Kids round up from a camfire while eating a poridge listening to a grandma narrating a story about the ancient world.
The story was already been told by the grandma several a thousand times but even adults was eager to listen to this story.
Adults were working some were processing millets(type of grain), some were making a beast hide leather, women's were taking care of kid while listening to grandma.
Story goes like this.
Long time ago humanity was thriving living outside of caves, every single person are living with luxury even ordinary people were able to eat more than twice a day, meat was being consumed not for cultivation but just for sustenance.
Humans used to live outside of the caves were land was endless, people had a very big tribes called kingdoms and countries that their population is as many as the forest leaves.
(People were imagining and wondering how it feels to live in such a great place)
A young boy name Leo raised his hand couldn't help but ask a question.
Grandma how they eat meat a day are they all strong cultivators? Does kid like me able to eat like what adults do?
The grandma look at the cheerful boy and chuckle a bit, "oh my Leo was very attentive"
what a smart question.
Even the other adults smile a bit on the kids who's carefully listening to grandma.
Legend says that era does not have cultivation it wasn't been explained how they eat meat every day, but according to our ancestors humans where the top of food chain they even eat a food from the ocean.
Another kid raised her hand to ask questions.
Grandma nods as approval.
Gradma what are demons I know they are the reason why we are hiding but I never seen one.
The grandma expression turn grim.
The adults reaction about hearing the word demons is afraid about it.
She inhale and exhale before answering the question.
She kind of shaking the mood was shifting after the question even the little girl who asked the question was been little afraid, as to what will be the grandma's reaction.
I seen one before when I was a child, during that time our tribe has more than ten thousand population when a demon was able to sneak into our massive cave, that time our tribe has more than 10 3rd tier martial artist but all of them perish in the hands of a single demon and it's just a low ranking one a HobGoblin.
Hobgoblin was a ruthless and powerfull demon if we compare the strength to a cultivator they are around 5th tier martial artist.
And grandma force her smile, "and lucky girl (she pinch the nose of the little girl) you are lucky to have never seen one and I hope you never met a demon in your life.
Leo cut off the conversation with a smug expression.
"Don't worry grandma Aesha(little girl) everyone listen to me, I will be the strongest martial artist next to Ancestor Gabriel I'll be 8th tier martial artist, he shook his head I'll 10tier martial artist.
Everyone who geared it pause for a moment, they look at each other and laugh.
"Hahahahaha kid there's no such thing as 10th tier martial artist"
"Leo it was hard to be martial artist our camp cannot even hunt a magic beast. "
"It's fine kid keep dreaming said by Lilia" the church nun
Leo expression was a bit annoyed, yoshh! He flex his tiny arms to show his muscle"I already started training sister lilia don't worry I will also protect you and everyone will eat beast meat everyday"
Crowd was laughing not to mock the kid, but it kind of sound's hillarious after all Leo was known as the happy go lucky fool of the tribe he was known to cause trouble, Such as one time Leo tried to sneak out to join the hunting team.
This kid even tried to sneak out by himself several times before to hunt monsters.
Stop it you fool another brat but in its Conrad his best friend, you can't claiming here and there that you'll be the strongest when I am here.
No Conrad there's nothing to be ashamed of being second place.
Don't worry Conrad you'll be my right hand man.
"I don't accept that Leo I'll show you I'll be the best. "Conrad's rebuttal
Then let's settle " From now on were rival let see who will be the strongest"
While gesturing his fist to do a fist bump.
Conrad look at his hand and top his fist
With a strong and firm fist bump as symbol of their rivalry.
Yoshh! Grandma, Aesha, sister Lilian I have to go now to train.
Leo was running fast go back to their place,
This place is a massive man made cave inside a small mountain.
Population of over 300 people
This tribe was a nameless one after all this was just recently been formed from several refugees who was been help by Harold the tribe cheiftain 3rd tier martial artist 11 years ago, unlike other tribe that's been for hundreds of years and some even thousand.
The cave was big around and acre and it's tall around 10 meters high.
This cave was originally a small one a house for a magi beast terror bear but after hunting it's been empty and when hard started to have his own family he moved out from a bigger tribe to have his own placed after all some huge tribes don't have enough spaces for everyone to be accommodated.
7 years later.
Leo turn 15 and since 8 years old Leo was training he also become a martial artist of initial stage same as for Conrad.
But the biggest hurdle of initial stage martial artist is supply of Magic beast meat or magic crystal.
Magic beast meat was being used for cultivation as it was has concentrated magicules that can be absorbed by human through cultivation.
For magic crystal it has the same purpose it was for cultivation, but a single crystal is hundred times over Mana dense than magic beast meat.
And in one magic beast there's only one magic crystal, reason why it was really scarce.
After all to hunt a low rank beast you need 16 2nd tier martial artist,even the weakest one, and in their tribe theirs only 7 2nd tier practitioners so hunting is not possible for a moment, to cultivate they rely on scavenging magic beast are carnivore usually they hunt every time they eat and once they finish they just left the carcasses to rott.
Leo was been brought by his father in gathering resources for the first time, at first Leo was able to follow up and their plan goes well.
The gatherers we're chopping wood, and collecting wild millets (grain) and wild vegetables for food, conrad and the chieftain able to get a jackpot and found a tree full of ripe fruits ready to harvest.
More tha!n 20 people are moving to gather resources, they scattered in small area to make their time efficient after all the longer they are outside the more risk they take.
After just an hour, their wooden baskets were full of millet, the woodchoppers already split in small pieces for other gatherer able to help.
When suddenly a huge roar was been heard from the West.
Harod look at that direction cold sweat fall down from his forehead, he felt a familiar kind of fear that roar is from a mid ranking magic beast.
A Giant mountain bear, this bear was bigger than any bear you can imagine with the height of 24-26 feet robust body, covered with thick mane it was twice bigger than African elephant Weighing around 13 thousand kilograms to 14 thousand kilograms.
The bear was walking with just his feet slowly walking to the gatherer team, the gatherer glancing at each other fear on their eyes evidently when suddenly the bear charge forward in just a blink of an eye a 2nd tier martial artist was been killed.
Mauled to by the bear bites from head to the knees, blood spattered.
The notice Leo and Conrad who's clearly on panicked, the bear set his eyes on the two of them they froze in fear, they don't know what to do after all 15 years olds are practically still a kid.