Chimaera's Conquest: The Legend Of The Devourer
Chapter 124: Final Step (1)

Chapter 124: Final Step (1)

A week passed without any incidents. Slowly, the tribe’s trust in Adrian, no, Milka, increased gradually, primarily after he received another promotion within days of joining Ahuli’s special squad and was made its second-in-command.

Unfortunately, Ski, the former second-in-command, died during a hunting trip that Milka participated in. No one knew why Ski’s Direwolf suddenly tore into its owner and threw him down a cliff.

Tribals argued that some spirit must have taken control of the wolf and killed Ski for crimes of his past life. They weren’t entirely wrong. Ski’s wolf had been possessed, not by a spirit but by staring into someone’s vengeful eyes.

It was a tragedy, but the tribe could only blame fate and move on. Everything got normal within the tribe without any problems with the slaves.

The new slaves had settled nicely. With their abilities sealed and inventory emptied, they couldn’t have done anything, even if the heroes wanted to.

Strangely enough, when it was time for Milka’s slaves to be marked, he lashed out as soon as the shaman touched them. Milka nearly killed the shaman for touching ’his women’.

The complaint reached Ahuli, but he merely smiled before dismissing the case. In his eyes, Milka was just acting possessive of what he owned and found the reaction amusing.

If Milka didn’t want anyone else touching his slaves, then he would be allowed to mark them on his own. Milka thanked the chieftain before he and his slaves walked out and got marked by him.

There were days when Milka didn’t appear before anyone. But when he did, there were love marks all over him. While the tribesmen wore tattoos to symbolise their pride and honour, Adrian wore love bites all over his body.

In reality, those were the days when Adrian had to undo his [Mimic] skill as being in a constant transformation had begun causing a strain on his mana core. As for the love bites, those were nothing but cover for what he could be doing during those days.

While the girls were more than happy to lend him a hand, Adrian immediately dismissed the thought and used the [Mimic] skill to create the marks, much to their disappointment.

But others didn’t know that.

Vincent had seen Adrian walking around like that, with Sophia and Amelia at toe, and he lost his temper whenever he did. The lowly human was living the life that was supposed to be his and had no remorse on his face.

Vincent felt powerless without his abilities. All he could do was glare angrily at Adrian. Time seemed to be working against him, but he knew one thing about time—it can change. And when it did, he would make Adrian’s life a living hell.

Vincent was working in the enclosure, giving one of the Tiaks a bath, when Adrian entered the place to greet Fenris. The girls were with him as usual, and looking at them, it didn’t seem they were having a tough time like the rest of them.

Lost in his thoughts, Vincent failed to notice the tribesman approaching until it was too late. With a swift kick, the tribesman brought him back to reality, but the sudden kick caused him to stumble.

He barely managed to get a grip when Vincent stumbled again, this time tripped up by Tiak himself. As he fell, time seemed to slow, and Vincent found himself falling towards a pit of tiak poop. Within moments, he was covered in the foul-smelling mess.

Sophia, Amelia, and Adrian watched from a distance, barely able to contain their laughter at the sight before them. Vincent emerged from the pit, covered head to toe in poop. His expression was a poop-filled mixture of frustration and embarrassment.

Despite his discomfort, Vincent couldn’t help but notice their gaze on him. He knew they were struggling to hide their laugh, making him even more furious. With a glare, he attempted to wipe away the mess but only succeeded in spreading it further.

"Let’s go," Adrian shook his head, leaving Vincent to deal with the shit that had become one with his face.

"Adrian," Sophia whispered, her voice barely audible. "I hope it’s okay if I ask... What’s the plan? We’ve got to free the other heroes, but... how do we even start?"

"Yeah," Amelia added, her tone worried. "It’s been a week already. I don’t know how much more they can take of this."

Adrian chuckled, "The others have been living this life for months, and they can’t handle it for a week? What kind of weak-ass heroes did you lot become after I left?"

Adrian was joking, but his words had an undesirable effect. He noticed it and apologised, but deep down, he knew he meant what he said.

Ever since ’dying,’ he had experienced many complicated scenarios, and living with the tribe wasn’t the worst of them. He couldn’t believe someone like Vincent was already complaining about it.

’It’s not like I haven’t been trying...’ Adrian sighed inwardly.

Unbeknownst to the girls, Adrian had been looking for ways to contact A’Mila and set a plan. But before that, he needed to find a way to nullify the seal on the heroes to return their powers.

’Thankfully, I put fake seals on Amelia and Sophia, but I don’t think they’d be much use if my plan was exposed,’ Adrian thought. ’We need more power, and unsealing the heroes should cause enough chaos to keep the tribe busy till A’Mila arrives with the rest of the Banurs.’

Unfortunately, Adrian didn’t know of any methods to unseal them. Even his [Analysis] skill was proved useless. Just then, Adrian saw Ahuli and Skaha busy caring for the Mammoroth and Sully, and an idea struck him.

If anyone in the tribe knew about the unsealing methods, it had to be Skaha. It could be a rune or something similar. But it was unlikely he would carry such an important thing with himself.

Thankfully, it was the perfect time to check his home, which was quite close to Adrian’s new living quarters.

"It looks like luck’s on our side. Come on, let’s go."

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