Chapter 294: Vastaya (Extra)
Far beyond the harsh terrain of the Great Shash Desert, even beyond the savanna plains and mountain grasslands, lies the only vast jungle in the Shurima Continent. It's full of mystery, nurturing countless lives, and it's a place where so much wildlife depends. However, while the beauty of this jungle is always awe-inspiring, its beauty also comes with danger and death.
Zyra roams the rune-lands, the seeds she sows greedily absorbing all life in her vicinity. She has destroyed countless farmlands and even directly encroached on human settlements. The warriors who tried to resist were just a bunch of fools before her, thorns of thorns everywhere she went.
Humans were intimidating and unpleasant to her, and those creatures that enjoyed near-eternal lifespans were either perverse or arrogant. They have no respect for the land they live in, and selfishly abuse and destroy the nature that gives birth to all things.
Everywhere Zyra went, new life was bound to bloom, and strangely enough, it wasn't of her will - the plants greedily sucked up nutrients and evolved under her watch, then hurled poisonous thorns around them at breakneck speed, wrapping tendrils around other creatures.
As the waters of Shurima began to flow again, clusters of flowers appeared on the banks of the river, which slowly expanded westward with the change of seasons. Whether uprooted or fired, their growth rate does not seem to slow down
Reengar is a brutal Vastaya and a bounty hunter who hunts dangerous creatures to earn a living, and tracking and hunting them is his only joy in life.
He travels almost the world in search of the world's most ferocious creature, and along the way he tracks the trail of Kazik, a void creature that always eludes his eyes.
The reason why Rengar loved the hunt so much was not for a feast or some ridiculous glory, but because he appreciated the sheer beauty of the chase itself.
Reengar comes from a tribe called the Chilash in the eastern part of Shurima, where the glory and honor of hunting are highly prized.
Born in the abandoned hut of the tribal chieftain Peng Jie, Reingar is considered by Peng Jie to be a worthless hunter in the future because of his short stature. Peng Jie refused to take care of the young Rengar, hoping that Rengar would soon die of starvation.
The young Rengar eventually fled the tribe, ashamed of the fact that he had brought his father to shame. At first, he lived on only larvae and plants, until one day he almost died at the hands of a human hunter.
The legendary hunter's name was Markorn, and just as Rengar was dying, Malkorn couldn't bear to see his miserable appearance, so he finally decided to let him live. Only large orc warriors deserve to be stabbed by Marsky himself, and Rengar is not one of them.
Rengar followed Markong for the next few months, surviving on the corpse he left behind. Reengar still hoped that he would one day return to his tribe, so he watched very closely how Malkong hunted those prey.
As some time passed, Malkong began to grow tired of the pathetic Kirush. He holds the dagger to Rengar's throat and tells him that if he wants to be a good hunter, the only way is to hunt as hard as he can.
He left Rengar with a blade and kicked him into a treacherous ravine. There, for the first time in his life, Rengar killed creatures that wanted to harm him in order to survive.
Since then, Rengar has spent several years honing his hunting skills. He traveled to every corner of Shurima, constantly searching for Shurima's most powerful and dangerous prey.
Rengar knew that he would never be as tall as the other Kirash, so he decided to make himself even more ferocious than the other orcs. As time passed, Rengar was covered in scars every time he returned to his residence.
Eventually, he began to carry with him the spoils of honor, rubbing the skulls of his prey until they were shiny, and braiding the fangs of beasts of prey into his hair.
One day, he decided to return to the tribe, thinking that it was time to live with them as a true hunter.
However, when Peng Jie saw the loot on Rengar, instead of appreciating it, he laughed at Rengar aggressively. He told Rengar that he would only be accepted by his people if he took the head of a void creature called Kazik.
Blinded by his desire to return to the tribe, Reingar agreed to his father's request. Unfortunately, Rengar was robbed of an eye during a battle with the void creature, and was able to escape.
Rengar felt a wave of rage and frustration. He returned to the tribe and confessed his defeat to Pengjie. Peng Jie's reaction was as Rengar expected, and he began to yat at him.
As Penjie spoke, Rengar noticed that the loot in the hut was dusty and looked very old.
The tribal chief hadn't hunted his prey himself for a long time—all because he had ordered Reyngar to hunt down Kazik because he was too scared to carry out the task himself.
Rengar interrupted Peng Jie's words and looked at him with disdain, and now Rengar would never obey him again. Many of the Chilash were born with a strong body, or they were raised in comfortable families;
Rengar, on the other hand, was born with the threat of death, and all the hunting techniques he had learned on his own, as the spoils – and the scars – proved it.
Even the blood-red eye sockets on his face were a trophy – and although Rengar was born humiliated by his flaws, he never gave up on it.
Reingar leapt at his father, his blade slicing straight down from the top of Peng Jie's head, Peng Jie's eyes widened, and his internal organs slid to the ground with a thud.
When the fiercest hunters of the clan heard this, they did not rebuke Rengar when they saw him, but gathered around him and surrounded Rengar as the new chief of the Kirash.
However, Rengar no longer needs the approval of his people, and the only thing he needs now is the thrill of hunting down his prey.
Eventually, Rengar left the Horde, and he didn't take any loot from Penger—he didn't deserve to exist in Rengar's memories. To this day, he pursues the void creature that wants to blind him.
Not to fulfill the honor of Chirash, but to satisfy his own selfish desires.