Leonhardt watched the elves complete his request in less than an hour. They rained accurate and deadly arrows on the wolves before rapidly collecting their arrows. To Leon's surprise, the dark elves seed skilled in butchery, skinning and removing all tracks.
'Amazing.'
His Mana started to decrease after he abused his Arachne Vision to observe the won. He didn't realise how lucky this choice was, as he gained various abilities that might help in future battles.
Stealth and Archery were vital skills, but the most important skills that he gained were learning the dismantle skill, which mixed butchery, skinning and dealing with the monster corpses.
'Monsters born outside a dungeon don't disappear when they die.'
So he asked a question, trying to get so information.
"What was the powder you used on the corpses?"
"It's corpse powder."
"What is corpse powder for?"
Nyxara seed a little Stoic after the battle, but he found it amazing that she ca straight to him after the battle. She looked at Leon and lifted her pouch, then opened it close to his face, before a smokey, ash scent filled his nose.
"It's a special dark elf recipe to help remove blood and monster remains, to stop tracking and avoid dangerous predators being attracted."
"Hm? But won't this stop the wolf from realising sothing happened?"
The mont Leon asked, Nyxara's eyes opened, and she showed a bright smile, almost as if this were her aim and goal.
"Master, I have sent two scouts with the last corpse, and remnants of other wolves and will spread them to the east since you seed to wish for us to cause trouble. It would be best for the monsters in this forest to clash together."
Leon noticed her excitent from her heavy breaths and the slight red hue on her cheeks, but it wasn't normal. He noticed from the start that Nyxara's goodwill was nothing like Chloe's pleasant smile in the village.
Rather—it was sickly, heavy, thick, and dangerous.
"Is it difficult to make this corpse powder?"
Nyxara suddenly pulled back, her eyes scanning Leonhardt's face before she smirked.
"I cannot tell you how to make it, but if Master wants so, Nyxara will provide it."
'Maybe it's an important Dark Elf tradition or item.'
[This crazy woman makes feel sick. Hurry and send her away!]
"That would be great, what do you want in return?"
Leon didn't want to abuse her goodwill, for fear it might twist into sothing else. The blurred face of his creator in his fractured mories reminded him of Nyxara's.
"Well~ I will think about it, Master."
"Understood, then we should head back to the village before I return?"
"Return?!" Nyxara's voice beca strange.
[See!]
'I know Ifrit, but she won't betray , her loyalty is 160!'
"Don't be so worried. It's because I have sothing to finish in the village, regarding the alpha wolf to the south. When I have ti, I'll visit the village."
He felt that her atmosphere changed when he ntioned his departure.
Nyxara's gaze turned dark and deep. Leon's back tingled as she lowered her head, covering her eyes with her hair.
She remained silent for several long breaths before finally raising her head, an almost wicked smirk covering her mouth.
"Is that so? Master has to return? Maybe I can send soone back to assist, to ensure his safety."
"Not right now, I have sothing I need to do alone, but…"
With each word, his spine beca colder, as if a dagger was placed against his flesh. Nyxara's fingers tightened, grasping his arm, causing his skin to beco pale. "But?" Her whisper made him stop before her erald eyes locked with his.
"I will allow it in the future. Give so ti, and you can join . First, focus on the southern wolves and thin out the other monsters for , okay?" Leon gave a faint smile while winking at Nyxara, who froze once again.
This ti, however, her atmosphere transford, the sickening thick pressure disappearing.
Instead, Nyxara let go of Leon and hid her face before bowing. Leon was confused by this but relieved he avoided sothing catastrophic. He could hear her whistling happily as she hopped into the trees and vanished towards the other dark elves.
[Finally… she's gone.]
"Oh?" Leon exclaid as he found a large pouch of corpse powder in his pocket. "Hm?" But he also noticed the package was a little moist…
"I don't even want to know."
"Phew, then, shall we head back to the village and see what those three slaves are doing?"
[Make sure the girls don't hear you calling them that.]
'Hahaha!'
Leon didn't return to the forest or sanctuary and headed east towards the village. Thanks to the dark elves, he received so remains to prove what he had done all day and avoid any doubts from the guards and villagers.
'The at is well cut, though wolf at usually slls bad, it seems they've rubbed it with so kind of herb.'
He noticed that when they handed him the at—it was slightly discoloured, with a dull purple leaf pressed into the soft flesh. Leon asked Nyxara, but she just smiled and narrowed her eyes. The other elves also acted strangely when they noticed he had taken the at.
"Ifrit, do you know anything about this at or herb?"
Leon didn't care because when he checked the at, it had a gay and earthy scent that faded, becoming a aty scent with a smooth aroma.
[I don't know, it seems like a normal flower... but those obscene dark elves cannot be trusted.]
"Forget it."
Her jealousy and dislike of dark elves from Ifrit made him want to avoid the subject because she was important to him. Although he tried to be fair, right now, the dark elves weren't as significant as Ifrit in his heart.
[Hmph!]
Leon turned his senses inward.
He thought the number of skills he gained from Nyxara was impressive, but to improve them, he needed to keep using them.
So from the mont he gained the Scouting and Stealth skills, Leon used them constantly while walking through the forest, or standing alone.
'Though I am not sure Stealth at level 1 would do much.'
He noticed it seed to limit his scent and sound, but not the visibility of his body in the light. Only when he stepped into a shadow did he sense a chance in his atmosphere.
'Hm, maybe stealth level one only allows you to decrease visibility in a dark area or shadow.'
'Perhaps the other levels might grant a camouflage ability or let blend in better, allowing to mask my sounds and scent in the open.'
anwhile, scouting allowed him to sense the vague position of creatures around his body within a 20-foot (6.1-tre) radius.
"Not only that, but my vision seems a little stronger, I can see further than before."
Though only a slight increase, this allowed Leon to see 140ft (42.67 tres) long in extre detail, able to see the small motes of Mana in the air and even spores from the flowers.
'Thankfully it doesn't use Mana either.'
However, when he tried to fuse the Arachne Vision and this new sight, he almost vomited because his sight beca too intense, and the world started to spin.
"Phew… I need to practise using both." Leon muttered to himself as the village ca into view, but the n guarding were neither the old man nor the guard that Leon recognised.
'Let's hope for no trouble.'
[Hehe~ When did you ever get lucky? That person is looking at you like his enemy!]
"Haa…"
With a sigh, Leonhardt approached the gate. He noticed Asuka standing close to the entrance, and her eyes lit up when she saw him.
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