For the first time, emotion appeared in the spherical creature's round, gleaming eyes.
It was curiosity and confusion.
Her intelligence seemed immature, unable to derive common-sense understanding based on details.
So, when Law and the others deliberately spared the three human statues, the spherical creature found it strange.
"Why kill them?"
Law looked at the spherical creature, who had spoken for the first time, and attempted a question in return.
The spherical creature was stunned, as if receiving information it could not process. Even its constantly flapping wings stopped, causing its round body to fall towards the ground.
Law saw this as an opportunity and dashed out.
He wanted to take this chance to eliminate the spherical creature.
However, the spherical creature once again displayed terrifying speed. The moment Law moved, she also suddenly moved, retreating backwards, causing Law's surprise attack to miss.
After dodging the attack, the spherical creature acted as if nothing had happened, her eyes still filled with curiosity and confusion.
Law looked up at the spherical creature, now back in the air, frowning deeply.
Just now, when the spherical creature dodged his attack, it gave him a feeling of repulsion.
In fact, his previous multiple attacks had also faintly carried this feeling.
No matter how fast he attacked the spherical creature, she could retreat in time every time.
Her method of dodging attacks was never left or right, up or down... it was always retreating to create distance.
"Why not kill them?"
The spherical creature looked at Law and repeated her previous question.
Law looked back at her, remaining silent.
Having failed multiple surprise attacks, he had to admit the spherical creature's speed had indeed reached a terrifying level.
Even if he could persistently launch attacks at her, if he could not succeed at the start, however much time he spent, the outcome would be the same.
Troublesome and difficult to handle were no longer sufficient to describe this spherical creature of unknown origin.
Sometimes, Law even wished the spherical creature would actively attack them... that way, there might be a chance to touch her.
Faced with the spherical creature's repeated questioning, Law chose to ignore it and retreated back to the formation.
"Why not kill them?"
The spherical creature showed no malice, but like a curious baby, persistently sought an answer.
Ging asked Law with his eyes what to do next.
He also very much wanted to deal with the spherical creature, but his ability was ineffective against her. Otherwise, given the intelligence she had displayed, if he could pull her into his Game Space, the battle would likely be over in less than five minutes.
Law shook his head slightly at Ging, while keeping an eye on the spherical creature and looking at the restrained human statues.
Killing the human statues on the spot might be the best choice.
But deep down, Law was unwilling to destroy these three stone statues that were once his fellow humans.
He had learned through various channels how much struggle humans must endure to survive on the Dark Continent.
How many normal humans, not evolved towards Humanoid forms, still remain on the Dark Continent?
Law did not know, but he believed the number must be very small.
Unable to extract information from the human statues and unwilling to destroy them, Law drew three circular-framed Divine Scripts on the ground.
Obscure, hard-to-understand black symbols were arranged in a circular pattern with a mysterious regularity, standing out sharply against the milky white glow.
These three Divine Scripts were used to restrain the human statues. Their duration was not long, only about a day.
Buhara and the others placed the human statues within the Divine Scripts. The ability took effect, and invisible walls of air bound the human statues tightly.
"Let's go."
Law glanced at the spherical creature that was pestering them relentlessly and continued deeper into the forest.
The spherical creature began to relentlessly repeat the same unchanged question.
Why not kill them?
No matter how many times the spherical creature asked, Law remained silent.
Despite being ignored, the spherical creature seemed to know no anger, only persistently asking.
She did not realize that the distance she had maintained so well was unconsciously closing.
Law had initially wanted to anger the spherical creature, then look for an opening to precisely counterattack when she actively struck.
However, Law found the spherical creature was not angry at all. But he also noticed she was unconsciously closing the distance.
This was a good sign for Law.
The spherical creature's existence was like a sword hanging over their heads. Whether she posed a threat or not, only by eliminating her could the team feel at ease.
Law's group walked further and further away, slowly disappearing from the human statues' view.
The spherical creature's young, childish voice also grew fainter until it was completely silent.
The three human statues stood obediently, punished within the Divine Scripts.
About three hours later, a figure emerged from the swirling light specks.
It was a tall, slender woman, with silver-white hair like satin falling to her waist. She wore no clothes, only a few white stone leaves covering her main areas.
The woman had an exceptionally hot figure, but her face had only a pair of narrow, long eyes, no nose or mouth.
She walked amidst the light specks, which parted to make way for her, unable to adhere to her body.
The woman came before the human statues, looked down at the Divine Scripts beneath their feet, a strange light appearing in her narrow eyes.
"Heh, array spells."
The woman extended her slender, pale fingers and gently brushed one of the human statues' faces.
With no visible movement, the human statue silently turned to powder, falling into the milky white glow on the ground.
"Having touched my collection, a price must be paid."
The woman looked down at the gradually fading Divine Scripts, then slowly raised her head, as if she could see a wisp of Nen heading deeper into the forest.
When the ability effect of the Divine Scripts was cancelled early, the unused Nen would automatically return to the user's body.
It is worth mentioning that this primitive, non-damaging Nen, even if seen with Gyo, would be invisible... one could only sense its flow with keen senses.
But this inexplicably appearing woman seemed able to see the returning Nen.
That was something Nen Users could not do, and even sensing through touch was extremely difficult.
"How I want to meet you soon, human who knows how to use array spells..."
The woman pursued the Nen.