The situation seems to be a little different from what the mage expected. As he hurried in the direction of the construction site, he did not hear the sound of battle, nor did he see the flames rising into the sky. This was strange because with Kenqi and Kailas pressing the formation, the battle couldn't have ended at such a time, even though it had already reached midnight when he walked around the town. It wasn't a long way to get from the town to the location where the construction site was located, but for Cheese, who traveled back and forth to the construction site in a day, the town of Yufa and the cabin in the woods, there would be times when his iron body could not bear it, and he was already very tired.

"Shhh The neighing caught the mage's attention, and by the moonlight he was surprised to see that one of the two horses they had brought back from the steppe was greeting him as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Cheese hurried up and gently stroked the horse's mane with both hands. This is indeed their horse, and the horse even has a full saddle on it. The only one who can do this is Kailas. It was unknown how the cat elves had managed to slip out with their mounts after sending Atta into town, but at this point the mage had to admit that he was in great need of a means of transportation. He couldn't walk.

"Come, let's go along the river and go downstream to find them. The gray robe after turning over his horse lowered slightly, and whispered in the ear of his mount. Whether the horse could understand him or not was another matter, and whether it was by words or the reins on the hitch, the man and the horse soon began to move on the gravel-strewn beach. At this time, the afternoon farrier is very wise.

Gravel, raised after a horse's hooves have been trampled, makes a crisp or dull crashing sound when it falls. The river, flowing beside Cheese, did not know that the road ahead was blocked, and they were singing and rushing forward. If there were no such things, without those hatreds, it would be pleasant to simply ride a horse. Just like he and Atta had done a few days earlier when they were down the river, they didn't need to get involved in right and wrong, they didn't even need to worry about eating and drinking, they and their mounts could entrust themselves to nature. Maybe that's not bad, it's a lot easier to interact with nature than to deal with talking things.

The horse's hooves stopped, and the wind behind them tossed the hem of the robe up and down. The shadows of cheese and mounts fall on the gravel beach, and beyond their shadows there is another great shadow here. The owner of the shadow had only one huge eye, and his blue-blue skin was full of wrinkles. Unlike the limbs of normal creatures, the creature in front of her had symmetrical arms, grouped at the sides, and her legs were thicker than the two identical arms combined. She wears leaves, vines, aquatic plants, and other terrestrial or aquatic plants that resemble clothing, with snail shells dotted with them.

"You don't have to rush forward. I have sent the wolves back, and neither the humans nor your companions have been harassed. "The mouth that speaks, long in the abdomen, makes one wonder how the sound can be made without a throat. But things are not so absolute, there are actually a lot of things in this world that have no words, not to mention that she still has a big mouth that is enough to swallow people horizontally, and it is not strange to spit out human words.

"This should be our first time meeting, although you're pretty famous around here. The mage on the horse reached out and patted his mount lightly, calming its agitation. Horses are very sensitive and inevitably feel uneasy about the huge creatures in front of them. Fortunately, aside from its frightening appearance, there was no rotting stench or the fishy smell of carnivorous creatures.

"Those humans don't know what they've done, and they deserve to be punished, rather than blaming the blame on the creatures who have already inhabited the land. The monster said in a deep voice, its four arms hanging quietly over its body, not shaking with the words. This means that this river monster has good self-control and intelligence. If he hadn't seen her intimidate Golie last night, Cheese wouldn't have thought there was something wrong with her for a while.

"Sounds reasonable. But obviously, I'm also a human being. So I'm afraid I have a different opinion about the punishment in your mouth. Cheese smiled in response, hiding his arms in his wide robe. Although his body could already feel tired, he could still cast spells and go into battle. And as mentioned before, the mage does know some spells that are effective against such opponents.

"Yes, human? I thought someone like you would have left this identity behind a long time ago. At least none of the wizards I've ever met have emphasized this identity, and they don't even consider them their own kind. There was a bit of sarcasm in the river monster's words, and it was clear that she didn't like the people she was talking about. But that doesn't mean she likes cheese, as she quickly goes on to say, "A wizard who calls myself a human, I don't want to be an enemy of people like you. So if you want to get the currency circulating among your groups, I can accompany you in a play, these people, I'm not in a hurry. ”

Cheese immediately made such a judgment as a delaying tactic. The river monster didn't know that the mage had figured out the source of the town's inhabitants' anomaly, not because she was doing it, but simply because of the magical loom and the Goli who operated it. Given Cheese's two close observations of the loom, he didn't think that the horrible magical item would be halted or slowed down by the river monster's wishes. In fact, the river monster's oppression of Gol only speeds up the process, and even if she doesn't push Golie, the loom will force the girl to work in another way.

Regardless of whether the river monster knew about it or not, she said that she could act with Cheese just to buy herself time. Although there was no definite performance, it was clear that she was frightened by the previous team's performance of knocking off the Yew people. After feeling that it was impossible to break through the construction site guarded by the team members head-on, the river monster naturally wanted to use Huairou's strategy to delay the unblocking of the waterway by trapping the cheese. As long as the work is done until the loom is completed, she will be the winner, regardless of whether Cheese gets the money from the townspeople or not. With this kind of strategy, the river monster is not only not stupid, but also very clever.

Unfortunately, if this had been said before the Yew Man attacked, Cheese might have pretended to agree to her words to avoid a large-scale direct conflict between the two sides. And after the river monster brought in the fairy mercenaries, this hypocritical negotiation was doomed to fail. Because in the mage's opinion, the river monster is something that must be killed, she can attract the yew people today, and the day after tomorrow will reveal the whereabouts of the team to even more formidable enemies. After a series of events on the prairie, Cheese has already understood that he seems to have no opponent in this world, and in fact there may be many hostile beings towards him.

"Then I'll have to say sorry. I promised to help these people, but not just for the money. The dredging of the river is also very important to me. This matter is not negotiable. ”

"yes, it's a shame. The huge river monster muttered under her breath, and just as Cheese thought she was going to pounce on her, its bloated body slipped into the river next to it, and soon disappeared.