ch - 12 A New Threat

" how many carts of food will you need for the journey ? "

" Let's see , 70 men , 20 workers and 30 skeleton warriors will go on the journey . Gather enough food for 4 days. It'll take us 2 days to reach there and 2 days to come back. Should be enough food since those piles of bones don't eat anything. "

The preparation for the attack was in full flow in the tribal village. The warriors practised with their wodden bats and clubs. The women were busy with the preparation of the food for the journey and the children just blindly watched all of it.

A group consisting of 2 workers and 3 warriors sat on the ground discussing something.

" Where do you think those people came from huh ? For my whole life I believed we are the only ones of our species. I never imagined there to be more people like us. " One of the workers said

Upon hearing his words a warrior sitting nearby stood up and forcefully grabbed the workers throat and lifted him up with both hands.

" Don't you dare compare them to us ! Those monsters have killed our brothers. They are not the same as us ! We are chosen by God to rule this forest and they are merely invaders. It's our job to cleanse this sacred forest from a disease like them ! " The warrior spoke with determination

" Ahh ! I'm sorry, I'm sorry ! It was a mistake on my part to compare them to us. Please let me go ! " The worker begged for the warriors mercy

The warrior after a bit more time finally let go with a loud sighamd angrily walked towards the training grounds to practise some more. The worker gasped for air as tears trickled down from his bloodshot eyes.

One of the other warriors put his hand on workers back comforting him and said " Tarza lost his only brother in the fight... He's just not in a amazing mood right now. I hope you don't bring up this subject infront of him again... "

After that he too got up , grabbed his club and went to practise.

This sentiment was followed by all the people who lost someone dear to them in the attack , like a father , brother , friend or husband. They wished for those murderers to be tortured before they were killed.

The way most tribesmen died for not from hunting , as they had hunted for their food for many years. They knew the best ways to avoid injuries and casualties .

No the most common cause of death in the tribe was disease. In a way this was a kind of blessings as it helped people get ready for what was to come , as usually someone had become sick never recovered from their condition and eventually perished...

The tribes people had just thought of it as a normal expedition. After learning about the deaths however all of them were heartbroken and plunged in grief and sorrow as the deaths had come as a complete surprise.

The chief would revive the death men, but only their skeleton would came back as a lifeless puppet entirely loyal to the chief. All semblance of a personality would be gone , replaced by a stare of death.

The family members tried to speak with them, they pleaded and begged the chief to bring their soul back into their bodies, but their cries fell on deaf ears as there truly was no way to bring back someone from the jaws of death.

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" Get out of here before I can smash your face in. " A man said with his arms crossed anger apparent on his face.

" Big words for such a small group... " Trevor said unfazed

Hearing the other party's words Beresile started to reach for his hammer but Trevor stopped him.

" Don't come to us with your tail between your legs when an attack does come " Trevor said as he started walking back

The leader of the other group finally lost it after hearing the last words from Trevor and grabbed his axe, but before he could act the other members of his group grabbed his hands and waist.

" Calm down man ! " They whispered in his ear

" We don't stand a chance if we decide to fight them ! They have 12 people here and about 20 more back at their base. This is a fight we can't win "

After a while he finally calmed down. He knew what his subordinates were saying was right. They were only a 4 man group and picking a fight with potentially the largest group on the server was not the best idea.

" That is the fourth group done. Their leader is One of the people present when the cave was discovered. He is probably mad over us taking the cave to ourselves. " One of Trevor's men said

"So 2 groups agreed and 2 groups disagreed on working with us. Not a bad ratio keeping in mind our reputation. " One of his other men said

Trevor gave the guy who said that a solid 3 second stare of disappointed and said " We don't want a' good ratio ' we want as many groups as we can. WE HAVE to get more people or we don't stand a single shred of chance against those tribals's numbers. "

" Who are we gonna go to next ? " Trevor asked

" Ah we're going to meet the third biggest group currently in the server. It's BOXU's group , the streamer who helped the game get exposure. They have exactly 15 people into their whole group according to us. "

By this time all of the members of BOXU'S group has also started getting back to base since it was the meeting and discussion time for them.

Banjo and Bear had also coincidentally joined back near this time so they also joined in on the discussion.

" Okay everyone ! Welcome back please sit on the area there " Danno pointed towards the meeting area. The meeting area was just a clear spot in the grass, but nobody said anything as they knew that inside the house would probably be hot from the sunlight and this was the best spot they had.

After the 12 people ( coalberet's respawn timer including two other members of the group had not been reached for them to come back. ) had sat down they started discussion.

BOXU spoke first " I want to start the discussion, but if anyone has any important news they can tell us that first. "

" No one ? Well good I'll start with my announcement first. I think you all know how dangerous this area is. I also assume you know about the second attack by those savages has taken place just yesterday. It's only a matter of time before they come back with an stronger and bigger force to take us down. "

BOXU's expression grew serious" to better prepare ourselves for that time and increase our general safety I want to implement a few measures.

First - NOBODY will move alone. Always go with 2-3 people so that incase of an emergency one of you can run back and alert the rest of us,

Second - we need to devolope a mechanism to let us know when we are in danger. I think a smoke from fire will do, as it's relatively easy to make and can be seen over long distances. So I suggest you all learn how to start a fire from someone who knows it.

Third - I don't think I have told any of you , but I used to be a weapon expert in my early teens. I loved all sorts of weapons. I would purchase and collect them and train with them. It was just a small hobby i had at the time. As a matter of fact I still do train with them on my weekends. That's how i was able to effectively fight those savages if you remember.

I want to say that I'm going to be teaching all of you how to fight with them as well so it will help you out in a time of need. Now I know you can't master these weapons in a such a short time, but just knowing the basics will take you a long way. "

With that BOXU concluded his long announcement. But suddenly a big red alert screen popped up in front of him. It was not just him though it popped infront of every player currently online. It read -

* Dear players attention please. Your actions have caused an equal and opposite reaction. The tribesmen chief ' Garouga ' is sending his men to take your life. This is a calamity event. If all the players perish during the attack you will not be able to respawn and play the game again.

The warriors will reach you in 2 days. Prepare yourself accordingly. The game master wishes for your success. *

BOXU along with the others present started to read the text and slowly their expressions turned foul.

Finally one of them screamed out loud " WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO RESPAWN IF WE LOSE ?!?!? ARE THE DEVS CRAZY !? "