Thane made her way through the thick forest on the Acropolis that now looked like a large, wingless lizard compared to its previous look of the Scarlet Dragon.
Thanks to some of the things they learned from the memories of the dragon and optimized it all of the zergs can now compress their cultivation making it purer and denser than the majority of the cultivators of this world.
Thane shrunk her body to the size of a human to make it easier to infiltrate this world's society however her provocative outfit concealed her essentials.
It was still very stimulating for the humans that she came across matched with her European looks and large assets thanks to her extra set of storage inside of it for armor and weapons ready to be made.
The first group that decided to try their luck against her was a group of 11 bandits, wielding crude weapons that were around the Nascent level and animal skin for clothes and armor.
They had mistaken her for a mortal human that was venturing out to visit the nearby village riding a unique animal that seemed to be as weak as her, Making them assume that the beast could be sold to a beast collector for some extra money.
The additional thing that the Zergs learned was how to hide their cultivation.
Then again the leader of the group was a peak true profound realm cultivator which would explain why he was so confident as in the profound sky continent those that are of higher cultivation than him are either in the sects or major clans trying to reach the next level and they would have some kind of Insignia out in the open to flaunt their status.
Thane had neither thus they deemed her as the perfect target failing to notice the minions that were now eager to kill them but hid their bloodlust well.
The leader of the bandits was a middle-aged man with a long scar that trailed from his left eyebrow down to his chest with a spear made from a beast's bone tied to his back, he yelled as his eyes roamed all over the woman's body.
"Hey hey hey, Boys! it looks like we got ourselves a young woman that needs to be escorted!"
Thane frowned at this in confusion as she thought to herself while tilting her head slightly to the side.
"why would I need to be escorted?"
Her reaction was strange for the bandits.
Many of the mortals they came across would shudder in fear upon seeing them while the leader was under the impression that the name of their group hasn't spread enough thus he continued to try and intimidate the woman that still had a stoic look.
Where sadly it wasn't her being stoic, it was just that Thane really didn't understand the situation.
What do you expect from a zerg that wasn't even a few months old and wasn't interested in receiving the memories of the humans they consumed!?
Plus they weren't much of a threat to her they didn't have the Skyhawk logo thus she bore them no hostility.
"Hey, woman! why don't you come with us? we'll take 'good' care of you."
The bandits began preparing themselves in case she tried to escape but her immediate answer made it awkward.
Thane was under the assumption that they wanted to be her guides thus she immediately replied with a simple.
"Ok"
The effects of not having the necessary knowledge, Alissa wanted Thane to quickly learn using the knowledge she gain from this trip.
So, the Zerg would have no choice but to absorb their knowledge despite her abhor towards it.
The bandits froze, these men were prepared for a struggle!
But the girl agreed so easily, thus the men all looked towards the leader unsure of what should they do.
I mean hell, Even anyone would be surprised if they were part of the group, their victims never casually agreed!
The leader cleared his throat, clearly in disbelief, before continuing.
"Better not have any silly ideas woman! or things will be very unpleasant!"
Thane blinked a few times unable to comprehend the man as she mentally asked herself.
"Why would I have ideas that would be silly? You'll need to talk lunar for that."
Thus she asked out loud with a blank look and flat tone after leaning forward unintentionally showing a lot of her cleavage.
"Are you guys going to escort me or not?"
This question made all of the men become speechless at her 'openness.'
They all assumed that she wanted to have sex with all of them.
They all gulped at the same time hell even the leader was having trouble controlling himself as her breasts looked bigger at that angle.
Due to genetics, good luck finding a woman with such sizes in this universe!
The men all went into a lustful frenzy two of them ripped their clothes off before charging at the woman.
Sadly for them, this action set off the hidden Hunter named xifomáchos, or simply Xifo who was assigned as her escort just in case someone tries to take advantage of her.
The ending of the two charging men received a spine that tore through their skulls while hiding in a nearby tree preventing the other zergs from exposing themselves.
The sudden death alerted the bandits causing them to draw their weapons except for one.
The leader panicked as he didn't even see what attacked or how did it happen.
His face cramped as he thought that the woman they tried to assault was under the protection of an expert!
Thus, he yelled out to his men as some of them we preparing to attack the blank-faced woman, and some were just being cowards about to run.
"Calm your sorry asses now, you damned fools!"
His words calmed them down but they now had their weapons drawn which would be useless if His assumption was right.
The woman's words made him fear the worst.
"'Xifo', why did you kill these men that were going to escort me?"
Thanks to her growth in cultivation and skills these men could only dream of getting through her defense to even tickle her, which is why Thane didn't even put them in her eyes.
Which sounded like Shifu for the Bandit leader, which meant 'master-guide' right now he began cursing in his mind!
"F*ck F*ck F*ck! I really kicked an iron plate this time!"
He quickly changed his demeanor to a very subservient manner as he asked out loud.
"May I ask which lord has graced us with their presence?"
This doubled as something he and his men practiced so much as a warning that they f*cked up and now need to cater to the will of the mystery expert that was now hidden.
The men opted to imitate the leader to the best of their abilities.
However, there was ONE newbie who wasn't familiar with this tactic and decided to try his luck in running which unfortunately for him was right towards a hydralisk that took this as a sign of aggression towards it!
So, it popped out of the ground and then cleaved the man in half from the waist causing the man to fall to the ground on his back before the creature dug its blades into his shoulders and then fired a barrage of spines shredding the upper body and head to pieces.
This acted as a sign to begin their attack where every bandit was surrounded and separated from one another before being swarmed by the zergs!
It happened so fast that none of them managed to say anything articulate before their screams and blood dyed the area.
Thane thought nothing of this before shrugging at the loss of a guide as her words sounded cold and merciless, then again, to her... humans were akin to pests.
"oh well, guess they were useless after all."
Before resuming her travels heading to the nearby town that she learned about from the memories of the bandits.