Chapter 26 Visitors from the forest 4 (1/2)
Mars was sitting under the star filled sky while roasting some boar meat while waiting for Victoria to return with the last elver Chloe that had tried to run away meanwhile Rex was treating Alvin by dripping a couple of drops of some sort of liquid form a small vile and then after bandaging him Rex put him next to Isabel that still hadn't woken up before he walked over to Mars
”can you spare some of that boar meat?”
”...sure”
Mars found no harm in sharing a little meat so he gave Rex a couple of newly roasted boar chunks while he roasted some more while looking at the dark forest before he asked Rex
”what's in the vile?”
”it's a potion, it speeds up the healing process and prevents infections”
after Rex spoke he reached into a small belt pouch and pulled out the potion and handed it to Mars before he ate some boar meat as Mars was inspecting the potion that was in a small glass vile that was about 5 centimeters tall with fine lines on the glass
”...how do you make a potion like this?”
hearing Mars ask a question Rex quickly chewed and swallowed the boar meat before speaking
”that potion is made with a few ordinary herbs and then processed in a Magic formation by a alchemist to increase its healing properties... the lines on the glass is a formation that keeps it from spoiling”
”...i see”
after looking over the potion Mars handed it back to Rex that was stuffing his face with roasted boar meat and asked
”what do you normally eat when you are on patrol?”
as Rex had stuffed his mouth with boar meat he reached into his pouch and took out a small brown bar that was 10 centimeters long and 7 centimeters across Mars gave it a sniff and discovered it had no smell
”it's called a nutrient bar, it contains 1 day of energy an adult elf needs while on a patrol, but we usually hunt some magic beast to eat while on patrol”
Mars handed the nutrient bar back to Rex before he looked out into the forest and mumbled
”...she almost here”
Mars felt Victoria getting closer and stood up and looked towards the forest while Rex looked a little confused and asked
”who is almost here?”
Mars gave Rex a teasing smile before he spoke
”Victoria is almost here i sent her to pick up the last member of your squad, i think her name was Chloe?”
hearing Chloe had been captured Rex gave a sigh and stopped eating as he also looked into the dark forest waiting for them in silence before Victoria showed up in the edge of the clearing while purring loudly clearly proud of the prey she was dragging in her mouth before she spotted Rex sitting next to Mars and instantly stopped purring and dropped her prey (poor Chloe) on the ground as her horns flashed and a slightly grumpy sounding voice appeared in Mars's head
”why elvers... still... alive?”
hearing the dangerous sounding words from Victoria Mars gave Rex a glance with a slightly stiff smile before he answered Victoria
”because i made a deal with him... never mind that bring Chloe, your prey over here so Rex can take a look at her”
hearing Mars, Victoria picked up her prey and walked over in front of Rex that was slightly dazed and dropped Chloe at his feet gave him a cold look before she walked over to Mars and jumped into his lap and laid down clearly in a bad mood
”...well sorry about that Rex”
Mars began to pet Victoria on the head as usual while feeding her small pieces of roasted boar meat hoping to improve her mood while Rex was still slightly dazed before he woke from his daze and asked Mars while he looked over Chloe
”...is she a shadow death panther?”
”yeah she is, she is hella cute right”
as Rex looked at Mars that was spoiling Victoria that was rapidly getting in a better mood he gave a sigh before he asked
”...why does her fur look like that?”
”that pattern? it appeared after i made a contract with her”
Rex stopped looking over Chloe after having discovered she only had some light scratches from being dragged through the forest and received some more roasted boar meat from Mars before asking
”what kind of contract?”
”i don't know i just mixed my mana with her”
hearing Mars Rex froze for a few seconds before he gave another sigh and mumbled