That Becomes A Trap

Six, seven, eight.

Nine, ten, eleven.

Kikori and Orphe lay in wait for the wyverns and continued defeating them.

They moved each time they defeated one, making sure their position would not be realized, but… naturally, there was a limit to that as well.

On the third day after entering this territory, seeing wyverns periodically fly in as if patrolling high in the sky, Orphe clicked her tongue lightly.

“…They’re completely on guard now.”

“It’d be stranger if they weren’t on guard.”

The wyverns’ side fully understood that there was “something” hostile to them.

They had likely even guessed that this something was hiding on the ground.

The reason the place where Kikori and the others were hiding had not been burned away was probably because the wyverns themselves understood that doing so would end up tightening the noose around their own necks.

“So, what are we going to do?”

“Well… there are two options.”

The first was to wait like this until the wyverns’ caution loosened.

Since they had prepared food and water, there was no need to panic and resort to forceful measures.

Waiting until the wyverns’ guard loosened, then launching another attack, should be a reasonable tactic.

“The second is to use this situation.”

“What do you mean?”

“They’re on guard. But that doesn’t mean they’re holed up.”

Unless the wyverns were practicing animal husbandry or farming, their diet, as far as he had confirmed, came from hunting.

Then naturally, they needed to hunt in order to eat, and that was precisely why scouting wyverns were coming out on alert.

But… was that perfect?

“Even guard plans made by people who specialize in that get their holes exploited. There’s no way the wyverns’ guard plan has no holes.”

“Hmm. What holes? I didn’t really get it.”

“It’s simple. They’re operating on the assumption that ‘there are enemies on the ground.’”

“Right.”

“Then, if they find traces of them, they naturally can’t just pass them by. In that case…”

Understanding the meaning of what Kikori was trying to say, Orphe grinned.

“I see. That becomes a trap. No matter how they react, they’ll be lured there.”

“That’s right.”

For example, if one descended and tried to investigate, Kikori could immediately attack it.

If it tried to stay in the air and investigate, Orphe could fire magic at it.

If it tried to call its comrades… they could use that as bait and escape.

By concentrating their caution on one place, areas with thinner vigilance would be created instead.

By changing their hunting grounds that way, they should be able to last for a while.

“So, what exactly are we doing?”

“Right… For now, let’s try assembling some wood.”