011 The Beasts World

Halvir and Anindira kept walking, ignoring the guards who were looking at them seriously.

After several hours at the village gate, they finally arrived at a giant tree and there was a house perched on one of its branches.

Along the way, Anindira had also seen this sight. The houses were fifty meters high. In some trees, more than three houses were standing on each tree, but this tree was like most trees on average, in that there was only one house perched on top.

''HANS!'' called Havir while looking up, ''Can I go up?'' asked Halvir, asking permission.

''Can you hear it?'' asked Anindira with a surprised face.

 Anindira was confused, about fifty meters away, but called out in an ordinary voice.

''Eum,'' Halvir replied, nodding casually, ''I already told you, right, our hearing is sharp, and Hans's hearing is more powerful than most Beast Humans... '' said Halvir, explaining with a proud expression.

''We're going up,'' Halvir said again while patting Anindira on the back, ''He has already answered...'' said Halvir, telling her, then he lifted Anindira again, carried her and he smoothly climbed up. Sometimes, later, they arrived at the door of Hans' house.

"Hans, I'm coming in..." said Halvir, again asking for permission.

''Yes,'' answered the owner of the house briefly.

They both enter, then Halvir drops Anindira. But, before that, Halvir once again asked Hans' permission so that Anindira could sit on the bed. Hans nodded in response to Halvir, permitting him.

"Who?" asked Hans kindly.

''Anindira,'' replied Halvir flatly.

''Where does she come from?'' Hans asked again, ''I've never seen her,'' Hans added.

''I found her,'' answered Halvir briefly.

''Wow!'' Hans exclaimed, raising his eyebrows with a smile, ''You're saving women again?'' Hans exclaimed flatly.

He was used to reports of Halvir succeeding in his mission or Halvir saving women, not just one, sometimes even several.

''Um,'' answered Halvir briefly with his usual indifferent face.

''Again?'' asked Anindira in her heart, feeling uncomfortable, but Anindira was still trying to ignore it.

Anindira didn't realize that what was pinching her heart just now was jealousy.

"Where?" asked Hans again.

''In the FORBIDDEN FOREST,'' Halvir replied casually, ''Not far from there…''

Hans's eyes widened, and he was surprised by Halvir's answer. If Hans didn't know Halvir, he probably wouldn't have believed it. The Forbidden Forest was so dangerous even for men, how could there be women there? Hans still couldn't believe it.

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It is not without reason that the forest is called the FORBIDDEN FOREST.

A forest that only the strong can enter. At the lowest, in the *Emerald class, even that often ends in death. Many men died after entering it.

Inside were wild monsters that somehow never crossed the boundary between the separate worlds of the 'Forbidden Forest' and the separate world of 'The Ordinary Forest'. Even if they were seen side by side, the monsters of the Forbidden Forest couldn't leave and enter the Ordinary Forest.

However, the Beast Humans were able to freely enter it. Getting out and back to that Ordinary Forest was the hardest part once they had entered the Forbidden Forest.

The Human Beasts consisted of several ranks that showed their strength.

The rank is identified by the color of his eyeballs.

Those born without natural/special talents have various eyeball colors but they look like normal human eyeballs, while those who have moved up the ranks/levels will have eyes that sparkle beautifully like Gemstones.

Starting from the lowest rank;

*Golden rank, the eyeballs are golden in color

*Diamonds rank, the eyeballs clear sparkle crystal

*Emerald rank, the eyeballs are green

*Amethyst's rank, the eyeballs are purple

*Sapphire rank, the eyeballs are blue

The rank of *Sapphire is known as the highest level. Although there is *Ruby, because it has hardly been seen for several centuries, it is currently *Sapphire that is recognized in various regions.

Not only that, the density of the color itself shows the stability of the power that has been achieved. The darker and darker the color means that they have just leveled up. On the contrary, the lighter and clearer the color of their eyeballs means that their strength is more stable and prepared to be able to enter the next level. Except for the *Sapphire rank.

Most Beast Humans, on average, could only be at *Emerald rank. Those who had already entered the *Emerald rank would find it extremely difficult to advance to the next level.

There is another way that is commonly used. It is FORBIDEN FOREST. However, it was extremely dangerous, besides. Besides, the sudden jump in leveling up would be extremely dangerous if they didn't receive proper treatment immediately.

The monsters that are there are also one of the many risks and consequences of moving levels.

The monsters in the FORBIDDEN FOREST are very dangerous. They are strong, fast, ferocious, and big. Those who enter the FORBIDDEN FOREST are ready to die, either being eaten by the MONSTERS OF THE FORBIDDEN FOREST or defeating them. But, when the time comes, they MUST BE READY to face the jump leveling ALONE without any care or assistance.

Because of all that, it is said that those who have made it back from the FORBIDDEN FOREST are the BEST OF THE BEST.

Even so, it is not certain that they will be able to immediately level up in the FORBIDDEN FOREST, because very few of those who can survive the FORBIDDEN FOREST can immediately enter the next rank. THE FORBIDDEN FOREST is not only for ranking up, but they also need the FORBIDDEN FOREST to be able to survive in the HUMAN BEAST WORLD, which is very harsh and ferocious.

There is also another advantage, that is, the defeated monster's heart will be elicited into an *Amber.

The most common is *Amber gold, a small *amber that can be used to increase energy, and *Amber, which is golden yellow on average. The sharper and brighter the color, the higher the quality. As well as the higher the level of the monster that was successfully conquered, the better the quality of the *Amber.

The second one is, *Green Amber, an extremely rare *Amber. That amber is used to sustain age regeneration which can last up to thirty years once we eat it. However, after thirty years there should be a gap of at least three years until eating the next *green Amber.

And finally, the third one, *Red Amber, can be used to neutralize poison.

Whether it's *green Amber or *red Amber, both types of Amber are only possessed by monsters of the highest level, and it's extremely difficult to obtain.

Halvir is of the extremely rare *Sapphire rank. In Blue Forest Village, only Halvir is *Sapphire ranked, there are six Clan Chief Elders and another who is also a Jaguar just like Halvir, which makes there only seven of them in the *Amethyst class in the village.

The eight of them were highly respected not only for their strength but also for their wisdom. Halvir is stronger than the elders, but he also respects the leadership of the elders but doesn't submit to them.

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Info, the houses in Blue Forest Village are inspired by the homes of the KOROWAI TRIBE in PAPUA.