ZENITH

A month has passed since Spencer had completely integrated into the tribe, he has been assisting in the daily hunts and gaining the trust of the people in the tribe, Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius, began to put there trust in Spencer, except for Dinah, who still held some disdain towards Spencer for killing her mate Baal.

The people of the tribe looked up to Spencer due to his constant feats of strength shown throughout the hunts, Hagen who was badly injured from the previous deer hunt had recovered. But Spencer soon came to realize that the group was not very efficient at their job of hunting, even with Hagen back, leaving Spencer to intervene more often during hunts, it was getting to the point that Spencer was the one hunting instead of the group itself.

On the other hand, Spencer didn't mind helping the tribe with their hunts, he only cared about keeping himself entertained so he did not go insane before the main timeline began, on some occasions, Spencer would train Hagen and the other members of the hunting group to fight and hunt creatures more efficiently since he has experience hunting against creatures vastly more dangerous.

In actuality, Spencer was also training himself to further restrain his strength, he wanted to be able to hold himself back subconsciously so that he would not unintentionally harm any of the tribe's members, or any other individuals in the future without meaning to do so.

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Spencer and the members of the hunting group could be seen in a clear field, Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius were all out of breath covered in scratches and bruises from head to toe. Spencer had been placing these three in what could be called torture in the eyes of anyone else for the past hour, he would have them attack him from all sides and then he would beat them into submission will holding back as much as he could to get a better hold on his strength.

This "training" was benefiting the group as they were slowly building coordination and mastery over their weapons the more they attacked Spencer, they began responding to each other's movements and filling in for each other's weaknesses, Spencer, on the other hand, was becoming better and better at controlling his strength output without having to focus constantly.

"Good, you are all improving greatly"-Spencer

Spencer was getting used to the group members and has started to talk to them more often, he still ignored any questions involving his strength, but he would have minor conversations with them if needed.

Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius were all too focused to hear Spencer's words of encouragement on their performance, they only continued to attack him from all angles. Dinah and Agron were not apart of this "training" session, instead, she was on the sidelines watching the rest of the group "train" and Agron was still in the tribe tending to his duties.

"I think that's enough"-Spencer

Saying this, Spencer grabbed a spear out of the air that was aimed at his face and shattered it, this spear was thrown by Cassius as he was the background support while Quintus and Hagen were the head on attackers in the hunts.

Bringing the session to a close, Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius all fell to the floor fatigued and out of breath, Dinah came from the sidelines carrying a bowl filled with water and began giving it to the three.

Spencer walked up to a rock and sat on it, waiting for the three to recover so that they could return to the tribe.

After about 10 minutes, Quintus was the first to stand up as he was the strongest physically of the group, Quintus walked in the direction of Spencer and plopped down in front of him, sitting in the lotus position Spencer was always in.

"How are you unharmed? you don't seem to be affected by this"-Quintus

Spencer looked at Quintus who was awaiting an answer.

"I was trained since I was a child to be a hunter"-Spencer

This response was utter nonsense, but it left Quintus who was ignorant of his abilities in shock.

"Is that why you are so powerful?"-Quintus

Seeing that Quintus believed him, Spencer decided to carry on with the lie as it seemed to have worked.

"The people of my tribe raised me as a hunter from first light, I was constantly trained to hunt different creatures when I was young"-Spencer

While saying all this, Spencer lowered his head to make it seem as if he was remembering things he did not want to. This was very effective, as Quintus placed his hand on Spencer's shoulder to comfort him.

When Spencer looked up, he saw that everyone was recovered from their fatigued and was listening in on the conversation. finally ending his festival of lies, Spencer got up and began making his way back to the tribe.

The group followed closely behind him as he walked.

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As the group arrived closer to the tribe, Spencer's nose was tickled by the smell of something akin to that of smoke and blood, this scent sent a jolt to his senses.

"The tribe is in danger"-Spencer

"Huh?"

All four of them heard Spencer, but they were confused by his sudden words, which is understandable, considering they are still a few miles from the actual tribe.

"I smell smoke in the direction of the tribe"-Spencer

The group was confused, they could not smell any smoke, but they were still worried as Spencer was known for doing things that others could not and they trusted his judgment. Spencer began to run back to the tribe at a speed that would be fast by normal means, followed by the rest of the group running at their top speed behind him.

They soon arrived at the tribe, the first thing they noticed was that some of the houses were on fire, but what they saw next made their blood boil, many of their fellow tribesmen were sunken into the floor in their blood, Quintus was greatly angered by this and so was the rest of the group.

The culprits of this chaos were what looked to be people of a neighboring tribe, they could be seen chasing down the rest of the survivors, Spencer seeing this was angered, these "apes" dared to invade on what he would consider HIS territory.

