as they began to leave, something unexpected happened. They bumped on Nial, who was still alive and full of injuries on his body.

Seeing that guy, Rean's group couldn't help but think about fate once more.

Nial also spotted Rean's group, but he didn't even try to run. He had made his best to reach this place without being eaten, and with his injuries, there would be no way to escape. First of all, he probably wouldn't succeed even if he was in top condition!

"Hehe. I guess this is the end for me."

Nial laid against a tree and sat down. All he did was look up in the sky while thinking about what he had been doing so far.

Rean and Roan arrived on his side and patted his shoulder.

"Good work, brother! Thanks to you, we were able to survive."

Roan nodded.

"It was really karma, I let you live, and you came with a big group of good samaritans to help in our escape."

Even Malaka patted his head. It's just that she really took seriously what Rean and Roan just said.

"Oh! Did you help them? Then you are my friend too."

Nial looked at them and felt like crying already! Rean and Roan was one thing, it was apparent that they were making fun of him. But seeing Malaka's eyes, which seemed to honestly believe it, really hurt him deeply.

'Who the hell is helping them? I couldn't wish for anything else other than taking their heads!'

"Alright, let treat his injuries."

"Good idea!"

Quickly, Rean, Roan, and everyone else started to clean and care about Nial's wounds, which greatly puzzled him.

'Just what are they planning?'

Around thirty minutes later, Rean's group finished their work and began their journey back once more. Of course, not before 'coincidentally,' leaving a few words behind.

"Good! Like this, we did a good thing again. Next time a strong Demon Beast appears, he will probably be there to save us."

"Indeed. With such a good heart, he won't stay still, you will see! That's a true hero!"

Nial finally vomited blood!

'I solemnly swear, I shall never get involved with the two of you ever again!'

However, the treatment really worked quite well. Also, Rean's group had taken care of most of the Demon Beasts in that place. That being said, Nial could rest in there for quite a few hours without being bothered. When he returned to the nearest Tribe, he really couldn't believe he was still alive. The image of the white and black colored kids was firmly engraved in his heart. He will make sure to stay as far as possible in the future.

Rean's group also stayed in one of the Tribes that existed close to the Jiran Forest for the night. The next morning, they left and went back to the Varen Tribe.

Once they arrived, Malaka's mother came running and hugged her tightly. Alanda's group had come back already with the other kids, but Malaka was nowhere to be seen. Alanda explained that she had gone on another route and would take longer to come back since it was a different training type. Still, it took longer than he himself expected.

"Mother, I'm fine, I was just receiving a special training that Tribe Vice Leader gave me."

"Mother knows. Still, I was too worried, let's go home first."

Before Malaka disappeared in the corner, Roan warned her.

"Malaka, don't forget, no cultivation! Otherwise, you know what awaits you."

Malaka shuddered a bit and quickly nodded her head.

Alanda felt it to be strange and couldn't help but ask why. After hearing Rean's explanation, he was surprised to hear that she already got into the Middle Stage of the Energy Gathering Realm. But he nodded in the end. Her cultivation is going too fast, she has to stop it for some time to stabilize.

"Anyway, can you tell me now where you went and what you did?"

Rean laughed out loud. Until the very end, they didn't tell Alanda and Juri where they were going.

"Sure, let's go see Juri. There is something we want to show you too."

Diakar and Opril also followed, quickly arriving at Juri's house. In his cultivation room, they explained everything that happened in that place.

"You two are simply crazy! Why would you even adventure inside the Azure Hyenas Den? It's not like you needed that Azura Spiritual Flower, no?"

Rean and Roan grimaced. The thing is that they needed it, and a particular glutton Orb wouldn't let them go if they failed.

"Cough, cough. It was also part of our camouflage training. Anyway, we are fine and already know the effects of that skill."

Roan just ignored their anger and took out the pendant from his neck. He then opened it and took that green stone from inside.

"Anyway, can you take a look at it? We found together with the Foundation Establishment bandit. It might have no value, but it seemed quite important for him."

Alanda didn't recognize it, but Juri's face went red as soon as he spotted that thing.

"A Jade Slip!"

"Jade Slip?"

Juri nodded.

"This is something that only high-level cultivators can create. From what I heard, you need to be at least in the Divine Soul Realm if you want to create one. Let me take a look."

Roan passed it to Juri and saw him putting that stone on his forehead.

"As I thought."