These Familiars Are Strange

While I wasn't certain what it was that had the Astral White Tiger excited, I couldn't help feeling that there was something there.

After all, when the Astral White Tiger had been excited last time, it had resulted in it leading us to the Hidden Dungeon.

Then at least I should have this bit of expectation towards what it was excited by now.

With the Astral White Tiger leading the way, we quickly left the area that we had been in before. At the same time, with the wind that was naturally in this desert, the footprints behind us just seemed to disappear.

At this rate, even if we wanted to go back to where we were before, it didn't seem like we would be able to backtrack.

It seemed that we could only hope that the Astral White Tiger knew where it was leading us.

But it did seem like the Astral White Tiger was confident.

It didn't just seem confident, but also seemed like there was something that was very attractive to it.

Though I had no idea what it was.

However, it didn't take long to see what it was that was attracting the Astral White Tiger.

Even before reaching it, we could hear the sounds of fighting coming from in front of us.

It wasn't just the sounds of a small skirmish, it sounded like there was an all out war that was happening in front of us. Then when we approached, we saw just what the scale of the fight was.

The powerful mana fluctuations coming from in front of us was more than enough to show how strong the two sides were.

Though it was a surprise to see what kind of things were fighting.

It was an army of Abyss Demons and an army of people that seemed to be made of sand.

Even without us doing anything, the two sides looked like they wanted to fight to the death.

It was as if no matter what happened, neither side would back down.

But there was something strange about the way that they fought.

Or rather, it was strange the way that the Abyss Demons attacked the people made of sand. The way that this fight played out, it really made it seem like the Abyss Demons were the invaders in this place and they were trying to take this land from the people made from sand.

Only that was strange since this was a dungeon in the first place.

This kind of scene shouldn't have taken place in a dungeon…

The more that we watched them, the stranger all of this felt.

But at the same time, I could see that there was more and more excitement that appeared on the face of the Astral White Tiger. It seemed that there was something in front of us that really attracted the Astral White Tiger, though I had no idea just what it was.

After watching for a bit, I decided to move around this area.

While we could have gotten involved in the fight and I'm certain that we would be able to take down the Abyss Demons and sand people if we wanted to, there was nothing to gain from that.

Before doing anything to them, it was more important to get information about this place.

To my surprise, the Astral White Tiger seemed to agree with this.

I had thought that the Astral White Tiger's attention had been caught by the Abyss Demon and the sand people, but it seemed like its attention was actually on something that was further in.

With the way that the Astral White Tiger looked forward, it seemed like it was interested in something that was beyond the sand people.

I didn't know if this was a good sign or a bad sign…

With the skeletal rats scouting the way ahead and the illusion ability that I gained from Jin Long, it was easy to make our way past both the Abyss Demons and the sand people.

But during this time, I also sent some of the skeletal rats into the camps of both the Abyss Demons and the sand people.

Of course, it wasn't as if I could control the skeletal rats while we were trying to move past them, so I just gave them a very simple order.

"Get anything that seems interesting."

It didn't take long for us to move past the battle and find a safe place behind the sand people's camp to observe the battle. It was also during this time that the skeletal rats slowly started coming back with different things that they had scavenged from both of the camps.

Though with the simple minds of the undead and the limited strength that they had as small rats, it wasn't as if they could drag anything big back.

So giving the order to bring back anything that seemed interesting wasn't really the best choice.

There was a mix of random items that were brought back and all of them were just simple items that didn't have anything special about them. There wasn't even a single trace of mana in these items, they were all just very normal everyday items.

It seemed like there wasn't going to be anything interesting brought back by the skeletal rats with the things that they already brought back.

Still, it wasn't as if I could blame them.

I thought about taking control of the remaining skeletal rats that were out there, but I decided against it.

The ones that were still out there were most likely the ones that were watching over the Abyss Demons and the sand people, or they were the ones that were already on their way back after finding some things.

There was no point in giving them more orders since they wouldn't have the capacity to follow them.

The only thing that we could do was wait and regroup before going out to find more information.

Or that was what I thought until one of the skeletal rats came back with something interesting.