Ninya, who was walking behind him, asked with a perplexed voice.
“Eh? Nothing, maybe it’s just my imagination?”
Lukeluther’s head was full of doubts, but he increased his pace and quickly closed the distance between him and Peter.
Ninya also looked in the same direction, confirming there was no movement and then moved forward quickly.
The wheat even grew onto the road to the village, making it look like it had been flooded by the the sea. For the sake of creating a path they considered cutting down the wheat, but doing so would surely get them into trouble.
“I really hope that the villagers will properly tend these fields. Leaving it like this would be too wasteful.”
Peter, who was walking in front of them, knocked over many ears of wheat when his thigh armor grazed them. Seeing that, Peter muttered to himself, feeling that something was off about the situation.
His intuition, which had been honed through countless dangerous situations, was warning him. Would green ears of wheat really fall over this easily?
Looking carefully at the fields, Peter realised there was a pair of eyes staring straight into his. There was a small creature that could hide their whole body inside the wheat field. Although he couldn’t make out the facial features that were hidden by the wheat, they were definitely not human.
“What!”
Surprised, Peter wanted to shout a warning to his fellow comrades, but the creature —— a demi-human —— spoke first: “Could you lay down your arms?”
The short demi-human had already drawn its weapon, no matter how fast Peter could move, his opponent would still be faster.
“Uh-oh, please lay down your weapons. Could you please convey this message to the people behind you? We do not wish to use these bows and arrows to kill you.”
Hearing a soft sound coming from another place, he looked in that direction and discovered a cleverly hidden hole in the fields from which the upper halves of some demi-humans could be seen. They were also using the wheat to camouflage themselves.
Peter could not help feeling hesitant. According to what this creature was saying, it looked like there was room for negotiation.
“... Could you spare our lives?”
“Of course. If you surrender.”
Peter was at a loss