Chapter 113 - The Whole Picture

After Icnamro remained motionless for about ten seconds of hesitation, she clenched her teeth and rushed forward to attack. As she advanced, Asil's calm gaze never changed and he did not take his eyes off her. But she still didn't give up on attacking. But when the distance between them was only two meters, a voice from the audience caused Icnamro's movements to pause suddenly.

"Icnamro, what does it mean to use the transformation technique for a simple fight! Go home now and wait for me! I'll give you your punishment there!"

Asil could clearly see the fear on Icnamro's face when the voice came from the audience. Who could have to scare such a person? Curious, he turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound. When he saw the middle-aged woman, where all the audience around her was making room for her, he knew immediately that it was she who was speaking. This woman was muscular, just like Icnamro. But when the two were compared, Icnamro was staying by her side like a little child. Even her transformed form wasn't half the size of this woman's body where she didn't even tighten her muscles!

This middle-aged woman was more than two meters tall, had brown eyes and long auburn hair. She was so muscular that even the width of her single calf was larger than Asil's waist!

After the woman's words, Icnamro bowed his head and spoke quickly: "Well, I am... I'm sorry, Mom, I was wrong."

Icnamro walked away quickly after speaking. After she had gone, the middle-aged woman turned to Lewir and shouted: "Lewir, come here!"

The woman's shouting was so loud that even the leaves of the surrounding trees fell to the ground.

After the woman's shout, the tribal leader Lewir immediately ran up to the woman and spoke timidly: "My.. Yes, my dear wife, did you ask me for something?"

"Shut up and explain now! What does all this mean? How can you let Icnamro use the Transformation Technique! Who do you think you are!" As the middle-aged woman shouted, it was as if it didn't matter to her that the other person was a tribal leader.

"Well... My dear wife, I can explain. Here's the situation. The child here may be the person mentioned in the prophecy. That's why I thought I'd strengthen him and marry my daughter..."

"You fucking loser! What the fuck do you think you are! You still don't feel ashamed and still say "my daughter" in a normal way. Do you think that because you are the leader of the tribe, everything you say will be done? If you're the tribal leader, I'm the leader of our family! If you're making the decisions about the tribe, I'm making the decisions about our family! Did you get it?" The middle-aged woman had interrupted Lewir's speech by suddenly shouting.

Lewir bowed his head and, looking like a kitten, replied: "Of course, my dear wife. Of course, you make the decisions. How dare I can question your decisions! It was me who was wrong. This will never happen again, my dear wife."

The middle-aged woman nodded, as if pleased. Then, after gesturing for Lewir to go home, she called out to the crowd: "I heard there's going to be a feast in the evening. But, as you can see, it was canceled. Now that the fun is over, you can go back to your homes." The woman looked at the woman closest to her and instructed: "Bring the person Lewir calls 'the child of the prophecy' to my house."

The middle-aged woman walked away slowly after giving her instructions. As she walked away, the people around watched her silently. After she left, someone came to Asil and took him to Lewir's house.

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"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Haha, they're fighting again. They fought constantly, except for short breaks and when they slept for a week. They really don't know what it's like to get tired."

"I found it pointless at first. But it looks like we've all underestimated this kid. Considering the tribal leader's daughter is his training partner, it's a job that really takes courage and determination. He's a really good kid, even though he's from the city."

"Haha... Forget about it, who do you think will win today? I think Icnamro will win."

"Hmm... I think the city boy will win. He's fighting pretty well. Especially the tricks he suddenly uses are really impressive. He's smart and agile. If he were a member of our tribe, he would definitely become a very great warrior in the future."

"What does it matter who wins? Forget about it, let's watch the competition. They will definitely fight well today as well.."

"You are telling the truth! No need to talk, let's watch!"

Amidst the sounds of a fight echoing around, several people were chatting among themselves. Many people like them had been watching the nonstop matches between two people for about a week. These two people were Asil and Icnamro. The first of the battles between them took place on the day Asil woke up. After the first battle was stopped by the intervention of Icnamro's mother, Asil went to their house, talked with her mother.

During this conversation, he had learned some things besides that the marriage that the tribal leader had previously announced would not take place. Among them, there were three different issues that were particularly important.

The first of these was about the inner region of the Black Dragon Forest, which he was in. He learned that the reason people who entered this area could not return alive was the presence of plants at the entrance to the inner part of the forest that caused people to experience severe hallucinations and powerful Profound Beasts. The people who entered the forest would either cause their own death due to these hallucinations that were powerful enough to affect even those at the top of the Nascent Profound Realm, or they would become prey to Profound Beasts. And that's why no one could come back. Another piece of information that Asil learned about this forest was that there was only one way to get to the tribe's location, other than passing through the hallucinatory plants. This road was the road that descended safely from the cliff where Asil fell and reached the tribe's place. He didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky, but he had found his way here, albeit accidentally.

Another important issue he learned was the situation of the Chaka Tribe, a descendant of Pythia, known as the First King or the Purple King. They were the only human community living in the interior of the Black Dragon Forest. For some reason they didn't or couldn't tell Asil, the Profound Beasts inside the forest weren't attacking them. Unless the people of the tribe went hunting, no Profound Beast would attack them, even changing their ways when they saw the tribe people. Asil had wondered why when he first heard of it. But he soon stopped thinking about it, because he knew that he would not get the real answer when he asked.

Another important issue that Asil learned during the conversation was the way the leadership position was transferred in the tribe and the power levels of the people here.

Leadership was passed on by the result of a blood test, rather than being passed from father to son as in most other places. As a result of this test, the person closest to the bloodline of Pythia was chosen as the leader. According to their beliefs, the closest person to his bloodline was the most suitable person. These people were usually the ones who were always at the forefront as a strength in the tribe. However, since the people selected as a result of the test are generally women and according to the tribal laws, the tribe leader must be male, if the person selected in the test is a woman, the tribal leader is the person whom that woman married. As Tnssar, the wife of the tribal leader Lewir, was elected, the leadership fell to Lewir, as per tribal law. But even if he was the leader, it could be said that the true tribal leader was actually Tnssar, since by nature he obeyed his wife's wishes.

As for the power level of the tribe... Among them, there were eight people who were in the Core Profound Realm, thirty-two people who were in the Nascent Profound Realm, and more than a hundred people who were in the Elementary Profound Realm. When you added the children who didn't have the profound power yet, it was a fact that they were superior to even the powerful families in Black Dragon City.

Asil, during his conversation with Icnomro's mother Tnssar, said that he wanted to train with Icnamro, and this request was accepted by Tnssar. This event was also the beginning of the training battle between Asil and Icnamro, which lasted for about a week. At first, it could be said that Asil had a hard time. However, as the tribe strengthened his body with the special liquid with which they strengthened themselves, the duration, intensity, and pleasure of the battles began to increase over time. For this reason, some tribe members had started watching them from time to time, placing bets on who would win.

"I think I won today. We'll do the next fight in the evening, what do you think?" He spoke with a faint smile as he extended his hand to Icnamro, who was lying on the ground.

"Hmph. You were just lucky. I'm gonna win the fight tonight. You better be prepared for this." Icnamro said with a smile as well and stood up, taking the hand outstretched towards her for support. Then, looking at the sun and trying to guess the time, she asked: "Asil, you'll be attending dinner tonight, won't you? After all, you're the reason the night was arranged, Mr. Prophecy Boy. Hahaha..."

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