Chapter 73: Beginnings of the Secret Society (11)
They neither made any sounds nor any abrupt movents, silently trailing after the Grogar. Fealta and Caithy made mistakes at the start, but upon seeing how natural Compass Carburettor was in the environnt, they imitated him, slowly becoming stealthier as ti passed.
Compass Carburettor noticed a couple more Grogars prowling about, heading towards the guard post that was now vacant. And all along, their movents were disorienting to his senses. After all, even when they moved, they moved in such natural pacing that his brain naturally omitted them.
The human body was impressive in more ways than one could imagine. It was capable of perceiving a ginormous volu of information every mont. But, all it would do is overwhelm the brain quickly, causing the person to feel tired within a couple of minutes.
To avoid that, it ignored most of the information, only processing what it deed necessary. And, it followed a certain algorithm to do that.
On Earth, cobras were capable of moving in a certain pattern that the human brain would gloss over their existence. Unless one was extrely alert and tried to look around, they might miss the cobra. It wasn’t just the cobra, nurous snakes and reptiles possessed such a trait. They had naturally evolved to possess that to hunt their prey better.
And now, the Grogar had the sa trait. Moreover, it seed theirs was even more advanced. After all, even when he focused on the Grogar, his focus was slipping away constantly as his brain was ignoring its existence, assuming it to be similar to the backdrop that needn’t be focused upon.
He had to constantly remind himself about its existence and blink continuously to not lose sight of it. As for Fealta and Caithy, they struggled even more than him. In the end, they simply focused on following Compass Carburettor while trying their best to keep an eye on their surroundings.
The trio paced through the forest terrain for a couple of hours, soon noticing the number of Grogar in their vicinity increase in number. It was apparent that they had reached a settlent of sorts where the Grogar lived.
Compass Carburettor sensed three ntal Energy streams incident on him, motioning for the two servants to stop as they acted as bushes. Suddenly, his heart almost leapt out of his chest as he noticed a serpentine head slowly slithering towards him from the top of the tree.
Only now did he notice the ntal Energy stream it emitted. It seed this Grogar was resting atop the tree and had only now noticed the three bushes that had appeared mysteriously. So, its elongated neck descended like a snake as its serpentine head paused a tre before the bush at the front, staring at it with the calm eyes of a predator.
Thump! Thump!
His heart rate accelerated as Compass Carburettor felt fear while staring right into the serpentine eyes of the Grogar. For a mont, he had the impulse to summon his gun and shoot its brains out. But, he knew better to hold back.
After all, the mont he attacked it, every Grogar in the vicinity would be alerted. There were more than twenty Grogar in the observable vicinity. He didn’t know how many were hiding among the thicket of trees.
So, he had to control himself and remain as patient as possible. Otherwise, their plan would fall short. Though, it was easier said than done as the serpentine head of the Grogar closed in even further, stopping right before his face.
Compass Carburettor had to hold his breath to avoid alerting it. And, as ti passed, it was getting more and more difficult to do so. After all, his opponent was calmly breathing while he had to hold his breath.
And, the emotion behind its ntal Energy stream was another reason he was losing his composure.
Calm! Unfazed!
That was all it felt while staring at the bush. It was apparent that the Grogars were stronger than the typical Dungeon Monster, despite only hailing from a Level 1 Dungeon.
‘I’m not that weak!’ Compass Carburettor focused, calming himself down as he began to breathe out rather slowly, taking a minute to completely exhale and another minute to inhale. Even though it was trendously difficult to do so, making his lungs feel like they were burning from the strain, he forced himself to focus.
After all, his life and death depended on it. And before he knew it, an hour had passed as the Grogar judged that nothing was amiss, retracting its head.
Compass Carburettor could finally relax a little as he noticed its head moving up and up the tree, stunning him as its neck seed to be longer than eight tres. Based on what he had learnt from the late underground Boss, the necks of the Grogars ranged between five to eight tres.
It shouldn’t be longer than that. But, now that he witnessed sothing different, he realised that there was more to et the eye than he had assud. ‘Right, the Heroica Empire dared not attack the Grogar, so not much is known about them. This might be the reason.’
It took them another hour to move away from that tree and hide behind one that was positioned ten tres away. They had to move so slowly in order to avoid alerting the Grogars. Every ti a Grogar noticed the three bushes, Compass Carburettor felt their ntal Energy streams, motioning for them to stop as they played dead—behaving like good old bushes.
Throughout the entire night, it was a nerve-wracking session as they proceeded in such a fashion, coming close to a battle dozens of tis. And every single ti, they had to endure with patience, finally heaving a sigh in relief upon spotting a massive cave before them.
With a single glance, they were able to determine that it was the entrance to the Grogar Dungeon. Now, there were two Grogars stationed at the entrance as guards. And, unlike the other Grogars, the two of them seed to be equipped with…tougher scales?
The scales partly resembled the exoskeleton chitin armour possessed by arthropods on Earth. Upon seeing them, Compass Carburettor ntally groaned, vexed, ‘They even have exoskeleton armour? Just how troubleso can they get?’
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