Chapter 589: Dark Side of Faes (1/2)

Bang! Zap! Crash!

Zero groaned. Again? This was the fifth time tonight on his watch that they were attacked. He looked over at Bob and Truen, who slept soundly in the tent that they set up. Thanks to the soundproof barrier, those inside the tent could enjoy a peaceful sleep.

The doctor looked over at them longingly. How peaceful!

As the faes that tried to attack him fell to the ground, twitching, their comrades started to flee. Zero couldn't allow that to happen. According to Cleo, not all fae-kind were good. Some spirits have become twisted, much like Sylvia the Silver Witch. They were known to harm others for their personal entertainment and enjoy destruction.

Zero checked the array he and Truen set up before they took turns to watch over the camp. Did Truen already expect this? Still, it was annoying having to constantly dispose of the bodies even if these dark faes couldn't do anything to their powerful spell. They couldn't even scratch the defence, much less destroy it. Yet, Zero couldn't understand why there were so many dark faes in the area. Wasn't it natural for the weak to fear the strong? What was encouraging the dark faes to be so bold? They don't seem to be working together either, judging by how they were of different species.

Stepping out of the defence array, Zero inspected the twitching bodies of the weaker dark faes. These gnomes and fairies were definitely newly born. They shouldn't emit such an evil aura this quickly or gain intelligence enough to coordinate an attack on their camp.

”Mii, show me the mini-map.”

The strawcherry assistant hesitated. Truen told her not to let Zero know about it, but when Zero became insistent, she gave in and apologised silently to Truen.

The map was riddled with red dots everywhere, and Zero couldn't hide his astonishment. Truen and Bob probably knew about it already. Why didn't anyone inform him about the enemies in the area?!

Angry, Zero glared at his companions peacefully sleeping in the tent. What was going on?

Mii didn't stop Zero from barging into the tent and waking his friends unceremoniously. He used a very blinding light spell, and Bob screamed in pain at the light. Truen groaned and tried to shy from the source, but Zero wasn't going to forgive them so easily.

”Is it time for my shift?” Truen asked, and Zero stomped his feet.

”Shift? What's with the crazy barrage of dark faes on our camp? Shouldn't we choose a safer location to set up camp? Didn't you say we were near Pocky's location?”