On a cier.


    “Huff… Huff…” Dennis breathed raggedly as hey on the cier.


    The sound of someone breathing irregrly resounded around and even after Dennis’s breathing normalized, there were still sounds of irregr breathing resounding around.


    Dennis turned his head towards the source of the noise. He smiled looking at the one making the noise.


    It was a snow-white cow lying down and trying to catch its breath.


    “Oi dumb cow.” Dennis called out to the cow.


    The cow turned its body and facing Dennis, the cow mooed, “moo?”


    “You aren’t stupid.” Dennisplimented.


    “Moo.” The cow nodded its head in understanding and closed its eyes to rest and ignored Dennis.


    Dennis smiled noticing this.


    A second passed.


    “Moo!?” Realization dawned upon the cow as it realized Dennis wasn’tplimenting its prowess but intelligence.


    The cow quickly got up and looking at Dennis, it said in anger, “moo moo moo!?”


    That’s right! How dare Dennis says it wasn’t stupid! It was an intelligent cow, okay? Always has been! It was never stupid!


    The cow was tired of fighting Dennis for so long and was resting. It ignored hisment at the start thinking he must be praising it for its prowess. Thepliment didn’t matter more than resting for the cow but only a secondter did it realize that he wasn’tplimenting its prowess.


    They had been fighting for so long and the cow put so much effort into it, it was only logical that the first thing the other person should say was apliment regarding the prowess. But no! Dennis didn’t even mention about it to the cow and thus the cow was angry.


    Dennisughed noticing the cow’s response. He got close to the cow and patting its head, he said, “alright, alright, you aren’t weak either.”


    The cow let out hot air from its nose and harrumphed. The hot air, mixing with the cold air of the surroundings, made it seem like steam wasing out of the cow’s nose.


    Dennis could understand what was going on in the cow’s mind. He however ignored it and said to the cow, “I can’t y with you anymore, I’ve got ces to be.”


    The cow turned its head and looked Dennis in the eyes and said, “moo?”


    “Yes, really. It’s time to say goodbye to each other.” Dennis said with a small smile.


    “Moo, moo.” The cow nudged its face on Dennis’s body hearing it.


    The cow was sad that Dennis was leaving already and was asking him to stay and y more with it. The cow, despite Dennis making so much fun of it, enjoyed its time fighting and hanging out with Dennis. It had been living in this lonely area for so many years and Dennis was the first person to ever have visited it.


    The cow passed days by eating, sleeping, and singing. There was no other thing for it to do in this deste area. Fighting Dennis was the first time the cow ever had fun. The cow was thus sad when Dennis talked about leaving.


    Could he not stay for a bit longer? Could he not apany it just a little longer? Why did he have to leave? They hadn’t even spent a day together and he was already leaving… Why?


    Dennis could tell the cow was sad hearing him say about leaving. He did not understand why the cow was sad about him leaving. He looked at the cow and asked,


    “You don’t want me to leave?”


    “Moo.” The cow nodded its head.


    “That won’t do, bud. I need to leave. There’s a tournament going on and I am participating in it. Can’t y with you anymore.” Dennis said reluctantly. He too didn’t want to leave and y with the cow but the tournament was going on and thus was left with no choice but to leave.


    “Moo moo.” The cow begged Dennis to stay.


    Dennis could understand that the cow was asking him to stay. He did not know what was going on in this poor animal’s head that it insisted so much for him to stay. Dennis now felt reluctant to leave.


    He racked his brains and thought about how he could leave quickly and also how this situation would be sorted quicker. After a few seconds of thinking, Dennis realized what he could do. He smiled and asked looking at the cow,


    “I can’t stay here and you… You also aren’t obliged to, right? Just leave this ce ande with me. We both will go adventure together and win this tournament, haha.”


    “Moo?” The cow tilted its head and asked in confusion.


    “That’s right, bud. Come with me. Leave this ce and adventure with me.” Dennis repeated with a smile.


    The cow, if confused before, now understood fully that Dennis wanted it to leave this ce. No, not its ce, Dennis wanted it to leave its home and go with him. The cow felt reluctant to do so.


    It had been living here for so many years, even though it was boring, the cow still had a sense of attachment to its birthce and the ce it was raised and lived in for so many years. Leaving it so suddenly… It didn’t feel like a good idea to the cow.


    Another thing was, how can the cow survive without food? Its food was here and leaving this ce would mean getting no food. This was also one of the reasons that made the cow hesitant.


    The cow looked at Dennis and mooed a few times and tried to exin to Dennis the problems. It walked towards a shrub growing on the cier and plucked it out and handed it to Dennis and mooed, trying to exin about the food problem too.


    Dennis was listening seriously to what the cow was trying to say. Then when the cow brought him a nt and mooed again, Dennis could roughly understand its concerns.


    Dennis smiled knowing how trivial the concerns of the cow were. Though the cow was intelligent, it hadn’t explored the world enough and was ignorant of many things which were now showing. Dennis patted the head of the cow and said with a smile,


    “If you’re worried about food, there’s plenty avable. Like… A lot of them. Aren’t you bored eating this same type of shrub every day? Come with me and I’ll feed you good stuff.


    The cow put on a pondering expression. It was tempted by Dennis. What he said was understood well by the cow and Dennis even provided proper reasoning. It was now thinking about whether it should leave or stay here.


    After thinking for a bit, the cow decided to leave. Dennis did say it coulde back anytime it wanted and that was the thing that made it ept Dennis’s proposal the most. The cow didn’t want to be lonely again and leaving with Dennis seemed to be a good option.


    “Moo.” The cow nudged its head on Dennis again and gave its approval ofing with him.


    Dennis smiled happily. He patted the cow’s head and said, “Good. Let’s get going then.”


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    Rustle! Rustle!


    Gunther and the trio consisting of Sheng, Ji, and Ojas were hiding behind trees and they heard the rustling of bushes. A few momentster they heard footsteps.


    “Oi, do you see anyone?” A person from the ground shouted to a person who was standing on the branches of a tree above him.


    “No one.” The person yelled from above and replied.


    “Check the magical device we have. Maybe you’ll find some traces of someone.” The guy from the ground said.


    The guy above ground took out a ck screen like this and infused his spiritual power in it. He noticed the readings given in it and said to the person below, “no fluctuations.”


    “Alright. Let’s move ahead and search then.” The person below said and moved forward.


    Ojas looked at Gunther and whispered in a phone-like device he was holding in his hand, “Gunther… Stay in your position. Me, Sheng, and Ji will take care of this.”


    “Ok.” Gunther replied in the same phone-like device he had in his hand.


    Ojas said on his phone-like device, “Sheng, go underground. Ji, stealthily follow the guy on the tree. Make sure to not cause any magical fluctuations you two.”


    “Got it.” Sheng replied.


    “Alright. We are on.” Ji replied.


    “Let’s go and get our victory, boys!” Ojas said in the device and cut off the connection.


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