"So they can also excrete a gas that has the sa corroding effect."
"Pretty much. That'll make fighting them a bit more dangerous since, they seem to be fine even when inside it."
The two looked at the area where the gas was emitted. Every plant and tree on the area deteriorated significantly. With evident damages marked by the dark parts and the stiffened leaves.
"It's also similar to a burning effect but, it's not sothing I can absorb since it isn't even fire." Jade said, referring to his skill which could devour any type of fla.
"We've got ourselves in quite a pickle then. I an, a forest isn't exactly the strong point of fire."
"Yeah. I can burn them but I may start a forest fire along the way."
"Can't you just devour your own flas?"
"Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. I can only consu flas made by outside sources. Otherwise I'd have unlimited mana."
"Yeah that's true."
For the first ti during their mission, the two were at a loss on what to do. For one thing, Sol was also to bla for this. With five months of him leading in the domain expansion division, everyone relied too heavily on him and his commands.
After all, he was almost god like in this aspect. As if his words had a natural power to turn everything to his favor.
Yet both Jade and Alice were far from incompetent. They did fall short on wit compared to a genius but, they were nevertheless excellent and well rounded fighters themselves. And proving this point, Alice was able to co up with a possible solution to their problem.
"But if you think about it, we don't need to kill all of them. We just need to get the stuff Sol asked from us."
"You an the information on whether or not a monster is partly crystallized?" Jade confird, unable to follow what Alice's point was.
"Yeah. If one of those things absorbed that trait then, it wouldn't create a camouflage along with the rest of their skin since its made of a different material."
This was a fact. It doesn't take a genius to understand that monster parts are made specifically to suit the overall battling and defending capabilities of a creature. These things have mutated along with them when mana has invaded the land, creating the best combination for the monsters to cope with the change in the environnt.
Hence, sothing like an added part which was not naturally part of this mutation would not fit to the whole sche. For the chaleons they faced, this ant that the crystals would not have the sa property as the skin of the creature. Rendering it vissible.
"So basically if we find their camp and, imdiately see nothing out of the ordinary..."
"We can just retreat." Alice finished.
"That or we'll fight them until they get wiped out. It honestly depends on the situation." She added, actually wanting to go with the latter option she ntioned.
"That's actually well thought of." Jade comnded.
"Thank you, I learned from the best." Alice said in reply, referring to the fact that she has been with Sol for a long ti.
"We should get going then, we don't have all day." Jade said, offering his hand which Alice gladly accepted, pulling her up as they went on their way.
There was a specific thod to what the two needed to accomplish. First, they hunted so of the black hares. The sa rabbit which one of the chaleon ate right in front of them. This was relatively easier to spot. With an abundance of these actually located on an area a bit further from where Jade and Alice found it.
Catching the creatures however, was a different story altogether. The hares were fast and, if not caught off guard, they could sprint even faster than the chaleons. But the two didn't give up easily. With mistake after mistake, they finally knew what they needed to avoid.
Thus after an hour's worth of failed attempts, they were finally able to kill ten of these. They didn't burn the creatures however as, they thought it may leave a different scent while also attracting other monsters. But they did catch ten more to give to their direwolves once they returned.
It was already noonti when they finished. Yet the two didn't feel much of the sun. The forest was cool and calming despite being a chaos area. Sothing which they were thankful for as, they would've been more exhausted if they were exposed directly to sunlight.
But it wasn't like they weren't exhausted because, they were terribly so. They didn't think that such an activity would be taxing for their stamina. And so the two decided to rest for a little bit. Just enough to make sure that their performance won't be jeopardized once they co for the chaleons.
Alice wanted to ask Jade about his conversation with Sol again. But then she thought that, whatever it was, they were probably keeping it a secret for a good reason. And Alice isn't a person who thought that she was so important that she needed to be updated on everything. That is why she focused on sothing else. Speaking right after taking a bite of her military crackers.
"Co to think of it, we've been on the sa team for five months yet I'm still on the dark about a lot of things about you."
"Well aren't we the sa on that aspect?" Jade comnted.
"Yeah you're right. Why don't we do that now? You know, swap information." Alice said, speaking like a black market trader.
"I don't really mind." Jade said in reply, also taking a bite on his crackers as the two began speaking about their lives.
It didn't take long for things to heat up between the two. After all, they were both tortured most of their lives. With Jade being subject to the beatings and burnings of Prince Blaze. anwhile, Alice went through the hellish beatings of the thieves. Not only physically but also ntally as she needed to ensure that they would never dispose of her all of a sudden.
Suddenly it was a competition to see who suffered the most.
"I got candle wax dripping on my tongue one ti. Every ti I twitched, he'd burn one of my fingers."
"Oh yeah? Well I had to survive on an empty stomach for a whole week. Then I was beaten up by the older thieves, saying that they saw eat on one occasion even though I didn't."
"Blaze once asked to dip my feet on his flas. I needed to walk through it, otherwise I was going through heavier punishnt."
"Pshhh. I was made to drink three types of poisons for a whole month. If my immune system fell off even just a bit I would've died. In fact I had a fever which lasted for that duration, as well as hallucinations."
What both of them thought would be a weird conversation actually turned out okay. They both began laughing, thinking how stupid it was that they competed for the most tortured human.
"For a girl who looks as frail and noble as you, they really put you through a lot huh?"
"Yeah well looks is a bad thing in the league of thieves. You're supposed to seem tough but because of my appearance, I needed to constantly perform in order for the league to allow to live."
"Must've been hard on you."
"Not as hard as having to serve a self centered prince."
"Hahaha. Yeah you're right about that."
The two finished their al shortly after this conversation. Jade and Alice felt closer to each other after it. Thinking how much of a coincidence everything was. That they were placed into the sa division. That they were both on the sa mission once again. That they were paired for the hunting. And that, they both went through torturous childhoods.
"We actually have a lot in common huh." Alice said.
"Yeah, who would've thought?" Jade said in reply.
"Well I still think I'm stronger than you when it cos to fighting." The female paladin taunted.
"You know I'm not a big fan of competitions Alice."
"Are you scared?"
"This is so petty." Jade said in a tone that ant he accepted it.
"Is that a yes or a no?"
"Fine, if those chaleons fight us I'm gonna stack up more bodies than you."
"I'll take that as a yes." Alice cheerfully replied as the two resud on their task.
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