Chapter 170
In the morning, we decide that a tour of the ruins is in order. After all, Betty led us here and hadn’t even had a chance to look around yet.
"Keep your eyes peeled, little one. There might be hidden treasures scattered through these ruins. No curse can harm you with us around." Elder Song whispers to our tiny guide.
Her determined face is adorable and both Alice and Elder Song are having far too much fun with our treasure hunt through the ruins. We’re looking though every side room and ruined storage building, pretty much all picked clean over the centuries.
"Hostile cultivator at 900 meters, 2 o’clock. Early Core Formation." Elder Song whispers so Betty doesn’t hear. I catch sight of him and there’s no doubt he’s hostile, I can feel the hatred in his glare from here.
"Six more incoming, all below the Immortal Realm." Song adds.
That sounds annoying, I need a go away button for instances like this. We’re just trying to spend a morning exploring and they have to ruin our fun. But come to think of it, I do have a go away button, the trigger on the Browning machine gun. That should change their minds in a hurry, and I’ve got the spare from the Toyota still stored in my rings somewhere.
Yes, there it is, already loaded and everything. "Karl, I’m going to tell them to go away, could you make some eat protectors for Betty?"
When Karl sees the rifle he smiles, knowing what I’m up to. All seven of them are perched on top of rubble in clear view now, a blatant attempt to intimidate with the killing intent they’re directing our way.
There’s a nice crumbled wall ahead that would make a proper standing height perch for the tripod to rest on, so I jog off to set up while Karl equips Betty with her new headgear.