An unusual experience made me realize the value of life, but by the time I looked back, I was already in my twilight years.
It seemed long, yet it passed in a flash.
Bloodthirsty new cr...
Dante, like a child, was also very excited. It was a strange kind of satisfaction to make Haru, who had always suppressed them, suffer a setback.
Everyone has a childhood urge to set things on fire, and Dante was no exception. You could see the long-lost excitement on his face; I felt confident entrusting this task to him.
We moved to a more concealed location to lie in wait, while Dante took Pat to a place further away from us to test the "drone" and then install the external system on it.
Soon after, we can see a bright, sparkling flame, like a fairy wand, rising high into the sky.
At that moment, a point of light suddenly appeared in the darkness, which not only we could see, but Haru also saw it.
But what can we do about it?
Now we are in a situation where those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who have something to lose. This is no longer a conspiracy, but an open strategy!
You can come and chase me, but it's nighttime now. Haru needs torches to find people, right?
However, Dante was alone at the moment, and given the vastness of the primeval rainforest, he could easily find a nook or cranny to hide in and be searched for quite some time.
With the enemy in the open and us in the dark, torches became the most eye-catching thing. If Haru came looking for us, we could just find another place to play hide-and-seek with them if we couldn't fight them.
Anyway, I have plenty of time to play with you, but you might not be able to catch me.
However, within two minutes at most, the fields a kilometer away will first become a river of fire under the bombardment of drones in the air, and then spread into a sea of fire.
All the fungi they painstakingly nurtured will be reduced to ashes in this fire. Do they dare to take the risk? Can they afford to take the risk?
You know perfectly well that I'm deliberately trying to trick you, but you can't say anything; you have to cooperate and let me trick you.
In the end, I found out that I had successfully tricked you. Haru probably felt more disgusted than eating shit for a month.
Just as I expected, at the moment the fire started to rise, many of the Haru, including those sitting by the fire, were drawn by the light and ran toward where Dante was to see.
At this point, Dante naturally wouldn't stay there foolishly; he had already run far away and found a place to hide.
It's good that they've all come over. As long as we hold them off for a minute or two, Pat's instructions to cruise over all terrains a kilometer away can be executed as scheduled.
I really look forward to seeing these Haru panic when they see the fields on fire in the distance, and then frantically running back to put out the fire. Just thinking about it makes me really excited.
This disturbance quickly attracted at least two-thirds of the Haru in the area. They weren't stupid; in nature, only humans and they could start a fire.
Now, naturally, they wanted to find the human who had started the fire. Countless sticks lit up and formed fairy wands, illuminating the night sky as they rushed toward Dante's location.
I sighed.
"Sigh... It's not easy to find someone at night, so it's understandable that we have to go out more."
Just as fast as you come, you'll run away. I'm really looking forward to your performance.
At this moment, Haru was only focused on finding the intruder, completely ignoring the fact that there was an even more deadly time bomb in the sky that was about to begin its countdown.
I estimated the time and felt it should be about right, so I slowly started counting down the seconds.
"ten……"
"Nine……"
"Five...four...three...two..."
"Why!"
I gasped in surprise; my timing wasn't precise enough, I hadn't even shouted it out yet. Suddenly, a waterfall cascaded down from the pitch-black night sky, like a sea of fire falling to earth.
A bright tongue of fire, over a thousand meters long, spiraled down from the heavens, covering an area of several hundred meters in just a few seconds, and this distance continued to expand rapidly over time.
The flames flew back and forth in an S-shape, spaced twenty meters apart, and as soon as they touched the dry branches, they devoured them like hungry beasts.
With the continuous blessing of the high-oxygen spell, a large, even brighter sea of fire suddenly appeared before our eyes.
Looking at this magnificent sea of fire, I couldn't help but sigh.
"The mighty Yangtze River flows eastward, its waves washing away the heroes of the past..."
Right and wrong, success and failure, all vanish in the blink of an eye; the green hills remain, bathed in the glow of countless sunsets.
If it is truly as the ancients said, right and wrong, success and failure, all turn to nothing, all turn to nothing... Haru and the others have only just turned their heads, and it will all be gone.
However, when Haru saw that touch of sunset red, their faces were filled with fear, regret, resentment, and anger, with all sorts of negative emotions impacting their brains.
If mental shocks can evolve, then they've probably evolved to the same level as me by now.
At this moment, Dante also ran back, and seeing his group of grandsons rushing back recklessly, Dante couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha……
"You bunch of bastards, aren't you so arrogant? Try being arrogant again!"
It must be said that these strong and robust Haru are quite fast when they run like crazy. The first batch of Haru who arrived recently began to put out the fire.
The fields in Haru are prepared with water, which is used to maintain the appropriate humidity for the mushroom beds.
Now, it's unclear whether these Haru's brains have been burned out by hatred or what, or perhaps they've only learned how to start a fire and haven't thought about how to extinguish it efficiently.
At this moment, many Haru actually tried to use water to extinguish the accelerant that had ignited the dry wood, which is like adding fuel to the fire.
Instead of extinguishing the fire, a ladle of water was poured on it, causing the flames to leap up and ignite the nearby unburned areas as well.
This scene startled Haru, who quickly called for a halt, but the situation was far more than just chaotic. Everyone was on the verge of an adrenaline rush, completely pumped up.
In their common sense, water can extinguish fire, so in the chaotic scene, everyone started using buckets of water to put out the fire.
Not all Haru are as clever as the high-ranking Haru, who immediately stops what he's doing when he senses something is wrong.
Many Haru still act according to common sense: if one bucket doesn't kill it, then I'll use another.
As a result, the fire on the entire site grew bigger and bigger, and the animals, exhausted like dead dogs, spewed out black smoke from their mouths and gasped for breath on the ground.
Many of Haru's fur had been burned off in patches, making them look like mangy dogs on the street.
We've had our fill of sightseeing; it's time to get back to work. These Haru are in such bad shape now, they can barely walk, let alone catch us!
When we arrived at the stone house, we discovered that even after the horrific scene we had just witnessed, Haru was still guarding the place.
But what's the meaning of sending only five or six to guard this place? Are you looking down on us?
Immediately, those burly Haru noticed our arrival, and a heroic aura, like that of the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain who went forth never to return, emanated from them.
They stretched their necks, puffed out their chests, and roared at us, brandishing their bone knives, eager for a fair fight to the death!