"In other words, you stood beside our hunting party for ten whole minutes, and none of our hunters noticed you at all!"
Zheng Qing shot Dr. Xiao a dangerous look, then turned to praise him instead. "Impressive... I had absolutely no idea you were standing nearby... But why didn't you just come out and give us some pointers on reinforcing our defenses?"
"You've already done very well... The formation of your team, these Runes, the boulders..." Andrew kicked at the boulders beside Blue Fatty and sighed. "Even if I'd shown myself, I couldn't have done much more than you did. Besides, I would've disrupted your hunting party's arrangements. And lying in wait nearby might have brought some unexpected gains."
"It certainly could catch someone off guard," Blue Giant mused, rubbing his chin.
"But you haven't gotten any unexpected gains yet, so why did you jump out?" Zheng Qing ignored the fat man's muttering. In truth, he somewhat disapproved of the Trident Commissioner's approach. In such a confined, small-scale battle, if a fight really broke out, appearing so abruptly would only make it more likely for both sides to focus their fire on him.
But he would not say that speculation to Andrew's face.
At his question, Andrew visibly relaxed. "Oh, Professor An just sent me a message. Forest Goods Market has already been cleared out, and all those Hounds of Doom have been arrested and are ready to be transferred to the school's relevant departments... The professor will withdraw first with the Duoh People. Mr. Li's side can retreat at any time as well."
"You aren't planning to reinforce the Magic Circle here?" Zheng Qing's brows knotted together.
As a member of a people with a strong attachment to defending their homeland, he felt that retreating without fighting a single