Lowe and his warriors ran towards the giant tree, seeing soldiers and Kojo members on the battlefield. An attack of opportunity came to Lowe’s mind but he was soon stopped by someone.

Hawk jumped in front of him, holding his arms wide to stop Lowe.

‘What are you doing?’ Lowe asked with irritation as he looked at Hawk.

‘Are you helping them? Turning your back’s on me. Me, who helped you?’

Hawk kept looking at him with a serious face but when he noticed that Lowe and his warriors would not move, he lowered his arms.

‘You once said that your ancestors and those of the Kojo were living together, sharing the treasures of the giant tree. What made you stop?’

Lowe looked over Hawk to the many Kojo members and the giant tree, still with flames behind them.

‘They betrayed us, killing our kind and taking the tree for themselves.’

Hawk wouldn’t know but he kept looking at Lowe with a straight face.

‘Have you seen it? Heard from them? 'Asked them?’

‘Ask?’ Lowe said and a sinister laugh appeared on his face.

‘As soon as they killed our kind, it was war. We wanted revenge but we were outnumbered and driven from our homes here. Driven to build new ones outside the jungle.’

Hawk quickly looked around and saw everybody standing still, with only one Kojo member walking towards them.

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‘You sure?’ he asked again and the creature named Gongarza stepped past Hawk.

He stopped a few meters before Lowe and when their eyes met, Gongarza threw his spear on the ground.

‘No more,’ he said seriously and he looked at Lowe.

He looked back at Gongarza and gave a grin.

‘Easy for you to say. You started this,’ he said and his grin disappeared.

‘We started only something when you attacked us,’

‘Nonsense,’ Lowe yelled with an angry voice.

‘It was your kind that killed ours. And I can’t even think why you suddenly wanted it all for yourself, after decades of living together!’

Gongarza looked at him, steady but serious.

‘You read the questions in my mind, Lowe. Why would you guys attack and kill us? For the treasures of the giant tree? One we shared for so long?’

Lowe started to get angry.

‘We found the bodies, attacked and murdered by weapons. The Kojo are the only ones strong enough to kill our kind,’ he yelled.

A few warriors started to move forward, driven by Lowe’s anger.

Gongarza started to look puzzled.

‘We found the bodies of our kind, brutally murdered, which could only happen because of the strongest on our planet. The Ricu warriors.’

Lowe took a few steps to get closer to Gongarza but he stayed on his spot.

‘You are telling me that you didn’t do it?’ he said angry and questionably.

‘Who else could have done such a horrifying thing?’ he almost whispered now that he was so close to Gongarza.

‘That is a question I am wondering myself, Lowe. I am sure we didn’t murder your members, and if you say that you didn’t start killing ours in the first place, I am wondering who did.’

In the distance, a roar could be heard coming from the lower jungle, followed by the sounds of trees moving. The sounds kept coming closer and closer.

Eto, walking through the battle that was stopped, reached Hawk and walked past Gongarza and Lowe, looking to the jungle.

He caught their intention, making them look to the jungle to hear the sounds.

‘I think I know who did it,’ Eto said with anger as he felt something coming towards them.