Chapter 323: Why Isn’t This Going According to the Script!?
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
Since they were going to act as fishermen, they mustn’t be seen by the other party.
As such, they quickly returned to the rock platform and used their beast card weapons to widen the crevice behind it, hiding inside and leaving only Luo Er’s scouting-type beast to observe the situation from the sky.
“Brother Zhang, do you reckon we’re being immoral for doing this?” Luo Wenjun suddenly looked at Zhang Che, smiling, “But, I like it! Hahahaha…”
Zhang Che was speechless. It seemed like that guy had never tried setting others up before.
-Ai, is an honest boy like him going to be led astray by me?-
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At the edge of the mountain range, along the mountain ridge, a group of eight beastmasters were carefully making their way to the core area of the mountain range with a large army of subdued beasts.
Hints of excitement could be seen on their faces.
Ever since they had entered the mountain range, they had not met any exotic beasts. This was an extremely unusual sign. The only explanation for this was that an extremely powerful exotic beast was deep in the mountain range, occupying the area by itself.
An exotic beast that could dominate a mountain range by itself had to be legend-quality at least, right?
Not only that, it was very likely to be an epic-quality beast!
The combined strength of those eight beastmasters wasn’t low. There were three legend-quality subdued beasts in their ranks, and one of them was even at seven-star. They totally had a shot at this.
Among the group of eight, their leader was a middle-aged man with long, narrow eyes. Currently, he was looking into the depths of the mountain range. He turned to a youngster at his side and asked, “Xiaowu, has your scouting-type beast finished checking the area? Did it find any other beastmasters?”
The man addressed as Xiaowu nodded and answered, “Big Brother, it is done scouting. No other beastmasters were found in the surrounding several dozen kilometers. We are already deep into the beast world; it wouldn’t be coincidental if others were around here…”
The middle-aged man nodded. The group continued on their way.
After a short while, Xiaowu suddenly exclaimed in surprise and said to the middle-aged man, “I found it, Big Brother! My scouting-type beast saw a leopard-like exotic beast at the core of the mountain range. It gives off a very powerful aura, and it discovered my scouting-type beast from a few kilometers away!”
Looks of surprise colored the group’s faces. It went without saying that an exotic beast who could discover a scouting-type beast several kilometers away had to be epic-quality at the least!
The middle-aged man furrowed his brow slightly, and fell into deep thought.
Such a powerful exotic beast wasn’t something they could kill easily. If they were even slightly careless, their group might get wiped out. They couldn’t afford any carelessness.
Seeing the middle-aged man not responding, a well-built, bearded man said eagerly, “Big Brother, what are your plans? Tell us! If we can kill this exotic beast, we won’t have anything to fear under the heavens! There won’t be anywhere in the beast world we can’t go!”
“Third Brother, what are you so anxious for?” the middle-aged man chided, glaring at the well-built man. He said deliberately, “At present, we still don’t have a clear idea on that exotic beast’s strength. If we were to charge at it thoughtlessly, it is simply no different from us rus.h.i.+ng to our deaths.”
After a short pause, the middle-aged man turned to look at Xiaowu and said, “Xiaowu, let your scouting-type beast go check things out clearer. See if it can find out how strong the exotic beast is.”
Xiaowu nodded excitedly. He knew his Big Brother was moved, but the latter didn’t have a good idea on how strong the exotic beast was, and thus told him to investigate further.
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In the crevices about fifty kilometers away, Luo Er suddenly said to Zhang Che and Luo Wenjun, “Si-shao, Zhang-shao, their scouting-type beast is headed for the center of the mountain range.”
Luo Wenjun and Zhang Che exchanged glances. They knew the other party was planning to make a move, and so they moved to investigate the exotic beast’s strength.
Ah, profiting from others’ work, and staying hidden from the hunters. The two were getting excited just thinking about it.
After another short while, Luo Er suddenly showed a strange expression. He reported, “Their scouting-type beast seems to have been ambushed by that exotic beast. It’s dead.”
Luo Wenjun and Zhang Che were speechless after hearing that.
-What’s going on? Why are they so careless? They clearly know that the exotic beast is extremely strong. Why did they just send their scouting-type beast to its death so easily?-
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On the other side, Xiaowu was at a loss for words, too. His face was more bitter than a bittergourd. He said to the middle-aged man, “Big Brother, that exotic beast is too cunning. My scouting-type beast was caught in an ambush and died.”
The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes, reprimanding, “You knew that exotic beast isn’t simple. Why did you let your scouting beast charge in so recklessly?”
Xiaowu nearly cried. -I didn’t wish for that to happen, either! That was a dark gold-quality scouting-type beast that was worth nearly half of my fortune! Did you think I was willing to watch it die just like that?-
“I didn’t expect that exotic beast to be so cautious either, Big Brother. Previously it was clearly at another location. I even had my subdued beast circle around behind it to investigate it. In the end, that exotic beast was hiding on a mountain top and directly killed off my scouting-type beast from hundreds of meters away.”
The middle-aged man furrowed his brow deeply. He suddenly asked, “How far apart were the two different locations?”
“At least a few kilometers!” Xiaowu answered firmly.
“Let’s leave!” the middle-aged man said decisively, and turned back in the direction they came from.
Such a cunning exotic beast, in addition to its unfathomable strength, wasn’t something they could covet. Although they weren’t weak by any means, and had the strength to try fighting, the middle-aged man understood that it was bad to harbor the mindset of winning by luck in the beast world. Otherwise, it would be too late for regret if they ever capsized their boat in some ditch.
This man held great authority within the team. The moment he made the call to leave, none of the others actually said anything otherwise. They followed behind the middle-aged man and quickly retreated from the mountain range.
Their speed when leaving was faster than when they were going deeper. After only a quarter of an hour, they retreated to the outskirts of the mountain range.
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On the rock platform at the waist of the mountain, Zhang Che and Luo Wenjun couldn’t help but exchange looks after hearing Luo Er describing this event.
Why didn’t this group of people follow the script?
Shouldn’t they rush up together and engage that exotic beast in a fight to the death, and Zhang Che would then obtain an epic-quality beast card, just like that?
Zhang Che thought to himself, -Is my Fisherman Zhang Halo not working today?-
-Mhm, it must be Luo Wenjun’s group that had affected my Halo effect. Otherwise, going by my past experience, I would only have to go forward to pick up sc.r.a.ps. Such situations would never have occurred.-
Seeing Zhang Che and Luo Wenjun not saying a word, Luo Er couldn’t help but ask softly, “Si-shao, Zhang-shao, what do we do now?”
“What to do? We continue waiting, of course. That fellow had already dragged on for so long. It should be about time for it to give birth.”
Luo Wenjun felt he was a failure after not being able to be a fisherman for once.
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This wait went on for another half a day.
Seeing the sky had started to turn dark, the four of them had their dinner and prepared to rest for the night.
Luo Er suddenly exclaimed, “It’s about to give birth!”