SSS-Ranked Evolution: Worlds Unbound-Chapter 78: hatred (dont buy)
It was hard for them to hold what remained of her, but she deserved a better exit than this.
For days, the beast worked on restoring their land to its glory. Rami worked without rest, making sure everything was going well and also ensuring that Reina was comfortable where she was staying. And as long as Ren was with them, they were doing pretty well. They had buried Dalia in their grave site, it was meant for the best of warriors and for the queens that were before Reina. She earned that spot with her sacrifice.
It was easy for two weeks to pass and everything was looking better now. The overall wellbeing of the beasts had improved now that their land was looking like what it used to be.
"Rami never stops until her agenda is complete. She barely sleeps, barely eats, I hope she doesn’t fall sick." Ren was taking a walk with Reina, admiring the hard work her people had done. They had placed more structures, so people had roofs over their heads. Simple mud houses that held firm before they went to bigger things. What used to be the centre of the town had been beautified with ornamental shrubs. With the new discovery of limestone in the area, the beasts would make stronger structures. Currently, they were working on the palace which would restore their queen back to her rightful place.
On the throne.
Before Reina had invited Ren on the walk, he was teaching Luna some new tricks. They were not the usual roll over and sit but new ways on how to electrocute people. His latest discovery was her ability to shoot lightning from her mouth that he would utilize so well. As for Nagini, she was on daily scouts to make sure they were safe, alongside some other tigers.
"I can talk to her if you let me." with the devious smile on his face, he knew he was going to do just more than talking if he were to catch her alone. And knowing that look, Reina could only roll her eyes.
"You have to attend to me first." a mocking laugh escaped her lips, forcing Ren’s cheeks to grow pink. Of course, he had been so busy he had forgotten to satisfy his queen. Just thinking about it, he felt a twitch in his pants.
"Well since that is the problem, I could offer a solution to—" he was cut short when he heard a whistle in the wind, moving fast enough, he caught a ninja star before it implanted itself into his forehead, ending him. Looking at it, he could let out a small laugh, but the incident had angered Reina. To her, someone was trying to kill her consort.
But to Ren, an old friend was saying hi.
"Go get him girl." Ren hyped Luna, knowing she could smell him, immediately she sprinted and went to find where the assassin was hiding.
"What was that?" Reina turned to him for an explanation, but he could only smile at her.
"One of my friends, I can’t wait for you to meet him." offering his hand, they continued their walk.
"But he just tried to kill you. Why should I spare him?" The conversation went on with Ren rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"No Reina, it’s a boy thing. It’s how we greet each other." he tried calming her down and explaining, but he wasn’t getting far.
"By trying to kill you?" The disbelief in her voice forced a laugh out of him, her arms still locked with his, but she refused to spare him another glance.
"He wasn’t really trying to kill me." yeah Ren, sure he wasn’t.
Some time had passed and Ren was in his hut with Reina, they were going over some things while having food till their alone time was interrupted with a loud bark. Turning their heads to see what was going on, Luna was dragging Von by the leg and resistance was futile.
"And look who the wolf dragged in?" the snarkiest response from a friend he hadn’t seen in weeks.
"Friend."
It was all goofy smiles from Ren until Reina grabbed the nearest knife and held it against Von’s neck, "you call him friend, and you want to take his life?" She did not understand the type of friendship they shared, probably because Ren hadn’t told her that when they first met, they almost killed each other.
Von who was supposed to be scared for his life was instead mesmerized by Reina’s beauty. He thought Dalia was beautiful, but Reina was the master of it. He had his mask ripped off his face, and she could see the astonishment in his eyes, and to be frank, it made her somewhat uncomfortable.
"She is beautiful." were the only words that escaped his lips and Ren gave him a knowing look before he coughed out, putting aside his awkwardness for a hot moment, "I deeply apologize my queen. I am only here to bring offerings. For peace." and with that said, some humans with baskets of fruit and other precious items had come into the tent. One of them was Elisa who was more than happy to lock eyes with Ren.
They took a quick bow and Reina was surprised. She cast a glance at Ren, and he told her to relax by rubbing his hand against his chest. Unsure but willing to trust, she ripped the knife away from Von’s neck and moved closer to Ren, putting her arm around his to show them she could trust them.
"You come for peace?" She eyed the baskets and with a snap, her people came out of nowhere to take the goods but as they took it in, she grabbed one, her favourite, a dragon fruit and took a bite out of it. It was ripe and refreshing, just what she wanted, "did you plan all of this?" she gave him a scolding glare and whispered something into her ears. It didn’t make the scolding glare vanish, but she turned to them with softer eyes, "tell me more about you."
"We come from a land not far from yours. Karnak. Left in ruins after an earthquake by the empire, we have struggled to survive. We faced monsters that came from your land when it was still plagued in darkness, many were lost because of them. Ren came along and everything changed." Von looked at his friend with knowing eyes before rising to his feet. His hand rubbed against Luna’s head when she came up to him for scratches, "I accompanied Ren to your land to help rid it of darkness."
After hearing that Reina turned to Ren again for confirmation and he nodded gently. With a small smirk, she stood up from her sitting place and delivered a short respectful bow that Von returned.
"Then I am forever in your gratitude. We will work as one from now, your people, and my people shall live in harmony, and we will rebuild together." She made a truce with them and Von was very happy. They had made their first allies, he could see Karnak returning back to her former glory. Looking at Ren, he made a gesture with his head, not invisible to Reina and seeing him stand up, she knew what it would be all about.
"I will see them off. Don’t stay up if I am late." he whispered to her before walking out with the rest of his Kind. Reina shook her head with her arms folded around her chest, men, and their antics.
Once they were out of the tent, both men embraced each other in a warm hug.
"She holds you in such high regard friend. You always get the beautiful women." Von spoke his mind from the observation he made, and it was a pat on the back to Ren’s ego, but it was then he remembered he had forgotten to be a wingman.
"I think you should hang around Elisa more, you two look good together." His words took Von by surprise and if one looked closely, Von’s cheeks had been dusted with a light shade of pink.
"Do you think so?" he had a small smirk on his face as they walked and talked together. Von told Ren everything that had happened since he left, how they were rebuilding Karnak and a few wanderers had joined them to help rebuild. At first, he was wary that they may be spies from the empire, but they proved themselves to be allies needing a place to call home.
Since then, Von as the protector of Karnak had been on the search for more allies to facilitate more growth and telling Ren, he thought it would be a good idea to visit Eblan’s chief. It would take them a day to reach there, but they had decided to go regardless. Von was really grateful for Ren and promised to be a friend whenever he needed him.
