ZENITH

A year had passed since the subjugation of Karok's tribe under the mountain, the tribe had advanced over the months and had grown to be five times the size it was before, the tents were replaced with clay houses, the people of the tribe were given certain roles, some worked on fields while others made clothing and weapons, the women of Karok's tribe were used as a means of breeding to increase the tribes population.

Quintus and Hagen took up higher roles in the tribe, Quintus was in charge of keeping peace in the tribe, while Hagen was in charge of hunts and the food supply, Dinah had somewhat recovered from the loss of her child and was now in charge of tending after newborns in the tribe's reproduction center, Cassius was also in charge of training the tribespeople in combat to further strengthen the tribes core. All of these advancements in the tribe's structure were all due to Spencer, who took up the role of leader and watched over the tribe.

For the entirety of the year, Spencer has been watching over them, rarely leaving to prevent the event that happened a year ago from happening again, regularly he would go around the tribe and examine the tribe's growth and fix any mistakes that may arise. The resources they took from the previous tribe were enough for them to replenish and rebuild all they lost and more.

At the very center of the tribe, a well-designed small clay mansion triple the size of the other houses was surrounded by guards at its borders, within the mansion, a variety of weapons could be seen hangings on the walls along with the heads of a variety of animals as well as there skins that were made into high-quality clothing for that period, looking further in the mansion, a large bed, in the center of this bed was a sleeping Spencer.

Many things have changed since the subjugation of Karok's tribe, but the main thing that has changed was how the people of the tribe now treated Spencer, all of the weapons and animal heads on his wall were offerings by the tribespeople, starting from a few months back, the tribe has been looking up to Spencer as a GOD.

A few months before another tribe had tried to attack them by charging in broad daylight, Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius were more than enough to deal with the numbers and only six of the tribe's members were hurt in the invasion, Spencer took this invasion as an opportunity to further express his role as the leader of the tribe. Carrying Quintus, Hagen, And Cassius, he went to the attacking tribe and massacred them all with ease.

But the thing that made the tribespeople look at him as a god was not them easily wiping out invading tribes, it was when supporters of the attacking tribe had come for revenge, this time around, Spencer did not call for the aid of Quintus, Hagen, and Cassius, instead, he told them to stand within the tribe, and then proceeded to vanish and kill the group of invaders in what seemed to be within the bounds of a second, from that day forth the people of his tribe worshipped him as a god and treated him as such, giving him many offerings and worshipping him.

At first, he found this to be tedious, but he soon came to realize that them seeing him as a god would make it much easier to explain all of his feats and would allow for him to be less restrained when interacting with them.

Coming back to the present, Spencer was waking up, sitting up on his bed made from wood and animal skin, he shuffled to the side and exited off the bed. Walking to a door on his left, he opened it to arrive upon a balcony overviewing the tribe, this house was built to Spencer's Specifications as the people of the tribe wanted to give him the best treatment they possibly could, of course, some did not look up to Spencer like the others, but the majority was small.

Looking over the tribe, Spencer could see the newly reformed tribe, the people each had their roles to play while the structure was stable and in order, seeing this made Spencer happy as the sunlight washed over his face.

Returning inside of his house, Spencer scanned through the variety of clothes the tribespeople provided for him, choosing one that had the appearance of a robe with striped patterns on its outer surface, putting it on, Spencer left his house and began walking throughout the tribe.

As he was walking he would notice the glances of the tribespeople falling upon his body without reserve, he ignored this and continued to make his way over to the training area where Cassius could be found training a field of the tribe's members, females were not normally allowed to partake in training, so all people on the field where the male members of Agrons tribe that began to follow under Spencer after the subjugation of the tribe.

All females in the tribe except for Dinah would be required to mate with a male in the tribe, one male could have multiple females to speed up the process off replacing the lost members and to provide the tribe with a future. all children conceived will be brought to the reproduction center to be raised under the care of Dinah and other female members that are apart of the process.

Walking over to Cassius and seeing him tending to one of the trainees, Spencer called out to him.

"Cassius"-Spencer

The voice of Spencer caught Cassius's attention, causing him to put aside the person he was helping and run over to him. After reaching over he stood in front of Spencer and greeted him with a slight bow.

"What is it?"-Cassius

looking at Cassius with a smile, he replied.

