Tribe Conquest: Harem starts in a tribe!-Chapter 9: Survive or Die

Eric was lying flat on his stomach, the heavy footsteps only a few meters apart, making the earth tremble with each step.

His body shivered continuously, not from the cold, but from the fear of this harrowing creature approaching him.

He didn’t even have the courage to turn his head to gaze at this Beast God.

The previous glimpse he caught of it was still fresh in his mind, making him shudder even now.

The earth quaked, then louder, then again, prompting Eric to imagine the haunting creature approaching him, its gaze fixed on his still body.

The next moment, he even began to hear its breathing, the low-frequency hum that made even the stagnant air in the swamp tremble.

It wasn’t loud, yet more terrifying than any sound Eric had heard.

As it grew closer, the sound seemed to consume the silence, a monstrous, rattling wheeze that made the air feel like it was being squeezed from Eric’s own lungs, leaving only the terror of being hunted by something that was beyond his understanding.

Eventually, the earth stopped trembling, a large shadow falling over Eric’s fallen body.

Eric could feel its gaze on his back; however, he didn’t move, or more specifically, he couldn’t.

He was struck with fear, paralyzed and unmoving.

The sound of its breathing assaulted Eric’s ears, and then, he heard a thunderous rumble behind him, making the earth tremble loudly.

Eric could guess what had happened from the close sound. The horrifying creature had just sat on the ground, just beside his legs.

Eric swallowed hard from fear, gazing to his right from the corner of his eye before retracting his gaze instantly from panic; however, he still caught a glimpse of its lower back.

There was a tail, long, thick, and dreadful. Its scaly skin shining under the moonlight.

He was overcome with terror, not even able to form thoughts at this moment.

He then felt something touch his right leg, at first gently, and then grabbing it with a force incomprehensible to him.

The crushed bones embedding deeper into his flesh, and the force behind the grasp crushing his legs further.

"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

The pain was nauseating, and the dread he felt from that appalling creature crushing his leg was even more agonizing.

He then felt his leg pulled and raised, feeling sharp fangs against his ankles.

The fangs sunk deep into his ankles before pulling the juicy meat out along with the bones.

The force behind that bite was crushing enough to easily cut through the strongest of metals. It was as if thousands of nails were being hammered into his legs before pulling his leg with a pincer.

"KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

Eric’s mind was overflowed with pain, pain he didn’t imagine existed, pain terrifying enough to make him think of death as a blessing.

’Fuck the gods! Just kill me! Let me die!’

Since his mouth was busy screaming, all he could do was scream in his head.

He wanted to kick the creature, however, his other leg was crushed as well. Moving it would only put him in even more agony.

The creature had even chewed his leather shoe along with his ankles, and when it was finished, it took another juicy bite.

This time just below his knee.

"KHWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

Even though he was screaming, in his mind, he was cursing louder than even his screams.

’Is this bastard really eating me slowly to enjoy my taste? Just kill me first! I want to die!’

Eric knew the maw of this creature was massive enough to fit half of him at once; therefore, eating only his ankle at first didn’t make sense unless the creature was relishing this delicacy.

’Why am I not falling unconscious, damn it! After this much pain, I should just pass out. Fuck!’

At this moment, Eric heard footsteps from the front, fast, faster than anyone’s footsteps he had ever heard.

His vision was blurry due to the many tears flowing out of his eyes while screaming, however, he could still tell that it was a human figure.

Whoosh!

Something flew at a terrifyingly fast speed as if launched from the barrel of a gun.

Eric only felt a whiff of cold air and the sound of something flying past close by.

"GGRRAAHHH!"

Eric’s leg was released from the crushing grasp of the creature, a deafening cry of pain coming out of its maw the next second.

Then, the human figure, already in front of Eric, picked him up, carrying him on their back, they escaped in the blink of an eye.

Eric’s vision was still murky from the jolts of pain of getting his leg chewed and crushed, blood flowing out nonstop, the cry of the creature still coming from behind.

The human figure ran at a humanly impossible speed, Eric feeling the soft touch of their back against his head.

He soon felt his consciousness drifting away, relaxing his body against the figure’s back.

He didn’t remember anything after that, only later waking up at dawn. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

His eyes snapped open as he jolted upright, his spine snapping into a rigid line. He gasped for air, his heart hammering against his chest, sweat clinging to his body like a layer of grease.

"Oh, you are awake."

An unfamiliar voice came from his right, his head turning towards it.

An old man with spirit tattoos on his body and face appeared in view, holding a wooden staff with a golden sun on top of it. His white hair tied behind, his old beard tied into locks. He was blind in the right eye; only his left, radiant crystal-like eye gazed at him as if it could look straight into his soul. His eye was like a diamond embedded into his eye socket.

Eric didn’t recognize him, neither from Buan’s memories nor his own.

Eric eyed him with a confused gaze. "Did you save me from the Beast God?" His voice sounded doubtful since the figure of the old man didn’t match the one from his memory.

The old man shook his head. "I didn’t save you from the beast god, but I still saved your life." He smiled. "Let me call the one who saved you. It would be easier to explain then."

The old man went out and soon returned with two people — one male and one female.

He pointed at the female and revealed in a respectful tone, "She is the one who rescued you and brought you here."

Eric’s eyes widened, not out of surprise, but instead, due to her beauty and allure.

’She might be the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen.’

This was his first encounter with a female of this new world, and he was smitten entirely at first glance.