57 Crow (2/2)
”Err…you asked us to introduce ourselves but you haven't done the same. Isn't that a little rude?” Raven's smile fell a tad bit as he said this, and the recruit could swear that he felt shivers running down his spine just now.
”Hoh?” The camp supervisor was intrigued, he smiled and said: ”My bad. My name is Larry, a pleasure to meet you Crow.”
”A pleasure to meet you too.” Raven replied, ”Allow me to be frank. Our purpose is training, we will help you defend but only defend. Don't expect us to follow you in the depths of that thing. And to answer your question Sir Larry, no. Of course I don't think of it that way.”
Larry narrowed his eyes and sized up this man before him. He had been a knight for decades now and during that, he had met a lot of people but this was the first time that he felt a strange tingling sensation as he was stared down by someone.
”Alright then.” Larry nodded, he then faced the recruit and said: ”Escort them to the frontline.”
”Yes sir!” The recruit saluted, he was about to ask them to follow him but he heard Raven speak once more.
”Err…Sir Larry? Can we harvest the meat of the ants we killed?” This was another reason why he was here, this was an opportunity to gather any many food as possible, how could he pass such an opportunity?
”You may.” Larry replied. Raven clapped and then…the supression of Larry's cultivation base was gone.
”Great! Let's go guys!” He then started to walked outside of the camp, leaving the bewildered Larry behind.
As Larry watch their disappearing silhouettes, he had one thought on his head: 'Who is he?'
***
”We're here.” Jonas, the recruit, told them as soon as they entered a tall gate made out of thick logs.
The battlefield was barricaded by similar type of defences and one could see some armed people who were on stand by and guarding the the perimeter. Raven and his crew followed them inside and were immediately welcomed by sounds of clashing forces on a distance.
Reading or hearing about them is one thing, seeing them personally is different. Raven his crew saw one of the presumed Lord Ants and truly marveled on it's size. It really is as big as a normal horse carriage and longer too. The one in front of them had green prismatic-like eyes, long antlers, sharp fangs, thick red shell, and moves quick too. They saw how two people struggled to prevent it's rampage and kill it.
Except for Raven, who was busy inspecting the creature, all of them visibly swallowed hard. Nervousness crept up to the younger ones since their brains were screaming danger at the sight of the thing, this time it's not a simulation anymore. This is real, and if they fight recklessly here, they will truly die. Just this thought alone was enough to cause them to sweat nervously.
The ground shook faintly from the collision and Raven's eyes shone along with a golden ring appearing on his pupils, his eyes inspected the beast once more and now he was able to zoom in to the creature's body to take a closer look. Once he fully inspected it, he could now saw that his guess was right, it really is Lord Ants but with a slight difference.
Raven then looked at the ground, raised his brow and said: ”Let's fall back a little.”
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His words somewhat woke up the people around him, they unknowingly followed his advice and together they retreated a few steps from where they were standing earlier. Now that they're nearer towards the entrance, the ground suddenly shook and something rose up from underground. It was another Lord Ant, and it precisely showed up from where they were standing earlier.
The team was horrified, the recruit almost fainted on the spot. 'H-holy shit that was so close! I was this close to dying! Oh god!' This was his thought, his eyes then landed on the guy who told them to retreat.
”H-how did you know?”
”Instincts buddy…instincts.”