"When you have finished with the trainees, meet me at my home, I have something I wish to discuss with everyone"-Spencer

Cassius nodded in response to Spencer's instructions. Seeing this, Spencer looked over Cassius's shoulder to see the trainees in good shape.

"if you see Hagen tell him to come with you as well"-Spencer

After taking another glance at the trainee's and seeing that everything was in order, Spencer began making his way over to the guard's hall, the guards were in charge of patrolling the tribe and keeping the piece, the head of these guards being Quintus who was working to make sure the tribe was safe, Quintus would also have tribesmen patrol the borders of the tribe to look out for any future invaders.

Reaching the guard's hall, Spencer was about to walk in to see how Quintus was doing, until he was stopped by two guards, the guards could be distinguished by the insignia burned unto their bodies when they succeeded in meeting the criteria to become one. The guard's stopped Spencer to see who he was before letting him in, once realizing that it was Spencer, they immediately backed away.

"S...Spencer"-guard's

stuttering when saying his name, the two guards moved out of Spencer's way and watched as he walked into the guard's hall. Continuing to walk, Spencer arrived into the hall to see that Quintus was not there to greet him.

"Where did he vanish to"-Spencer

Remembering Quintus's Smell, Spencer exited the hall and began to follow Quintus's scent to his location, walking for a bit, he reached a house at the corner of the tribe. knocking on the door, it was soon answered by a woman that had Quintus's scent on her.

"Is Quintus here"-Spencer

When the woman noticed that it was Spencer at the door, she almost panicked. Trying to keep her composer, the woman spoke.

"Y...yes, he is sleeping"-Woman

"tell him when he wakes up to come to my house immediately"

Hearing her answer Spencer decided he would check on him later and discuss his plans, he began to make his way back to his house. Upon arriving, he went inside and sat on his bed in a lotus position, taking in a deep breath and focusing his senses, Spencer decided to fuse all of the creatures he has absorbed thus far in this period into his demi-human form as he waited for them to arrive at his house.

After a few minutes passing, his body began to release a purple hue as the essence within him began to converge and clash, the most powerful and dominating traits clashing and expressing themselves over the weaker ones. The air around Spencer thickened as the energy being released from his body seeped into the atmosphere.

Continuing onto an hour, the purple hue around Spencer grew more violent as all of the weaker traits within his body were eliminated, only the most dominating traits remaining and fighting to express themselves over the other.

Reaching near the two-hour mark, The glow emanating from his body dissipated, exhaling strongly, a cloud of hot steam exited his mouth and filled the room. Opening his eyes, his irises glistened with the same purple hue his body was emanating.

"that's odd"-Spencer

Spencer felt something strange, it was an itching sensation all over his body, but the feeling soon vanished so he decided to ignore it. Shuffling off of his bed, Spencer heard a knocking sound at his door.

"That should be them"-Spencer

Making his way to the door, Spencer opened it to see a half-asleep Quintus, an animal blood-covered Hagen, and Cassius who seemed normal for the most part. letting them in through the door.

Spencer led them over to a table in the center of the room made from wood with four chairs placed around it, taking a seat, Spencer gestured the three to do the same, taking his offer, the three sat down and looked at Spencer.

"Why have you called us"-Quintus said with a yawn

Looking at Quintus who asked a question, Spencer's atmosphere became more serious.

"I called you all here to discuss my future plans"-Spencer

Seeing Spencer's words and seeing his expression, Quintus, Hagen, Cassius all took up the same serious demeanor as Spencer.

"I believe that this tribe could grow further if the four of us worked together to take over neighboring tribes, this way we could increase the living conditions of our people"-Spencer

Hearing Spencer, the three were surprised at his suggestion, but they began to think about the benefits they could have if they were to follow through with his plan.

without much wait, the three looked at Spencer and nodded.

"Good"-Spencer

Seeing that they agreed, Spencer was ecstatic at the thought of subjugating the other tribes, his true purpose for this suggestion wasn't for the betterment of his tribe, the true motive was to fill the gape in his pride that formed after claiming Karok's tribe a year ago. when he first took over the tribe, the ecstasy he felt when the people looked at him with hatred and fear in their eyes made him addicted, he wanted to feel that sensation once more.

"You can return to your homes, we will start in a few days"-Spencer

Sending the three off, Spencer went over to his bed to lay down, running through his mind was the thought of taking over all neighboring tribes to make his own more powerful, his violent l.u.s.t for conquest was beginning to form.

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