Against The Eternity Chapter 113: [112] Chapter - 66: The Beginning of all. (Part 2/2)

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[112] Chapter - 66: The Beginning of all. (Part 2/2) By the time the night reached its deepest point, the forest had grown unnaturally quiet, as if everything within it had retreated into silence. It was well past midnight, deep into the hour when even the forest seemed to fall into uneasy silence. Eklavya was not asleep. Seated cross-legged, his eyes closed, he cultivated quietly, his breathing slow and controlled, his awareness turned inward. The world around him gradually faded into the background as his focus deepened, his senses turning inward with steady control. Yet, after a while, something disrupted that stillness. A presence, it was sharp and heavy, began to make itself known. Eklavya’s awareness caught it almost immediately. A powerful, deliberate aura was moving through the forest in their direction. Its presence was calm yet imposing, carrying a quiet but unmistakable sense of danger. He slowly opened his eyes, the calm in his expression giving way to quiet alertness. ‘How could any beast sense us?’ he thought. Zeliang set up a formation around the clearing. Magha’s voice echoed within him, steady and certain. ‘You’re mistaken. Some beasts can still sense you—either those with rare traits below the fifth tier, or any beast above the fourth tier.’ Eklavya’s gaze sharpened slightly. ‘So you’re saying… It’s either a special species or something above the fourth tier?’ A brief pause followed. “Yeah, anything is possible. We’re in the middle region of the forest,” Magha replied calmly. “Let’s see if we’re just being overcautious or if it really sensed us,” Eklavya said as he stood up, his movements steady but alert. He extended his senses outward, focusing on the presence he had felt earlier. Something had been approaching them, moving with intent, but then it suddenly halted. “I think we’re being overcautious,” he muttered, a faint sense of relief settling in. But the next moment, a loud roar echoed through the forest, powerful enough to shake the stillness and jolt everyone in the clearing awake. Zeliang stirred awake and quickly noticed Eklavya already standing. His gaze was fixed toward the direction from which the roar had come. Sensing something was wrong, he rose without delay and walked over to him. “What was that just now?” he asked, his voice low but alert. Eklavya glanced back briefly. The others were waking as well, confusion and caution spreading across their faces. “Seems like some beast has sensed our presence,” he replied calmly to Zeliang. Almost at once, they felt multiple auras converging from every direction. They were closing in with alarming speed. The air seemed to tighten around them, heavily with intent. “Well… then it has to be something powerful,” Chandra said, his voice tense as his gaze swept across the dark forest. “If it can sense us even with the formation in place…” “What else could it be?” Zeliang replied as he stepped closer to the group, his tone firm, though his eyes remained sharp with caution. “Okay, everyone, listen. You all will take care of the remaining beasts that are coming to play with us. We will take care of the big one,” Zeliang said in a friendly tone, as if the situation carried little weight. A few of them stretched lazily, stifling yawns, while others rolled their shoulders to loosen the stiffness from sleep. The tension in the air didn’t fully disappear, but their relaxed reactions made it seem almost routine. One by one, they nodded, their expressions settling into quiet readiness as they prepared themselves for what was coming. Eklavya smiled inwardly as he moved toward Chandra, his gaze briefly sweeping over the others as they readied themselves. “I have to say, ever since I’ve seen them, they haven’t feared the beasts,” he remarked, watching their calm, almost casual preparation. Chandra replied, his tone calm but assured. “They are elites. They don’t fear beasts. They are confident enough to take down three-tier and even low-level fourth-tier ones. And if somet