They consisted of a few elders who had survived the massacre by the female alhara. Their pardon was also part of a clever strategy to demonstrate compassion, but they grew like a cluster of cancer cells.
They 'poisoned' people with anarchist thoughts full of hatred towards the female alhara.
However, only a few were swayed, and most of them ca from the weaker groups: outcasts and troublemakers.
They were easily captured. The female alhara then introduced another breakthrough that would later beco a cornerstone of her people's culture and morality: a judicial process.
The first verdict ever issued on the land of Antroseda was a death sentence. The rebels were tied up and driven into a bear's den, left to be torn apart and killed.
The seeds of rebellion were successfully uprooted, and the female alhara had also established behavioral boundaries—what was and wasn't acceptable—based on the most primal emotion: the fear of death.
Lucas recalled how the first trial in human history had taken place millions of years before his birth.
If he rembered correctly, on his ho planet, Earth, a person could choose between receiving a similar punishnt (death) or paying a fine.
This reminded Lucas of the concept of money. So far, the alhara civilization had shown no signs of material transactions, not even bartering.
They lived in such abundance.
After all, even after several generations, no rigid social hierarchy had ford. It had occurred once among the elders but never lasted a full generation.
They shared food equally, everyone had similar tools, the sa house structures, and identical hunting and guarding schedules.
The alhara civilization was a primitive utopia.
But there is always calm before the storm.
The female alhara was not immortal, and she eventually died of old age. Her ashes were placed next to the first magic user, and the village leadership succession process resud.
At least this ti, the female alhara did not die carelessly. She had taught her children how to use magic and allowed them to awaken talents of varying types.
From life magic, capable of healing, repairing cells, and even providing sustaining energy for agriculture ...
To enhancent magic, essentially a form of steroids. It increased durability, stamina, and explosive power, enabling its user to defeat a bear in one-on-one combat.
Enhancent magic could also be channeled into weapons, increasing attack range and sharpness.
But the most remarkable of all was elental magic. Although fire could already be manually created, those who could conjure it with a snap of their fingers were not to be underestimated.
Not to ntion the ergence of elental variations like water and wind magic.
The succession process was clearer this ti: only the strongest one deserved to be a chief.
Thus began a bloody battle among the children of the female alhara. And it was there that the alhara learned they could kill their own kind.
The victor of that bloodbath was a pale-skinned alhara.
A genetic defect.
Previously, inbreeding had resulted in genetic complications, but they were often invisible. Those born with such conditions were usually abandoned in the forest to starve.
However, this albino alhara survived, and regardless of anyone's wishes, the previous leader's decree could not be challenged.
Upon becoming the new leader, the albino alhara introduced radical reforms.
The first change was the strict division of roles, which affected hunting schedules, farming routines, and food distribution.
And when such matters began to be regulated... Lucas didn't want to think about it. It was an ancient process he found most disgusting— the caste system.
Previously, there was indeed so hierarchy, but privileges only extended to the children of the chief.
Now, however, the distribution had beco more varied.
Due to the declining ga population, food portions were now allocated based on hunting success. Those unable to catch any prey received nothing.
The sa applied to crops—those who harvested the most received the largest share.
Though it seed contrary to their previous lifestyle, the alhara eventually adapted.
The result of this revolution was the rapid developnt of weaponry. The albino alhara also made no exceptions in hunting, declaring that even fierce beasts could beco food.
Bears, once seen as the apex predators, were now reduced to re prey.
As land beca scarcer with everyone competing to produce the largest harvest, a new need arose.
The albino alhara introduced another policy—perhaps an original idea: expansion. And for that, they had to eliminate predators standing in their way.
Another technological breakthrough erged from this policy: armor. Although it was rely woven straw and bamboo, it still helped reduce injuries when facing carnivores.
Their territory expanded, and their population flourished.
What was once a small village had now beco a large city. The albino alhara had many hate, yet even they had to admit that he had advanced their civilization, allowing them to experience things they had never known before.
However, the turning point of this civilization did not arise from within.
It ca from outside. Amid the uncontrolled expansion, the power the alhara had built drew the wrath of a predator they had never previously considered— the Tyrannosaurus.
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