While they were talking they heard a commotion from the settlement , as they looked down they were greeted with the scene of a party of 5 raiding the settlement .
"They are stupid ."came a mocking remark from Hwang Jin .
"Are they , explain your reasoning , I need a minimum of three reasons ." came back Lu Xiao Tian's clipped answer to which Hwang Jin replied with a small pout and a long suffering sigh .
"Haaaah , they are not properly well equipped for the job they have taken on, they don't have proper armor which makes it easy for the spiders to bite them and rip their flesh and poison them , they entered openly from the point most visible to the spiders , surprise attacks with area attacks from outside would have done the main job . And they are too scared, two of them are nearly pissing their pants ." he grumbled but his eyes could not hide the expectant look they were giving Lu Xiao Tian .
"Hm , correct , 100 points to you Ah Jin , all your reasoning was sound I must admit ."Xiao Tian admitted with a small smile receiving a smug ' I told you so ' smile from Hwang Jin to which he broke into a small chuckle and raised his hand to ruffle his hair .
"Alright , looks like our job here is done let's move on to the next one . We will just come round in a few days so let's check the next one . I got what I wanted anyway ."
"Alright , But Tian - ge this time can we go somewhere I can fight properly , since coming here all I've been doing is taming and observing at this point I feel like my hands will fall of from itching . "
They both got out of their hiding spots and made their way out of the cluster of trees and bushes they had taken coverage in , interestingly enough none of the bushes moved as if what had moved was as light as air moving between them .
"Alright , look for one where we can fight openly without attracting too much attention to us . Also, after that tell your tamed beasts to spread out I will also send my summon to explore so that we can complete faster. "
It had already taken them 10 days to explore 1/5th of the beginners area at thus speed it would take way too long and would even interfere with their plans.
"Alright " Replying Hwang Jin closed his eyes and began giving instructions to his familiars .
A minute later he opened his eyes and gave a thumbs up signaling he was done and was ready to start moving forward .
"By the way Tian ge , aren't your summons basically useless unless it's for scouting or keeping watch ." his voice had taken that annoying edge it did when he wanted to get under someone's skin while his hands made an elaborate gesture of disappointment .
"Hm" but who was Lu Xiao Tian , he had been dealing with cute little brother of his for the past five years , he well knew how to stop his annoying teasing from escalating ," I was already planning on telling you all their uses but I guess if you think they are so disappointing then you won't want to know , after all I wouldn't want to bore you ." as he replied with a straight face Hwang Jin stood there with an affronted look on his face .
"How dare you even insinuate that you would keep secrets from me about such a thing , me the one who is responsible for hiding everything for you , the betrayal " he bemoaned with the most dramatic face known to mankind as of now .
Seeing him no one would connect him to the shy kid who speaks as if every word is counted in gold . The one who's face almost never betrays any expression . But that was the beauty of their bond wasn't it , both of them had been shunned by the world for so long that the only space where they could be true to themselves and express themselves was here , between each other . A place no one else was allowed to intrude on .
Letting out a chuckle Lu Xiao Tian took back his words and began explaining to Hwang Jin about the usefulness of the summons "While currently you think that they are useless as I grow their growth will become apparent as well , while currently them matching my realm implies that they would be useless but as our realm grows the gap between even minor realms will start appearing huge that's when a numerical advantage will help us bridge it to a certain level . Also , " at this moment a mischievous tint entered his tone "aren't I an assassin so I have to stay hidden , and these summons are just perfect for hiding my actual abilities . I can just send them to fight by saying my dominant class is summoner so it's stronger , which will ensure that my abilities as an assassin will stay hidden . '
Hwang Jin looked at Xiao Tian in amazement , while his information gathering skills were great he wasn't the best at finding practical uses for skills and information he found .
Most of the times he was the one just finding it what to do with the information was a decision completely left on Lu Xiao Tian . It almost always left him amazed how he found uses of information he could never even think of .
'Though of course this is probably not all the ideas he has , he just needs to keep silent about them for now . Most probably the seal he was talking about . He is probably worries about that person being able to hear about his plans and is refraining from telling me to much .'
As they passed a dense growth of trees they finally arrived at their destination , a settlement of the red eyed four handed apes .