Chapter 451: What kind of scheme was this?
The aroma of the instant noodles, enhanced with extra ingredients, was incredibly rich and lingered over the grassland without dispersing.
It attracted an Akeniksen caravan with nine Camel Beasts in all. Its leader was a mature female Akeniksen who, by her race's standards, was quite attractive.
Unlike the small crates on Pipi's Camel Beasts, every beast in this caravan was laden with heavy cargo, placing considerable strain on these gentle Camel Mounts.
"Hurry! It's coming from that direction. What could possibly smell so good?"
Although Margeson had many high-ranking beings, the Akeniksen were fairly worldly. This was clearly the aroma of cooking, so at the very least, it came from beings they could communicate with.
The two spacious tents stood on higher ground, making them quite conspicuous on the grassland. Even through the curtain of rain, the Camel Beasts brought the caravan within sight in no time.
Inside the open shelter, the Camel Beast with cracks across its face opened its eyes.
"Rrrroooar~"
Its low growl warned the merchants on the other side that something was approaching.
As Magic Beings, Pipi and the others had naturally already sensed the vibrations in the ground and spotted the caravan's faint silhouettes through the rain.
They're here!
Pipi finished the noodles in his bowl, drained the broth, and stood up.
"Stay alert, everyone. We have guests!"
Most of the other merchant group members had also noticed the distant caravan and could clearly sense that it was another party of Akeniksen merchants.
Shouldn't meeting their own kind in a foreign world have made them happy? For other races, that would indeed have been true, but the Akeniksen were often an exception.
Knowing all too well what some Akeniksen were like, they understood that unscrupulous merchants among