'I Reincarnated But Have No System? You Must Be Kidding Me!'

"That sounds exciting! Finally, we get to see some action instead of just sitting here like glorified caretakers of our territories. I wonder if that freak Thugnaka is already on the move..."

Bhuka, still wearing its Punto guise, turned its small emerald head sharply, giving the man an unimpressed stare that spoke louder than any words.

"You are right," Bhuka replied, its voice even but edged. "There’s a strong chance that freak is the root cause of this chaos."

"That’s good!" Vhuka’s grin widened, his crimson eyes glittering with anticipation. He looked like a man who’d been waiting centuries for trouble. "Honestly, it’s been boring living for thousands of years. We can barely interact with our people, let alone fight beside them. Maybe it’s finally time for us Primordial Beasts to step onto the stage and have some fun ourselves!"

"Isn’t that what you’ve been doing all this time- having fun?" Bhuka said, lightly smacking him on the forehead with a vine. The impact was small, but it carried a sting of irritation.

"I mean real adventure!" Vhuka corrected, puffing his chest. Then suddenly, his expression shifted. His head turned, eyes narrowing toward the distant horizon where mountains cut the sky. His senses picked up something beyond mortal comprehension- an anomaly hidden from all ordinary sight.

Bhuka followed his gaze. Their thoughts aligned instantly.

"I see..." Bhuka murmured. "So there is that one human. Was he the cause of the Void Line?"

"He is," Bhuka answered, voice low, almost reluctant. There was weight behind those words- knowledge it wasn’t sharing, something even Vhuka seemed to feel.

Silence wrapped around them. It wasn’t the silence of strangers but that of beings communicating without words, reading threads of fate invisible to others.

Then Vhuka broke it with a dangerous smile. "Alright. I’m getting excited." He turned toward the west, where the endless dunes of the Thunga Desert waited. "I guess I should head back. Once again, sorry for the mess this crazy dog caused."

He rapped Vulkris lightly on the skull. The fire beast, once wild and proud, flinched like a scolded child, keeping its head low, its flames dimmed to embers.