Chapter 41: No Luck
Nick began to move once he found that he’d finally reached the edge of their territory.
He moved cautiously through the dense foliage, keeping his senses sharp.
The humid air clung to his skin, making every movement feel just a tiny bit more taxing, but he forced himself to ignore it; there was nothing he could do about it for the time being.
The Lamboda Beasts themselves were rather elusive, since they were much more cowardly than most other beasts were. Most of the time, they ran at the sight of an Altered they judged to be stronger than themselves, unlike most other Mutant, or any rank beast for that matter, who would just run head on into a fight with bloodlust.
But Nick lucked out in this department, since he was weaker than the Lamboda Beasts, especially considering he didn’t have a single Soul Seed in his Soul Star above Awakened rank, and it wasn’t even halfway full at that.
Thankfully Nick’s risk of choosing Vexa as the information broker he’d go to paid off. Vexa’s information had been thorough. Including data like the beasts preferring sunlit clearings in the jungle of dense foliage where their waxen skin could remain soft, was not something that other brokers would have given out, or would have requested an extra premium charge to acquire.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t rich enough to purchase a map of the entire territory from her, as something like that cost over double what he paid for the information, a whopping 200,000 credits! And that was including the discount!
Nick wouldn’t pay for that even if he had the funds to do so.
He’d rather just look for such clearings himself, and hope to find a Lamboda beast there, rather than rely on a map that may or may not be accurate.
Besides, he was secretly hoping his unnatural ability to attract beasts to him would kick in!
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