Zhi Rui sat on a ruble where her tent used to be. the rain wasn"t as thick as before, only small droplets fell.
Sandworm kept laughing and telling jokes, something so alien you could see the surprise on the people"s eyes. they laughed and nodded along.
"He"s showing his nervousness, to incur sympathy and goodwill." Zhi Rui thought.
Blue amethyst, for once, wasn"t talking to the warriors or working on her image, she was playing a game with her son and his friends while laughing lightly with the elders.
Zhi Rui squinted her eyes, "She"s truly nervous."
The people were all doing their best to focus on the booze, but clearly, the nerves were too taut to relax.
The lizard tribe had the triple of their numbers, it couldn"t even be considered a fight, the only thing that kept them on the ideal was the image of Zhi Rui killing twenty men as if they were nothing. That was the only reason they were fighting.
The winner is venerated after all.
But Zhi Rui was calm, she already knew there was anything to dread on this fight, sure more than half would die, but the objective will be achieved.
"Physical capacity in the highest possible I only need to learn the art, my search on the creation of methods opened some ways in my spiritual abilities... I have to be at least at level three in these six months I"ll kill my father, then we"ll enter the underworld, the possibilities for wealth are innumerable there. Once outside I"ll take on every level six against me."
As people laughed Zhi Rui planned.
A couple of elders and fifteen older children came to her side.
"Alpha can we build your new tent? i t"s raining after all."
Zhi Rui smiled gently.
"There"s no need, we"ll be moving soon, so this place will belong to another."
the slightly bigger child hesitated "B-But you still have to sleep somewhere today."
Zhi Rui turned to the boy with a smile, she got near him. "How about I sleep with you?"
the boy"s face got all red but he slapped his chest "I-I take good care of ALpha!"
"HAHAHA, good boy! I know you will but I plan on going somewhere else."
Zhi Rui kissed his forehead and walked away. the boy put a hand in his forehead and was laughing giddily. The elders beside him laughed.
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"Mom, will we win?" a small black haired girl said to Blue amethyst.
"Yes dream, we"ll win, and you"ll have a big place to live and lots of animals to play with."
"Really!?" the little girl yelled.
"Realy!" Blue amethyst said with a smiled and the girl giggled and jumped on her.
"So, this is the one you made?" Zhi Rui voice came from behind.
Dream looked wide eyes, "Alpha!" she greeted. Zhi Rui smiled and held the girl, "Hi dream how are you?"
"Good!"
Blue amethyst giggled an took her daughter from Zhi Rui.
"Good girl, now go and play with the other, mom has to speak with alpha."
"Okay~"
She watched as the little girl went away.
"You"re way to protective. Though I did wanted to bite her little cheek."Zhi Rui smilingly commented.
"I love you," Blue-amethyst turned and said.
Zhi Rui looked at her with a small smile. "no, you don"t."
"I do, I"ve never felt this before, The first time I saw you, our banters, our nights together, It"s all too magical for me, I really do love you. the only thing I want from you is that in case I die, I want you to take my daughter with you. I lived in poverty, I want her to live in greatness."
"Why do you think you"ll die?" Zhi Rui asked.
"It"s a battle, people die." Blue amethyst answered.
Zhi Rui kept staring.
Blue amethyst sighed. "You"re from outside, coming here, and stirring the way things are, you have an objective, and the rest are disposable. you"re messing with an entire civilization and the first one to die should you leave, is the people at your side. That"s me and sandworm. And from all I see, it"s unclear what you want to use me for. What if you wanted to make a martyr out of me? or let me die for the sake of increasing moral through vengeance? "
She broke eye contact and looked down,
"I-I admire and love you but I don"t know you, or your intentions. and I"m helpless against your will. Like everyone else here. It may look like a struggle or an uprising, but I can see it. You"re treating this as some kind of play, and you"re using not only this poor corner, you have the whole country in your game.
So whatever or whoever you are please take my child and teach her your way. what scares me is that my child will live seeing only the sky above this well of a place like I did."
Zhi Rui looked at her sternly the words "I love you" weren"t taken seriously because she knew the woman was merely misunderstanding her infatuation feelings, but what came next was true motherly love.
Zhi Rui could see the face of her mother once again, she approached Blue amethyst, she roughly took hold of the woman"s neck.
"I"m here, to conquer and live the best of life can offer, I"ll do what I want, and the rest doesn"t matter. I live for myself, a couple of good nights isn"t enough for me to owe you anything. let alone take care of your children.
From the moment I come here, your life and death aren"t yours to choose. I don"t plan to let you die, so how dare you make preparations for death!?"
Zhi Rui said and threw her away. Blue-amethyst hit the ground and the wet sand entered her armor.
"More than half of this place will die, but you and Sandworm will live. That"s all you need to know."
Zhi Rui said and walked away.
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Sandworm stood on an isolated corner leaning on a chair taking the drop of water on his face. "We"ll die. There"s simply no other possible outcome. The people from the big tribes are not weak, if they want, they take it. She might be strong but the level"s two"s and three"s are no joke."
A splash of water woke him from his stupor. Sandworm looked to his side, His head was consumed by alcohol, but he could clearly distinguish the two burly men as one of his own tribe and another was borrowed from the alliances.
The bigger one, from his own tribe, approached first.
"Sandworm, what do you think about all of this?"
Even on his drunken state sandworm knew what comes next. He expected it but was confused about it. But he decided on the spot.
With the firmest tone, he could muster on his state he said.
"We should stop this madness."
The men laughed at Sandworm poor attempt on sounding like anything more than a drunken idiot.
"Good, then let"s cut to the chase. on the battle tomorrow you"ll do the following..."