Forest tribe

Third prince was waiting in the carriage. He was not worried about the grandmaster lin as in this place very few thing could threaten him. He came out from the carriage "grandmaster lin should have finished by now." At that time he heard a loud roar, all horses became unstable even the elephants were shivering in fear.

All the elites became ready to fight. Even third prince's expression turned serious.

A large white tiger came out, his eyes were glowing blue, on his back was a teenage boy even younger than the third prince probably 10 years old or so. But what made him scared was the boy was holding unconscious grandmaster lin.

Shiva threw the grandmaster lin towards the third prince " if you hurry up he could be saved".

Third prince didn't say a word as few elites rushed and catched the grandmaster as they took him in the carriage and applied some emergency medicine.

Shiva's eyes turned to cage where forest people were imprisoned as he said" Leave them here".

Third prince nodded and gave the order to move forward. He went into the carriage and left with urgency. After coming half km away third prince took a deep breath and looked back , his clothes were drenched in sweat , his heart was palpating as he thought "who was that boy?, so young yet defeated the grandmaster lin. Is he from saint Dynasty? but soon he shook his head even saint Dynasty was only on par with shadow Dynasty, they don't have such a genius. His origin is unknown,must go and report to the Shadow Emperor."

Meanwhile...

Two elephants were standing ,there was a iron chain over their neck that was connected to the iron cage. Big white came near them and they shivered , Shiva stood on the head of big white as he extended his little hand and patted the heads of two elephants. They immediately felt peaceful and they looked into the Shiva's eye and emotions surged inside them.

They both knelt down and lowerd their trunk as though paying respect to their lord. Shiva had instinctive fondness for animals. He always felt he could communicate with them. But only after coming to forest did he get to know that his compassion towards them was not one sided ,it was mutual . Shiva unlocked the chains from their bodies and he also unlocked the cage. All 20 people came out. There was gratitude in their eyes but more than that was admiration as they had seen the interaction between elephants and shiva.

A tall man came in front and all the other people also followed him. He bowed his head and said"We all are very thankful for the grace that you had provided us, my name is Suki and I am the leader of the forest tribe, I humbly invite the esteemed guest on behalf of every tribe member to our humble abode."

Suki was a very honest and straightforward man. He knew he couldn't repay the gratitude of freedom but he wanted to do his utmost to serve the saviour.

Shiva was moved by their genuine nature, he knew he looked like a begger now but respect in Suki's eyes was pure and he was also filled with curiosity towards their tribe.

He agreed to them as he introduced himself and big white.

Suki took the lead as the group followed him. Two elephants were also coming with them.

They were changing directions every 10 min as Suki took them in a complicated route.

Along the way Suki told shiva about the shodow Dynasty and the forest tribe. He also didn't know much about them. He and his group were all the adult male members of the group except the Head elder ,they had come out to hunt in search of food. But they met the Shadow Dynasty's group. Third prince was very interested in their huge built and asked them to serve him as his guards. But they refused so Grandmaster lin took action and all of them were captured.

As they were moving shiva was captivated by the route, he was amazed by Suki's skill to remember this complicated route. Soon he saw a small village. It was situated in a canyan covered by hills on three sides and one can enter it only though this one side. Village was very well hidden. If someone doesn't know the route then he could come here only by chance.