After carrying the last spare battery onto the truck, Will wiped away his sweat—but his companions were still tuning the audio equipment on the truck.
That part should be finished soon as well.
Cheng Yiran was sitting in the corner of the cargo container. Will walked over curiously and saw him holding a guitar in one hand and a phone in the other.
He listened for a while, then gently plucked the guitar strings a few times.
"Cheng, what are you doing... composing music at a time like this?" Will asked in surprise.
Will could not call himself a musician, but as a rock enthusiast, he could still tell what Cheng Yiran was doing in this state.
Cheng Yiran nodded, then extended the phone, indicating that Will should listen to the sound on it as well. Will took it over curiously and listened for a while.
"Is this... the Moon Covenant?"
Will quickly recognized where the sound came from—it was the sacrificial song sung by the Orc Miss.
Calling it a song was actually a little inaccurate. It was more like a hymn, except that its pronunciation leaned toward musical notes, making it sound more like some kind of ballad. But after listening to it in full, one would find that it was closer to recitation.
Cheng Yiran must have secretly recorded it later... Will thought.
Klein and Nick had not initially believed that the Orc Miss could be of much use merely because she had once calmed a berserk orc. So afterward, they tried it several times. Only after discovering that the Moon Covenant truly had an effect did they begin carrying out this plan.
"Things get chaotic when there are too many people..." Cheng Yiran smiled. "So I thought I'd do something else... Just consider me bored."
Just