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As the Naga warrior fell to the ground and died,

The snake-people elite, leaderless, panicked and, forgetting their mission, instinctively turned and fled into the dense forest to the east.

"Trying to run away?"

These worm-headed monsters can actually cooperate, which is much more interesting than those beasts that can only bite. Fortunately, Klaus occasionally marks them, making them a little hesitant, otherwise they would really get hurt.

Ivan was in the middle of a fierce fight when he picked up his axe and was about to give chase.

"Don't chase after them."

Don't pursue a cornered enemy; instead, make a sound to stop him.

"Boss, what if they bring reinforcements?" Ivan asked, puzzled.

"They are 'returning to their units'."

He said casually.

Instead of immediately dissecting the Naga's corpse, he began to study the runes on its body.

Unfortunately, those runes seemed to have turned into ordinary tattoos after the Naga died, and they just felt like skin to the touch, nothing special.

"If we chase after them now, we'll be right in the middle of a trap."

They couldn't be forced in even by force, but they ended up going in chasing after a few snake people...

This sauce is so thick!

Klaus and Aurora also flew down from the tree, and Aurora went to retrieve the hang glider from the ground.

"Engineer, please help me trace the runes on its body."

The captain skillfully assigned tasks.

"Okay..." Klaus immediately took out a charcoal pencil and animal hide from his satchel, then instantly realized, "Boss? Where are you going?"

Renyi was walking towards the edge of the dense forest.

While lamenting that there were still too few people he could command, he replied:

"An Encounter".

Klaus: "..."

......

Deep in the dense forest to the east.

Morrison, who said he was going to investigate the situation, walked very slowly, as if he were taking a walk in the woods.

Elijah followed behind him.

The two were about seven or eight meters apart.

This was a delicate distance where one could attack or retreat at will, and Elijah's palms were sweating as he gripped his weapon.

He hesitated.

I'm hesitant about whether to take action now.

Logically speaking, this is not a good time.

His original plan was:

Take advantage of the chaos of battle to kill Morrison, then follow these snake-like monsters back and use the nitrates he collected from the seawater to make explosives to wreak havoc on the snake people's lair.

This is also why he approached Sita and the others for cooperation in the first place.

He needs to utilize the oil and aluminum ore that the serpent people provide to Sita.

But now...

Sita was left behind, while Ethan was taken away as a hostage.

Even though Morrison, a member of the [Deep Sea Barbarian] sequence, was roughly equal in strength on land, his chances of winning against a special forces colonel one-on-one were slim.

Moreover, even if they managed to kill him by sheer luck, they would never be able to return to the snake people's territory.

"There's no more movement."

Just as Elijah decided to hold back, Morrison suddenly stopped.

Elijah's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to remain calm and replied, "It seems those serpentine monsters aren't so reliable after all..."

"Plans are always subject to change."

Morrison turned to face him, his face inscrutable.

"The important thing is how to deal with it." His gaze shifted to Elijah's hands resting on his hip.

"For example...you've been following me all this way, your eyes always fixed on me, your hand always on the hilt of your sword, are you...waiting for some opportunity?"

Elijah's pupils contracted.

"Colonel, what are you doing...?" He tried to explain with a dry laugh.

Just as the atmosphere between the two had reached its most tense point, a commotion came from the bushes on the west side.

Several disheveled figures tumbled and scrambled toward this side.

It was a group of fleeing snake-men soldiers, some of whom had just panicked and fled in this direction.

They saw the two humans facing off, were taken aback at first, then seemed to have found their anchor—

Commander! The cavemen over there—

The leader of the snake-men trotted over, opening his mouth as if to report the situation to Morrison.

But Morrison didn't even turn around.

Instead, he instantly stabbed back.

"Pfft!"

Large amounts of blood spurted from the blood groove of the military dagger. As the weapon was pulled out, the snake-man, who was completely unprepared, collapsed, clutching his bleeding neck. A strong stench of blood filled the air.

[You have defeated the Lv5 Snakeman and gained 80 Evolution Points]

The Naga's attack on the cave dwellers failed, so there was no point in him staying.

Useless monster...

The only remaining value is contributing evolution points.

The remaining snake-men were stunned for a moment, but anger quickly replaced their panic. They raised their knives and spears at the two humans and charged straight at them.

Elijah, standing opposite Morrison, felt his heart pounding, but not out of fear.

Rather, it's because—

The opportunity is coming!

Chaos is the best cover!

......

Meanwhile, the Naga tribe, which had been heading west, had just circled around to the north.

The snake-man soldiers were all very nervous, constantly flicking their tongues.

He scanned his surroundings warily.

In contrast, Ethan, the "hostage" whom no one paid attention to, followed behind the Naga warriors with a very leisurely pace.

Staying away from Morrison and Elijah suited him perfectly.

Those two guys are like two unstable powder kegs, ready to blow everything around them to smithereens at any moment.

Compared to them, these Naga are actually easier to deal with.

Ethan's hand seemed to casually brush against the roadside plants.

"Identification".

【Drythorn (Common)】

[Review: A plant that grows in temperate zones. It's useless except for tripping you up or tearing your expensive suit pants. PS: Although it's ugly, it lives a long life; I hope you'll learn from that.]

He silently memorized the route, constructing and revising a map of his return journey in his mind based on the growing areas of the plants along the way.

【Jiancao (common)】

[Review: A plant that grows in temperate zones. A common herb; crushing it and applying it topically can slightly relieve pain. PS: Ineffective for heartache, but you can eat it when you're heartbroken, as the stomachache might help you forget the pain.]

"Hiss—"

(What are you doing? Hurry up!)

The leading Naga warrior urged impatiently, his thick snake tail slapping the ground repeatedly.

I just learned from the communications conch that the team in the south has barely managed to regroup (mainly because the exploding melons were trampled).

So it is now rushing to support its companions in the west.

quickly,

They passed through the dense forest and arrived at the western battlefield.

Follow Ethan's perspective in the Sunset Kingdom live stream:

[Am I seeing things? What are they doing? Are they all being punished by standing in the corner?]

[Wooden snake, one, two, three?]

[LOL, is the server lagging? Everyone's disconnected!]

Scattered across the open ground were the corpses of more than a dozen snake-men, their bodies half-buried in collapsed pits.

The surviving snake people and the Naga warrior remained frozen in place, completely motionless.

They were like statues frozen in place—

Some maintained a forward-leaning posture, some held weapons, and others raised one foot, struggling to maintain their balance.

Each statue's vertical pupils stared intently at the ground, as if some monster might emerge from beneath at any moment to devour its prey.

The Naga warrior leading Ethan was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

"Hiss! Hiss hiss hiss!"

(Useless! What are you doing?!)