32 Senior Acolyte
They walked back the bridge made of wood when the senior acolyte in front stopped. Ery readied his stance when he had heard the acolyte said 'Entangled'.
The calm murky water beca turbulent and a drake from beneath them shot up tied with roots. The senior acolyte touched the ring on his finger and a spear flashed from thin air before stabbing the drake right to where its heart should be. He waved off the blood before swiping his ring again, making the drake and spear disappear at the sa ti.
Ery wanted to co over and ask the senior acolyte about his ring and spell, however, the acolyte had so kind of aura that made you feel he wasn't an easy person to talk to. Still, this was the first ti Ery had seen an acolyte or magus in action. He dread of the day when he'd be able to use such spells and items but first things first, he had to find a four-leaf moon clover.
After crossing the bridge, the senior acolyte turned to Ery and said, "You, kid. What's your na?"
"It's Ery," he said, his eyes slightly twitched.
"Okay, mine's Cole, kid. Would like to join us?" Cole asked with his arms crossed.
Ery bit his lips before sighing. He hated being called like a kid. Moreover, this acolyte nad Cole didn't seem to be that older than him. Maybe around one to two years gap only. Anyway, he tried to place his emotions back in his head and focused on the mission's objective instead. He asked, "What's the catch?"
"I'll lead and watch your backs while you guys search and give all the plants to ," Cole said nonchalantly.
"Hey, then doesn't that defeat the purpose of why we're here in the first place?" Ery said, brows furrowed.
"I need to get as many four-leaf moon clovers as I can to secure my acceptance in the ranks of alchemists. I don't care about the potion since they're useless to . Master Grom said for each acolyte exchanging a four-leaf moon clover, he would give only one potion, so I'll give one moon clover to each person part of the group. Another catch is that you'll have to stay with the group until we get back," Cole explained.
Ery thought for a mont and turned to Fatty. "Did you all agree to this?"
Fatty nodded. "I'm not interested in alchemy, but I can't pass up the opportunity to increase my spirit power."
"So, have you made up your mind?" Cole asked.
"Okay, I'll join you guys," Ery said.
"Good. Fatty, introduce the others to him," Cole said, walking away.
Fatty gave Ery a rundown of the other two people Ery hadn't talked to yet. The first one had a large, muscled, body and was nad Topper. Fatty ntioned how he had seen Topper lift a drake with just one hand. He thought Topper was not a human at first, but fortunately, he was. Fatty couldn't tell if Topper had another elent aside from plant since Topper had been using brute strength to deal with most things.
The second person he introduced was a female nad Mags. She had a small fra and pinkish hair. Her elental affinity was both fire and plant. Fatty ntioned Cole had asked her first because it would be difficult to stay the night in a moist, damp, swamp.
Lastly, Fatty presented himself having an earth and plant elental affinity. He was a rank two acolyte, while Topper and Mags were rank three and Cole was rank five.
Wandering around the swamp, they eventually found a flat ground at the foot of an aged tree. Cole stopped and turned to face them and said, "Let's eat."
"Alright, it's dinner ti!" Fatty exclaid.
They still hadn't found another moon clover but when Cole ntioned eating, Ery's stomach rumbled. He took a seat at one of the large roots and opened the supply bag he received in Elder's Respite. Ery whipped out a bread-like food that felt hard like a rock to the touch.
Fatty said, "Hey, brother. Please put that away. It gives shivers whenever I rember eating that. It tastes like an old tree bark. Let's wait for Mags to cook the drake at."
Mags finished roasting the drake at and the mont it touched Ery's tongue, the rich flavor of warm at, complented with the charred, smoked portions, made Ery salivate further as he devoured it right up to its bones.
After everyone had had their fill, Ery decided to strike up so conversation wherein he found out that Cole was a second year acolyte, the sa as Mags and Topper, and had gone through the sa quest last year but failed to gain entry into the alchemist institute.
When they had finished resting, they got up and began searching under the guidance of the golden moon. Ery and the rest searched every nook and crannies where the little rare plants might be hiding. Wandering in a place filled with wondrous, glowing, small, large, various colors of plants made Ery feel like he was back ho.
Two hours had passed and they had found three more four-leaf moon clovers. It wasn't Ery that had found them, but when he walked among the bushes near a glowing vine that had a bluish glow, he saw a similar plant.
"One, two, three, four leaves!" Ery tried to pick the plant but the mont he tugged it, it didn't budge. He pulled harder and the soil trembled, then the vines nearby started moving and from the ground, a plant sprang out that was as tall as three ters(9.8 Feet)!
[Angler Vine]
[Level 3 beast]
[Battle power 30]
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