"but i must do this Shanti"

"you can, but it is not now"

"..... i must avenge them, before their souls reach the heavenly green field"

"by yourself?"

"i can't risk the other. They need to protect the village"

"so you say, you can do what thirty fighters couldn't do?"

"i said, there's no need to bring all of our fighters"

"why? won't you assure your own victory?"

Everyone looked at him. They couldn't agree more with what Shanti had said just now.

"as the leader of the fighters.."

"your duty is to ensure all of people's safety. Right?" Shanti cut his words

"....of course" Mugha sighed

He could never win a fight with Shanti, no matter how hard he tried. He and Shanti had known each other since their were children, and she always stopped him whenever he wanted to do something reckless.

"seems Khall has something to say. Let's listen to him first" The elder confirmed the situation

"fine, father. Khall, let's go to my house"

"....got it" Khall nodded

Shanti looked at the villager and asked for their help.

"i need every help possible to hold the ritual. Please help me" She bowed

Their focus was back to the ritual preparation for those three brave fighters, and they started to help Shanti.

-krieet-

The door opened and Mugha entered the house. The elder and Khall sat followed by him.

"so tell me Khall, why i shouldn't go now"

"...they have more than twenty soldiers...with the support of their leader, you won't even able to take one of them"

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"... seems you underestimate my capabilities, or your fear is.."

"no, it's not Mugha. You want to believe me or not, but I'm the one who knows your capabilities better than anyone in this village"

"then i don't understand. Why can't i win to those humans?"

"... because, their leader know how to win a battle"

"..... seriously Khall, what are you talking about?"

"his goal is to annihilate all of us Mugha.. if you go there alone, you will die. Then, our force won't have enough power to repel them"

"how do you know that? does it have something to do with how you escape their camp?"

".... i don't really care with what you think about what happened.. but let me tell you this"

He took a breath and continued his words.

"the moment he killed those three.... i know that he didn't consider anything about peace or discussion.."

"then we kill him before he can do that thing" Mugha responded

"..... fine. But you can do that after we finish the ritual"

"and why would i listen to you?"

"because that's my decision as well" The elder came in

"father.... -sigh- fine, but i can't believe this"

He stood and headed to the door.

"since when we become so coward?"

He left the room. Only Khall and the elder remained there.

"forgive my son Khall, his intention is not bad.."

"i know that elder.... i know that.."

"....then, what you want to do?"

"i want to help the ritual's preparation, but i feel so tired right now"

He stood up and turned back heading toward the door.

"i think i will take a rest"

"sure Khall. You should do that" The elder nodded

He walked for two minutes before he arrived at his house. He lay on his bed and mumbled.

"just kill him before he can do that...huh? that's why i can't let you do that Mugha..."

He fell asleep for two hours. All of the tension from this morning that gathered in his body started to disappear.

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"I've finished here"

"thank you Barry. Now we can bring the bodies" Shanti nodded

"it's starting to get dark. I'll check around the village"

Barry put his shovel and went down to the village. Meanwhile Shanti continued the preparation.

"uugggh... seems I'm really tired"

Khall stretched his body and headed outside to see how the ritual's preparation was.

-krieet-

"hm, Barry? aren't you helping the preparation?"

"Khall? I've finished what i need to do. Now i want to check around the village"

"... can i come too?"

"hm? sure, why not"

"ok then"

Both of them went to the entrance of the village. Nothing's weird, at least not at the moment.

"haah... these humans... they only appeared once and already took three of our families" Barry shaked his head

"..... they are really terrible Barry. They didn't see us as their equal"

"i don't really get them. Why can't we just live in peace?"

"I don't know either.."

They observed for around five minutes before they decided to go back inside the village.

"!! wait! there's something!" Barry alerted

Around ten soldiers could be seen at the entrance of the forest. Then they ran really fast toward the village and raised their hands.

Khall realized that nothing good would come from that.

"BARRY!! LET'S GET INSIDE THE VILLAGE!!"

When Khall shouted, their enemies already used their skill. All of them were aimed at both of them.

[ICE LANCE I]

More than twenty ice lances pierced everything in front of them.

-dhaar-

-zrrub-

"-kkgghh- Khall!! call Mugha and the others! I'll try to hold them!"

"... i understand. Try to not do anything stupid Barry!"

He ran as fast as he could. That's the only thing that he could do....regardless he liked it or not.

-----( Chapter 111 "A little wolf 9" )-----