Rith ca from behind and asked Evin, "Who did you pray to, by the way?"
"No one, I just prayed for the buck. If the Empress or so other god or goddess happened to hear , then that's fine as well," Evin said nonchalantly.
"Okay," Rith did not chase the matter.
Ssatsko taught Evin to bleed the buck, and then they gave the dried husk to Rith to store. The Feline took a little bite from it, and comnted, "Definitely tastes better than a rat".
"Maybe tell your boyfriend that you don't like his gifts," Evin joked.
"I don't want him to go and hunt a deer because of . And who says he has to feed in the first place? I'm much older than the little thing. I'm sure I'm qualified to be his sugar mommy. I only eat his rats because I feel bad for the thing." Rith replied without skipping a beat.
"Such a shaless cat"
"Whether or not I feel sha is my own choice. Why don't you follow behind my footsteps? Just ignore your feeling of sha and do what you wish. Life becos so much easier," the Feline replied with a grin.
"Maybe it's because I'm not a Feline, I don't have a sha switch. You know, maybe I should complain about you to your brother. I feel like I'm being scamd of this Cosmic Professionalism thing. One mont, you abide by it, and the next you act like you never heard of such a thing," Evin jabbed.
"Patriotism is also a choice. Who says I have to abide by it all the ti?"
The answer's shalessness stunned Evin, who wasn't able to reply properly, fast enough.
Feeling weakness in her enemy, Rith gleefully attacked more.
After being properly chewed out by the Feline, Evin finally waved the white flag.
"I can't believe you're both older than ," said Ssatsko, after listening to their conversation.
"I'm only barely older than you," Rith replied, a bit offended.
"Grandpapa, this cat is bullying !!!" wailed Evin and ran towards Ssatsko.
The old man thought he experienced many things in life, but never would he expect he would one day have to comfort his three-hundred-year-old grandson.
The three had venison neck for lunch and continued their journey. After hiking for a bit, they would sit down and take minor breaks. But at one point, they found so traces of what seed to be a mana-beast.
It seed to be so sort of a bird with razor-sharp talons. Ssatsko found talon marks on a branch and could see dents made by the creature on it.
They concluded that its talons must've been super sharp, as the talon's size wasn't that big. So it couldn't an that the bird was abnormally big. The old hunter judged that the bird shouldn't be too strong, since practically every ti a mana beast ate, it would beco bigger. He explained to Evin, that when a normal beast becos a mana-beast, it starts absorbing the natural energies found in living beings after eating them, resulting in so of them becoming unbelievably big.
They decided that they could take it on if it ever ca to attack them, so they ventured deeper and deeper into the forest.
And just like that, four days passed and the trio finally reached the spot that Ssatsko wanted to show to Evin.
The armor covering the crow was finally getting the hang of so of its abilities. It was able to affect the crow and have it perform so actions subconsciously. The crow didn't realize that it was being affected, perhaps because it was too dumb to realize. It only thought that the actions it was performing were its instincts.
The crow was currently flying in the central area of the forest. Aside from the occasional hunts, it would spend its ti searching for the two-legged land walking creatures.
The armor, on the other hand, wanted to have the crow leave the area, but it was unable to force the crow to leave its territory. It could only wander its territory, hoping it could find a human. It felt that their search would be fruitless for quite a long ti, since not a lot of people would just wander around a forest. Thus, it spent most of its ti studying its own abilities.
It realized that it could talk inside its host's head. Every ti it said sothing to the raven, the big bird would look around its surroundings like it was startled, or it would just fly away in panic. It also realized that it gave its host so abilities about how to use it. It noticed that the raven was much more proficient at attacking its prey, while also being able to slightly adjust its armor to block the enemy attacks, when the prey retaliates in so ways.
In another part of the forest, three dark-skinned individuals were walking through the forest, searching for sothing.
"Elashin, I don't think the item is in this forest. Our thods showed that our aim was around the area of that town, but there are vast plains around the town. If soone capable chances upon the creature, it would beco much harder to retrieve it. I think we should scour the plains first," one of the iron-pierced mages said.
"It's not a problem to search more in this forest, we don't know what kind of creature it has been born as. Our best bet is to search this forest thodically. We searched the town, but did not find any clues. And besides, if soone else manages to find it, then we can only employ more difficult tactics. It's not the best option, but it will an that we won't be fumbling around in the dark. Besides, the forest is filled with creatures. Statistically, it is also our best bet after the town," Elashin answered.
"You an to further antagonize the kingdom? We got away with the previous few... cases, but I'm seeing a lot more mages that are loitering around town. Can't be there to just because..."
"Even if we can't retrieve it, we can be sure to kill it. That will be considered succeeding in the mission. As for whatever happens after that, that's a problem for our future selves," the man shrugged.
"And what is this creature you are searching for in the first place? You said that it could be anything, so why can't it be the caterpillar I squashed in the morning?"
"It can't beco that small. It's just unscientific, you see. The most likely thing that it will beco is a humanoid, and after that, the next thing that the target feels closeness to. Do you wake up so days and hope you beco a caterpillar in your next life?" Elashin said.
"I do hope I beco a tree, sotis," grumbled the man.
"It was a rhetorical question," smiled Elashin.
His two subordinates were clearly not satisfied with the situation, but they still shut their mouths, as they found talking to their boss a waste of breath.
After walking around the forest, they finally found so interesting tracks of a bird. It was the sa track that Ssatsko found.
"Is it a mana-beast? Why is it so small, though?" one of the n inquired.
"Perhaps it specializes in lethality. Or perhaps It is our target. It seems that it has beco a bird. A raven, most likely. See how ironic it is? The prisoner wanted wings to escape its prison, so the gods have turned him into a crow." Elashin said with a smile.
"Let's find this bird, then. Arolan!"
The man called Arolan imdiately cast so magic on the trails. The mage was using a veil that hid his World energy, but if soone could see him, they would see the man take on a pinkish shade. The World of Life.
"The beast went deeper into the forest. Let's go," Arolan said after a few seconds.
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