More than twenty white-robed figures flew up from all around me. The weapons in their hands were rows of bone spikes, sharp points that looked as if they had been plucked from some enormous porcupine.
They banded together and rushed toward me at breakneck speed, chattering as they informed their companions of their tactics and surrounded me from all sides!
Some of the Divine Eyes could even release a small amount of divine power. Although it mostly served to compensate for their movements, it still counted as one part of divine arts.
Although I had no intention of killing them, I certainly did not think they would submit just because I refrained from attacking.
So while using divine arts to dodge and weave, I also took aim and directly unleashed spatial shockwaves at them.
After a deafening boom, the individuals struck by the heavy blows were blasted to the ground. Some passed out, while others directly lost their ability to fight!
At the same time, I analyzed and imitated the various sounds they made in tense moments, as well as the meanings represented by their different pronunciations in conversation.
By the time I had knocked out more than ten of them, I could basically understand what they were saying.
"There's no need to waste your effort. You won't be able to take this child away." I replied calmly.
That was also because, while trying to hold me back, they had intended to take the child away and report back.
"Why did you attack us?" one of the elders loudly demanded when he saw me.
"You attacked me first." I stopped attacking then, retreating a step to evade instead.
Seeing that I intended to calm the battle, the elder immediately raised his hand and shouted for everyone to stop.
Only then