The Stone-Armored Beast curled its body up, pressing itself tightly against the ground.
It was captured and placed in the Erosion Zone last year.
At the time, it was terrified, thinking it had been captured and sent to its death.
Unexpectedly, he was assigned to the Eye of Earth Marrow.
Although life isn't exactly great, at least my life isn't in danger!
And so, a third of a Ruins Realm year passed.
I thought things would just continue like this, but unexpectedly, orders came from above to mobilize the Calamity Beast to attack one of the human cities.
It was anxious, wondering if it would have the same luck as last time.
The result was obvious: it wasn't selected!
Strictly speaking, it can't be called a draw; at the time, large areas were selected directly.
Unfortunately, it was located in one of the selected areas.
Afterwards, I thought I would eventually be sent to my death, but to my surprise, the leader of the Calamity Beast said that the human city we were going to attack had been scouted.
This time, they were summoned to go there to destroy that human city.
With a bit of luck, they might even see only 30% or even 20% die.
For this reason, he breathed a huge sigh of relief.
I never expected to encounter something like this before we even got there.
I don't know where the enemy is... no, I guess I don't know where the enemy is, but I never expected them to suddenly appear here.
Moreover, it was the first time it had ever seen their weapons travel such a long distance.
Just as the other Calamity Beast had said, it was terrifying!
Hurried footsteps echoed around it, and many even stepped directly on its body as they walked to either side.
The Stone-Armored Beast ignored it; it didn't even raise its head, continuing to curl up and lie on the ground.
It knew that these were moving to the sides in an attempt to escape, as ordered by the Molten-Fire Lizard Lord.
However, those in the middle don't know whether it's closer to move forward or backward.
This has led to the current situation where some beasts move forward while others retreat.
As for it.
It gave up!
Its past experiences have left it feeling physically and mentally exhausted, and it really doesn't want to continue like this!
Perhaps... death is a good choice?
The Stone-Armored Beast thought to itself.
However, even though it was supposed to be waiting to die, it still instinctively curled its body up to minimize the chance of being hit.
Ultimately, it still wants to live.
Clang! Clang!
A stray bullet struck it, sending sparks flying.
Although it didn't break through its defenses, it still caused it a period of pain.
However, it didn't move and just lay there on the ground.
Compared to leaving to the sides, it felt that it was more likely that the Fourth Tier adults would go up and kill all the ambushing humans.
However, it seems rather unlikely now.
After all, quite some time has passed since they received Lord Molten-Fire Lizard's order, but the artillery fire shows no sign of stopping.
I imagine those adults' tasks didn't go very smoothly, did they?
Thinking of this, the Stone-Armored Beast involuntarily shrank its body even more.
It lay there silently on the ground, waiting for death to approach.
I don't know how much time passed.
The Stone-Armored Beast only felt a footstep stop beside it, and then its entire carapace was struck.
It paused slightly, hesitated for a moment, then relaxed its body and stretched its head out.
Outside, a Tier 2 Yaksha Ant was watching it.
"What are you doing here?" Yaksha Ant asked.
"No," the Stone-Armored Beast shook its head, embarrassed to admit it was just waiting to die, "Is there something you need?"
Seemingly because they had no interest in getting involved, or perhaps because they were short on time, Yaksha Ant went straight to stating the purpose of their visit.
"We don't know how far we are from safety, and escaping is too difficult. We plan to climb down the cliff. Why don't you join us?" Yaksha Ant asked.
The Stone-Armored Beast glanced instinctively to its side.
It's still quite a distance from the cliff, and you can't see how deep it is, but based on my previous memories, I know that climbing down won't be easy. If you're not careful, you'll fall and die!
Moreover, it's highly unlikely that the humans on the other side would let them leave so easily!
"No, you can go yourselves!" The Stone-Armored Beast shook its head.
"If you go, you might survive, but if you don't go, you'll definitely die; it's just a matter of time!" Yaksha Ant said angrily.
"I'm not going, you guys go by yourselves!" the Stone-Armored Beast shook its head and insisted.
"Then what are you doing here? Waiting to die?" Yaksha Ant said angrily.
"I..." The Stone-Armored Beast paused, then hesitated, "I don't know either!"
The Yaksha Ant was slightly taken aback when it saw its appearance, as if it understood something.
The anger subsided quickly, but some resentment remained.
The original plan was to find a larger opponent to draw fire, but unexpectedly, the other side was so terrified that they were just waiting to die?
It didn't speak again, and quickly turned and ran away into the distance.
The Stone-Armored Beast looked up at the departing figure of the Yaksha Ant.
I saw it pull two other Calamity Beast along with it, and then it started to climb down.
It turned its head again and looked behind it.
It was then discovered that the same choice was being made by not only the Yaksha Ant but also many other Calamity Beast, Calamity Beast were also taking the risk to try and escape through the rock wall.
However, some of them climb upwards, while others climb downwards!
The Stone-Armored Beast, watching the Calamity Beast climbing upwards, quickly understood their meaning.
Climbing upwards will be easier than climbing downwards. Once you cross the mountain peak to the other side, you won't have to worry about being blown up!
However, going upwards would also bring you closer to those humans, making it easier for them to attack if they wanted to!
Neither of these two is definitively better; even a beast can't say for sure.
To find out, we'll probably have to wait until some of the Calamity Beast escape.
The Stone-Armored Beast looked on, its gaze detached as it observed the scene before it.
Just like the Yaksha Ant said, if they don't leave, they'll definitely die; it's just a matter of time!
They were truly forced into this situation with no other choice!
Suddenly, its gaze paused, fixing on a certain spot.
There, the area where several Calamity Beast were located was suddenly attacked by a missile from that human.
The sound of an explosion was accompanied by the roar of Calamity Beast.
Blood splattered, along with the limbs of some unknown Calamity Beast that had been thrown into the air.
The Calamity Beast beside them howled and scattered to both sides.
The shockwave surged in, bringing with it the smells of blood, burning, and that pungent odor of some unknown substance!
The Stone-Armored Beast shuddered and buried its head back into its body.
horrible!
That's terrifying!!
Humans are truly terrifying!!