Chapter 1584 - Planetary Fortress (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Hao Ren had no idea what the creature was. It just popped out in front of him. Based on his first impression of the creature, he decided to call it a sprite.

The humanoid creature stood at less than knee height, very much like a scaled-down human. It seemed that this one was a female, wearing a light-blue dress made of unknown material. She had stunning and delicate facial features and a translucent body, much like a spirit. Her hair was long with electric lights on the tip of it. The shimmering particles continuously fell from the dancing light on her hair and dispersed in the air around her.

The sprite cautiously came out of the bush and stood ten meters away from Hao Ren. She carefully observed the tall figure from a ‘safe distance.’ Her eyes were full of curiosity and cautiousness and her facial muscle tense. She said nothing.

Was this the noisy creature that he heard before? She was so quiet now. That was to say, she would only be talkative with her own people but could not speak when getting nervous?

They both stared at each other for a long while. Hao Ren thought that he had fully expressed his friendliness and harmlessness through his smile and body language. So, he waved at the sprite. “We—”

Before Hao Ren could finish, the sprite shouted, “He has spoken!”, and then scurried back into the bush.

“Is there a problem with my way of expression?” Hao Ren froze, having no idea of what happened. “She seemed to be scared.”

“Now, you finally feel how Y’zaks feels.” Vivian sighed and looked at Hao Ren with a forced smile. “Perhaps, creatures of our body size look particularly terrifying in the eyes of those little guys.”

“I don’t think so. Some residents here are much bigger than us.” Hao Ren’s arched as he pointed at the old temples and cities in the distance. “Look, over there, is the style of those things not familiar?”

Vivian looked in the direction where Hao Ren was pointing at; she was surprised. “That… that is the architectural style of the Gate of Solenne?”

“Yup. The city of the guardian giant,” Hao Ren said and lowered his hand. He was baffled. “I noticed the architectural style of buildings before landing. They undoubtedly belong to the guardian giant. It is just that I do not understand why the inhabitants here are only thirty to forty centimeters tall.”

Just as Vivian about to say something, she suddenly heard the rustling sound of the bushes, and then tiny creatures emerged one after another from the bushes.

They were all about forty centimeters tall, wearing light blue skirts or pants of material with a spirit-like translucent body. When those little humanoids stood together, Hao Ren found an interesting feature about these sprites; it was almost impossible to know their genders by just looking at their faces—they all had the same delicate face, except for their attire, which was a giveaway.

These little creatures emerged at once out of nowhere. Hao Ren looked at them, dumbstruck. They gathered in a group with bright electric lights dancing between them as if it was their way of communicating with each other.

But even though there were many of them, the sprites did not seem to have any intention of talking or stepping closer to Hao Ren. They just stared at the two uninvited guests with their big eyes. This awkward moment lasted for less than half a minute before goosebumps started to rise all over his skin. So, he had no choice but to make the first move again. “We are here to help. Can you send a representative?”

Once again, the sprites were shocked and took a step back. But this time, they did not flee but just look at each other and then burst into noisy gibberish.

“Oh, oh, oh! He has spoken! He has spoken! He has spoken to us!”

“This one looks so weird! Isn’t the guardian giant very tall? This one looks so short!”

“But he is still much taller than us!”

“Of course, he is taller than us; many things are taller than us!”

“He surely can’t squeeze himself through the secondary pressure release pipes.”

“But neither can we. The secondary pressure release pipe is narrow.”

“Obviously, we can. I’ve done it before!”

“You bluff!”

The sprites fell into a debate again. Not their argument was disorderly without any logic. Hao Ren had only said once and was utterly pushed out of their social circle. He watched for a long time and finally could not hold back anymore. “Listen here! Can you please send a representative to talk with me?”

The sprites jumped out of their skins. And then, their lively discussions escalated to another level. Just when Hao Ren thought that he was losing it again, they had chosen a few representatives. As three little guys stepped forward, Hao Ren could not hold back his tears.

At long last, he could talk in a normal way with those strange creatures, perhaps.

“So, you guys are the representatives?” Hao Ren vowed that he had never had such a strange third encounter since taking office. It did not look like an inspector was making contact with a survivor civilization, but a kindergarten teacher teaching a bunch of toddlers. “Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Hao Ren, and the one beside me is my spouse cum assistant, Vivian Ancestor. This little guy is Lil Pea while this flying chunk of brick is the MDT. We come from a distant world. When we passed by here, we stumbled upon the battle between you and the festered monsters. We are at war with them too, so we have decided to help you.”

The MDT flew out and said, “Buddy! You should know that I have given myself a name, Pattianne.”

No one gave a hoot of the eccentric PDA. The little guys opposite Hao Ren looked up at Hao Ren, babbling, “Oh, oh, oh! We thank you!”

“Yeah, yeah, thank you for your help! Otherwise, we would have died this time!”