45 Odd. (2/2)

Later that day, Ozul was sitting on the couch together with Raven and Blaze.

”You saw the three Rank-5 Beasts... right?”- Ozul asked while looking towards Raven.

There were a few moments of silence before;

”T-they were not normal...”- Raven nervously replied as she discerned that it was a test. Ozul wouldn't just randomly ask her if she noticed the Beasts last night or not.

”And what was not normal?”- In the previous decade, Ozul would occasionally test her observation skills.

”Three Beasts in the same Rank will never work together.”- Raven knew that she hit the spot when Ozul nodded his head. So, she continued;

”Unless... they were members of a pack. Which meant that there should have been a Beast in a higher Rank to lead them. But no one appeared after you killed them.”- Raven.

”Yes... There should've been a higher Rank Beast... But there wasn't any that I sensed. Which would bring the question—why did they work together only to chase weak humans?”- Ozul.

Ozul nodded his head at Raven's explanation and began to explain the situation.

It was an odd event altogether. Since there was no Rank-6 Beast leading them, there should've been some reason for their co-operation.

But only one Rank-5 Mage was not something that would've made them join forces. Heck, they would've been fighting over who will get to kill and eat him!

Moreover, Rank-5 Beasts were not intelligent enough to understand that they could survive by uniting their forces.

”Remain cautious all the time... We don't know who or what was the cause, so just remain alert.”- Ozul advised both of them as they would frequently go in the forest to train.

Raven and Blaze both solemnly nodded their heads. The situation could only be grave for Ozul to advise them specially.

After that, the trio set off to leave towards the Guild.

When they were closer to the Guild building, they could already hear the chatter;

”Did you hear? That the Gold Rank Mercenary came back last night?”- Unknown-1.

”Hum? You are talking about Larry?”- Unknown-2.

”Yeah, one of the only Gold Rank Mercenaries in Adron City!”- Unknown-1.

”Tell me something new. It's old news...”- Unknown-2.

The trio heard these gossiping from various passerby's.

”Raven... note the name.”- Ozul said as he found it too much of a bother even to remember his name!

Raven was not complaining either. Instead, she smirked while looking towards Blaze, who had an even wilder smirk!

It was one of the only things that they both found familiar in themselves. Ozul ignored those battle maniacs and kept walking as the Sun was up in the sky, burning as bright as ever.

The trio arrived at the Guild as the Mercenaries gave them the way. By now, everyone had heard the yesterday's incident. So all of them were wary of this group.

Just as the trio was about to head towards the Task Board, they heard a voice;

”Ah! You guys are here...”