Wataru let out a silent sigh as he looked at Karp, who was walking beside him and observing his surroundings from time to time.

When he hadn't done a mission with Karp before, he thought Karp was a good seedling to become a special search officer. Now that they had gone through the mission together, he didn't know if he had let Karp know about the special search officer, but he admired Karp more.

From some issues, it can be seen that Karp is basically in a state of ignorance of special investigators, and occasionally has inexperience.

However, he knows what his situation is, and he is not arrogant, but can make a calm judgment many times.

Some of the situations in this mission can be reacted if given some time. But this period of time becomes an instant on Karp's side.

Although it is only a time gap, it is obviously important for a very busy profession like a special search officer to save more time when doing tasks.

So, even though Wataru has said such things more than once, he still can't help but sigh every time this happens.

- Karp is such a good seedling to be a special search officer.

"Huh?"

Thinking about it, Wataru suddenly stopped, and Karp stopped with him.

"Did you find something?"

Although he came out on a mission with Wataru this time, his mind reacted slower than his own, but Karp didn't despise him in the slightest.

He may not be as good as him in reacting to things and divergent thinking. However, Wataru became a king at the age of sixteen and has been working as a special search officer for many years, and Karp's experience and strength cannot be compared with Wataru at the moment.

So—he stopped at this point, then something must have happened.

Wataru listened to Karp's inquiry and nodded.

"Let's withdraw first."

With Wataru's voice, Karp did not hesitate, directly put away the little Kirbymon that was not fast, and followed Wataru into a tunnel dug by an unknown elf.

Not long after the two hid, the earth began to shake violently. Then—like a train, a sizable horde of elves emerged from one tunnel and frantically poured into another tunnel on the other side of the tunnel.

Among these elves are Meowmeow, Ironclad Rhinoceros, Kentyro, and even Heraclius, Pikachu and Bibi Bird.

Ignoring racial restraint and attribute preferences, a fairly large number of elves gathered into a special group, rushed out without stopping, and then disappeared at the end of another tunnel.

"It's-"

Seeing such a scene, Karp finally understood why the two special investigators who had retreated before had left so decisively.

Because it's not at all a level they can handle.

It is estimated that such a swift elf group can directly incapacitate them and even all their elves with a single charge, and it is difficult for them to cause any damage to such an elf group.

If you say why—because the queue is too long, and there are too many elves in it. It's useless to lose just one or a few.

If you can't break up the team at once, the threat to this elf group is pitiful. Even if they were dispersed, all of these elves would not be able to cope with the two special investigators.

"Let's go."

As Karp pondered, Watari made a sound.

Karp nodded, and followed him into the tunnel that the elves had first rushed out of.

Then—the earth trembled again, and the elves from before rushed down another tunnel straight into the tunnel where Karp and Wataru had taken refuge, and vanished again.

Seeing this, Karp raised an eyebrow.

"This is an elven version of a patrol?"

The elves didn't seem to have discovered him and Wataru, and it didn't seem like they had any goals, they just acted for the sake of action.

Listening to Karp's words, Wataru nodded.

"Yes, it's a patrol - I've only seen it twice.

The first time was in the forest, the second time was on an isolated island.

There is no doubt that both places have very strong elves stationed and regard the surrounding areas as their own territory. It looks like it's the same here.

If you can let so many elves obey your orders, and you can also send this number of scouting teams, then the number of elves here is estimated to be terrifying, and the strength of this elf itself is estimated to be particularly strong. ”

Listening to Wataru's voice, Karp was also stunned for a moment.

"It's very highly evaluated by you, and it won't be a king-level wild elf."

Listening to Karp's words, Wataru shook his head.

"What do you think of the Heavenly King level, naturally it can't be the Heavenly King level. But because it's a wild elf, it knows how to use the terrain better, instincts, and can fight in groups, so it's still a little tricky. ”

Hearing this, Karp laughed.

"In other words, it's a bit difficult for you to deal with such elves, but it's not that you can't deal with them, right?"

"Hmm."

As Wataru and Karp whispered, the ground began to shake again, and the elven patrol from before reappeared, then burrowed into the tunnel again and vanished.

"Okay, except for these three tunnels, the other tunnels around here are relatively far away, so let's move on now."

Listening to Wataru's words, Karp nodded, silently followed him, and then continued to move forward.

"Crossing."

As the two begin to speed up, Wataru suddenly hears Karp calling to himself. As soon as I turned my head, I saw Karp's smiling expression.

"If you wait to the point where you have to fight the other party, let go and do it, and just leave me alone."

If it was an ordinary person who said such a thing, maybe Wataru would inevitably frown and say a few words to the other party. But Karp said so, but he didn't see any trace of death in Karp's eyes.

"Anyway, you'll figure it out yourself, right?"

"Well, I'll figure it out on my own when the time comes, but it won't be long before the head-on battle will be handed over to you.

We need to end the battle quickly. ”

"Ah, I see."

Karp and Wataru ended their conversation easily, and then after avoiding the scouting team, the two set off towards the deepest part of the cave.

Things are now almost clear.

Eighty percent of the problem is with the elves stationed here.

Then the next question is much simpler.

Once you're sure that the elves are the ones who are responsible for the electricity, the next thing to do is to pull them out of here and find them another place to live.

Anyway, as long as the power of the Oki Research Institute is restored, even if it is a thousand elves, Dr. Oki will happily accept it.

So.

Now it's enough to just move forward!

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