"Hold on."
OuterDust abruptly stopped her planet, nearly throwing both DLG and Murder off with the sudden halt.
Come to think of it, when had those two climbed aboard?
Well, to avoid making too much noise, they had stopped their vehicle 100 km from their destination and switched to riding OuterDust's planet.
And because of that, OuterDust's abrupt stop had nearly sent them flying.
"Hey... what's the deal..."
DLG grumbled in annoyance, then looked up to see OuterDust making a shushing gesture.
"What's wrong?..."
Murder released his magic, scanning a ten-meter radius.
There was nothing...
Then he would increase his magical output.
10x...
100x...
1000x!
Suddenly, Murder's somewhat vacant eyes seemed to widen a little.
"Well? Did you see anything, Murder?"
DLG asked from beside him. She wasn't wearing her skeletal frame, and her level was too low for her actual body to have any detection methods with sufficient range.
"I saw... a bunch of people in black chasing down a... female human dressed in cyan..."
"A female human..."
DLG repeated Murder's words.
"...Could this be one of those classic scenes from cultivation novels..."
"..."
Murder fell silent for a moment, then nodded, seemingly agreeing with DLG.
"Uh... these novel tropes are as old as my pet rock... I'm really curious who created this world..."
"You have a pet rock too?"
OuterDust rose onto her tiptoes.
"So, what do you think? About what's happening up ahead right now."
She held up three fingers and pointed at them with her other hand as she spoke.
"First, we take a detour. I can use the Astral Secret Art so we won't have to travel any extra distance."
"No."
DLG shook her head.
"Outer, don't you know your own limits? Use that many skills now, and when we actually need them later, you'll