When Sauron's forces intervened, Zero retreated quietly.
Not every plan was without surprises, and Zero was well aware of that. It's just that Sauron's army was able to join the battle at this critical moment, and it seemed that he still had a pretty good deputy in his army. At least this person is not afraid of being blamed for interfering in Sauron's battle, and he also understands that the army's initiative to intervene has indeed given Sauron a chance to save face and get down.
It was Kabu, the tracking expert in Sauron's team, who mobilized the troops to take the initiative to intervene. Although he did not belong to the Parklan family, his father's generation served the family, and his loyalty is unquestionable. Kabu is no exception. With his third-tier hunter qualifications, he quickly senses danger.
After Sauron left the camp alone, Kabu also went around in circles, and he found that the monsters hidden in the ruins seemed to be attracted by something. During this time, Kabu found a faint bloodstain. Fresh blood is enough to tempt the bloodthirsty monsters, but from the vague smells in the air, Kaboo has noticed that these monsters are not only tempted, but also crazy about it.
That smell is precisely the body odor of the mutated creature unconsciously released into the air through the body when excited, and it would be difficult for experienced hunters to find it. These body odors are like the smell emitted by beasts of the old era when courting a mate, but for the mutant creatures of this era, it means that they have a strong appetite for something.
Appetite is not uncommon in this era. It is surprising that so many different types of creatures are stimulated to have a strong appetite, which is very problematic. At least in Kabu's knowledge system, although there are drugs developed for certain mutant creatures to stimulate their appetite for research and observation. But something that could act on different kinds of organisms at the same time was unheard of for Kaboo.
Compared with this, Sauron's danger worried Kabu even more. Among the traces of monsters he found, there were already ominous creatures such as Butcher and Shadow Killer, and deeper in the ruins, some more powerful beings also showed signs of being ready to move. It's just that they are of a higher rank and relatively have higher intelligence, so the self-restraint ability still allows them to stay in the dark and act as silent observers.
It is not surprising that high-level creatures have human-like intelligence. At least Kaboo has heard from his father that there are strange species that can transform between humans and beasts in the dark northwest land of Middle Continent that has not been conquered by humans. And there are not a few mutated creatures with intelligence no less than that of humans. In the turbulent era, all creatures were naturally reshuffled, and humans are no longer the only intelligent creatures.
Back at the camp, Kabu made a decisive decision and ordered the army to move towards Sauron's battlefield with his authority. And just in case, he even brought Leah with him, which frustrated Zero's original plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain.
Find a secluded place, this is a machine tool processing factory. There are a lot of metal equipment piled up in the factory, which makes Lala who is following Zero very excited. Looking at the cub swallowing gold bugs, Ling showed a thoughtful expression. The reason why he was able to attract all kinds of monsters, and even advanced goods like butchers and shadow killers, was not only possible with his own blood.
What's more, it's Lala's credit. Zero originally only wanted to attract some ordinary low-level monsters, but unexpectedly, monsters like Shadow Killer were also attracted. During this process, after zero repeated tests, it became known that these monsters were attracted by Lala's scent. And judging from the actions of the monsters, what they most wanted to do was to eat Lala in one bite.
In Bena's monster notebook, Zero has seen records of mutated creatures preying on their own kind, which is usually due to repairing their own genes, or a helpless choice made when they are hungry and have no food. However, mutated creatures usually do not prey on other types of creatures, because completely different gene fragments will cause the predator's body to collapse.
Of course, this kind of human food, which is like monk meat, is in the recipes of all known monsters.
Therefore, the fact that different kinds of monsters have an appetite for Lala makes Zero have to re-examine the cub, which means that there are things in Lala that these monsters can't get. Monsters eat monsters, in most cases there is only one possibility, that is to complete and evolve!
Watching Lala use its toothless mouth to swallow pieces of steel scrap iron into its bottomless belly, Zero shook his head. This greedy guy is simply a monster version of evolution potion. If it is sold to other organizations or research institutes, it should be able to sell for a good price.
Zero thought with a little malice, but Lala, who was eating happily, suddenly shuddered.
Anyone who is not blind can tell that Sauron is full of anger now.
The army led by Kabu appeared in time. The metal torrent of machine guns and rapid-fire cannons deterred all the monsters present, and the strong smell of gunpowder on the battlefield made the nearby monsters shy away. Sauron was rescued successfully, but he was furious with a look of embarrassment. The source of the anger is naturally that zero who has never shown his face, and Kabu is also surprised. In his eyes, Zero can only be considered excellent, but far from powerful.
But it was such a guy who only had second-order abilities at most, but Sauron almost suffered a big loss. It's no wonder Sauron was so annoyed. But in Kabu's view, there is no need for Sauron to confront Zero at all. As long as Leah is brought back to the Dark Council, Sauron's mission will be considered complete. As for Zero, there are plenty of other blood knights in the council to deal with him if he is obsessed with saving the girl.
However, when Kaboo suggested to leave tomorrow morning, Sauron snarled and refused.
Sauron's reason is very simple. If Zero is ignored, the face of him and the Parkland family will be wiped out. Regarding the maintenance of the honor of the ancient family, an heir like Sauron can put it into action almost without thinking about it, and when it comes to the height of the family's glory, Kabu can't let Sauron give up his mind.
It's just that he also disapproved of wasting too much time on Zero, so a suggestion that Sauron could reluctantly accept came from Kabu's mouth.
"Take that girl as a hostage, and then force Ling to come out and submit?" Sauron frowned, no doubt that this method was direct and useful. Judging from the importance Zero attaches to that girl, Sauron is almost certain that he will show up, but he has doubts in his heart.
Kabu is also very clear that the dignity of the blood knight and the face of the ancient family, these things that are not important to the hunter, are the elements that restrict Sauron's actions. But Kabu pointed out that if Sauron can't achieve zero in a short period of time, the blow to the family's face will be worse than nothing. The trade-off between the two phases was the lesser, and Sauron finally adopted Kabu's suggestion.
So a threat that made Zero have to submit was formed.