A low and raucous voice suddenly boomed out of the terrible crying and reached everyone’s ears like thunder.
“Shut up or I’ll kill you.”
It was a bald young man with dark-brown skin.
He was not wearing anything on his upper half, and those stomach muscles shined like tempered and oiled steel. Short, tight leather pants covered part of his legs, revealing thick leg hair above a pair of chamois leather boots. He also had a loincloth with a tiger-stripe pattern around his waist.
His exposed skin did not shrink due to the coldness. Instead, it gave out a glimmer like the palm oil under the strong ultraviolet light on the highlands, giving him a wild look.
“Balba!” Everyone on the scene silently called his name in their minds.
As the strongest being among the talents, Balba’s warning instantly silenced the fatty. Hookdick slowly lowered his head as he tried to hide his expression which was mixed with disdain and fear.
Even Nausica would avoid getting involved in Balba’s anger.
Everyone stopped talking after Balba’s outburst. The absolute silence remained for ten full minutes until it was broken by a small voice.
“Angor, do you know what’s going on?”
It was Sailum. The boy tried to talk to Angor as softly as he could. However, since it was too quiet around here, people could still hear him.
Sailum noticed what he just did as well. His face went pale and he glanced at Balba, fearing that he would get scolded like the fatty.
Balba did not say anything this time. Instead, he directed a questioning look toward Angor.
Well, everyone else was looking at Angor.
Most of the people hated Angor. Yet, at the same time, they all knew that Angor had some relationship with the wizard on the cloud whale, considering how Angor was allowed to enter the wizard’s tent.
This unknown situation was the reason why Hookdick did not dare to attack Angor openly. To slowly weaken the boy’s defense, Hookdick tried to pick on those around Angor. Too bad, he got squashed by Nausica in the process.
Nausica, Hookdick, Balba… and everyone else had their attention on Angor at this moment.
Angor remained calm. He secretly glanced at somewhere in the sky as he talked to them slowly, “I’m not sure. I think they want us to wait, and it won’t take long. Take it easy.”
Angor put a hand on Sailum’s shoulder to comfort the boy.
They felt something weird in those words, but that was about it. People did not give it much thought.
Well, except for three people. Nausica seemed to be considering something carefully upon hearing Angor, but she got rid of her expression soon and put on her usual joyful attitude.
Orlando was the second one. He had a strange and childish character, but he still realized something.
The third one was Balba. As a half-blood from another world, Balba possessed both raw, otherworldly strength, and the same level of intelligence of humans, if not better.
“Thanks!” Nausica expressed something to Angor secretly using lip language.
On the other side, Orlando and Balba also nodded to Angor in acknowledgment. They did not say anything, but at least they revealed friendliness.
Angor smiled mildly at their reaction. He meant it when he said he did not know what was going on, just…
He glanced at a certain direction in the sky again and sighed helplessly.