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Jonathan swung his spear as he walked towards his foraging squad. Once he arrived there, he saw many unfamiliar faces except for Yamina.

Although it was starting to get dark, he could still observe everyone. They all looked like your typical twelve your old teen.

Only one boy stood out. He was Arabic and had voluminous hair with large curls. He also had bushy eyebrows and dark eyes.

He was staring at Jonathan with a blank expression, as if he could see all his secrets. Yamina was standing next to him looking a bit hesitant.

Rapidly, the boy put on a smile a greeted Jonathan.

“So, you’re Jonathan right?” He presented his hand to Jonathan, who in turn shook it.

“That’s me. Nice to meet you.”

The boy stared straight into Jonathan’s eyes.

“I’m Yassin, from the same grade as Yamina. The others are also our friends from before.” He presented the few kids behind him before continuing.

“I know that you have a strong attribute and you are used to be in control, but that won’t be the case here.”

Jonathan listened to Yassin’s claim without batting an eyelid.

‘Oh. He wants to establish his superiority?’ Although he wasn’t sure why Yassin acted this way, Jonathan was no idiot. He could immediately feel a bit of disdain.

Perhaps it was because his group took most of the moose meat without hesitation that Yassin tried to get a little revenge.

“Although you had a stronger upgrade than us, I have a double attribute, so I doubt that you can win against me in battle. My control and strength allow me to use my strength much better than you can. Adding to the fact that you’re a stranger in this group and we invited you, you have no choice but to subordinate yourself to me.” Yassin immediately started flaunting himself and waited for Jonathan’s reaction.

When he heard that Jonathan instinctively observed Yassin’s body. He could see his large and defined muscle through his ripped shirt.

‘Eheh. He’s quite the confidant one. If he can use control in a few hours, that means that he has quite a bit of talent … but so what if he has a double attribute? That means nothing to me. He might be able to lead the others, but as for me…’

“Subordination? I didn’t come here to cause trouble, but I’ll have to ask you to stop with your bullshit.”

When the others heard this, they all inhaled from their shock.

As for Yassin, he frowned.

“You can dream all you want that you can surpass me, but you don’t know anything about me. If you come at me, I’ll show you what a strength attribute truly means. I will operate as a separate team as I don’t need you guys’ help. No offence, but if it wasn’t for Yamina, I wouldn’t even be interested in behind near you guys.” Since the other party had addressed him with aggressively, Jonathan would do the same.

‘Sure, a beast like a dark wolf can intimidate and instill fear into me. As for a human? Fuck off. Even if I didn’t have a single attribute I wouldn’t fear this guy.’

Although he didn’t always look for trouble, when trouble came knocking at his door, he wouldn’t hesitate at swinging the door open so hard that it flew off its hinges.

“Guys, there’s no need for this. We’re just here to grab some herbs.” Yamina hurriedly tried to calm the atmosphere. Particularly, she pushed Jonathan away. She had heard many times about his strength, so even if she had trusted in Yassin’s strength, she doubted it would be an easy fight for him.

Truth be told, Jonathan was eager to test his abilities on another human, so if Yassin pushed him a bit too far, he wouldn’t hesitate to break a few of his bones.

If Yamina knew this, she would be terrified with having the two boys in the same team.

“I don’t have time to waste, so you guys better start moving.” Jonathan continued being aggressive.

Although the members of the group disliked his attitude, it was true that it wasn’t wise to waste time like this.

As such, the small squad moved out.

They walked for almost an hour before arriving to the spot where Julien discovered the plants.

Jonathan’s intuition told him that they were safe to pick, so he stuffed some in his pockets and in a pouch made from a ripped piece of shirt.

As he continued to fill his pouch, he got closer to a certain group of bushes, where his intuition screamed at him to investigate.

The same thing happened with the other perception attribute member of the group, who went a picked up two berries on the bush.

He first crushed one then smelt an amazing scent. It was so powerful that even those without the perception attributes smelled it.

“What is that?” Yassin asked the group.

“For sure these are berries, but as for what kind, I have no idea.” The perception kid answered.

“Are they poisonous?” Yassin looked at the perception attribute member with anticipation.

“Nothing seems off for me, so it’s most likely fine to eat. Furthermore, there’s a ton from where it came from.”

Yassin quickly tried a berry. A powerful taste flowed through his mouth and he felt delighted.

“Hahaha! We hit it big this time! No more eating dry meat and sour roots!” Yassin laughed out loud.

The rest of the group was also excited from this discovery, so they rushed to pick up berries. Everyone tasted them and felt great satisfaction.

After at least thirty minutes of collecting berries, the group realized something.

