Chapter 171: Waste of Energy
"Okay, we should be getting close now. Keep your guards up, you two, we have no idea what we might be up against," Remarked Aster, as he kept a close eye out.
"Understood, Captain," Nodded Nile Voner in response.
"This is such a pain, damn it. Couldn’t we have brought Raven along with us, or at least a Detection Mage?" Sighed Tacitus dryly.
It was the 12th of October, 1919, a couple of days had passed since the disappearance of the four Knights who had come across the Vermin Monster Queen.
The day after their disappearance, their squadmates reported them missing, after which Aster was assigned to investigate the disappearance.
He’d brought Tacitus and Nile along with him, and they were searching through the area the disappeared Knights had last gone to investigate before they went missing.
The three of them had searched through most of the area, and were currently circling the base of Flourite Mountain, drawing closer and closer to the Vermin nest with each passing minute.
"Quit your complaining, man. Raven’s busy and the Detection Mages are stretched pretty thin at the moment, so we’ll just have to make do. We’ve almost finished covering this entire area, so-...," Responded Aster, before trailing off as he spotted some movement behind a bush.
"What was that?" Frowned Nile, taking out his dual blades from his Storage Ring.
"Pretty sure it’s a Vermin, I caught a glimpse of its tail," Replied Tacitus, before Aster stepped forward and fired out a rapid telekinetic burst towards the bush.
A sharp screech of pain rang out as his attack landed, several leaves flying out upon impact as the Monster got sent hurtling out of the bush, skidding across the ground before coming to a sliding halt.