After Breaking Up, I Married the General

Just like before, they only hovered on top and at a distance so as not to be detected by those that were more sensitive and had stronger senses.

But with the zoomed-in video camera of Storm, he could still clearly see what those people were doing.

Ryzel could see that those people seemed to be looking for plants, as they would stop and look at those plants that they were encountering and then continue on their way again.

"Those below are certainly those that we met along the way going home, together with their leaders, and a few were from the dwelling area that we saw before. What are they even doing here? Looking for plants?" Ryzel asked, but he really doesn’t need an answer to it.

He just wanted to voice it out, since those people were far from the frozen land that they were in and they were obviously not comfortable with the weather, but some would still fly around, then after a while, they would stop and someone else would take over.

"The injured leader that we had seen before certainly isn’t healed yet, and they probably lacked something else, so they had to venture here," Layton said.

Ryzel nodded, and they continued observing the people below to see if they could find what they were looking for.

As they were observing, Storm was also broadcasting what they were saying, so they were able to verify their guess.

Those people were indeed looking for a certain herb, as they don’t have any stocks in their place anymore and it was needed by their leader.

According to them, their leader was already in a very bad condition, as they still hadn’t even been able to heal him.

Even the plant that they were looking for was only to be added to a medicine that would slow down the poison in their leader’s body, and their people were still looking for ways to treat it completely.

A lot of the people below were cursing those sea creatures again because, according to them, the poison on their leader was even stronger compared to those that they had encountered before, and its lethality was stronger as it was spreading faster and couldn’t be stopped with the methods that they were using before. That’s why they had to go to the frozen land for one more plant to make the medicine even stronger.

"It seems that their leader is really good, as a lot of people were still willing to venture here for his medicine," Ryzel commented.

"Indeed, that leader probably did a good job as a leader, that’s why their people were very willing to venture here in hopes that his condition would get better," Layton said.

"There are more people within 10 kilometers," Storm interrupted them as he notified them.

"Huh? There’s more? How many people? Are they also grouped together?" Ryzel asked.

"There are 31 people and they are moving as a group," Storm said and then showed another screen to them, and he saw that there were indeed 31 people and they seemed to be going to where they were, or to be more precise, they were coming for the people that they were observing.

"They’re sending another group? But if it’s another group, shouldn’t they go in another direction so that they could cover more places, as their goal is to look for a plant?" Ryzel said and added, "Should we go and see them or wait here?"

"Do you want to see who they are?"

"Yes, I’m curious."

"Ok, then let’s go. It’s near anyway," Layton said and asked Storm to go where those people are.

It’s just 10 kilometers away, so they arrived there in less than a minute and looked at the group who had arrived later.

"Huh? They even brought their sick leader here," Ryzel said while looking below.

He recognized some of the people below as those that were around the leaders that they saw before. And this time, they weren’t just carrying a chair where their leader could sit, but carrying a big box where the chair is, and all its sides were covered with a thick layer of curtains, obviously to make the inside warmer and to prevent the cold wind from entering.

"It seems that the situation of that leader is really dire and needed the plant immediately," Ryzel commented afterwards.

They’re even bringing the sick person directly to the frozen land, which is not suitable for living and could cause more sickness to their leader, certainly because they really needed the plant very much. So the condition of the leader has probably worsened a lot, and those people couldn’t delay it much, so instead of going back and forth, they just sent people first and then followed.

"Indeed. The way they are moving is even more careful than before," Layton said.

"By the way, didn’t you say that that leader is also very alert, and even when he was already sick before, he could still detect our presence? Should we move away?"

The distance where they were observing those people below wasn’t very far, so Ryzel wasn’t sure if they could be detected by the sick leader who was present.

"No need. Even if we are discovered now, it’s okay. We’ve already roamed around this planet and haven’t found any other people, so they’re probably the only ones here that we could talk to.

I’m also nearly finished mining half of the energy crystals here, so even if we immediately move out of this planet, it wouldn’t be a problem.

So, even if we are discovered now, it won’t be an issue. Besides, the sickness of that leader has obviously worsened, so I’m not sure if he was still alert enough to discover our presence," Layton said.

"Ok, so if we are discovered, then let’s just take it as an opportunity to talk to them; but if they don’t discover us, then we’ll finish mining before visiting their dwelling area again," Ryzel said.