Not skipping a beat, Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius rushed into the tribe and began attacking the invaders in their rage, due to Spencer's training, it was a complete massacre once they came into the battle, Dinah also ran into the tribe, but unlike the others, she did not attack any of the invaders, instead, she ran to a particular tent in the center of the chaos with a look of worry.

Spencer seeing this, followed her to see what she was doing. Seeing Dinah enter the tent, Spencer waited to see what she was doing.

*Blood-curdling scream!!!*

But instead of her exiting the tent, Spencer heard a scream that made his instincts flare-up, vanishing from the spot he was, Spencer appeared at the front of the tent and flung the front of it open to see what had happened.

What he had seen only fueled his rage, it was comparable to adding nitroglycerin to an already burning fire, his eyes for an instant became that of his demihuman form and his teeth sharpened, his muscles began to bulge greatly and he grew in height slightly.

In front of Spencer was Dinah holding onto her now dead daughter, pierced through the c.h.e.s.t by a spear, Dinah was wailing in her sadness, while Spencer was behind her slowly growing angrier the longer he witnessed the scene. he was not angered by Dinah crying, he was angered by the death of this young child that did not have a chance to live a proper life before it was taken from it.

When he first realized that Dinah had a child a week back, he vowed to himself that he would watch over the child in place of the man he killed as a way of owning up to his mistake, but now that child was dead, leaving Spencer's mind in its rage.

Exiting the tent, Spencer had consciously undone the changes his body did in that instance, but his eyes refused to change back, he was far too angry for them to do so.

As he was out of the tent, he noticed that Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius were coming in his direction, covered in blood, they didn't notice Spencer's eyes until they got close enough to him to see his face.

"W-What are you?"-Hagen

Hagen asked in his fear at the sight of Spencer's predatory eyes, but this quickly became the least of his worries as he got a glimpse of Dinah holding her now-dead child in her arms.

Hagen quickly rushed over to tend to Dinah, while Quintus and Cassius who had seen inside the tent were frozen in their anger.

"I can smell them"-Spencer

Having an idea of what Spencer was talking about, Quintus and Cassius turned around to see more invaders running towards them from the reaches of the forest.

Spencer began walking towards the invaders, his pace slow and controlled. Getting closer, the first to attack was one of the invaders swinging what seems to be a club at Spencer's head, he did not react, he only stood there and let the attack hit him.

*Crack*

The club shattered on impact startling the invader, but the invader did not have time to be surprised as Spencer proceeded to grab its neck and snap it, causing its head to fall back and go limp.

Dropping the now corpse, Spencer signaled for Quintus and Cassius to begin attacking, which they followed without batting an eye as they were too angry to have anything else on their mind than killing.

Spencer did not join them as he went around the tribe to see how many had survived the invasion, the survivors leftover were minuscule in comparison to the number they once held in the tribe. after checking the number of survivors, Spencer began looking for Agron who has been absent throughout this whole event.

Catching a fragment of his scent, Spencer began to follow the trail to see that it led outside of the tribe and into the forest, quickly vanishing to pursue the trail.

Spencer soon reached the end of it to see Agron quickly walking in the opposite direction of the tribe, carrying food and supplies over his shoulder with a club in his hand.

"Where are you going?"-Spencer

Appearing behind Agron, Spencer gently grabbed his shoulder and questioned him. Agron who was frightened by this quickly turned around and swung his club, but Spencer grabbed it and crushed it.

Looking at Agron with cold eyes, Spencer asked again.

"Where are you going?"-Spencer

Agron was frozen in fear from the look in Spencer's eyes, his pupils gave off the feeling of staring into an endless void.

"Seeing how you are carrying supplies, I would assume that you are fleeing the tribe while its people are DYING"-Spencer said angrily

As Spencer was narrowing down the possibilities, he came to the most obvious one. Agron seeing that Spencer came to the right conclusion in only a matter of seconds before he could come up with an excuse, became desperate, to retaliate he quickly tried to escape Spencer by running away.

Spencer easily caught him before he could move and broke his legs causing him to scream in pain. Before he could continue to make any more noise, Spencer backhanded his face, causing his lower jaw to fly off from its socket, blood began to spray violently.

Agrons eyes showed only fear and regret as Spencer was holding him by his neck. Rearing his arm back, Spencer began tensing his muscles, he then threw Agron into the air and watched as he ascended and then began descending back to his location.

"looking at you now disgusts me"-Spencer

saying this, Spencer released the built-up tension and punched towards Agrons flailing body.

*BOOM!!!*

Spencer launched his punch, vaporizing Agron and some parts of the forest in the process. The only thing left of Agron was just a mist of blood.

Ignoring the now evaporated Agron, Spencer turned around and vanished, making his way back to the tribe to check on the four he had left behind.

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