Chapter 463: The Real Beast
As Derek had found out before when he was farming Void Beasts by himself, the call to draw the beasts near was near instant, but their response was not. So, once he watched the purple beam of void energy disappear and focused on regaining his mana, he let out a sigh.
“If we are going to be farming Void Beasts, shouldn’t we message Avery and Silvi to come out? I’m sure our communication crystals would work with us being this close to Savannah,” Derek asked Alanah, who was standing by, waiting for the Void Beast to appear. “I doubt Silvi will like the fact that I didn’t bring her out to do this with me.”
“I think it will be okay,” Alanah replied as she continued to look up at the sky where the energy had disappeared. “I only want to do this to satisfy my own curiosity and because I suddenly have a little extra time to spare since we skipped so many of those dungeons I had picked out for you…” she continued. “Besides, I only want a few of them—enough to see how your skill works and to see if we can get one of the better ones. After that, we can cross the sea and I can take care of a few… loose ends.”
“Okay…” Derek said. “But you have to tell Silvi that it was your idea if she asks. I would rather not spend my mornings eating burnt toast and scrambled eggs.” That was just about the only thing that Derek could cook, other than the usual steak and potatoes. He’d also become quite proficient in frying fish before the system came.
“Silvi would never ruin food just for revenge,” Alanah said.
“No,” Derek replied. “She definitely wouldn’t. But she would refuse to cook for me, and then cook extra just so she could eat it in front of me.”
“Oh…” Alanah touched her chin in thought. “Yeah, I could see her doing that.”
As Derek was about to speak again, his Void Sense caused him to turn his head to look into the sky. Sure enough, he saw a fluctuation of void energy leaking out. And soon after that, the telltale sign of a Void Beast appearing began. A pounding sound like that of a hammer beating on a hollow drum began sounding out from the sky.
“This is it?” Alanah asked—her eyes locked on the part of the sky where the pounding seemed to be coming from.