Michael became excited. Part of the reason why he wanted to relocate to the Parched Lands was because of the potentially talented monsters that he could come across. Ever since he discovered he could awaken their talent, a whole new realm of possibilities entered his mind.
People overlooked monsters and beasts as nothing more than instinctual creatures with no potential. But ever since he met Fudge, he realized that monsters were as talented as humans!
So, he welcomed this sudden encounter.
He stopped his automobile and immediately got out to observe his surroundings.
From his perspective, there was not a single piece of living being anywhere he looked. There was just an endless wasteland of cracked soil and the occasional tumbleweed that rolled in the distance.
Skills didn't lie, so Michael knew that there was a living being somewhere here, but he just couldn't see them through normal means.