After deducing what the letter was all about, Theo quickly made his way to the forest.
The earlier missions were very easy, and he wanted to be done with them.
According to Clara and the letter, a person was watching them from sowhere, yet what bewildered Theo was that they couldn't feel the presence at all.
This made Theo realize just how many proficient people were in the Barony aside from his family, attendants, and the head butler.
The mantis took care of the five slis in a minute; Theo was fortunate enough to find a group of three and two solo found outside the clearing by the pup.
While the first mission was completed, it was only getting started.
The next mission was to bring an alive sli to the castle. While it was sothing Theo had never thought of doing, he had a simple idea in plan.
He had ordered a tallic square box from the barony and was surprised to hear that even such a random thing was present in the inventory.
The plan was simple, but there was only one part that Theo had so hesitance to play out.
He first t a level 2 moss sli outside a clearing, and then a single command of 'Spore Lash' made the sli loosen its body.
It was the first ti Theo was moving very close to the sli, and Clara was not telling him to go back or be safe.
It made Theo realize that he had really grown out of that weak shell. He was still considered weak, but a level 3 human was much better than a level 0 one.
When the mantis made the sli loosen from the paralytic pores, Theo quickly yet calmly kept the square box with the opening facing the sli on the ground.
The sli was very close, and it was this part that Theo was hesitant about. He couldn't just smack the sli with hands or legs inside the box, it didn't work like that.
If he did that, his hand or leg would just go inside the body of the sli, and if it were to wake up, then Theo's limb was done for.
So, his simple idea was to use a hard and long stick, from one of the branches of the outskirts trees.
He could have brought sothing from the Barony this ti too, yet waiting for everything made him realize that so things could be procured by himself too if he tried.
Theo just swung the stick horizontally at the near bottom slowly and made the sli slowly move from the ground.
The stick still went inside the sli, yet the dense liquid inside it still moved enough for it to go halfway into the box. Just like the whites of an egg when being poached.
Unfortunately, the sli woke up midway, feeling the new tallic surface touching its body. It hardened itself making it stuck halfway on the ground and halfway on the box.
It was then that the mantis used the spores again, yet this ti, on its own. He moved to the back in safety, getting paralyzed at the sa ti as the sli would have been very dangerous.
When the sli was yet again all slurry, Theo just clenched his teeth and did the last of the work, and the sli was finally inside the box.
He quickly closed off the lid and heaved a sigh of relief.
Theo looked toward Clara for the first ti and saw her smiling, It didn't feel like he had done sothing extravagant or used a strategy that stood out.
But sotis, the more basic the plan, the easier and faster it was to execute.
With this, two of the missions were completed and Theo knew he would be getting those stars after reaching back in the castle.
He was still paranoid about whether the sli would have been able to lt its way outside the box, yet Theo stopped. He was comparing his unique beast with everyone.
Not all the beasts had the ability to munch on ores and eat them as if they were snacks, even if their digestive juices were very strong.
Theo kept the box near him while he decided which other missions to complete.
The missions helped him get the gist of things he had to know and do at his level or lower.
It was a small blueprint of sorts, and while his focus was still on reaching the next evolution for the mantis, the missions went hand in hand.
The next one, according to the systematic order, was easier than the capture one he had to do. It was to defeat a Thornhide Viper level 1 or above.
Yet another one was right below it, the nad 'bonus tasks'.
These were tasks that were not mandatory and could be left behind, but if one were to do them, it was possible to get two yellow stars instead of the one.
Theo decided to complete two tasks at once to bag the three stars at once.
While one was to defeat a level 1 viper or above, the other was to defeat two or more vipers at once.
Theo went his way toward the viper territory in the carriage, and this ti, left the box of sli with Warren to take care of.
He went to his sa old clearing and the boar helped clean out all the grass around.
It was the first ti that Theo spotted a viper without the pup going anywhere, a viper was dangling by the lower branch of a tall tree.
Its colour was matching with the branch's yet there was still a bit of difference for Theo to know.
The pup went near the tree and growled toward the viper and seeing that it was the sa level as it, the viper confidently slathered it's way down the tree in quick pace.
The pup ca back slowly to the clearing with its award-winning acting. Theo decided to reward it so more powdered ore that was good for it's health when they get back.
The mantis was looking at the interaction with it's head twitching, Theo only felt a Stream of emotion for a second before it stopped.
It was happening more often now as their bond was getting better.
The mantis was feeing a craving to fight it and without Theo giving any command; it hopped off his shoulder and went on his camouflage routine.
The poor viper didn't even know what was waiting for it and just when it entered the clearing, it's head got cleanly cut by the mantis.
Theo shook his head as the head of the viper fell to the ground, the mantis had beco terrifyingly strong for his own size and lower level.
A thing that should not be happening in this world. It made Theo get a lot of theories in mind that made him excited, yet he focused on the mission for now.
It was then that the difficult part started, it was tough to get two vipers at the sa ti because of their nature.
The vipers always moved solo; there was not once that Theo saw two together.
They had to improvise and, for so reason, Clara was not giving him any ideas.
She wasn't even engaging in his brainstorming sessions.
Theo thought about for a while before he planned on sothing.
It was yet another simple one, yet in his mind; it was already successful.
Under Theo's order, Clara sent the pup to retrieve yet another one of the vipers.
And this ti, they had data in hand that even the pup knew. Clara only had to give the pup a command to not bring a big one like before if it started following it.
Theo didn't want to fight another level 5 or 6 one right now.
When the pup ca back, there was a level 2 viper near its tail, Theo only sighed in relief and made the mantis move in front of it, there was no camouflage in his plan this ti.
When the viper sensed the level 4 being that was smaller than it in front, it went on guard and moved it's tail near it's face to smack the mantis away.
Theo was betting on that, the vipers were not that intelligent, but even they could realize when a being was a lot higher than their level.
While the pup went to procure another one, mantis kept looking at the viper with it's twitching body.
It was to the point that Theo had to give it commands every few seconds just to be sure that a single attack won't just fail his whole plan.
The viper didn't more even the slightest bit for the whole ti, its eyes were stuck at the mantis who was unfazed.
A minute later, Theo heard another rustling of the grass, and he was satisfied; the forest was bustling with vipers.
When the pup ca back, there was yet another viper near its tail; it was a level 3 viper.
Theo only grinned at its arrival; only a single command was needed now, and it was all over.
'Fight'
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