Does the Butterfly Effect Really Exist? (12)

The members of the Second Brigade, who were launching an attack, stopped and began to use their breath attacks for ranged attacks, while the First Brigade, which had been in the rear, continued to use their breath attacks and slowly advanced.

Upon seeing Ishgar's strange actions, Olibuk and Talib, who were lying in ambush on the side, were suddenly taken aback. Among them, Montedoss, who was 'making a fuss,' exclaimed, 'Oh no! They must have discovered us and are preparing to break through to call for help. Leader Talib, if we don't act now, it will be too late!'

Talib glanced at the flustered Montedoss and said dismissively, "Chief Montedoss, the enemy's forward troops have been attacking for nearly an hour and are about to be exhausted. It's perfectly normal for them to choose to retreat and rest at this point. What's there to be surprised about!"

"But..."

Seeing that Talib didn't take it seriously, Montedoss wanted to continue to persuade him, but was forcefully interrupted by him.

"Enough! Montedoss, I am the commander-in-chief of this operation. I have my own plans for how to proceed, and you have no need to interfere!"

The other party had already invoked their status as the supreme commander, so Montedoss could no longer refute them. Therefore, he could only weakly say, "This... is!"

Yelibell naturally overheard Talib and Montedoss's conversation. When she heard Montedoss guess their intentions, her heart nearly jumped out of her throat. Fortunately, the 'clever' leader Talib stuck to his judgment and suppressed Montedoss's suggestion; otherwise, they would have been in real danger!

However, this served as a wake-up call for Yelibell, so for the next period of time, she did not immediately lead her troops to withdraw. Instead, she ordered the Second Brigade to continue long-range attacks from the perimeter. However, she also ordered the Second Brigade to gradually reduce the frequency of their attacks and to move the soldiers who had been charging at the forefront to the outer perimeter to rest and eat.

Moreover, even the First Brigade, which was tasked with the main attack, gradually slowed down its offensive and began to arrange for soldiers to take turns resting.

In the end, this grand ambush came to an abrupt end. Soldiers on both sides began to rest and recuperate, and some carefree soldiers even started playing and frolicking in the sea right in front of the enemy.

Seeing this, Talib said smugly, "See? I told you the enemy was just exhausted and taking a temporary rest. But you insisted they were trying to break out. Luckily I didn't listen to you, or everything would have been ruined!"

Faced with the slap of reality, the perpetually defeated general (Montedoss) was speechless and could only turn away to the side, his face flushed, not daring to say anything more.

Altana Mountain, Mysterious Caves

"Whoosh"

Suddenly, Tingmei stopped in her tracks, gently patted the hood of her head, and whispered, "Master, don't sleep, we're almost at our destination!"

"Uh-huh?"

Hearing his new subordinate's sweet call, Old Suo suddenly opened his eyes. Before he could even ask about their current situation, Tingmei's request, which was three parts shy, three parts excited, and four parts embarrassed, had already drifted into his ears.

"Um... Master, could you wipe the drool off my neck?"

It was only then that Old Suo noticed a string of crystal-clear liquid hanging from Tingmei's fair, jade-like neck. Embarrassingly, the string of unknown liquid appeared right where his head had been resting while he was sleeping.

"Master, please hurry up and do it, that thing is making me so itchy!"

I don't know what inappropriate images Sordil was thinking about this time, but his purplish-red face started to glow, just like a neon light in the city.

Seeing that Sordil was hesitant to make a move, and knowing that she couldn't do anything herself (after all, if she did it, she would have to move her hood, which would expose Old Suo's whereabouts and her identity), Tingmei had no choice but to ask Old Suo to make the move again.

"Master, I am unable to do it right now, so I can only ask you to do it quickly!"

Just then, Old Suo's soul, which had traveled through the heavens, returned to his body, so Tingmei's request was finally answered.

"Buzz"

Old Suo took a handkerchief from his storage space and placed it on Tingmei's neck, carefully wiping away the drool. At the same time, Old Suo began to mentally denounce his Old Friend.

"What's that Old Friend friend up to? Since he's set up a secret base, why hasn't he installed any hidden weapons or traps?"

"What's even more infuriating is that this guy didn't even bother to arrange guards, acting like he was just visiting a tourist attraction without any sense of urgency. He even fell asleep on the way here out of boredom, and drooled on his new subordinate, completely ruining his image and losing all his authority."

"As a behind-the-scenes boss and a professional villain, it's truly dereliction of duty that he's so careless and negligent in his duties!"

"Sigh! Looks like after I give him a good beating later, I'll have to teach him a lesson on how to be a proper bad guy."

The angrier he got, the harder he gripped his hand, turning a gentle wiping into a vigorous scrubbing, and a dry scrubbing at that, since the saliva had already been dealt with while Old Suo was ranting about his Old Friend.

"Uh-huh"

Tingmei's soft groan of pain, like a thunderclap, pulled Old Suo from his delusional world.

"Um... I was thinking about something else and got so lost in thought that I didn't use my strength and hurt you. I'm so sorry!"

"Thank you for your concern, Master. I'm fine. By the way, Master, shouldn't we go inside now?"

After being reminded by Tingmei, Old Suo finally remembered the purpose of his mission. He immediately put the items back into his storage space and adjusted himself to his best condition.

After doing all that, he said to Tingmei, "Alright, let's go in!"

"Um!"

Tingmei nodded, then quickly walked through the passage she had traversed countless times, arriving at the cave where she had previously discussed matters with her 'master'. However, this time she did not stop there, but instead walked through the cave towards the other end of the passage.

Just then, a cold, hoarse roar came from the passageway.

"Shadow, what are you doing?"

"Master, I have something important to report to you!"

"Why can't you say it outside? Why come here to me?"

"Master, this matter is of great importance, and I must report it to you in person!"

"Stop right there! Stop right now! Or I'll get rough with you!"

"Whoosh!"

Just as the 'master' issued his pale and feeble threat, a streak of purplish-red lightning shot out from Tingmei's hood and rushed toward the end of the tunnel at near the speed of light.

Seeing her master chase after her, Tingmei didn't dare to delay and immediately quickened her pace. However, before she could even pass through the passageway, she heard sounds of fierce fighting and arguing coming from inside.

"Old Friend, we haven't even had a proper chat yet, why are you in such a hurry to leave?" (Old Suo)

"Hmph! Who wants to chat with you? Take this!" (Master)

"You don't know what's good for you! Roar!"

A resounding dragon roar echoed throughout the cave, and under the impact of the powerful sound waves, countless clods of earth and rocks rained down from the ceiling. Tingmei, who had been moving quickly forward, collapsed to the ground, clutching her ears, after being hit by the sound waves.

After a while, the dragon's roar gradually faded away, and the cave returned to calm. Only then did Tingmei stand up and rush towards the end of the passageway.