"Your ancestral land?" Ricky asked out of curiosity after hearing what Henry said.
"As you have already seen before, the pond of original energy in the ancestral land has the ability to reveal the history of our Predatory Holy Ant tribe with a single drop of our blood," Henry said.
"However, if we use our blood essence, the pond of original energy can show something that will happen in the future.
The matter of the Massacring Holy Ant tribe is over and it is now our responsibility to carry our ancestral land with us. The fight against the devils is likely to happen in at least thousands of years from now."
"All of the things we needed to do now were suddenly accomplished. The three of us didn't know where to go. So we decided to use our blood essence as guidance and let our ancestral land point us towards a certain direction with regards to the future.
A figure appeared in the direction of our ancestral land," Thiago said.
"A figure?" Ricky asked with confusion on his face.
"Yes. Our ancestors were trying to tell us who we should follow. It is clear that only by following that figure and the path he is leading us to would we, the Predatory Holy Ant tribe, regain our position and finally restore the glory of our holy tribe," Yori said reverently.
"Oh, I see. However, did you guys think that this figure was me?" Ricky said with a smile on his face as he tried to tell a joke.
"The three of us agreed that it could've been you because the figure made us feel that way," Henry said with certainty.
"The figure was surrounded by the golden light as he stood on a ninety-feet-tall golden body. Its eyes were blazing with fire. All of this resembled you in a lot of ways.
And I'm sure the three of us can't be wrong about the ancestral prophecy. Besides, you are an ace genius; we have to admit that such a genius didn't come along very often in ancient times."
"So that's it," Ricky muttered in a low voice.
He thought about what they had said very carefully. According to Henry's description, the figure with a ninety-feet-tall golden body had a pair of Golden Spirit Eyes and sacred fires, which made it seem really to be him.
'Is the ancestral land of the holy tribe really so amazing that they can see into the future?' Ricky felt some confusion in his heart. 'Anyway, if a thing as good as that is ever sent to my door, I don't think I would ever have a reason to refuse.'
"Since all of you agreed on it, I won't refuse anymore. In the future, I will consider you three to be my followers," Ricky said concisely without saying any more excuses. He finally agreed to them.
"If the three of you ever decide to follow me, I have only one condition and that is to not do any harm to those around me. I don't care if you hurt me. But if you betray me and bring trouble to those around me, I won't forgive you and I'll do everything in my power to kill you,"
Ricky said in a serious tone. He thought it was important to say those things in advance.
"If we betray you, it doesn't matter if you come after us. We would know that we don't have anyone else to blame but ourselves," Henry said.
"However, the three of us need to make one thing very clear to you. We will leave you as soon as we find out that you are not the one who can lead us, the Predatory Holy Ant tribe, back to greatness."
"Your decision is quite reasonable. If I fail to revive your tribe, I know I wouldn't deserve to be followed by any of you," Ricky said with a smile.
"Well then, it's time for the three of us to give you our pledge of loyalty," Henry said sincerely.
Immediately, all three of them swore by their material arts to follow Ricky. Of course, the oath also included that if Ricky failed or betrayed them, they could choose to abandon him.
"Since we have now chosen to follow you, the three of us could call you our Lord or Master Ricky. Which one do you prefer?" Henry and the other two asked as they finished taking their oath.
"Ha-ha! That wouldn't be necessary. All my supposed friends and followers, I am true to each of them and I won't forgive anyone who brings harm to them. I hope and believe that you guys will do the same for me and follow me with all your heart," Ricky said. "You can call me whatever you want to call me.
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