[Floating Hill Toad] was awakened by the impact, and now it is looking at [Silver Shadow] with its blood-red eyes, as if it is angry.
"Are we going to attack?" Paramedis asked in surprise: "Are we going to allocate all the energy to defense?"
"Wait a minute, let's see what it wants to do first." Vivian observed calmly. Although the Floating Hill Toad had a terrifying aura when it opened its eyes, it didn't seem to make any movement, and it didn't appear to be attacking.
"Just staring at us?" The Leopard Warrior looked at the monster through the screen and felt horrified: "Don't you mean to attack?"
"If I guess correctly, it won't even attack us." The succubus analyzed: "According to the intelligence obtained by Great Britain, this monster should have been ordered to move to the Sahara Desert in Africa to trigger some kind of catastrophe, and then begin to sacrifice.
Ritual, right? If the intelligence is accurate, then it is busy maintaining defense while moving at the same time, and it definitely doesn’t have time to take care of small characters like us."
(minor role...)
A drop of sweat broke out on Palamedes' forehead.
"For such a huge monster, just moving the body will consume a lot of energy." Vivian added: "As long as we are harmless to it, it will not use up energy to drive us away...probably.
"
The Silver Shadow does not have any weapons, but its armor is ridiculously hard, the kind that can pass through great storms. A half-hearted attack cannot hurt the Silver Shadow. The other party must also know this fact, so they will not attack easily.
Just waste your energy.
So Palamedes finally understood that just as they were watching the situation, the monster was also watching the Silver Shadow's reaction. They were watching each other, testing each other to see who would act first and expose their weaknesses. If Mou Ran acted
, on the contrary, the Silver Shadow's trump card will be known to the other party, and then they will be in a quite passive position.
"It seems that it is getting farther and farther away from us?" The big cat squinted his eyes to observe, and asked again: "Is our ship flying backwards?"
"No. It's the effect of the [subspace generator]. Look, isn't the generator on the monster's head, just in line with our ship? It constantly generates subspaces, and these subspaces are integrated into the real world.
In space, let space continue to expand. And time, space and distance are relative. Space becomes larger and wider, and it looks like the floating hill toad is getting farther and farther away from us."
"I see..." Palamedes not only did not feel relieved, he even narrowed his eyes even more: "It's almost done, right? Shouldn't we retreat?"
"This is the first time [the subspace generator] has been officially put into actual combat. We need to ensure its successful operation." Vivian said, "Give me another five minutes. After monitoring its operation data, we will evacuate."
"Aren't you afraid of problems?"
"If the monster wanted to attack us, it should have started attacking just now." The succubus disagreed: "It hasn't done anything until now. Isn't it just because it doesn't care about us little characters?"
(Still a small role...)
Boom! The whole space suddenly shook. Or maybe the Silver Shadow carrying the two of them was shaking.
This is obviously not a vibration caused by the Silver Shadow hitting something, because the surrounding area is empty. This vibration is probably transmitted through the atmosphere, some kind of physical shock wave.
"Huh?" Palamedes suddenly felt that his vision was blurry. There was some kind of foreign consciousness that was constantly trying to break into his consciousness.
"Oops!" Vivian also covered her head, seeming to feel something: "The despicable monster...doesn't use physical attacks, but mental attacks? Want to control us to use the ship to crash the subspace generator?...Pa
Lamy, cheer up! Don’t be affected by the opponent’s mental attack!”
"But, but..." The increasingly intense headache was affecting Palamedes. His vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
Silent starless night.
The Leopard Man boy got up from the bed and heard a faint noise.
"Philaeos meow?" The young Palamedes called out, but heard no response. In the same cave, on the small bed made of animal skins and hay, there was no sign of his brother.
The leopard man boy got up and scratched his head, thinking that his brother was practicing football outside again in the night. He wanted to persuade Phileos to go to bed early and not to affect his health just for fun, so he took advantage of the night to go to the cave.
Go outside.
However, when he walked outside, he saw Phileos' figure fading away. Instead of practicing football near the bandit group's hiding spot, he headed towards the human town.
Isn't this very dangerous? The thieves usually have many people working together to attack the east and west, and they finally successfully rob food from the human towns, and there is also the risk of being plotted by the humans in turn. Now Phileos sneaked in alone at night
Theft in the town was a narrow escape, so how could Palamedes not care about it.
So he ran back into the cave and hurriedly put on a black cloak for sneaking. He allowed his figure to completely blend into the night, and then chased after Philaeos, following the traces and scent left by him along the way.
The thieves have always lived in no fixed place. They often find a human town and find a hidden hiding spot near the town as a "secret base" to settle down. Then they will come out of the secret base at regular intervals to rob the town.
