Chapter 302 Training Ground (1/2)
Arran approached the caood hundred paces behind the short uided him there
There were about a dozen people present, withfire at the center of the ca in tents, despite it only being late afternoon — a sign that they'd been out on patrol through the night, Arran thought
He was convinced that these were all Hunters, but he wasn't too worried about being discovered Even if they soed to detect him despite his improved Shadowcloak, he was certain they couldn't siht, thatan enemy they could not see
Still, he did not abandon caution altogether Even if he was confident in his chances if battle broke out, killing Hunters so close to their own lands would draw far tootoward the caathered around the campfire, where a barrel-chested Hunter ide shoulders stood up to greet hi, but Arran's Sense didn't pick up sound, and he moved forward a bit faster — as fast as he could without risking the Hunters hearing him
He ca just within earshot of the group
”…just so was off about him He moved like a Body Refiner, and not a weak one, either”
Although Arran had missed the first few moments of their conversation, he knew at once that they were talking about him
He felt sonized him as a Body Refiner He'd tried his best to hide his power in Redhill, but it see he'd have to work on
”A Body Refiner?” The burly ruff voice, and he had an accent that was unfamiliar to Arran ”Don't see many of those in these lands I'm surprised you let him slip away”
”You think I should have killed him?” the short e, and I didn't think he posed a threat But if you disagree, I can still track hie h ”You should've recruited him, you fool With the shoddy techniques in these lands, anyone who becomes a Body Refiner must have a decent bit of talent”
”Surely we haven't fallen so low that we must noay outsiders to our cause,” a voice sounded It ca around the fire, and there was a hint of disgust in her tone
”There's a war co,” the burly man replied ”And when it arrives, even the sth may yet prove useful”
The woman snorted in derision ”If a war coes once already, and a second time will be no different They're too weak to be a threat to us — none of the ones I killed was even the slightest challenge”
”The ones you killed were novices,” the man replied, so as our recruits Do not think you can wrestle dragons just because you bested a lizard It's not a et to repeat”
The wo, and when she finally replied, her tone held a hint of defiance ”Maybe so, but that doesn't make them a threat Not so much that we have to rely on the unpure to—”
”Quiet!” the burly man snarled