"from earth to earth"

Ragha also responded to Shanti's pray. One of their family had return to the heavenly green field.

-clap clap-

"splendid! Yana, it's your victory. Two of my captains and one Marleus beast were down"

Libhane praised him. He moved from his position and gave order to his soldiers.

"men! regroup!"

-drap-

-drap-

More than one hundred soldiers marched toward him and lined up in front of him. It only needed less than five minutes to do that.

"turn around!"

-zrrg-

Iris still stood in her position. She didn't know what she needed to do in this kind of situation.

"should i go to that man..? no, Yana is here and all of my people already escaped.."

She nodded and walked to Yana's direction.

"they did it. I can't believe it. We couldn't match them back then... when they invaded our kingdom"

Yana closed his eyes and sighed.

"yes, they did it. Both of them meet my expectation"

"your expectation? but they're almost losing this fight"

"like i said Iris. What's matter is the result"

They approached Shanti. Ragha lay down and tried to control his breath.

".....Shanti, great job"

Shanti's fox ears were moving a little yet she still looked at Khall's body.

"why isn't she responding?"

"it's okay Iris. Can i ask you to heal Ragha?"

"....yes Yana"

Iris walked toward Ragha's place. Meanwhile, Shanti was still silent.

"there's something that you need to do?"

Yana looked at her. She needed a minute to answer his question.

"....yes sir Yana. Thank you for your understanding"

"I'll wait with Ragha then"

[MOTHER'S TEARS IV]

A warm green light covered Ragha's body. Slowly, his fatal wounds were closed.

"your wounds is really bad. It's impossible to completely recover all of them"

"as long as i can live and fight for my tribe and savior. I don't mind"

"....i see. You're truly loyal to Yana"

"of course. He is our Furr'dhad"

"i guess you're right"

Yana approached them.

"how is it?"

"just a little more and he will able to stand"

"good. Ragha, how's your feeling?"

"it's getting better savior... forgive for my lack of skill... i can't defeat Khall.."

"seem you getting it wrong. What did i say to you back then?"

"your plan.. depend on me.."

"and?"

"can i defeat him?"

"correct. Now the exact questions that i asked you are.. can you face him? can you defeat him?"

"then i clearly failed you savior"

"ahaha, no Ragha. Seem you still need to develop how you are looking with the situation"

"i... totally don't understand"

"hmm, then.. to answer my first question. Can you face him? the result was yes. You can face Khall even with so many disadvantage"

"...maybe that's true"

"it is Ragha. You can ask Iris if you don't believe me"

He looked at her.

"...i believe Yana said the truth. You are on par with that beast... no, i mean Khall"

"i see.. " Ragha accepted that

Yana continued his words.

"then about.. can you defeat him? that's also already proved by Khall's body over there"

"but Shanti who killed him..."

"you got four from five of demon shard spots, Shanti took the last"

"you're too kind savior. That way, i'm afraid I'll always fail to meet your expectations..."

"ahahaha!!"

"savior..?"

"-fuuh- your words now are exactly the prove that you will keep improving from now on Ragha"

Ragha ears moved back a little. He didn't get what his savior meant with his words just now.

"then, I believe you savior"

Yana looked at Shanti's direction. She stood in front of Zaghard's body and mumbled about something.

"Ragha, do you know what Shanti is doing over there?"

"....yes savior. That is a ritual"

"ritual? it's not for Khall, that's for sure"

"as expected from you savior, yes it's ritual for herself"

"....i see. That ritual is for what Zaghard had done with her... am i right?"

"indeed savior. There's only one way for Ohre tribe people to retrieve their honor.."

-zraash-

Shanti tore apart Zaghard's stomach. Bloods gushed out and splattered on the ground. She kept burying her claws in that pool of bloods.

Iris was kind of surprised to see that scenery. Ragha continued to explain it.

"we believe, blood is the only one thing that can purify our malice, hate, angry, and any other impurities inside us. Because bloods carry everything inside our body, whether it's good or bad"

"i see.."

"isn't that too cruel Yana?" Iris asked

"why? he was already dead, meanwhile Shanti must carry all of that humiliation with her for the rest of her life. Shouldn't she deserve this at least?"

"... indeed.. this is not within our wisdom god RATHIEL's teach, but that makes sense"

-zraash-

-splat-

Shanti continued her doing. She used the bloods to cover her hair, her breast, her stomach, her entire body, as much as she can.

She bathed herself with Zaghard's bloods. She turned into a crimson Half-beast the moment she finished what she was doing.

Then, she lifted her face to the sky.

-sssh-

She took a deep breath.

"KHRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

She howled and her pupils got dilated. Her veins became visible once more in her entire body.

She let out all of her misery until it reached even to the heavenly green field.

-----( Chapter 153 "The scream of crimson Half-beast" )-----