Chapter 43: New Moon Woodlands (2/2)
”Thanks for the reagent,” Elliot said to her with an amiable smile.
”No worries,” Lisa said, looking away from Elliot, redness painting her cheeks as she felt happy from being thanked by him. ”It didn't cost much. Besides helping you all is helping myself. We are in this together, after all.”
Once Theo, Elliot, John, and Lisa stepped out of the city and stepped on a reddish-yellow smoothened ground, which stretched far and wide, reaching towards the outer part of the New Moon Woodlands, they opened the lid of the vials and scattered the monster rippling reagent on top their head and all over their clothes.
<The Champion's scent has gotten suppressed by the smell of the monster-repellent reagent, which is odorless to humans but nauseating to monsters. The scent will last until you change your clothes and take a bath>
A notification popped up in Elliot's mind, telling him that the reagent has worked its wonders, changing him from a piece of delicious meat in the eyes of the monsters to a pile of dung.
The outer parts of the New Moon Woodlands were not peaceful as roars of monsters rose and fell one after another, letting Theo, Elliot, Lisa, and John know that danger is everywhere around them, and they can't be careless. Trees dotted this part of the woodlands. And leaves that had fallen from the trees could be seen scattered all over the grassy ground strewn with overgrown bushes and rubbles.
Amidst the roars of monsters in the magical and demonic realm, they sneaked their way deeper into the woods, dashing from trees to trees and bushes to bushes in order to hide from the plain sight of the monsters they came across along the way while letting the monster-repelling reagent block and disgust the shit out of the monsters trying to smell their preys.
While hiding behind the thick trunk of one of the many trees in their surroundings, Elliot looked at John with a gaze containing deep meanings and said, ”We are deep enough.”
John nodded in response to his gaze, understanding the underlying meaning behind it. He performed some hand signs, activating his magic matrix. A moment later, a few pairs of eyes made out of magic energy manifested around him.
”Go and search for the rogue magicians hiding in this place.” John vocally gave a command to his eyes, telling them to wander about the outer parts of the woodlands and search out the hiding place of the magicians that has gone rogue.
Following his instructions, the Magic Eyes floating above his head dashed past the rows of trees, spreading far and wide in search of the rogue magicians and any kind of traces they might have left behind on this place that would lead to their hiding spot!