“Representative of the forest tribe? The one that was exterminated? Nice try, kid. I'm saying you go away while I'm still asking nicely,” the guard said, removing his spear from her direction as he chuckled at her words.

“Then if I beat you guys up, will you call your rulers?” Ikami asked in a serious tone, while Hyeon, Elio, and Tumo prayed for the souls of the guards to rest in peace; they had no intention or need to get involved. Everyone knew what she was capable of.

"Sure, kid, if you can beat even one of us, we would sur-” The guard didn't even have the chance to finish his sentence as the girl, who had been standing on the ground, suddenly went flying at the guard's face with the speed of a flying bullet. Ikami clenched her wrist as a red aura ignited around it, and with all her strength, she hit the guard in the face as sparks of red lightning flew around the area from the hit.

As for the guard, he was sent flying from the hit, breaking through the very wall guarding the village and getting sent crashing through at least three different houses in a row as the unconscious guard with broken teeth lay on the ground with a broken face.

"Now, will you get the rulers?” Ikami asked very nicely with a kind smile that spelled out you're next to the other guard as he nodded and went to report this to the king.

Meanwhile, Hyeon, who still had no idea what her ability was, asked for tumo. "Well, I thought it was simple from the looks of it; her gene skill is called black hole. She can control gravity in her surrounding area and her own body without being affected.” How did Tumo know all this? Ikami had ended up explaining her skill to them once while Hyeon was kidnapped by a monster.

Elio looked at the broken wall with a bit of a sad face. “I feel kind of bad for the guy,” he said, looking at the hole in the wall as Hyeon wondered if that hit would have killed him. Well, he can always ask her to hit him later. Something told him she wouldn't say no.

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Meanwhile, the rulers of the Viking tribe received the news and were on their way already. The current chief of the tribe was on his way as they came face-to-face with the person responsible for the damage. ”I assume the one who issued the challenge would be you,” the female giant with blue skin and metal armor asked Ikami.

“Indeed, are you the one running this place?” She asked back to the female chieftain of the tribe as the giant woman nodded. "Well, on behalf of my lord, I am here to issue the challenge of conquest to the ruler and take you back to join our nation.”

The female giant nodded in understanding before speaking. "Alright, but the challenge will be decided by us. If you people can clear the challenge, we will join your nation. Until then, you are our guests. I swear in the name of Ruthras, no harm will come to you as long as you don't harm anyone here,” she explained.

Ikami thought the terms were reasonable and agreed. She had no intention of fighting a challenge after having just traveled for several weeks, and except for all that, she could really use a shower right now.

“All right, it's nice to meet you. I am Ikami, an.... executive of the Ichor-Ijze nation.” She had to find the right word because calling herself a slave would not make a good impression.

“Very well, I am Athena, the current chieftain of the Viking tribe. Enjoy your stay here.”

Meanwhile, as the Ikamis team made their way into the village, the Pyotr team also made their way into the Ice Giants territory. They ended up on mountains covered in snow as they kept walking.

Duke took off his shirt for what he referred to as endurance training. The crazy guy even went as far as to suggest others do it.

“Yeah, no, I prefer to live.” Yves was pretty upfront with his answer to that question, as he was wearing a duke's shirt on top of his own to help with the cold.

“The only time I'll be taking off my shirt is if a lady asks me to,” Amir also said as he walked more or less unaffected by the snow. Why? Well, he had a light cover around his body, keeping it warm, which also made it seem like he was glowing.

“I cant” Pyotr’s answer was short and simple: no one bothered asking why not to that guy? For some reason, everyone was creeped out by him.

Eventually, after walking for hours, the group found themselves in front of a giant cavern, and when they entered it, what they saw more than just shocked them.