174 Investigating The Troll Tribe Territory (1/2)
Sitting next to Kang Xue, he could hear the metal boots clanking while a series of steps followed. From the noise, he could tell that was his people doing their morning warm-up, 'They are more dedicated than I thought, should I join to encourage them as well?' He was thinking of joining them.
”Mnnn~,” Kang Xue fixed her head on his shoulder. She could sleep soundly despite the hard ground and the hard backrest. Normally, he would wake her up but remember yesterday's battle, he let her sleep a little longer.
Twenty minutes passed by, the five archers took their position while maintaining a certain distance from him. They had a tray of food as well with them, watching over while enjoying their meals as most of them did not eat after the last battle, straight went to sleep.
”Wake up,” he nudged the girl who was unaffected by the disturbance. The girl slowly opened her heavy eyelids, rubbing her sleepy eyes to get a clear sight, ”How long have I been sleeping?”
Tang Shaoyang opened the objective screen, ”four hours and nineteen minutes,” he gave her the exact answer.
She immediately shoved the blanket away and stood up, ”Why didn't you wake me up?” The girl protested as she folded her blanket up, she then noticed the archers already in their position. Yan Sheng had replaced Bai Yuan's place as well, ”I miss my morning routine,” that was what she regretted.
”It's just running, you can do it anytime,” he brushed her protest with a simple wave of his hand as he also stood up, throwing the blanket to her, ”I am going to get my steak, I need to fill my belly before the next wave,” staying awake all night caused him to hungry.
Tang Shaoyang walked down off the wall, the objective screen was still in his sight. He was looking at the time, in forty minutes, one of his theories would be proved correct or wrong. So far everything went well, the fact that the monster wave did not attack them between the interval was a good thing.
As soon as he reached down, Kang Xue brought the two blankets in a different direction. She did not say anything where she went to, and he did not ask her either. He headed to the Food Shop, ordering a Tasty Beast Steak and a Cream Soup.
He went back to the wall, sitting in the same position, the same tray food, but a different meal. Looking at the forest in the distance, he savored the tasty steak with the fork. He pricked the steak with the fork and took a big bite.
Halfway finishing his steak, Kang Xue sat next to him with her tray as well. She was having two loaves of Soft Bread and a bowl of Cream Soup.
Both finished their meals together, and time quickly flew by. Tang Shaoyang opened his objective screen again, this was already the seventh time, and there was still twenty-seven seconds before the 9-hours cycle time limit.
5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
”They come!” Kang Xue yelled to notify Yan Sheng. The latter immediately hit the bell, alerting everyone inside the fort. Not only the north wall, but the Troll Tribe also attacked the south wall as the bell in the south wall rang.
Tang Shaoyang stood up, under the dim moonlight, he could see the shadows coming out of the forest. Not just one, but many of them. From the size of the ogre, he predicted the ogre was still the same stage-1 ogre.
Just as he was about to jump off the wall, Kang Xue held his hand, ”Give me a ride to go down,” he brought her with him, ”Alright, you wait for Wei Xi, I am going now,” Kang Xue nodded her head, ”Mnn, be careful,”
Tang Shaoyang took Destroyer out and rushed forward, 'It's the 9-hours cycle, so we have nine hours until the next wave. I am actually quite smart to guess the pattern,' he praised himself inwardly.
'Then, we don't have time to play anymore. Clearing the wave faster will give us more time to rest, and more time to investigate the forest,' he made up his mind as he activated [Spirit Integration] with Karan.
When the distance between him and the wave was ten meters, he immediately cast [Basic Detection].