Chapter 56: Scout (1/2)

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As the gentle wind blushed across his hair, Tyler was suddenly woken up by a knock at the door, he opened his eyes and saw the morning sun peeking in through the thick clouds. His thoughts then wondered as it focused on the artifact 'Iris Tears' and how it could control the weather. That was indeed a high-level spell.

”Enter!”

Tyler said and Albert entered the room and bowed before speaking. He was always so punctual and serious, Tyler thought maybe he had been acting too rude to this old man, he didn't want to be the type of boss that abused people's had worked so Tyler thought he should show him so appreciation soon, and maybe even reward him. Of course, that would all have to wait for now.

Albert had assembled a team of six and was requesting Tyler's permission to send them out, he also handed him a flat silvery-white metallic card, the size of a small book that had a flattened magic crystal imprinted on the center of the card along with some runes that designed its edges.

Infusing the crystal at the center with a little bit of mana, it suddenly projected a display of what Tyler would call a holographic image of a rectangular screen, that showed a long list of names.

This item was a low-grade magic item called •Overseen• used mainly by nobles to manage and keep track of their subordinates. Tyler could physically touch the screen and scroll through the list of names which included the names of the kobolds and trolls, clicking the names would display more details like their skills and abilities. The only unfortunate part was, the names weren't followed by their images.

Tyler let the item disappear into his spatial storage and stood up. He would need to go through the list carefully at a later date after putting a face to the names but for now, he had something else to do.

He nodded to Albert and they both left the room with Albert trailing behind him. It wouldn't take long for them to arrive downstairs but Tyler thought it was a good opportunity to get to know this aged man better and spoke to him. He was surprised at how rusty his communication skills were becoming but luckily, Albert carried the conversation and they soon arrived downstairs without any awkward moments.

Six individuals were kneeling there waiting for him, including the female winged kobold. Tyler felt this was a little too dramatic and gestured for them to stand up but their heads were down so they hadn't noticed his gesture, which made him feel like he was left hanging.

Albert coughed and the group raised their heads. Tyler felt a bit embarrassed but played it off and asked for their names. There were three males and two females constituting both ogres and beastmen. Tyler had seen one of them before, if he remembered correctly his name was Jarret and he was soon proven right.

Albert came forward and introduced them to him. ”These four are formal sentries of the red ogre settlement, these two are Gail Rizeric and Lora Harint, they are a duo of long rangers with one being adept in magic and the other using a crossbow, she is also able to handle herself in close range.”

He said that pointing to the dagger on her waist before moving to the second duo. ”These two are Raz Hilma and Jin Kallz, they are both skilled at tracking and can handle themselves decently in a fight but their most outstanding talent is their survivability.” The two looked away from Tyler in embarrassment, it was as if Albert had just thrown shades at them. However Tyler didn't think he did though, so he ignored them and turned his head to face the last two.

”This is the leader of the Moon tribe, a formal kobold settlement in the eastern parts of the Darknar forest, her name is Tarka Harkail, she is the most familiar with this section of the forest and her Trap magic would be very useful in this mission so I took the liberty to include her in this.”

The female Dragonwrought kobold proceeded to lower her head even further, it was considered rude to speak in the presence of onces master, without first being spoken to, so all she could do to exercise her thanks was bow deeply. Tyler controlled himself from sighing in front of these six so he turned his head to face the last guy and Albert immediately introduced him.

”And this is Jarret Zeni, although he isn't a rogue I decided to include him on this mission because of his innate ability.”

”Oh, so you possess an innate ability?”

”Yes my lord.”

”And what is it?”

”Spirit vision.”

Looking at Tyler's questioning gaze Jarret requested permission to speak and explained to him what his spirit vision could do. Unlike magic vision that almost everyone could use and could only sense things that relate to the use of magic depending on the level of the caster. Spirit vision could do all that and more, it worked like a telescope, an X-ray, infrared, and so much more than Tyler felt, if it was applied well and of a high enough level he could even see through dimensions.