These Familiars Are Strange

Since the plan had been decided, all that was left was to get a good night's sleep and prepare for the next day.

With everyone that was here, we didn't even have to take a night shift on guard.

The others said that this was the least that they could do as our seniors.

Since they were offering, it didn't seem like a good idea to reject their goodwill. It was a good way to build a relationship with these seniors in the Abyss Guards.

Though I did make sure to post a few undead at the entrance of our camp just in case anything happened.

As for the arrogant young master, he didn't seem to care at all about the night shift. He just had his teammates finish pitching the tent before heading in as if it was a natural thing.

Then when someone pointed it out while we were eating dinner, he just said in an arrogant voice, "I have an important role tomorrow, it's only natural that I get a proper night's rest. So how could I do something like be on night guard?"

Everyone looked at him with disdain when they heard this.

It was just that Yun Tian didn't say anything, there was nothing that they could say.

Though they did look surprised that Yun Tian didn't say anything about this, only it wasn't as if they could ask him about this. Even if they knew about Yun Tian, it was actually their first time working with him.

So it wasn't as if they were close enough to ask him any questions.

And those that had come with Yun Tian, the ones that were on his team that were close to him didn't say anything. They were close enough to Yun Tian that they already knew what he was thinking without asking anything.

In the end, this question just remained on everyone's mind.

When morning came, it was quite the uneventful morning.

Considering that this was the Abyss, it was strange that not a single thing happened last night.

Normally, there would be one or two skirmishes when this many people gathered, but there wasn't a single thing.

"They're all gathering at the camp." Yun Tian said in a heavy voice.

The way that he said this was as if he was certain of this. This was most likely related to the method that he had used to scout out the camp earlier.

He had been able to get all that information about the camp, so he must have his own special method to get that information.

I also confirmed this with the skeletal rats that I had left at the Abyss Demon camp.

There were many Abyss Demons that had suddenly appeared in the camp overnight, showing that they had been gathering throughout the night. It seemed that they had all been gathering for the ritual that they were about to hold.

Though it didn't seem like there were that many powerful Abyss Demons that showed up.

There were just two new strong mana fluctuations that were coming from the camp, showing that there were only two new high grades that joined.

"We should take care of them before more of them gather. Is everyone ready?" Yun Tian asked this, but everyone just gave a simple nod. They were already ready yesterday, so they weren't worried about two new high grade demons showing up.

With a smile in our direction, Yun Tian said, "Don't worry, we'll be able to take care of this."

Worried?

Was I worried?

No, he had mistaken the slightly knitted brows on my face for worry. This expression was because I had been trying to figure out why the Abyss Demons had been gathering, well other than for the ritual.

But it seemed that he had misunderstood this as some kind of worry from me.

Well, if he misunderstood, then I might as well let him misunderstand.

It wasn't as if there was anything to gain on my part from resolving this misunderstanding.

Though the one thing that was annoying was the smug look that the arrogant young master had when he looked in my direction. It was clear that he was trying to put me down with this smug look of his, but I just ignored him.

I could see the traces of annoyance that were in his eyes.

It was clear that he still held a grudge…

Once he made sure that everyone was ready, Yun Tian didn't waste any time in saying with a wave of his hand, "Let's go then."

With Yun Tian leading the way, we smoothly evaded all of Abyss Demons that had been sent out from the camp. These Abyss Demons seemed to be doing the same thing as yesterday where they were searching for things to bring back to the camp.

With the way that they looked around, it seemed like they were trying to find more sacrifices for their ritual.

But for now, it wasn't time to deal with these Abyss Demons.

Instead, it was time to deal with the camp that was there.

Once we arrived in the vicinity of the camp, that was when we suddenly spread out.

It wasn't Yun Tian himself that led the way, but rather someone from his team. This was one of his teammates who had his face and head covered in a hood and mask, now showing his true face.

But this was also the person that had been doing the scouting during this time as explained by Yun Tian.

With his special power guiding everyone, we all easily made it to the location that we had been assigned.

This meant that we were sent to the back where the Abyss Demons that leaked out would come.

But this was also a position where we were able to see the arrogant young master Jin Long and his group.

From the way that he looked at me, I could tell that he was planning something.