Several days later.
Two enormous figures floated slowly forward in the air.
As the Two-Horned Lizard floated, it glanced sideways at the two tiny figures in the distance.
These past few days have been... emm, not terrible, but definitely not good either.
I thought that human would ask it a lot of questions, but apart from the very first day, he just used it as a mount afterwards.
It not only had to carry the two humans, but also take that foolish Stone-Armored Beast with it.
Only when its Origin Power and mental energy were almost exhausted would that human take over for a little while, but as soon as it recovered a little, it would immediately come back!
For this reason, its energy has been nearly depleted for the past few days.
For the same reason, it has had absolutely no chance to escape these past few days!
After all, that human could use Origin Power at will for some reason. If it didn't have a good enough opportunity to escape from that human's sight for a considerable period of time, it would have been impossible for it to successfully escape from the other party!
Of course, it hasn't completely given up.
In the past few days, it has tried to volunteer for a task and escape immediately when passing through the portal, but without exception, it has failed.
The closest I came was when I encountered a Middle Fifth Tier Calamity Beast.
That time, it secretly concealed some of its available Origin Power and spiritual power, and then urged that human to go up and fight the Calamity Beast.
It originally thought that the human wouldn't go.
Surprisingly, that human actually went over.
It was initially quite pleased with this, since it had secretly hidden some Origin Power and spiritual energy, and given the opportunity, it could very well escape!
As a result, when the battle began and it was about to escape, it vaguely sensed that something was wrong!
After hesitating for a moment, it finally decided to stay and take a look.
Then, the more I looked, the more horrified I became...
Because that human could use Origin Power at will, even if he couldn't kill the Calamity Beast immediately, he should have been able to end the fight relatively quickly. However, the fight actually dragged on for quite a while.
Finally, it even forced the Calamity Beast to Distortion!
Upon seeing this, the Two-Horned Lizard immediately realized that there was something wrong with this human. The reason it had agreed to fight was to see if the human would take the opportunity to escape!
Upon realizing this, the Two-Horned Lizard felt deeply fortunate.
Fortunately, it saw through the human's trick. Otherwise, if the human had caught up with it, even if the human thought it was useful and didn't kill it, it would definitely have made things difficult for it!
However, even now, there is still a chance for it.
After all, the Calamity Beast was forced to Distortion. A Middle Fifth Tier Calamity Beast, after Distortion, its strength is at least Late Fifth Tier. It no longer needs to worry about restrictions and can use Origin Power at will!
If it wants to escape, it still has a chance, and the chance might even be greater than before!
However, having gone through what happened before, it hesitated for a long time before finally giving in.
Then we saw the human struggling against the Distortion Calamity Beast.
After a while, they finally killed him and returned.
When the human returned, the Two-Horned Lizard secretly glanced at him and received a seemingly meaningful look in return.
For some reason, it had a vague feeling that the human was deliberately showing it that look.
The purpose is to deter it, so that it won't dare to run away next time it encounters a similar situation!
This is its guess; it doesn't know for sure, after all, it doesn't dare to ask.
But believe it or not, having gone through this experience, if a similar situation were to occur again, unless the opponent is a certain Sixth Tier expert, even Late Fifth Tier Calamity Beast might not dare to run away!
Thinking of this possibility, the Two-Horned Lizard gritted its teeth and glared resentfully at the two humans in the distance.
"These humans are truly despicable! Using such methods to force it!"
That's the situation now.
It wanted to escape!
That human knew it wanted to escape!
It knew that the human knew it wanted to escape!
That human knew it knew it wanted to escape!
Hmm... that's about it!
In short, based on its current observations, the possibility of it escaping on its own is extremely low!
Thinking of this, the Two-Horned Lizard frowned.
A figure appeared in its field of vision, seemingly because its thinking speed had unconsciously slowed down.
The Two-Horned Lizard paused, its eyes fixed on the figure that had appeared.
"Hey, Stone... Stone!" it called out somewhat awkwardly.
Upon hearing his name called, Stone turned around with some confusion.
Then, looking at the obviously grinning, much larger Calamity Beast than himself, he hesitated and asked:
"Um, sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Hmm, very good, it even knows to call me 'Master'!"... The Two-Horned Lizard nodded in satisfaction, then asked with a smile:
"You said before that if you didn't ally with those... well, if you didn't ally with humans, you would die, so you sided with them. In that situation, weren't you forced into it? Why do you seem quite willing these past few days?"
"Ah, this!" Stone exclaimed in realization.
It pondered for a moment and said:
"Because at that time, I was originally following Lord Molten-Fire Lizard to raid Bedrock City, but we were ambushed by Lord Shen Heng and his men, and almost our entire army was wiped out."
"Later, when Lord Shen Heng and the others were cleaning up the battlefield, they found me and came over to ask me to join them."
"If I hadn't joined back then, I would definitely have been killed. So I said, if I didn't surrender, I would die, which is why I surrendered!"
"However, it seems that's not entirely true."
"After all, back then, Lord Shen Heng and the others were enemies. It was a war led by Molten-Fire Lizard, and we lost. If we hadn't joined, we should have died anyway."
"So, wouldn't it be more accurate to say that Lord Shen Heng and the others saved my life?"
Hmm? Is this guy in the team the Molten-Fire Lizard led?... The Two-Horned Lizard looked thoughtfully at the Stone-Armored Beast in front of it, and understood its situation a little better, but...
"So, that's why you willingly helped them?" the Two-Horned Lizard said in a deep voice.
"Emm..." Stone looked at the person in front of him, "It's not entirely because of that, it's mainly because of Lady Han Ling!"
"Lady Han Ling?" The Two-Horned Lizard, somewhat puzzled.
"Yes, that's right!"
Stone nodded happily.
"Lady Han Ling bravely protected me despite being threatened by a Sixth Tier human."
"Later, we also encountered Lord Profound Crystal Griffin. When Lady Han Ling realized that they couldn't defeat Lord Profound Crystal Griffin, she was worried that I would be implicated and told me to run away while they could still stall for time!"
"In short, Lady Han Ling is very good, extremely good! She is also the person I trust most!"