Even though Tibbers had sneakily transformed into a Rat Marksman several times to launch surprise attacks, and had indeed caused quite a bit of trouble for the Sand Kingdom's King and his rat-demon army at first, killing at least twenty or thirty rat demons, by the second day—especially after the enemy had finished setting up camp—it basically had no opportunities left.
Even after transforming into a Rat Marksman several times and spying day and night, hoping to continue using harassment tactics to force the Sand Kingdom's King and his rat-demon army out of the canyon so he could pick them off one by one, or perhaps beat them into scattering and fleeing, the result was completely useless!
Because that Sand Kingdom's King was not a fool.
The enemy had set up many sentry posts and watchtowers in the camp and on the high cliffs of the canyon. With identical weapons, the numerous Rat Marksmen stationed at those heights naturally shot farther and more accurately than the Rat Marksman Tibbers transformed into, and they had more arrows as well!
On top of that, the enemy holed up in their camp inside the canyon and refused to come out no matter what. They even rotated archers and lookouts around the clock to stay on guard. As a result, after wasting several days in a row, Tibbers still could not find any effective method or achieve any results.
So!
After realizing there was no way to gain an advantage and that the rat demons were too difficult to deal with and would not take the bait, Tibbers had no choice but to return dejectedly to the previous campsite, carrying the dozen or so Four-Feathered Heavy Arrows it had obtained during its last probing attempt.
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At that moment, Annie was greedily eating and