Are They Your Toys? (Continued)

"Putting everything else aside, these people's ideas are quite interesting."

Sui placed the rocking horse on the ground and watched as it moved forward, bump by bump, due to the opponent's center of gravity and the mechanism. Sui's face was full of curiosity.

The horse's structure is not complicated; in fact, it consists of a semi-circular horse body and a curved panel.

But even with such a simple organization, you can watch it all day without getting bored.

That's truly amazing.

"This isn't complicated, but I just couldn't figure it out... How did these people come up with this?"

He became increasingly curious.

Meanwhile, Maria looked around a few times to make sure the other person wasn't lost, then shook her head helplessly and picked up the map to look at it a few more times.

But she hadn't looked for long before her brows furrowed again.

Sui, standing to the side, also slightly turned her head.

"You felt it too?"

"... Um."

Maria nodded and looked around.

The sides of the forest swayed slightly, exuding an air of unease.

The black trunks rising from the ground blocked their view.

But...

"The smell can't be masked."

Maria stood quietly in place, her eyes slightly cold.

Meanwhile, Sui, after putting away her toys, stood up with a whoosh and looked into the distance.

After thinking for a few moments, she tilted her head.

"Perhaps... it's because of what happened before?"

"What happened before?"

"It was just the three of us who got into a fight."

The boy smiled broadly, his hands behind his back, gazing at the lush green forest in the distance.

The sharp pupils slowly straightened, and the surrounding air began to feel hot.

"It's always the same... Once we're done fighting, there are always some incompetent guys who want to come and try their luck, hoping to eat us alive, skin and bones."

At the age of 18, he opened his mouth, his smile undiminished, his posture becoming increasingly terrifying.

A phantom dragon head appeared on her face, giving her an even more wild beauty.

Meanwhile, in the woods, something sensed this fighting spirit and became timid.

Just as Sui said, it was merely a guy who came to try his luck.

It doesn't have the courage to actually go to war with Maria and the others!

For a moment, it also seemed to have a slight intention to retreat.

Just as Sui was about to teach this opportunistic fellow a lesson, Maria suddenly reached out.

"Wait a moment..."

"Um?"

The boy's movements then stopped.

"Someone is walking this way."

"Is anyone there?"

I don't understand.

What happened to someone again?

When you're fighting other Great Beast, why should you care about people?

"..."

Maria didn't explain; she simply fell silent.

After a while, the Swarm people dressed as guards appeared in the woods in the distance.

Upon seeing Maria, their eyes widened suddenly, and they began to shout.

"There's someone here! There's someone here!"

"Um?"

When she saw the guards, she didn't react much. She just looked at Maria, who was standing motionless to the side, and slowly restrained her aura.

This posture, however, gave the Great Beast in the forest a misleading impression.

It's starting to stir again.

However, neither Maria nor Sui paid any attention to the other.

"Girl!"

The guards who first discovered Maria and her companion quickly ran over and bowed to them.

"How many days have you two been traveling in these mountains and wilderness?"

"Three days."

"Three days... Did those two encounter anyone else in this forest? A child, about six or seven years old..."

Upon hearing this, the guard became even more agitated, anxiously trying to get answers from Maria over the past century.

However, the overly close movement caused Sui, who was standing to the side, to frown slightly.

She made her move.

But Maria stopped her again.

"No... we didn't see anyone else appear."

"This..."

The guard's face darkened upon receiving this answer. After much hesitation, he gritted his teeth and asked again.

"Have you two noticed anything unusual while you've been in this forest? Anything is fine..."

"Abnormal?"

Maria and Sui exchanged a glance.

Humans might not be able to sense it, but to other creatures in the mountains and fields, the presence of Maria and Sui was like a bomb going off!

Every heartbeat, every breath, felt like a natural Catastrophes, deafeningly loud.

They didn't dare come near this area at all!

Naturally, Maria and the others did not notice anything unusual.

"This..."

Upon hearing this, the man frowned, his expression turning somewhat grim.

But after taking a deep breath, he bowed to Maria and the others.

"In that case, thank you for your help, ladies... If there's nothing else, please return to the city as soon as possible, as this forest is not safe..."

The soldier finished speaking and hurriedly left.

Maria watched the departing figure, lost in thought.

"Do you want to save them?"

Beside him, Sui tilted her head curiously.

But Maria countered with a question.

Why save them?

"I just thought you would save them."

Sui shook his head.

She could sense that the Great Beast in the forest had not left. Since these humans dared to trespass into its territory, it naturally wouldn't mind annihilating them.

She didn't have much of an opinion about these humans, but she felt that Maria would probably go to save them.

Doesn't she quite like these little people?

"..."

"Did you find it?"

In the woods, several guards huddled together, their faces also filled with worry.

Upon seeing their companion return, they immediately went to greet them and inquired about their whereabouts.

Unfortunately, the result was the same.

"No... I still can't find it."

The guard who had just questioned Maria also looked worried.

"We can't find any trace of the young master anywhere..."

"What should we do then?"

Everyone was utterly helpless.

Their young master is only a teenager; there's no way he could have gone too far... They've been searching here for almost a week, but haven't found a single thing.

This left them somewhat disheartened.

"If all else fails... should we go back and report?"

Soon, one of the guards made a suggestion.

If all else fails, they should just go back.

It wasn't that they were incompetent, but rather that they genuinely couldn't find their young master.

The situation in these mountains and wilderness is complex, and various dangerous wild creatures are constantly appearing. The young master is only a teenager; how could he possibly protect himself from those creatures?

Now, it's more likely that the other party has already...

"Don't say things like that!"

The guard leader frowned and immediately issued a reprimand.

The other guards immediately hissed, not daring to say anything more.

They were just ordinary guards who had been recruited, but their leader was a personal guard recruited by the city lord, and his loyalty to the young master was naturally not the same as theirs.

Only...

"Boss, if this continues, it's definitely not going to work."

Soon, some of the guards raised questions again.

They weren't trying to disobey orders from above; they were also concerned about their young master's safety.

Only...

The week is over.

There really hasn't been a single word...

"I know."

Faced with the opinions of others, the guard leader also let out a soft sigh.

He knew perfectly well what everyone was worried about, and he also understood that at this point, without any news, the young master's condition was basically confirmed.

Only...

"Let's find another day!"