This is also the role of Calamity Messengers; Calamities on Terra are not just wind and rain, it's impossible to know by just looking at the sky. Kaltsit's truck has a complete set of Calamity warning equipment, and even she is extremely wary of Calamities.
"Then let's stop. I can also, for once, appreciate a Calamity from afar—but once a Calamity forms, it's endless. We should be able to detour to save time; compared to Originium fuel, food and water are actually more expensive."
Although the theme of the Terra world is Calamities, Goki has been on Terra for so long, and while he has encountered many "Great Ones comparable to Calamities," he has never actually seen a true Calamity.
Goki would not praise disaster, but if it was a harmless Calamity outside the wilderness, Goki wouldn't mind watching it with Skadi for a while longer.
"Ha, that's another reason, Mr. Goki... I wonder if you've heard that at the junction of Columbia, Kazimierz, and Victoria, there's also an organization called 'Rust Hammer'?"
Cannot took two steps forward and handed a small monocular telescope to Goki.
"Ah, I know, an anarchist organization that makes the wilderness its home; from Ursus to Sargon, the wilderness is full of their organizations."
Goki nodded; having read various story collections, he naturally knew what kind of group the so-called Rust Hammer was.
Although these people are not purely wastelanders, they are not a unified organization either; they despise civilization, have no unified leadership, and there is almost no contact between local small groups.
The Rust Hammer people are, at most, many small separatist forces using the same name.
"On this point, Mr. Cannot, you know much more than I do, don't you?"
And Cannot, who also makes a living in the wilderness, naturally has intricate ties with the Rust Hammer organization.
"Haha, Mr. Goki, you're truly a joker. Here, Nona Skadi, have some pickled squid tentacles. This is a rare commodity; I hear you Aegir people love to eat this."
Hearing Goki's words, Cannot's canned head trembled imperceptibly, then he lifted his cloak, pulled off a tentacle as thick as two fingers from among countless twisted ones, and offered it to Skadi and Goki.
"Near the Calamity cloud ahead of us, there's an armed group approaching the Calamity cloud—no one would dare to do that except for those strange Disaster Followers."
"Not all Aegir people like to eat this... No, never mind."
Skadi was about to say that she spent every day in the sea and was practically sick of eating giant squid tentacles as thick as arms, but she quickly remembered Goki's and Kaltsit's warnings and accepted the gift—most Aegir on land had never eaten seafood growing up.
"Goki, you eat it."
Smelling the unprocessed fishy odor, Skadi decisively handed the squid tentacle in her hand to Goki.
"Alright, alright, I'll take a look."
Goki had the pickled, strangely flavored tentacle stuffed into his mouth by Skadi, and while chewing, he raised his binoculars and looked at the wilderness not far away, where sand seemed to be gradually rising.
"The Disaster Followers revere all Calamities as deities, believing that dying in a Calamity is a divine grace for humanity's Ascension, and they will wantonly plunder and slaughter in the surroundings when a Calamity occurs—now they seem to be chasing someone; even if we detour, we'll definitely run into them, which is why we haven't dared to move."
Cannot sighed; there weren't no good people among the Rust Hammer, but these Disaster Followers were lunatics everyone feared.
But then, he suddenly saw Goki's body tense instantly, picking up the staff placed beside him.
"Alright, Mr. Cannot, this place is not far from our destination, and it's time for us to part ways—Skadi, let's go join the fun."
Through the binoculars, Goki saw that below the cliff, a group of armed individuals in tattered Originium-infused clothing seemed to be chasing two people on motorcycles, moving rapidly.
They were two Sarkaz, one dressed in a black robe, the other in a white dress, and their appearances... Goki seemed a bit familiar with them.
"Hmm, good! Is it time to fight?"
Skadi also became excited; after being cooped up here for several days, she could finally fight again.
"Mr. Goki, do you really—that's a Calamity!"
At this moment, Cannot's voice also trembled; Ms. Kaltsit had entrusted him with what seemed to be two beings even more insane than the Disaster Followers.
"Yes, that's a Calamity. Don't worry, Mr. Cannot, we've seen scenes more terrifying than this—let those brothers lurking around come out; it's quite tiring."
Patting Cannot's shoulder, Goki and Skadi walked past Cannot and got out of the car.
Bang—
The next second, with a burst of sound, Goki's and Skadi's figures vanished from their spot, rushing straight down the cliff.
"Ha... We'll wait until the Calamity dissipates, then leave. Call the Demon Gang—we'll set up camp."
Cannot knew that perhaps from the very beginning, his identity had not escaped this man's eyes, and the combat power of these two divine beings had never taken him seriously.
"It's good to let them teach those lunatics a lesson, huh, I don't consider them Rust Hammer."
Cannot would not have thought that the next time he saw Goki and Skadi... it would be on the official news of Kazimierz.
And—it would be major news.
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