Slowly shaking its head to clear its mind, the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni gradually came to a stop.
It looked upwards, its eyes filled with gloom.
Last year's Anchor Point was attacked, and recently, after being requisitioned, it was ambushed. This time, the support mission was also ambushed...
Its luck seems to be really bad!
No, it shouldn't be said that they're bad, it should be said... are these humans just too insidious?
Gazing at the now completely extinguished flames above, the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni pondered silently.
It doesn't consider insidious to be a derogatory term; on the contrary, it believes it should be a positive one.
After all, in the Ruins Realm, without a powerful background, it's difficult to survive without being cunning.
Of course, it didn't mean to praise the other party, it just...
The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni slowly lowered its eyes.
Regardless, its priority now should be figuring out how to handle the current situation.
Unlike the previous two times.
In the first two instances, whether it was the Anchor Point being attacked or the ambushes occurring after being conscripted, there were other Calamity Beast nearby for comparison.
And it was the best performing team among all the teams!
Therefore, although it lost in the first two incidents, it did not affect its subsequent rise in status.
But this time is different!
This time, there were no other Calamity Beast to compare it with; it was the only support force there!
In this situation, failure may not necessarily kill it, but there will definitely be a punishment!
Thinking of this, the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni couldn't help but feel nostalgic for those Calamity Beast it had called idiots.
Although his abilities aren't great, he can still offer some usefulness, more or less!
So what should we do now?
The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni frowned.
The best option, of course, is to defeat the humans on the other side!
But given how things have developed, most of the surviving Calamity Beast have already fled, so this plan can be ruled out!
So, should we just evacuate?
Ha, low-level Calamity Beast are brainless, fine, but this one is different.
Even if it knew why the battle was going the way it did, the higher-ups didn't care.
There are countless reasons, but they all need to win... or at least perform well!
So, according to the original plan, should I go directly to Lord Mirror Water Beast?
This commotion can't be concealed any longer; Lord Mirror Water Beast is probably on his way!
The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni Tail frowned in thought, and after a moment, it slowly shook its head, rejecting the idea.
No, this is no different from admitting defeat outright. The only advantage is that if you admit defeat, it means you haven't completely lost, and the punishment might be slightly lighter!
Could you be a little gentler, a little gentler...?
Suddenly, the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni's eyes lit up.
It's difficult to avoid any punishment at all, but it's possible to mitigate the punishment slightly.
It can evacuate now, then gather the escaped Calamity Beast outside, and then decide what to do based on the situation.
In this way, when questioned later, it will have both a reason and action to provide!
After thinking it over, it took one last look at the mountaintop above.
The night was dark, and many figures could be seen watching it.
It couldn't tell which was the human imitating its voice and which was the human shooting the arrow.
It gazed at it intently for a moment, then turned and darted forward.
Seemingly sensing its thoughts, or perhaps believing that the die was cast and there was no point in it going out now, the humans above did not stop it.
The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni swiftly sped away.
Along the way, other humans spotted it and fired those cannons in an attempt to stop it.
But without that undetectable arrow attack, other human weapons couldn't really cause it much trouble.
The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni continued its journey outwards.
Suddenly, its rapidly moving figure stopped.
On the mountain path ahead, the bear-like Calamity Beast was struggling against a barrage of shells. Despite its best efforts to dodge, its agile body still allowed shells to occasionally land on it.
The fur on his body, which was originally jet black, was now tinged with a slightly dark red.
They were originally close together, but after the war began, they were guided to separate.
I initially thought they were being entangled with some powerful human, but it seems they're just stuck with all that artillery fire?
"Waste..."
The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni cursed under its breath, but its figure still moved.
Its claws retracted slightly, and after grabbing a handful of pebbles, its figure suddenly moved forward.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..."
The rain of pebbles shot forward.
With a series of booming sounds, the shells originally intended for the bear-like Calamity Beast were detonated prematurely.
It seemed that the situation had changed because of the sudden appearance of a Fifth Tier Calamity Beast; the attacks that had been aimed at the bear-type Calamity Beast suddenly stopped.
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Seeing this, the bear-like Calamity Beast was stunned for a moment. It glanced upwards, and after confirming that it seemed unlikely to attack for the time being, it looked panting at the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni had come to its side.
"Ha, Gou Wang, you've finally arrived! Come on, let's take down these humans up there!"
The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni did not turn its head to look at the bear-like Calamity Beast, but continued to look upwards.
Did they receive a notification and therefore cease fire as well?
"No, we're retreating!" the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni confirmed.
"Huh?" The bear-like Calamity Beast's eyes widened slightly. "What are you afraid of? I've already figured it out. There aren't many of these humans. With our numbers, we can wipe them all out!"
"We? Number? What are you talking about?" the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni asked.
"Of course I meant..." the bear-like Calamity Beast began, but stopped halfway through its sentence. It then realized that almost all the other Calamity Beast had already run away. No wonder there weren't any other Calamity Beast getting in the way later in the fight.
"What about those low-level trash?" the bear-like Calamity Beast demanded.
"They already ran away!"
"Huh? We're still here, and they dare to run away?!" the bear-like Calamity Beast shouted.
"Alright, enough nonsense. Let's go out and gather those Calamity Beast together, then we'll see what to do next," said the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni.
"Hey, stop!" The bear-like Calamity Beast raised its hand again to stop it.
"What?" The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni, which was already preparing to act, looked over again.
"There aren't many humans on this mountain. Even if it's just the two of us, we can handle it!" the bear-like Calamity Beast said.
"Heh, is that all you've got?" The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni sneered, its gaze sweeping over the bear-like Calamity Beast.
The bear-like Calamity Beast glanced at its injuries, then looked up and said defiantly, "Don't let my appearance fool you. If you had taken just as many attacks as I have, you wouldn't have survived!"
"Heh, I won't get hit by those attacks!" the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni sneered.
"That's because they didn't target you with their shells. If they had, you'd know it wouldn't have been so easy to dodge!" the bear-like Calamity Beast said anxiously.
"Why don't you dig out a piece of ground to block it?" The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni said, offering the solution that had come to mind in an instant.
"Do you think I don't know?" the bear-like Calamity Beast retorted loudly.
"Oh? You actually knew that?..." The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni looked at the bear-like Calamity Beast with slight surprise. "Since you knew, why didn't you use it?"