Flunra panted, his body was forced to wake up when he sensed a powerful killing intent that was locking onto him. Steam rose from his body as alongside his consciousness—his energy was also stimulated and began overpowering the lingering death energy.
Realizing that it was only Rex, he sighed in relief.
"Your Majesty, you scared " He complained and sat down.
Rex clicked his tongue seeing him distraught, "Are your senses becoming dull from old age?"
Sensing displeasure in Rex's tone, Flunra clarified himself quickly.
"It wasn't anything like that, the creature specialized in stealth. I could not sense what it was doing with its energy and it caught by surprise. Also, it was an animal—I did not expect it to do that"
"Be more attentive. You out of all people should know not to underestimate anyone"
"Yes, Your Majesty. It will not happen again."
Even though it could've ended badly, Rex waved his hand—it was an honest mistake.
As opposed to taking this incident, as the negligence of Flunra and Gistella, it was better for him to take this as a reminder that the minion—and the Order Beast terrorizing the Elves are that dangerous.
Moreover, the minion itself was not dangerous.
It was only dangerous because of the fact that it was very intelligent and stealthy.
Had Flunra and Gistella been ready for the blast, none of them would've been hurt.
Flunra, in particular, wouldn't be knocked out if he managed to react.
But since he was in his Human form, that blast was able to knock him out cold.
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Description: Incapacitated, whether it is through severely wounded or knocked unconscious ans death. Having the user's pack mbers incapacitated, by a single minion, is a slap to the Silverstar Pack's reputation. Avenge this mock by wounding Shadow by only helping the user's pack mbers, Flunra and Gistella, with the user's Lunar clone.
Rewards: 2x Ring of Silverstar, Eternal Death Affinity, and 10 Pack Skill Upgrade.
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Hmm...? Pack Quest? Is this another fluke of yours, System?
Rex was skeptical when a Pack Quest appeared since it was mainly used by the System—to lead him to a troubleso path. But then again—Shadow must be eliminated as it would not leave the Elves alone.
It was sothing that needed to be done and the Pack Quest is an additional reason.
But before that, he would need to help Gistella and Flunra recuperate first.
"Queen Shanaela, do you have an elevated open place that is closer to the moon?"
"I'm not sure..." She replied, pondering. "I think there is one, I can lead you there"
"Good, lead the way," Rex nodded before he turned to the others. "Co."
Queen Shanaela brought Rex, and the others to a particular wide tree—that was not too far away from the Dewmist Village. She said that the branches of the tree branched away from the center so it gave a clear sky-view.
Along the way, Gistella who was being carried leaned close to Rex and sniffed his scent.
She frowned when his scent was barely there.
"Is this your clone?"
"Yes, a clone made from Lunar mana"
Gaining her senses back, Gistella now realized that this wasn't Rex's real body.
"Where is the real you? Is there a problem?"
"Well, there's a slight problem but nothing I couldn't handle"
"Did sothing happen to the city?"
"Yes, but the city forces are enough to handle the situation. It should be fine"
Since Rex said so, the city should really be fine.
Rex bought a formation blueprint from the System shop—and gave it to Flunra, it would help them regain back their strength faster. As those two rested, Rex decided to venture out—on his own.
"I was told there were two minions. One was killed while the other is still around"
Knowing that the death toll for the Elves was already quite high, Rex decided that it would be best for him—to get rid of the other minion, as soon as possible. Since he was here already—there's no reason not to do that.
Despite his current limitations, Rex still has his constitutional prowess.
A Lunar clone from the Master Clones spell is better than a raw clone of Lunar mana as it still retains Rex's bodily abilities associated with his Werewolf bloodline—his senses, were almost as sharp as normal.
Added with the red force, scanning the wide-spanning forests was not that hard for Rex.
In about ten minutes, he covered the entire forest.
Stopping at a tree branch, he frowned, "I can not find anything—not even a trace of it. Seems like Flunra and Gistella are not exaggerating, this creature's stealth ability is on par, with even Kyran probably."
Rex already covered every corner and yet he found nothing.
But even so, he still found an interesting finding.
Leaping down from the tree, he landed on the border between two forests.
Unlike the forest where the Elven villages reside, the forest across it, bordered by a river was already transforming. Rex stood a step away from entering the forest and looked around, the feeling of death was already brushing against his skin.
"I've never seen sothing like this... It's like a forest from a horror movie" He mused.
Despite having been living in the Supernatural territory, this forest was still a surprise.
He had seen a forest that was extrely dark, a forest that was withered and full of death, a forest that was covered in purple mist and venomous, but not one quite like this. Most of the trees in the forest before him were inverted.
Instead of their trunks, their roots were stabbing the sky.
Each of the roots was curving like the tendrils of a monster, acting as an umbrella.
Even the flowers were blooming upside down as if God played a joke on them.
"So that way is the Verdantveil Forest, a Knight that is on its way to becoming a Lord"
Rex looked troubled, he wanted to go inside but knew that a clone wouldn't reach far into the forest, he needed multiple clones, to actually learn sothing. But—as soon as he was about to turn, his eyes caught sothing.
Blossoming from the inverted roots, right on their tips was a black gem.
Seeing this, Rex decided to scan it.
Having the System upgraded to the second version, he didn't need to touch it to scan.
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Item Rank: tenth-rank (Legendary)
Description: An elental stone produced by the existence of an Order Beast, that managed to establish its Elental Order, the Death Order. It contained a vast amount of death energy that could be absorbed. It didn't contain True Death akin to Ultimate-grade Elental—but it possessed more death energy.
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Rex reads through the description before a frown blossoms on his face.
He read the description for the second ti to make sure what he was reading was right.
As soon as he finished, he focused back on the black gem in awe.
"So basically, these Death Order Stones that grow on the trees were better in advancing an Awakened, Death Elentalist to the next realm but have no properties to evolve the Death elent to a higher-ranked elent?" Rex recounted.
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