Yale didn't know how much time passed since he entered into the Weapon Spirit Tribe, which was very strange for him given his control over time.
The time had its own flow, separated from the rest of the universe, and it was fully controlled by the chief and Awat, the only two in the tribe who could control space and time.
Thus, Yale had difficulties measuring it. He wasn't worse than them controlling the flow of time, but since they had been in control from the start, he hadn't tried to obtain its control.
However, regardless of how much time he spent, he knew that his progress had been incredible.
The Essence Slayer Sword had been upgraded to eighth level immortal successfully thanks to Awat's guidance, and even Yale made a breakthrough to eighth level immortal at the same time.
That wasn't a coincidence because the method to improve the sword matched perfectly with his training method, so he killed two bird with one stone.
Yale was satisfied with that, but he was worried because Lar had yet to awaken as a Weapon Spirit despite the chief words that she should awaken in a short time.
He had been worried that something bad happened to her, but the chief just told him to wait patiently.
Jika and Dan had also grown, but they were still far from being adult wolves, and despite Yale trying to teach them, they hadn't been able to take human form.
However, their intelligence improved quite a bit, although it was still at a child's level, at least it was at a human's child level, so it was quite higher than before.
Yale was already quite famous in the tribe. Just being in good terms with Awat was already enough for making him famous, but the skill he showed at crafting weapons made his fame even higher.
Although he was still far from the level of proficiency of Awat or the chief, he could already be considered above average in the Weapon Spirit Tribe, which for a foreigner was quite strange.
For what Yale heard, only a few managed to reach that level. In fact, he had been among the fastest ones because the only one who reached that level faster than Yale had been Tofesh.
While Yale was in the tribe, the battle he had with that criminal started to become something of the past. The people hadn't forgotten about him, but he wasn't the hot topic anymore.
At the start, the people found strange that Master Liye disappeared completely, but they had also heard rumors that Master Liye liked calm, so he went far from populated areas to train his disciples peacefully.
Moreover, a certain country spread the news that Master Liye was under their protection and that anyone who harmed him would become their enemy, so the people thought that it was better to avoid involving themselves with Master Liye for fear to offend him.
After all, they knew that Master Liye was awesome, but he was only a seventh level immortal capable of killing and eighth level immortal. There were stronger people than him in the world, so it wouldn't be impossible to survive after offending him if they played well their cards, but the country that backed Master Liye was at another level.
After all, the father of the king was a servant of a member of the Council of Gods, which gave him a status that was far higher than others at the same level.
Moreover, the king himself was still among the strongest experts in the world, even without relying on his father.
Of course, if there was no other way, there were people willing to offend that country, but the price would be too high to do it without a proper reason, and no one had reasons to antagonize such a powerful expert just to harm Master Liye.
Although Yale would be happy to know that his fame faded a bit, if he knew about something else that also happened, he would have wished that his fame persisted a bit more.
The other thing happened while Yale was still isolated in the tribe, not too long after he advanced to eighth level immortal.
A young girl with wolf ears appeared in the same place where Yale entered the Weapon Spirit Tribe, but at that moment, there wasn't a tribe nor anything else there.
That girl was a seventh level immortal, so despite her looks, she was someone very powerful.
She had just ascended from a lower universe to find someone who had ascended before her.
"Big brother, where are you?"
Her question wasn't heard by anyone, and no one replied it.
She couldn't sense where her brother was, so she started to travel without a fixed destination in hopes of hearing something about her brother.
While Wyba left the area where the Spirit Weapon Tribe could appear, Yale was thinking about her while teaching Jika and Dan.
"Have I told you about my sister?"
When Yale said that, Jika and Dan replied at unison.
"Yes! A thousand times!"
In that long time, Yale thought a lot about Wyba, Lina, and the others back at the universe he was born.
Thus, Jika and Dan had heard about them all, and since they were also wolves like Wyba, she was the one that Yale had mentioned more to them.
In fact, Jika and Dan were a little tired of hearing those stories, but they were always failing to accomplish the transformation that Yale was teaching them, so they didn't dare to complain.
Awat also heard all the stories, but contrary to the wolves, he liked them a lot. He also had his great share of stories to tell, so Yale and Awat could spend months speaking with each other if no one stopped them, which usually happened in just a few hours because Jika and Dan needed to eat.
"Dad, is Aunt Wyba really that cute? Am I cuter than her?"
Jika had stopped worrying that Dan knew about Yale adopting her after her intellect increased, so she was openly calling Yale like that.
Yale also adopted Dan after that because despite being quiet about it, Yale noticed that he was jealous.
However, Dan didn't dare to show the relationship so openly as Jika because he felt that he was worthy of being adopted by Yale.
"I told you a lot of times to not call her like that or she will be very angry. Just call her big sister."
Yale felt that Wyba was cuter than Jika, but if Yale said that, the situation would end up with Jika crying without any doubt, so Yale dodged the question.
"But if she is dad's sister, she should be my aunt. It is weird if she is my big sister."
Yale sighed as Jika replied like she always did and forgot about her previous question.
"That wouldn't be the weirdest thing on the family, so stop worrying about it. It is impossible to judge my family using any common sense."
Yale stopped worrying about those things far before ascension, but it seemed difficult for Jika.
However, Yale knew that Wyba would be angry if Jika treated her like an aunt.
"I don't understand that…"
Jika started to complain, but that time Yale stopped her.
"Enough. Let's continue the training. You need to learn how to transform soon."
Yale noticed that beasts had far longer lifespans than humans even without reaching immortality at the same time that their training was slower.
However, their training speed would increase a lot if they could take half-beast form because the bloodline that they inherited would be able to activate completely.
Sadly, that day, both failed to accomplish their transformation, and Yale went to rest a bit dejected.
The next morning, Yale felt something strange, and after looking, she found a young girl sleeping at his side, but he was sure that it wasn't Jika.
First, Yale only allowed Jika and Dan to be in his room when they did something good to motivate them more, so they weren't there the previous night.
Moreover, that girl was still translucent as if she was an illusion, but Yale couldn't be affected by illusions, so she was real.
Inside the girl, a sword could be seen, which told Yale who that girl was.
"Lar?"
There wasn't any reply after Yale asked, the girl continued sleeping just beside Yale.
He had learned that Weapon Spirits were born in a child from and grew with the time and experiences, so he wasn't surprised by Lar's extremely young form, but he didn't know why she was in that incomplete state.
Without moving, Yale contacted Awat, who needed just a second to appear there.
"Oh, so your friend started to awaken. The process seems to be far slower than usual since this state should just last a few seconds, but don't worry, I never heard about Weapon Spirit that needed more than a day. The more time she spends in this state, the better potential she will have, so this isn't bad. The chief and I needed a whole day before materializing completely."
It was too strange that a Weapon Spirit needed more than a minute, but those who needed it always proved to have better potential although no one discovered exactly why.
"Then, I am relieved. I thought that this was something bad to her. If the longer, the better, I will wait as much as she needs."
