"Ah-oh!"
"Whoa!"
"Chirp?"
"Chirp! Chirp!"
Clang! Clang!
Clang!
From deep within the dense forest of Krai Kana Island, strange, shrill cries and the metallic clashing of weapons could faintly be heard through the mist.
Bang! Bang!
Annie even occasionally heard one or two sudden gunshots ringing out clearly.
"Huh?"
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"Tibbers..."
(?ω?)
"According to the vivre card, it looks like they're over there. I heard fighting! Come on, let's go see what's happening and find out who's over there!"
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This was perfect. Annie had just been worrying about how to find some idiot in such a huge forest. After all, that so-called vivre card only pointed to a general direction and gave no exact coordinates. Now that she could hear fighting, things would be much easier.
So she gave Tibbers's ear a sharp tug, urging him to hurry toward the sounds. If the fighting stopped, she would get lost again.
(...)
??????: Grrr~!
(Tibbers had no intention of disobeying. He merely let out a muffled, protest-like grunt before reluctantly moving his bear legs and running toward the sounds.)
At that moment, in the ruins of some place whose original purpose was unknown, a swordsman wrapped in bandages was confronting a group of baboons in armor and armed with all kinds of weapons. He held a long blade in each hand, with another clenched between his teeth.
The sounds from before had come from his clash with the baboons. As for the gunshots, they had been fired by a baboon carrying a sniper rifle in a sneak attack. Fortunately, he had dodged, and the bullet had missed him, leaving only a bleeding cut on his cheek from the fragments.
"Hey!"
"You tell me, what exactly are they?"
"How can baboons use weapons? And it looks like they can even