Then they escape, wait for the wind to pass, and hide back to their hiding spot, and this cycle continues. When they have looted a certain town several times, they will stay away from this town and find another hiding place, and continue to loot the next town. They generally do not
A certain town carried out looting that lasted for more than three months, because it would attract the attention of humans and the risk of looting would increase. This has always been their way of survival - wandering around with no fixed abode and hiding their identities.
Blend into the environment, loot just to survive, and escape before you attract attention.
Ever since he was sensible, Palamedes had never doubted their way of survival. But what happened that night made him doubt it.
This is a large-scale human town, and it is the third town that the bandit group has robbed this year. They originally planned to rob more supplies before winter, evacuate, and then find a safe and warm place to spend the winter. It seems that they are still
He had been around this town for too long and was even overly familiar with the town's security configuration. Palamedes skillfully bypassed the guards' eyes and ears, climbed over the city wall, and easily entered the alleys inside the town.
The scent of Philaeos remained on the floor and walls of the alley, leaving traces everywhere he walked, so it was not difficult to track it. Palamedes followed the trace and kept groping, and it was easy to find the final destination.
Philaeos staying at the end of a certain alley.
He was surprised to find that Philaeos, who was supposed to be hiding in the shadows, actually ran into the light.
There, Philaeos, who was wearing a robe and bandages, carefully hiding his identity as an orc, was performing in a busking show.
It is indeed a busker, there is nothing wrong with it. Palamedes and Phileos once served as scouts for the thieves group and have been observing various human cities for a long time. They know that there are special performers in human cities.
A crowd of people. Street performers put hats or tin cans on the ground, and then perform various performances to win the attention and admiration of passers-by. When passers-by are satisfied with the performance of the buskers, they will give some scraps of money
Put it in a busker's hat or jar to make the busker profitable.
Yes, Phileos did perform on the streets. He put jars on the ground to collect money, and he was practicing kicking the ball. He has been able to kick the ball at his feet to perfection, whether it is to use his feet to touch the ball or
Lifting it to the side and bouncing it back to head the ball with his head and chest, he can control the ball freely, as if it is already a part of his body. Palamedes has seen Phileos
He knew how much effort Phileos put into this matter. So Phileos' current performance can even be described as wonderful, even though Palamedes doesn't quite know how to play football truly.
of wonderful.
However, one hour passed, two hours passed, and three hours passed. Passers-by were not interested in Phileos' performance and always hurried past indifferently. The night gradually became darker, and the originally bustling streets became
There were only a few people around, and eventually it became a deserted street.
"Alas." At this moment, Phileos stopped and sighed: "There's still nothing to do today, meow..."
He didn't earn a penny. He performed there for a long time like a fool, but no one cared. Palamedes, who was hiding on the roof watching all this, frowned and felt sorry for his brother.
.
The next night, Philaeos sneaked out in the same way, but found nothing.
The same was true on the third night.
On the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, still nothing.
People in the town may not care about what Phileos does at all. He can't sing or play any musical instrument. He just plays football there. And with Phileos's understanding, he can kick the ball.
This level is already the limit, and there can be no new breakthroughs beyond this, unless someone teaches him how to do it. However, Palamedes's ability to track and conceal has become more and more sophisticated, and he has followed his brother throughout the whole life.
No planet has been discovered by anyone.
On the night of the seventh day, when the number of pedestrians on the street gradually became less and less, and it seemed that it was a fruitless night, Phileos stopped his performance early. He sighed, packed up, and planned to leave early. This
At that moment, someone called him.
"Aren't you going to perform, kid?" A middle-aged man's voice sounded in the darkness.
"Hmm... um. Let's go." Phileos carefully hid his oral habit in order to prevent his identity as an orc from being revealed.
"It seems like you can't make much money by performing, kid." The middle-aged man added, "Now that things have happened, what's the point of this kind of performance?"
"I, I'm just trying to make some small changes while practicing." The Leopard Man boy replied.
"If it's just to make money, I have a good idea." The man approached Phileos and said, "Want to try it? Use your...body...to make money. You can make more money than performing a show."
"You, what do you mean...?" Phileos did not understand the other party's words. When the man reached out to touch his shoulder, he subconsciously took a step back.
"Come with me to the alley, you will understand what I mean soon. We can do some pleasant things in that alley, and I will pay you. If you are not used to it, by the way, the first
Just use your mouth to serve me once. I will teach you how to do it——"
"No, don't!" Philaeos felt something was wrong and was so frightened that he ran away immediately.
Palamedes, who was hiding on the roof, also shook his head and followed secretly.