BXBX NOVEL Chapter 129: The lifeforce is Minus?
"Mila zel, mila karano seda, milu naka luna seda rano."
("That is why we must be more wary; there should be no one that can enter or leave the area.")
While listening to the alien language, Alex started analyzing them one by one.
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Name (species): ???????
Power Level: 4.5
Life Force: -1/0
Abilities: ???
(Target was feeling expectation, hope, and wariness)
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Alex could see some of them had hope, while others were filled with fear, but what surprised him was that their life force\'s energy was minus.
\'Vesa, are they undead?\'
[They are not, King. I also don\'t know what the cause of this is; even from extensive information, there has never been a case of a life force being minus, and even undead creatures will only have it at zero.]
\'Since you cannot translate their talk, I take it you don\'t know their language too.\'
[Yes, King. I also don\'t know what kind of species they are. They seem to have a relation with Felidaeans.]
[Felidaeans, as we call them, are humanoids with feline traits, which can include ears, tails, or even just claws.]
Alex then tries to communicate with them. Since he cannot talk, he tries to gesture while waiting for Vesa to analyze their language.
First, he puts his hammer back into his storage ring to show he means no malice. He then points at the tree and the feline woman\'s weapon, gesturing for them to drop it.
"See, the man put back his weapon. I think he means he doesn\'t want to fight us."
"Human are cunning, and filled with trickery. What if this is just a trap? Don\'t you see he somehow can make the weapon appear and disappear at will?"
"That is possible. What do you suggest we do then?"
The one leading the feline then replies, "We are going nowhere like this. All of you, point your bow at that man."
"What do you want to do, Lily?"
But Lily didn\'t answer them. She threw her bow to the ground, raised both hands and then started walking toward Alex.
Seeing the gesture, Alex feels confused. Just like Lily, he suspects it\'s a trap.
Why would only one person throw her weapon while the others point their bows at him?
\'Do they want to negotiate while threatening me?\' he thought.
It doesn\'t take long for Lily to reach in front of him.
Now, face to face, she starts thinking about how to communicate. After some time of silence, she points at the tree, shakes her head, and then to an empty spot a distance away from the tree.
Alex understands it means she wants him to go away from the tree, since it\'s important for them, but this doesn\'t mean he will just agree to it.
He points at her comrade and then to the bow that was thrown to the ground.
Lily understands Alex. He won\'t move before her friend throws their weapon to the ground, but she still doesn\'t believe Alex.
She doesn\'t know what he\'s capable of.
This makes the situation turn into a standoff. Minutes pass by, and Lily looks for any opportunity to attack Alex but cannot find any gap to ambush him.
Instead, with the distance between them now, she could feel a strong presence coming from Alex, making her even more wary of him.
[King, I have translated their language. I am sure the translation is perfect.]
[Based on my analysis, the language was derived from the Felidaeans race, confirming they are a subspecies of them.]
"Does the Felidaeans race have anything to do with the undead?"
"Only a minority of them does, most of them were a warrior race with unique abilities utilizing tattoos on their bodies. They name this method shadow glyphs."
\'I don\'t see any tattoos on their bodies. Did they forget about it?\' Alex thought to himself.
He then said to Lily in their language, "My name is Alex. I don\'t mean you harm. You may not believe me, but I suddenly got transported here.
I need information now to find a way to get out of this place; I have people waiting for me.."
Lily raised her eyebrow. She was surprised that Alex suddenly spoke in their language.
"If you can talk, why not say anything before?"
"You shot your arrow at me before saying anything. What do you think I should do?"
Alex replied, not planning to tell her he just understood their language.
Since Alex was being cooperative, Lily gestured to her friend to drop their bow. She then turned her gaze back to Alex.
"How did you enter here? This area is sealed and protected by many security measure, not even bug can enter here."
"Just what is this place?" Alex asked while he thought. \'No wonder there are almost no living beings here; it seems even the small bugs here are chosen on purpose.
"This area is a sacred grove for our race."
"I mean this place in general, don\'t you live in a secret realm?"
"Secret realm? Oh you mean this place, we call this world\' Veiled dimension.\' Based on what I know, our ancestors escaped here to save themselves from invasion from other race."
Her eyes then narrowed, looking at Alex. "And that race is human."
\'A human attacked this place?\' Alex asked himself. He then started speculating about his location.
The people here probably are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Crystal City ruins he found out there. Alex then took out the crystal tablet he found before from his storage ring.
Seeing it, Lily\'s eyes flickered. She recognized the item. "That is our ancestral tablet. How could you get it?"
Alex\'s lips curled into a smile. "Do you want it? Let\'s trade.
Bring me to your place and tell me everything you know. In exchange, I will give it to you."