These Familiars Are Strange

There were a few more things that had to be taken care of since all three of us had become sergeants.

It was just a few things that the person behind the desk had for us.

Since we were sergeants now, it was only natural that we would receive extra benefits.

This was one of the rewards that came with the promotion.

But at the same time, there were a few things that the person behind the desk had to explain to us.

As sergeants, it was only natural that we should get extra responsibilities.

These were responsibilities that matched the new benefits that we received.

When it was over, Yun Tian walked us out of the tent while asking, "Really, what did you encounter that you obtained all of those contribution points."

I hesitated for a second before leaning in. Even after leaning in, I made sure to look around to make sure that there weren't any people listening in on us.

"We found a Hidden Dungeon."

Yun Tian raised a brow as he looked at me, as if he was doubting what I said. However, I just looked right back at him with the same calm look on my face.

Only after that did he suddenly say with a whistle, "Then you really are lucky. Hidden Dungeons certainly can give you quite a bit of contribution points, but they are incredibly rare to find."

I gave a nod, but it wasn't as if I really had anything to reference since it was my first time in the Abyss.

After walking with Yun Tian a bit, I suddenly asked him, "Do you know what's happening by the entrance? There were a lot of people that were gathered there."

Yun Tian didn't answer right away when I asked this question.

The look on his face was as if he was considering whether he should tell me or not.

But eventually he said, "It's because something big happened."

I raised a brow to look at him after he said this, only it didn't seem like he was going to say anything else with the way that he looked back at me.

He just looked at me like this for a bit, as if he was thinking about something else.

But eventually he waved his hand for us to follow him.

Yun Tian led us over to one of the tents and then led us to a compartment in that tent.

Before we entered, he had a chat with someone that was in the main compartment of this tent and that person put a sign on the flap leading to this compartment we were in.

I could sense that there was some kind of mana that was coming from that sign, which showed that it was a special magic item. Though I really didn't know what kind of magic item this was.

Yun Tian didn't seem worried about this as he sat down on one of the chairs that was in this place and then he gestured to the chairs in front of him.

I looked at him with one brow raised, but I sat down in the end.

When I sat down, he suddenly said, "I'm sure that you've noticed that my team isn't with me."

I slowly gave a nod in response to this, but I had actually assumed that he was just here because he was handling some matter outside of his normal tasks. I had assumed that his team had gone to rest since they had just come back from the subjugation quest.

But now that he said this, it seemed that there was more than met the eye.

Yun Tian continued by saying, "They're all gathered by the entrance as well as everyone else. I just came out here to take care of some supply issues, I was planning to head back in after I was done."

Once again, I gave a nod. But this time, I asked, "What is so special that everyone's gathering?"

Yun Tian paused for a few seconds before saying, "Since you're new to this, you most likely don't know about this. It's an event that happens every so often since it's something those Abyss Demons do."

I raised a brow to look at him without saying anything.

With the way that he was acting, it really seemed like Yun Tian was being mysterious for no reason.

He paused once more before finally saying, "It's an invasion force."

This wasn't what I had been expecting, but it did make sense.

There was a reason why the Abyss had manifested as a special dungeon in the first place. It was the place that the Abyss Demons were using to invade our world.

The only strange thing was how casual Yun Tian had said this.

Seeing the way that I looked at him, Yun Tian added, "This is something that happens quite often, but we've never had a problem before because the Abyss Demons have never been able to overpower our Abyss Guards. It's just that this time…"

He looked like there was something that he didn't want to say.

I couldn't help knitting my brows when I saw him acting like this.

In the end, Yun Tian finally said with a sigh, "You're related to this as well since you were on the subjugation team. It's the fact that they were trying to kidnap people to hold that ceremony. For them to invade after that ceremony failed, it seems like the Abyss Demons really are planning something."

I slowly nodded in agreement to this, but it wasn't as if I really had an idea of what he was saying.

It wasn't our first week, but it was our second week in the Abyss Guards.

We certainly didn't know as much as Yun Tian did.

However, it didn't seem like Yun Tian was interested in explaining as he suddenly said, "Anyway, you don't have to fight in this battle since you just came back from your first expedition into the Abyss. But if I had to give you some advice as your senior, this is the one that you'll want to be a part of."