Chapter 341: Out Hunting
Elmo wasn't sure when he'd lost Elin. He hadn't been sure where to go, or even what to look for, in regards to finding something larger than rabbits to hunt. However, likely out of pure luck more than anything, he found a herd of boar. He wasn't sure if Sonya cared to eat boar, or if she kept a kosher or halal diet, or whatever any of those were, but it was better than nothing.
Besides, it wasn't like he had any other ideas of where to find anything else.
Elmo turned to confer with Elin, but couldn't find her. At first he was confused, but then he started to grow concerned. He was aware of the memory problems she'd been having recently, though none of them could figure out why it was happening or how she'd even gotten that status on her. All he could be sure of was that he probably shouldn't have taken her away from where they'd been camping by Sonya.
Not only wasn't he sure where he lost her, but he couldn't even be sure that she'd remain there. Especially if she had a period where her memories went away again. He didn't think that she'd get hurt, but he also didn't like the thought that she was out there by herself.
Yet, despite that, Elmo turned to look at the boar in the distance again. Regardless of anything else, he was sure the he should at least get one or two boar. That way he could at least bring something back before organizing a search party. Though as he thought about it, with all the people that he'd be able to gather, it might not be big enough to really be considered a 'search party' since aside from himself, there was Heather, Sonya, and Bart.
Maybe he could recruit Grisha, but he didn't think he should count on him. Then with Sonya, he couldn't say how viable she was as an option. Not with her injuries. Besides, he knew that they should at least have one other person helping her, which would also count Heather out. Which would then leave just him and Bart. Not really large enough of a group to do any effective search in an area as large as this one.
Pulling himself out of his thoughts, he focused on the boar. He thought about using one of his brimstone spells, but quickly discarded the idea. For one thing, he wasn't interested in charring part of the pigs. Not when he had alternatives and not to mention that he didn't need to take down the entire herd.
Instead, he opted for his Dark Impact spell. He wasn't sure if it'd be able to take any of them down with just one hit, but he was also confident that he'd be able to just focus on one single boar, rather than any of the smaller ones.
"Dark Impact," Elmo said, focusing on one of the larger boar. He wasn't interested in trying to find the best one, as he already felt rather distracted with the knowledge that Elin was missing. Which he knew he couldn't really expect to be able to do anything about right then. Not with everything else going on at that moment.