Hendrick instantly recognized the weight of the issue and looked extremely anxious.
Startled at how Hendrick yelled his responses, Ella quickly shushed him, "Talk softer, Brother!"
At that moment, Arthur and the others who walked ahead stopped in their tracks.
Arthur slowly turned his head and frowningly asked, "Hendrick, what did you say just now? What big issue has happened?"
Hendrick immediately touched his head in embarrassment. "No... Nothing!"
"No, from the looks of your expression, you're obviously lying.” Arthur frowned and slowly walked up to them. "Hendrick, I
think it’s best that you tell the truth. We'll learn about it sooner or later!"
Hendrick glanced at Ella and visibly hesitated.
Ella frowned as well, clueless as to what to do next. As she gritted her teeth, however, she squeezed out an embarrassing smile.' It's nothing, really. I told my brother that the monster beasts in the forest seemed to be quite irritable recently, and the roars seemed to be quite different!"
Only then did Arthur said impatiently, "Oh, I thought something serious had happened, seeing how jumpy you both are. It's just a group of monster beasts who don’t have high fighting prowess. Some monster beasts are powerful when compared to some of those from the fortresses who have low fighting prowess, but these monster beasts are nothing to us geniuses or the masters of our fortresses!
"That's very true. These monster beasts would occasionally act abnormally, but it’s nothing weird!" added the fatty with a grin. "Come. There are several of us here, so let’s see if we can stay for a couple of days in the forest to find more fourth-grade spirited grass!"
"Let's... Let's go!" Hendrick smiled a forceful smile before the group continued to fly toward the direction of the forest.
They finally arrived outside of the forest around four in the afternoon.
'Sigh... Fane, oh dear Fane... I've tried my best to stall time for you, and I’m out of ideas. It's every man for themselves right now! It's been more than ten days, and I hope your fighting prowess has increased. I pray that you've left this forest,' sighed Ella inwardly as she looked at the forest.
"Something seems different about the forest. Why are there so many sounds of fights?" Fatty looked at the forest and was also puzzled. "Nothing like this had happened before!”
"Why don't we head to one of those places where there seems to be a fight?" suggested Arthur after thinking about it." We’d know what's going on after we investigate the place nearest to us where there are noises of fights!”
Flustered, Ella chimed in, "Why should we look? Aren’t they just fights between monster beasts for precious items? It might even be some casual trainers who are searching for treasures in the forest, and that's all normal!"
However, Arthur shook his head. He was
obviously not someone that could be easily bamboozled. "No, this seems more than that to me. There are some fighting noises not far away from here, and it seems to be extremely heated. From the noises, it doesn’t seem to be one or two people. Come on, let's go take a look before we decide!"
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