Chapter 43: New Moon Woodlands (1/2)

Stepping out of the emerald mountain, the group of four teenagers strolled through the streets of the city in a hurry. Elliot and John followed Theo Rose and Lisa, who picked up a few important things they would need while venturing into the New Moon Woodlands from the markets by paying a few magic coins. They left the streets with a row of magic shops and then headed towards the northern exit of the Hunter's Dystopian city.

”Why did you buy four bottles of perfumes?” John asked Lisa as they inched closer to the exit of the city.

”Perfumes?” Lisa rolled her eyes at him, unable to believe John's ignorance.

”Have you been living under the rock?” Theo said in a light-hearted teasing voice. ”These aren't perfumes.”

”Come on. Do you have to be so mean? I only asked a question.” John said, shrugging his shoulders as dim sunlight peeked through the cloudy white sky and glistened on his face.

”The so-called perfumes are monsters repellent reagents. Sprinkle half a bottle worth of it on yourself and your clothes, and I guarantee it, you'll be able to evade encounters with a lot of beasts. Even if they catch you in their visions, they won't touch you, unless of course, they are intent on stepping on you.” Elliot said, knowing full-well about the tiniest details of the monster repellent potion, even ingredients the magicians well-versed in the art of alchemy needs to create them. All of which happened to be courtesy of his God's Right Eye of Wisdom that gave him the power to know about the ingredients of a potion simply by looking at it with the intent of knowing everything about it. Something typical magicians gain knowledge of only after buying a recipe.

”Oh, I see. So it's a reagent that repels monsters.” John's eyes widened, amazed at the effects of the monster repellent potions. He has never heard about such a thing as he had never gone out of the city to hunt. This was the first time he came across such a product of alchemy. After all, only magicians, who roam the wilderness, use monster repellent reagents to avoid encounters with monsters.

Monster repellent is a reagent made out of a magic plant with a few unique properties. It is odorless for humans but works well to suppress their scents. For monsters, however, it has a disgusting smell that can make them repulsed upon smelling it.

The magic herbs, magic plants, and shrubs found in the wilderness of planet Xavier can be used as ingredients to make all sorts of reagents, and monster repellent is one of them.

”Use them on yourself before heading into the New Moon Woodlands,” Lisa said as she handed over one vial of monster repellent to each of them.

The rogue magicians are hiding who knows where in the outer parts of New Moon Woodlands. A place with a lot of monsters in the magical realm. They needed to find them. So, naturally, they will be walking around the outer parts of the woodlands. In this situation, an encounter with a monster wasn't a possibility but something inevitable.

However, the monster-repelling reagent will help them avoid the monsters.