Eight days have passed since the great attack that occurred in a giant forest, with a large tree being the root of the problem.
The attack that was intended to destroy the tree changed its purpose to a sealing operation, because the abnormal growth of the tree made it no longer at a stage that could be destroyed so easily even with members of the best races in the great forest.
In short, the sealing was successful.
However, another problem arose here.
After the sealing was completed, several strange creatures appeared and then attacked the animal races there. There were seven of them in total, who immediately spread out to various points and carried out indiscriminate attacks.
As mentioned before, the animal races that attacked the disaster tree at that time were those who had the best abilities among their races, they were creatures who had honed their skills and instincts only for a brutal and indiscriminate battle.
But faced with such creatures, the seven figures that came out of the tree showed no hesitation at all.
Instead, they were able to push the animal races and give them a crushing blow with several of their members suffering serious injuries.
The system there, gave the order to immediately retreat and analyze the situation, while planning the next attack.
What are those creatures? Why do they have physical characteristics like the cat race?
The cat race that once existed no longer remains now, because of the war that was fought hundreds of years ago.
But why did figures that have appearances like them appear now?
Is there a certain connection?
Where did that big tree come from in the first place? With its growth rate it is very clear that it is not something that comes from this World? What is the purpose of the tree? Will it continue to grow until this World will only become the foundation of its roots?
Questions, debates, conclusions, anger, doubt, fear, confusion, curiosity or even sacrifice, many things have been discussed in just twelve hours since the system ordered a temporary retreat.
In the end, the conclusion that was taken was to gather information, with attack as the only way.
There was no other alternative to get information, because from the beginning the leader of the Race tribe strongly rejected the system's suggestion to try to communicate and then negotiate with the cat-shaped creatures.
The system did not consider the suggestion of communicating to be unreasonable.
When they retreated, the cats just stood still and watched without doing anything, all they did was protect something behind them. The system did not detect any strong emotions between them when the two of them met their gazes.
The animal races facing them felt the same way.
Even so, trying to negotiate with them meant acknowledging their existence in this great forest, which was not something the tribal leaders could accept.
For that reason, eight hours after the meeting ended, routine attacks over the next few days were carried out with the objective of seeking as much information as possible. And the meeting after the attack was always held by the system and representatives from each race who appointed two of their reliable intellectual members.
And the contents of the information were—
"Each of those damn cats has a cloth hanging from their necks as an identity marker, with one of them wearing a gray cloth as the leader because he was the one with the most striking presence." Said the representative of the lion race, angrily hitting the table in front of him and making the food and drinks on it scatter.
But before he fell, a small wave of wind stopped him and made him return to his original position on the table as before.
The representative of the Lion Race was named Riannar, then the one who stopped his rampage without saying anything was the representative of the Bird Race named Lupipi.
"After that there is the cat with the red cloth around its neck, he is also no less terrifying. Both of them have the ability to fight evenly with the tribal chief of one of the Races." Continuing the representative of the Lion Race, the representative of the Bull Race named Gustavo turned a few pages and gave his opinion.
Of course, that opinion was immediately spat on by Riannar with a scornful look.
"Balanced? What nonsense are you talking about? That cat with the gray cloth, didn't he just give our tribal chief a decisive attack? This is too crazy! Where did those monsters come from? The strength they showed was so unrealistic."
Catching the ball, the representative of the Bear Race named Barbari pressed his glasses while nodding.
"You're right, for now he is the biggest threat. We can hold back the red one with the Bull Tribe Chief, let's make a plan to keep that gray away from his comrades. For the remaining five, the Elite members of each Race can take care of them."
His appearance looked like a bookworm, even though his body was the largest in the room.
A light snort from the meeting members expressed his agreement, except for the figure named Rangika from the Hyena Race who gave a doubtful reaction.
"But that cat with the blue cloth… what do you think? To me he's also at least on the same level as the red one."
"The blue one? Ah that furless cat? He looked pitiful so I didn't really pay attention to him. I think he's on the same level as the remaining four cats." Riannar, without thinking anything, immediately expressed his opinion, with a doubtful smile that slightly belittled Rangika's opinion.
"Do you suspect that he's hiding his abilities?"
Barbari glanced at Rangika, who was returned with a fairly convincing nod.
"That's it, for some reason his movements when we fought before always looked like he was holding back. The birds also said that if the cat had not been seen at all lately, he must be planning something."
In the previous battle session, Rangika had indeed led the Hyena Race attack and had the opportunity to face the cat with the blue scarf, some doubts arose in him when he saw that the troops he brought had no difficulty suppressing it.
