Angel soon had his answer.
The battle between Sand Eagle and the unknown wind-type creature ended with Sand Eagle's victory. When Sand Eagle triumphantly trapped its opponent in a cage of yellow sand, Angel finally saw the other party's true form.
It was a small cyan whirlwind shaped like an inverted triangular spiral, its true body about as long as an adult's forearm.
One look was enough to tell that this was not a mature wind-type creature at all.
It was a wind elemental still in its elemental spirit stage.
At this moment, the wind elemental's eyes had turned into spirals, clearly indicating that it had fallen unconscious. That was why the cage of yellow sand had managed to capture it.
"So it's a little elemental." Sand Eagle noticed its opponent inside the cage as well, and there was something slightly strange in its tone.
Angel had recently gained a deep understanding of elemental creature ecology, so he could understand why Sand Eagle's tone was so peculiar.
Sand Eagle must have initially believed that this wind-type creature's intrusion into Toothpull Desert was a provocation. It might even have regarded it as a spy, much as Sand Eagle had once assumed when Angel first met Dangros.
But upon seeing that the other party was a little elemental, Sand Eagle understood that this had definitely been a misunderstanding.
Perhaps elemental creatures from different territories stood toe-to-toe like needles against awls, but no matter what kind of elemental creature they were, they cherished elemental spirits dearly, because elemental spirits represented hope.
The wise Kubo's attention and care toward little elementals earlier was proof enough.
Under such circumstances, no elemental creature from any territory could possibly send a little elemental out to provoke others, much less make one a spy. After all, ninety percent