"Shall we put it in, sir? They're bound to pass through here!" the Gryphon Rider Bodyguard asked with a grin.
"No! Let's move farther away and see how many of them drink this water," Yu Lin Bloodhawk said. "If we're going to do this, let's do it properly. Once we've had a good look, we'll go back and find more goodies to give them. Petty little pranks are no fun!"
"You're right, sir!" the Gryphon Bodyguard said.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk looked around, picked out a distant slope, and said, "Let's go over there!"
The Gryphon Rider Bodyguard turned to look.
It was higher than the mound they had occupied earlier. With so little vegetation, hiding there would not be particularly easy, but Yu Lin Bloodhawk and his companion had no real need to conceal themselves thoroughly. The slope was so far away that by the time the centaurs charged over to attack, the two of them would already have mounted their gryphons and flown off.
Besides, neither of them was an idiot. They would not lie behind the mound sleeping until the centaurs arrived. All they had to do was judge the timing and poke their heads out for a look now and then. Did they really have to stand on top of the mound and become part of someone else's scenery?
Since the Kolkar centaurs were still a considerable distance away and Yu Lin Bloodhawk and his companion had plenty of time, they simply led their gryphons toward the slope. They might as well let the gryphons conserve whatever strength they could.
It took them thirteen or fourteen minutes to reach the top. Looking back toward the water source, they could survey a broad stretch of the surrounding area. Vegetation was sparse in Trial Valley to begin with. The