The more they collected, the deeper they had to move down to find berries, but the more abundant they were. In this cold weather, this was very surprising.

“This … there should be an end to this right?” Someone asked out loud.

“That’s right. The berries get more abundant and diverse the further we move … I say that instead of wasting our storage on the smaller berries at the start, we move towards the source and grab the good stuff.” Yassin proposed,

“Good idea.”

“Agreed.”

Everyone was of the same opinions, so they walked at a fast pace towards the source of this.

Everyone was very excited to see what was awaiting them, yet Jonathan was asking himself something very important.

‘This is all good and well, but how come Julien didn’t see any of this before. His senses are much more precise than this dude’s, so it makes no sense…’

Julien came here around in morning time, so it was impossible that these berries popped out of nowhere.

Jonathan couldn’t comprehend the situation, but he followed the group nonetheless.

After about thirty minutes of jogging, the group arrived at a stunning scene. Here, a thick tree stood, surrounded by lavish vegetation. On the tree, diverse and colourful fruits could be seen. In addition to that, a powerful smell aroused the senses of everyone here.

Although it was almost fully dark now, the fruits shinned like a moon.

Their eyes turned a bit empty, and without any words, the humans rushed towards the huge tree. The fruits looked like holy gems to them, and they could not resist the temptation.

“Yes! We’re sure to eat for at least a month with all this.” Someone screamed.

Everyone rushed to the tree with so much anticipation that they didn’t hesitate to push away someone to be there first.

‘Wait.’ Suddenly, Jonathan who was running stopped. He activated all his attributes to the max, and he regained control of his body.

‘What the fuck is this?’ Seeing that the others were still running to the tree without any care, fighting against each other, Jonathan was confused at the whole situation.

Suddenly, his eyes opened wide and his ears moved a bit. His nostrils also twitched. He had put all his energy into his mental and perception attribute, feeling what was around him. Still, he saw nothing.

However, Yassin, who had knocked away a few people using his strength, grabbed a fruit on a branch.

At this precise moment, Jonathan felt something. It sensed a presence in their proximity. It was like noticing that someone else was in your house while you thought you were alone.

Although it was faint and there was place for doubt, Jonathan didn’t think that he was wrong.

Yassin and his lackeys continued to pick up fruits. They were so intoxicated in the process that they did not notice Jonathan staring at them from afar.

‘This…’ Jonathan suddenly realized that the more fruits they picked up, the more his perception made him feels things.

‘More presences?’

Soon the number of presences he felt went over thirty.

“This is it! This is it! Tonight we will have a feast! A feast!” Yassin screamed out at Jonathan as he bit a fruit. His eyes lost a bit of focus as he went into insanity, kicking anyone who came close to the fruits around him.

The moment he bit onto a fruit, Jonathan felt that the attitude of the presences changed.

’No way … predators?!?” Jonathan’s legs started to shake. He remembered this feeling quite well.

It felt like someone was staring at him like he was an ant, anticipating the taste of his flesh.

Usually, he would be scared but not at this point. Only when he first met the wolves was he shaking. The reason this time was very different.

He couldn’t even count the number of predators.

Furthermore, he didn’t even know where they came from.

“STOP!!!” He screamed at the group, but they acted as if they didn’t hear him. They all continued to eat, their intoxication only growing deeper and deeper.

Suddenly, Jonathan heard a noise.

Buzzzz!

He looked towards the source of this buzzing and saw on top of the tree a giant brown ball.

Immediately, he recognized what it was.

‘A bee hive?’ He couldn’t believe the sheer size of what he saw and most importantly, how he hadn’t detected it before. It was at least the size of a kin ball.

He then saw a huge dark cloud move away from the hive, heading straight towards Yassin and his friends.

“ARRRGHH!!!!” A scream could be heard from the person that the cloud went over. After about three seconds, that person fell to the ground, lifeless. Huge cavities could be seen all over the girl’s body, as if someone had stabbed her all over.

‘Fuck!’ Jonathan didn’t hesitate twice and turned to run.

In thirty seconds, he covered about three hundred metres but…

‘No way.’ He looked in front of him and found that he was back at his starting spot.

‘This can’t be, I ran in a straight line.’ Before Jonathan could understand what was happening, the black cloud rushed towards him. Tried to run away the best he could, but it was at least three times faster than him.

Once it arrived upon him, he attempted to whip his spear at it, but to no avail. Before his imminent doom, he looked at the insects composing the cloud. They looked like long bees, a bit more yellow than usual. Furthermore, they were all the size of an adult women’s fist.

Jonathan also saw their long stings protruding from their bottoms.

Helpless to everything, he got stung until he fell unconscious. Before he fell, felt an enormous amount of pain.