167 The Storm After The Calm! (1/2)

He knew that the chance of Arvedar betraying or stabbing him in the back was low because Arvedar and his friends were bounded by a contract. Thus, Pedro could narrow down the possible situations related to in-game circumstances.

Either Arvedar encountered a really strong opponent--requiring him to fight at his full attention, or he could be monitoring other players, making him unable to revert back to his human form to avoid alerting the enemies at any cost. After all, he had a transformation that could also fly high up in the sky. Something that was perfect for scouting, spying, tracking, and such.

However, before he could think any further, he felt a strong force pulling him deeper into the ground. This, in turn, had also awakened the asleep Sabrina, whose eyes went bloodshot whilst glancing around--looking for the origin of the unexplainable pressure.

On the other hand, Antonio and Aks rushed out of the Village Chief's office out of fear--like someone who was inside a building when the ground suddenly shook. Then, they ran towards Pedro whilst wearing a pale look as if it was the end of the world.

Their advance was slow because their feet were buried several centimeters deeper into the ground with each step they make. At the same time, it felt like blocks of rocks were being placed on top of them--making their legs shiver as the weight it carries increases exponentially each second that passes.

”What is happening, young adventurer?” Village Chief Antonio cried.

Unfortunately, Pedro simply stared to their south--ignoring the middle-aged man's question. Even Sabrina, who stood beside Pedro, furrowed her brows and stared towards the dark starry sky to their south full of murderous intent. This, in turn, had made Sabrina's eyes became all red in color as Four Pen-Knives flew around her.

”Should I--” Sabrina seemingly wanted to ask Pedro's go signal to engage the hostile entity.

However, Pedro raised his hand--interrupting Sabrina, and simply shook his head. Then, he sighed as the lines on his forehead straightened.

”Relax!” Pedro said, smirking. ”He's on our side.”

Soon, they saw a black crow flying towards them. At the same time, the increasing pressure that they felt above them had suddenly vanished as if nothing had happened. This, in turn, made Antonio and Aks sat on the ground to relax the stressed muscles on their thigh and legs.

In the next second, the crow landed on the ground and transformed into a human. Pedro and Sabrina knew who it was ever since they saw the black crow. It was Arvedar.

Only when Arvedar was meters away from them was the campfire able to reveal his pale looking face--as if he was sick. His eyes were being forced open as he exerted the last ounce of his strength to approach Pedro and Sabrina--wanting to get near them as soon as he can.

”T-Thousands of monsters... are on their way!” Arvedar said. ”I-I could... only... hold them off! S-Sorry!”

Arvedar collapsed into the ground before he could even reach Pedro and Sabrina. Pedro rushed towards him as he took out several bottles of potion on his inventory bag. At the same time, Pedro nodded towards Sabrina, who nodded in response.

In the next second, she transformed into his eagle form and shot up into the sky with her four pen-knives. Then, she flew towards the direction where Arvedar came from and was able to barely spot thousands of charging monsters.

”Kwiiiiyaaaaak!” Sabrina cried, signaling to Pedro that they are under attack.

That said, Sabrina did not wait for Pedro's orders and launched her pen-knives like a missile to the monsters charging from their south--coming from the western forest. Anything that was illuminated by the stars and the small moon was instantly pierced through by Sabrina's pen-knives.

However, because of the trees and the dark night, almost half of the monsters leading the charge were able to avoid her detection and was able to survive the onslaught of her pen-knives. Unfortunately, due to the seemingly endless amount of enemies, she decided to leave the surviving monsters to Pedro's hands and simply navigate her pen-knives forward--piercing every single monster she was able to spot.