At the rendevous point.
The rest of the group were already present at the agreed-upon place with Wesley and Karl carry a few bags of supplies.
Right now they were just waiting for Arran and Shandra to show up as they were already fifteen minutes late.
For this reason, Charmy was pacing up and down while muttering under her breath.
'They're late, they're late!'
'I can understand why Arran would be late after all he is not really familiar with the town, but that slut Shandra has no excuse.'
'I know I should not have left Arran to roam around alone as I'm sure Shandra went to look for him behind my back so she could spend time with him when I am not around and now because of her Arran is running late'
Charmy's muttering could be considered low and inaudible but with the sharp senses of Eris and the boys gathered here, they were able to make out all that she said.
Personally, Eris was really pissed off with Charmy pacing up and dow
It took a while as well as some effort from Arran before Charmy could be made to calm down and focus on the assessment that was at hand.The likes of Shandra, Karl, and Wesley could not understand why Charmy would get so worked up over such a trivial matter that had already been dealt with but Eris and Arran knew the reason for such attitude from Charmy.In a nutshell, Charmy was just being extremely willful and could not tolerate others touching the things that she considered to be hers.In other words, she was just extremely spoiled!Now that Charmy's temper had been brought down to cool and Shandra and Arran were finally present, the group could now focus on the assessment at hand.Eris who was the group leader massaged her temple as she said to Karl and Wesley, "So did the two of you get the things that we would need for this assessment."Yes we did," replied the two boys.Dropping the large sack that hanging off of Karl's back, h
The group of six made their way west of the dire beast forest to the plains that spanned a few thousand kilometers and bordered the dire beast forest to the east and opened up to the barren snow-filled mountains ahead.Along the way, the group came across other foraging beasts.From the mild and docile grass eaters to the fierce and imposing hunters of the wild, there were a vast variety of dire beasts to be seen in the wild plains.Most of these dire beasts that could be found in the periphery of the plains were generally weak and could at most equal a seeker in strength.For Arran, these were the most perfect opponents for him to train his combat instincts against.Because these dire beasts were too weak to be of any use in training themselves with, the others in the group did not lift a hand when they came across any dire beast and let Arran handle all of them. It did not matter if Arran took a lot of time when it came to defeating these beasts,
Bighorn rams were rated as class three dire beasts in strength individually but don't let that fool you. Because bighorn rams were always gathered in herds of more than a hundred dire beasts, their collective strength was equal to that of class four dire beasts.If there should be a golden fleece bighorn ram in a herd then the combat strength of the whole herd would equal that of class five dire beast almost reaching class six in strength.This was solely due to the importance of a golden fleece bighorn ram to the herd.In a herd of bighorn rams, a golden fleece bighorn rams status was the equivalent of a king's status to his army.The patterns that were drawn on the golden fur of the golden fleece bighorn ram served as a kind of energy circuit that enabled essence energy to move around its body. This essence energy served as a kind of innate buff that increased the strength of the golden fleece bighorn rams defense.On its own, the golden fleece b
When Arran along with Shandra and Wesley went over to where Eris and the rest of the group were keeping the herd of bighorn rams from going to reinforce the golden fleece bighorn ram.When they got there the three of them saw that Eris and the others had the herd surrounded in a triangle formation and from them, there was a strand of essence energy that was connecting the three of them together.From this strand of essence energy, the three of them shared their energy together supplying their energy to construct a barrier around the herd that prevented the herd from escaping.Getting closer to the barrier Arran and his group could see that the herd of bighorn rams was rampaging furiously as they all rammed their horns against the barrier with no regard for themselves at all. It was like the herd did not care what happened to themselves at all and all they cared about was escaping and saving the golden fleece bighorn ram from danger.Still, it did not matt
After the herd of bighorn rams had been killed off, Arran and the group could finally settle down for a while as they only had to focus on cleaning up their spoils.While everybody was cleaning up in a leisurely and relaxed manner Arran was still pissed about having to run all around the place while drawing the attention of the herd to himself as the rest of the group attacked from behind.Looking at the corpses of the bighorn rams that were littered all over the place Arran could find nowhere to release all his pent-up frustrations and could only stand sulking in one corner.While grumbling lowly to himself Arran noticed that Charmy and Eris were making their way over to where he was and seeing the smug smile that was still on the edge of Charmy's lips, Arran became increasingly frustrated.When the two of them had gotten close enough to him to be out of shouting distance, Arran immediately started complaining.He said to Charmy, "I'm sure you had
Seeing the plant with all the visual enhancements was like witnessing the procession of a king standing amongst its subjects in all its glory and it left the group stunned.Shandra let out a loud exhale as she exclaimed, "Wow it's actually a spiritual plant. We've really struck the jackpot this time!"Wesley who was by her side also said after using his hand to rub against his eyes to make sure that he was not seeing things, "You're right, I can't believe how lucky we are to be able to come across such a rare piece of treasure?""It's like all the ordinary luck we've ever had has been accumulating for a long while just to provide us with the opportunity to come across such a treasure!"Everybody nodded their heads in agreement with what Wesley had said too stunned to even form a coherent reply.Arran was very confused right now.While he could agree that the sight of this plant was very visually stimulating he could not for the hell of him u
Arran's group has already finished harvesting and gathering the herbs and the spiritual plant found in the small valley.Right now they were making their way to the next destination on their agenda which was the dire beast forest, specifically the place where a lot of high-class dire beast was said to be congregating.Because they had taken a detour by first going into the plains west of the dire beast forest they were actually very close to the place where they were headed but they had no idea that their group was not the only one who had set their sights on this particular stretch of the forest.Either way, even if they had lost a lot of time in hunting the golden fleece bighorn ram, they were not very far behind the other group and it could even be said that Arran's group had had a more fruitful trip than the other group since apart from catching the golden fleece bighorn ram as well as obtaining the entire herd of bighorn rams, Arran's group had also unexpec
As it turned out, the culprit of the entire commotion turned out to be a small and petite girl that was swinging a massive hammer everywhere as she battled two dire beasts together. One of the dire beasts was a five-meter tall bear that had massive claws, massive teeth, and generally very massive proportions. The fur on the bear was a deep black that shone with a kind of luster that resembled obsidian and as it moved and swiped with its massive arms, as its muscles flexed, a lot of its power sent columns of wind everywhere it aimed at. That was not all, as it seemed to also possess iron-like skin that gave it a powerful defense that was unlike that of the golden fleece bighorn ram that was from its unique talent of gathering essence energy into its body to buff up its defense. In the case of the bear, its defense came directly from its powerful physique and its defense did not lose out at all to that of the golden fleece bighorn ram. The other dire beast was a kind of large snake th