Chapter 253
"Now that the fun part is finished, we souks find the rest of the witches who headed East towards Alpha Conway and his pack. But I don’t know how well they’ll actually do if there are category 4 monsters in the area." I inform the group.
"I’ll carry this one. We can see if she is sane or needs to be put down when she wakes up." Lelou agrees, tossing Becca on her shoulder.
"I’ve scanned the area, no other transit spells have been used, so either the attack worked or they don’t know where it came from." Karl adds.
Finding the rest of the witches, hopefully alive, is the first priority, so I lead everyone down their trail, which they disguised with a potion, but the death energy that clings to black witches makes then easy to follow anyhow. The scent of it lingers on everything they touch. They were moving cautiously, or perhaps they had injuries, while I’m keeping a pace that makes a comfortable jog for Lala and Hui’Jin, one they can keep up all day at their level of cultivation.
We’re not the only ones that are tracking the witches though. Stronger magical Beasts are very intelligent, the there’s a group of what smells like tigers also trying to follow the trail.
"Karl, my good man, I require a safari hat. We’re going Tiger hunting." I tell him in my most pompous voice and he creates one with a flourish. Putting the round white hat on, I change into a casual cream colored silk shirt and black high boots with my favorite leather pants. Last up is to dig through the bag of weapons Karl prepared for a rifle.
Sure, I could kill it more effectively with my fists, but that’s not how you hunt tigers.
Lala and Hui’Jin are doing their best to hide their laughter, but Lelou has given up on trying, a rumbling laughter that sounds much more Dragon than human coming from the usually composed red dragon.
I find an AK loaded with rounds enchanted for penetration and claim it as my own. Moving through the woods at a quick jog it doesn’t take long to find the tigers, they’ve surrounded the camp the witches set up, barely fifteen miles from the safe house. But I suppose that’s not a bad day for regular humans on foot in the woods.