This did not mean that he underestimated the elite members of the Hyena Race but after seeing how great the potential of their enemy had been shown by the cat with the gray cloth, caution was certainly needed.
Especially if the cat he faced could face several members of the Hyena Race without taking a single heavy breath. Rather than holding it back, it felt more like they were being dragged to follow the tempo of the game.
The cat must be hiding something.
With Rangika's opinion, the representative of the Bird Race, Lupipi, nodded his head.
Rianna who saw it only snorted in annoyance, including the possibility of another Monster only weighed down the soldiers' spirits.
Especially after seeing the current state of the Lion Race chieftain.
"You think too much, it could be that he just fell ill inside the disaster tree with his pitiful dry body."
"But we have to take precautions, no one knows what will happen soon."
The atmosphere began to heat up a bit with differences of opinion between the representatives of the Lion and Hyena Races, seeing this there was no choice but for the System to take a mediation role.
"Rangika's opinion is acceptable, let's take a little initiative. Holes are there to be patched, not passed through, in this case I sent the twin Tribe Leaders of the Hyena Race to deal with that blue guy. That way even if he did hide his strength, of course he won't be able to escape that easily."
The System looked around for agreement. Four votes from the Bird, Hyena, Bear, Bull Races expressed agreement, one from the Lion Race expressed disapproval and another from the Wolf Race who voted for neither.
"Thank you… I really appreciate it." Rangika lowered her head slightly with a tired smile.
"No need, we are here to discuss the future of this great forest, with a problem of this scale it will require a bigger patch as well."
"Hyena Race, huh? Then who will face that gray guy? With the Lion Race's tribal chief eliminated, there aren't many candidates who can do it." The Bull Race representative, Nahara asked with some hesitation.
If you look at it in terms of pure physical strength, then the Bull Race is right below the Lion Race, which makes their chances of advancing greater.
But the current tribal chief leading the Bull Race is still very small, because their predecessor died at a relatively young age, so the role of replacing the Lion Race's chief is not something they can take on right now.
But in contrast to that anxiety, the System raised its voice as it looked at Rianna.
"That's no problem, those who were eliminated plan to return soon."
Rianna who caught it puffed out her chest and snorted, showing a smile that had disappeared from her all this time.
"He's right, our tribal chief will break through everything with an absolute victory this time."
"Huh? Have all his wounds been healed?" Unconsciously, Nahara looked at Lupipi, the bird only shook its head.
That response made Nahara fall into confusion.
"I don't know, but he insists on returning. This great king of the forest certainly won't be satisfied with just one defeat, he will restore his dignity no matter what." The system let out a light sigh, as if anxious about the outcome of the decision that was about to be made.
If that was the case, then everything will be fine.
Most of those in the room spontaneously said that in their hearts.
"That's a relief, then we just need to send a few strong individuals to guard him."
The meeting began to get more specific, such as the strategy used and the roles assigned to each member. After more than six hours of this meeting, not a single word came out from the Wolf Race representative.
That certainly made everyone present furious, but there was nothing they could do about it.
After several decisions were made, the meeting ended and all members had left the room, leaving the system alone there.
"This is quite tiring for a plant like me, the infertile soil really reduces the productivity of the forest, we have to deal with it soon."
The system could only mutter as it thought about many things in its head, at that moment it began to catch a presence.
Is someone coming back?
It looked towards the door, but there was no sound of footsteps there.
Until he caught a shadow that was displayed behind him, immediately entangled his body and slammed him to the ground.
"!!"
The system tried to fight but couldn't, he immediately realized that this was not something he could handle.
Should I call everyone here?
But before he could start acting on what was on his mind, a voice appeared.
"The disaster creature that disturbs the peace of this forest, I have a way to deal with it."
A moment after the voice appeared, a few green leaves fell from nowhere, in a closed space without a single tree.
His voice was light but echoing, this was the voice of a male.
The binding on the system's mouth loosened slightly, indicating that he could speak.
"First introduce yourself, the rest we can talk about later."
The shadow became thicker, then formed a black shape with two legs and two arms, no face was visible.
"Gather all the tribe leaders and I will tell you the plan, telling it to one party won't solve anything."
As soon as he said that, the shadow immediately disappeared.
At the same time, the leaves that had previously fallen slowly began to disappear as well.
It was made of World Energy.
"What is this? The tree problem isn't over yet and now I have to be wary of something else?"
The system walked out after confirming that there were no more problems.
Walking with a creak every step really showed his tired and annoyed side towards everything around him.
Even so, he had to gather everyone soon.
Because no one knew what would happen if he didn't.
Seriously, what was happening in this forest right now?