155 Mathew and Talia's Hunch: Another Monster Wave!

Talia stole a glance towards them in response before following their gaze--glancing towards her 'babies'. The sight of the ground being swarmed by ants made Talia force out a smile as she glanced back to Beatrice, the Support Team, and the other Karakoa crew and asked, "How can I help you?" 

However, Before Beatrice could utter another word, a howl coming from the Woba Mountain reverbrated--reaching even the plains. Everyone glanced towards the Woba Mountain as their faces wore a frown. They watched the birds fly from the trees as their hearts raced faster because of the loud terrifying howl. 

"Wha-what's that?" Charlotte asked with a pale look on her face.

Beatrice, Yuson, and Aldo could only stare in a daze towards the Woba Mountain as Talia shifts her attention back to the loots that were being delivered to her by her 'babies'. When the howls stopped, Talia noticed through her 'babies' reaction that the ground was slightly trembling--indicating that something was on its way towards them. 

In the next second, Talia can't help but flick her tongue after she saw that Beatrice and the rest of their force were still staring towards the Woba Mountain. Some of them even wore a grim or pale face--hinting that some of them wanted to go back to the ships.

That said, she knew that she was not their superior. So, she opted to spam messages towards Pedro and Mathew instead--informing them about the howl and the 'weak shakes' that her 'babies' felt in the ground. 

[Killer Looks (Talia): Brother! Brother! Brother! Brother! Brother! Did you hear the howl coming from the mountain that we flew above when we rode behind Expert Bro? I have a bad feeling that monsters are on their way! What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do?] 

Mathew, who was already Kilometers away from them, frowned the moment his Player Interface popped out, only to display Talia's 'annoying' message. Hopeless, he could only halt on his advance and revert back to his human form in order to reply to Talia and avoid getting an earful of complaints later in real life. 

He glanced back to where he came from and frowned. He pondered for a few seconds before he murmured to himself, "Was that a howl? Ain't that expert bro?"

He typed what he thought and sent it to her little sister, Talia. 

[Killer Smile (Mathew): Howl... No? I did hear a sound from your direction. But I thought it was just Expert Bro?]

Talia furrowed her eyes in response, and grumbled, "Your hearing is weak as always!" 

"Met by now? That's odd..." Mathew furrowed his brows whilst glancing around him--looking for any signs of fire, and, at the same time, he glanced into the sky--trying to spot if there were any flying figures around him. 

[Killer Smile (Mathew): There's no signs of fire, nor a sign of any flying animal as far as my eyes could see.]

[Killer Looks (Talia): Are you sure that you are not using your nose this time?]

[Killer Smile (Mathew): Hey little girl! My eyes are wide open! There's nothing literally around me except dead bodies and torn down trees! In any case... Have you tried to contact Expert Bro? Don't tell me you don't have him on your friend list?]

[Killer Looks (Talia): I did!]

[Killer Smile (Mathew): What did he say?]

[Killer Looks (Talia): He's not yet responding! Anyway... Brother! What should I do? The howl reminds me of the one we encountered earlier.]

[Killer Smile (Mathew): Wolves?]

[Killer Looks (Talia): :Worried Nodding Emoji: :Worried Nodding Emoji: :Worried Nodding Emoji:]

"Hmm..." Mathew frowned as he glanced around him once again. Something popped into his mind after seeing the dead bodies of monsters and players that were scattered all over the place. "Could it be..."

"Shit!" Mathew cursed after a breeze of wind blew towards him--allowing him to smell the stinky odor of blood. Then, he forced out a smile and said, "This is not good! We forgot that the Continental Quest is still up! These dead bodies had probably attracted the attention of the monsters in this area!"

Mathew typed frantically on his Player Interface while saying to himself, "We should retreat and stay on the plains! We are separated, too far, from each other... If it is only against the players, we could keep on advancing forward. But... If the monsters joined the fray, it would be too chaotic and dangerous even to us. Well... except for Expert Bro and the other two flying... birds."

At this moment, Talia panicked because it has been almost a minute since Mathew last responded to their chat. On top of that, Pedro was still not responding to her message at all. 

"What's wrong with those two?! Are they playing a trick on me?" Talia complained--thinking that Mathew and Pedro were doing a prank towards her. However, before he could utter another word, She recieve a message from Mathew. Not only that, it seemed like even Aldo, Ashley, Loren, Charlotte, and Elisabeth got the same message as hers. 

[Killer Smile (Mathew): Notice to Everyone! There is a probability that a wave of monsters are coming from the Mountain on the South. I would recommend to everyone to return to the plains and stick together in fending off both players and monsters to avoid any loss.

That said, Please await for any further announcement from the Guild Leader. We have informed him and are waiting for his instructions. Also, Since I am at the Northern part of the forest, I would stay in this area and hold off any monsters or players that I would be able to encounter. That's all! -Vice-Guild Leader]

"This..." Talia gasped as she glanced towards the Woba Mountain whillst forcing out a smile. Before Talia or the other players on the Support Team could utter a word, their Player Interface rang once again. This time, it was Pedro who sent them a message.

[Death (Pedro): Follow the Vice Leader's arrangement! Also, I'll leave the commands to the Vice Leader in the mean time. I am going to catch up to Gentle Breeze (Sabrina) before I retreat. So, don't expect me to see your messages nor respond to it, since I would be on my transformation form most of the time.]

Pedro, who was standing in the middle of a burning forest, smirked as he clapped his hands and said, "That would do! Although Killer Smile is right... I must go to Kagat Village first, and see if it is where the players were 'camp spawning'. If so... I could only appologize to the Village Chief! I can't allow any spawn camps to exist this early in the game!" 

As he was about to transform back to his Dragon Form, he recieve a message from Mathew--giving him no choice but to check the message. 

[Killer Smile (Mathew): Expert Bro, do you have a way to contact the three men you just introduced to us earlier? I am yet to add them as my friend in the game and I have no means to contact them.]

[Death (Pedro): Arvedar and his friends? Unfortunately, I only have Arvedar's... You can contact him when it comes to his friends. But I saw his friends with Yojiro as they retreated back to the border of the forest. They might be with the rest at this moment.]

Pedro sent the Arvedar's contact details to Mathew before saying his last instruction.

[Death (Pedro): Sent! Coordinate with Talia. Check if they had returned safely. I am afraid that they got stuck in the middle of the burning forest. If that's the case, kindly find a way for them to retreat!]

[Killer Smile (Mathew): Noted, Guild Leader! I'll inform you if something urgent comes up!]

[Death (Pedro): :Ok Emoji:] 

After taking a deep breathe, Pedro closed his Player Interface as his eyes stared daggers towards the west--the direction heading towards the Kagat Village. Then, in the next second, he transformed back to his Dragon Form and launched high up into the sky. 

'Here I thought things would be easy on my side.' He thought as he sighed deep inside. Then, he continued, 'To think that someone would be able to establish the unified army this early in the game... The people behind this would have been the overlords in the game. Unfortunately... They messed with the wrong army! They have to suffer the consequences of bullying my guild farming army.'

"Besides..." Pedro chuckled as he reached the peak of his flight. Then, he dove down towards his next targets whilst a bluish light started to appear between the gaps of the scales on his neck. He starred daggers towards them with a smirk, and thought, 'They should know what true power is!'

"Fwaaaaaaaah!" He breathed out the bluish flame--incenerating anything on its way.