"Charles, please wait, come back," Achara pleaded.

But Charles could not be convinced after being beaten black and blue by Rui, who thought that Charles was the granny ghost.

"No, you did not tell me that this job would be too dangerous. I can not do it anymore," Charles complained.

Achara tried to persuade Charles, "Think of your woman. If you continue, she would be very glad to receive the new winter snack and beautiful hides from me."

"Although I love my mate, I can't risk getting my face ugly. After all, what she likes the most is my handsome face. Bye, let's never see each other again."

"Wait, wait, no!" The fake ghost had slipped out of her hands. Just how scary was Rui's punch? Achara shook her head.

Achara decided to take things into her own hands. She decided to be the ghost.

During the day, apart from training the soldiers, investigating the feral, and checking the well-being of other tribes, Rui would look for the beautiful female he met at the waterfall. Their encounter was brief, but he missed her already. Often, Rui went back to the waterfall where he met the female for the first time. He waited and waited but never saw her. He even went to the place where they had their second encounter. That's not all. While visiting other tribes for investigation, his eyes would always look for the black-haired, pink-eyed female. Despite it being freezing today, he still waited for a long time outside. Sometimes, he worried if the female he liked would be captured by the feral or not.

These days, there was no movement from the feral at all. They had tremendously decreased their activity after the scent-concealing forest was burned to ashes. However, Rui did not let his guard down. The feral leader was full of tricks and cunning. Besides, a dark witch was also involved.

Rui came back home late, freezing and exhausted. Instead of the warm temperature of the house, the temperature today had chillingly increased from yesterday. His freezing body, without the warmth of the house, remained cold, no different from staying outside. Exhausted, he fell asleep the moment he laid on the bed.

At midnight, as he was about to wake up due to his body habit, he heard a low yet eerie voice of an old grandma, "kukuku, such a handsome young man... so pure..." Rui immediately covered his body and looked around. He looked both alarmed and surprised. However, there was no one in his room. "keke, such a cute reaction."

"Who are you? And what do you want?" Rui asked, trying to figure out where the creepy sound came from.

"Don't be afraid, dear," the voice continued, "I just want to have a little fun."

Suddenly, the window closed out of thin air. Rui's heart was racing; his purity would be threatened the longer he stayed here. He was worried about being trapped in this room. Besides, he didn't have much time; he still had a problem he needed to solve. As he tried to exit through the door, he realized that it was locked from the outside. "Damn it," Rui clenched his teeth. He then started to punch the door. The little fake ghost who was hiding in the next room was afraid that her house's door would be destroyed. Left with no choice, she pulled the string, and the door automatically opened.

The moment Rui was free from the room, he couldn't help but be stunned by the scene he saw. In the dark corridor, a dark shadow, as if dancing, creepily came toward him slowly. There were obvious bloody footprints on the floor, then "Click, clunk, clop, thud," the sound of unnatural footsteps echoed through the corridor. At the same time, wolves were howling like crazy.

"Get lost!" Rui talked to the thin air.

"Kukukeee, I wonder how you will taste. Come here." The eerie voice of the granny echoed in the dark night.

Rui stepped backward a bit. He had never been afraid of anything but had a difficult feeling that he couldn't describe at this time. He confirmed that he was not afraid. However, how could he explain the feeling of anxiety, threat, and worry that influenced him in this current situation?

Rui knew exactly what he was feeling. The more he knew, the more he wanted to escape from there quickly. Without wasting any time, Rui ran past the shadow and went outside the house. He didn't have much time.

Achara, the mastermind behind the ghost setup, came out from hiding and smirked. Seeing Rui's reaction, it seemed to her that all her efforts were not in vain. She was delighted that her methods worked.

"Let's end this," Achara decided to pull the final act to scare Rui once and for all. She wore the granny ghost mask and followed Rui outside.

Outside, Rui was nowhere to be found at first. But then, she heard a slight sound from the bushes.

Achara was glad, "Hahaha, this is my chance." Instead of walking straight, she crawled not to alarm the target. She slowly removed obstacles covering her line of sight and peeked through the bush. Then, she heard the sound of water dropping. The smell told her that it was not the right time, but it was too late.

"Found you!" She suddenly appeared from behind the bushes and looked up at Rui with the creepiest face she could muster. As she was about to touch his foot with the ice gloves to give him an icy chilling touch, she froze.

She saw a blurry image of a naked ass above her. The hides covering the lower part were on the ground. She saw him in the middle of relieving himself in the bush. The sound that seemed like watering the bush turned out to be... her heart sank. The clue was as obvious as daylight. "Ahhhhhh!" Achara shouted and retreated. The target did not get scared; instead, the ghost got scared by Rui. She had seen what she should not have seen. There was only one thing in her mind right now, "Retreat, retreat, retreat."

Rui had already noticed some movement from behind in the middle of peeing. However, he could not stop even if he wanted to. Rui froze. He had been holding it since he woke up. The ghost was not the main reason he was scared; he was afraid that he would have to let the ghost see him peeing.

When he heard the creepy whisper from behind, he closed his eyes in distress. "It's over." That was what he was afraid of this whole time. Shame was written all over his face. Instead of turning around to look at the sound of the voice, he tried to remain still to protect what was not seen yet. After all, the ghost was behind him, so even if it was a little, he wanted to protect the ghost from seeing his front.

At the feral side, with the craftsmanship of the dark magician, the scorpion beastman had totally transformed into a different person that no one could recognize at all. He looked at his reflection in the water. Unlike his usual appearance that looked wild, muscular, and barbaric, his features were more righteous; his scent was altered; he looked more heroic rather than villainous. "This is my masterpiece," the dark magician had transformed and altered the scorpion beastman's appearance into a totally different person. "Now, all you need to do is act."

The scorpion beastman was a little bit uncomfortable with this change of appearance. The appearance to infiltrate the army was flawless. However, there was a fatal problem: his power that was like the feral to the core, which was his scorpion power. Due to this, the snake beastman had bestowed a weapon to him, a special item that he unexpectedly got from the ancient tribe. The item had the ability to steal power from the dead corpse. There was once a female that they had captured. It happened to be the mate of the future successor of the bear tribe leader, who was the son of the bear tribe leader. With his female in danger, he gave up his abilities and his life. The snake beastman thought it was such a stupid thing. "Female," it is the word that he hated the most in his life. Why would he bow to one female when he could have a lot of females, even if it was by force? He smirked. He dearly waited for the devil moon, which was months away, so that the stupid bond would break. He let the scorpion beastman have both the appearance and power of the bear beastman. The snake beastman put his hand on the scorpion beastman's shoulder and said, "I will be relying on you."

............. Updated on 6th January 2024. ( Monday)