Eto, princess Morinojo and Gongarza stood there in silence and Gongarza thought it was time to speak.

‘Princess, we should be going. The jungle is not safe anymore,’ he said.

Princess Morinojo turned to him and nodded.

Even though Gongarza already started walking away, he feared what could happen next and before he knew it, it happened.

‘Eto, would you like to come with me to my tribe?’ the princess asked.

Gongarza wasn’t a fan of the idea but he couldn’t go against the princess’s wishes. He sighed, knowing what the princess would do.

‘Sure,’ Eto said with a smile and he slowly started walking towards Gongarza while the princess kept walking next to him.

‘You can protect me, like you did before,’ she said with a smile and a little blush on her green skin.

They started walking but Eto soon stopped and looked at the sky.

‘What is wrong, Eto?’ the princess asked as she also stopped.

‘Nothing. I just hope Djon is okay,’ Eto said while he kept looking up to the sky.

Hawk was caught by one of the lion creatures and they all looked to the figure who appeared from the trees.

A similar creature appeared but this one looked much older and bigger.

Hig brown fur started to turn gray and multiple scars were shown on his body.

‘Trust your instincts. They are not our enemy,’ he said with a deep voice.

The other creatures all nodded at the same time and let go of Hawk, Veronica and Morning Python.

‘Thanks,’ Hawk mumbled towards the creature. He switched his forearm to a normal hand.

‘Show some respect. That is lord Lowe,’ the creature behind Hawk said but the big creature waved at them that it wasn’t necessary.

‘Easy there. They are new to this planet and don’t know the customs or titles. We can’t blame them for something they don’t know.’

Hawk walked to Veronica and Morning python and the giant creature walked towards them.

He bowed so he was at the same height as them.

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‘My apologies. My name is Lord Lowe of the ricu clan. My humble guards just tried to be protective of me.’

Hawk studied his body and gave a smile.

‘I’m Hawk and you don’t look like the type who needs a bodyguard,’ he said with a grin and Lowe started to laugh. Then he looked at Veronica and Morning python.

‘I’m Veronica, pleased to meet you,’ Veronica said and then Lowe looked at the assassin. She didn’t say anything and didn’t look him in the eyes.

After a silence, Hawk started talking.

‘She is an assassin who attacked us. That’s why we put the cuffs on her.’

Lowe slowly made his way towards her and started sniffing next to her.

It seemed to bother her and she tried to look away every time he came close.

‘Stop it,’ she suddenly yelled and Lowe pulled his face back. He stroked through his giant mane as he studied her.

‘That’s funny,’ he said and Veronica asked what was wrong.

He turned to her and started to explain.

‘You tell me she is an assassin but her soul does not contain darkness. Rather, she has a tortured and damaged soul,’ he said and everyone's attention went to Morning Python.

‘Shut up!’ she yelled to the creature and Lowe quickly leaned in, grabbing the cuffs and started breaking them, releasing the assassin.

‘What did you do?’ Hawk yelled with fear in his voice.

TYO still drove through the shaft, analyzing different rooms and trying to find out where he was.

He soon found an opening to a conference room and quickly stopped.

He looked in the room and saw a man sitting at the table. He scanned him and searched his own data.

There was no doubt about it. It was the man he and Eto encountered in the temple on Etoile, before the knight started fighting Eto.

At first, the brown skinned man looked like he sat alone but someone walked in, passing the man.

‘Councilman Kazerku. What are you gonna do with the boy who entered the planet?’ the other person said.

TYO looked at the person and recognized the same armor as the Vulture knight, only more smooth and the voice sounded like a lady.

The brown skinned man named Kazerku started talking.

‘Nothing,’ he said without giving more attention to the conversation.

‘I’m not gonna send my entire fleet onto the planet to search for one boy. My whole operation of years of planning will go to waste. Let Generation Zero handle this,’ he said. TYO saw Kazerku looking up to the knight.

The feminine knight slowly walked towards Kazerku, bowing so she got close to him.

‘Generation Zero won’t come. They already risked going so close to Etoile. They won’t come close to an occupied planet of the council again.’

Kazerku started to laugh.

‘I thought you, the Ostrich knight was sent here to help me,’ he said and the knight again stood straight.

‘I have my orders. I am to stay close by your side only and help you with direct danger. The rest is not my problem according to my master.’

Kazerku gave a smug smile.

‘Yes. Hanzou really knows what he is doing,’ he said and the knight punched her fist on the table.

‘Don’t ever talk disrespectfully about my master again. Have you forgotten how much trouble we saved you from?’

The helmet of the knight stared at Kazerku and he stared back.

‘Fine,’ he finally said.

‘I will send my own soldiers into the jungle. Let them find the kid with his friends,’ and after that he got up and walked away.

TYO jumped back in the shaft, worried with what he just had heard.

‘I got to find everyone,’ he slowly said to himself with some panic.