Chapter 235 - The road to civilization (1) (2/2)
78 gave a nod and Mars gave a smile before he called out to Allen that was walking a little in front of him
”Allen can you tell me a bit about where we are going?”
”Oh right, we are heading to an outpost and from there we will be sailing from this continent over to another named Heden where we came from”
”I see... do you perhaps know of a continent named Salen?”
”Hmm... can't say that I do”
”I see, never mind then”
Allen walked back into formation, after a little while 78 asked Mars
”Hey Mars what's in Salen?”
”My home, that's where we are headed”
”I see...”
Mars gave 78's hand a squeeze when he saw she looked down
”Don't worry, there's plenty of room and you can get a room of your own”
”Okay...”
78 gave a small smile, but just as she thought the mood was getting kind of nice, the ears on top of her head twitched before she looked off into the undergrowth and soon she asked Mars
”...Mars should we not do something about that?”
”Don't mind it, the hunters will discover it soon”
just as Mars finished speaking Lise, one of the elven twins suddenly looked to the side before she called out
”Contact left, 1.600 meters!”
Mars gave a nod, the scouts of the party sure were top class to be able to detect a contact from 1.600 meters away and gave 78's hand a squeeze before he spoke
”See, they noticed just fine”
”...Yeah they did”
78 gave a smile before she spoke again as she hugged Mars' arm
”You're so smart Mars!”
”Well I try my best to look smart”
”Isn't that the same?”
”No not quite, you see the difference is---”
While Mars and 78 was talking leisurely the hunters had already set up a formation against the incoming threat, Damon was in the front with his tower shield with the rest behind him in a defective formation ready to strike, soon the contracted neared and when it was about 500 meters away Juile asked Allen
”Squad captain, can't we get benefactor Mars to help us?”
Allen looked over at Mars that sat on a boulder along with 78 and was happily chatting before he spoke
”Don't worry, he'll lend a hand if it gets dangerous, but we still don't want to trouble benefactor Mars too much we are after all top class hunters, it would be pathetic if the only thing we could do was cling to our benefactor”
”...Got it captain, let's show benefactor Mars what we got!”
”That's the spirit Juile, now let's do this fast and clean”
”””””Yes captain”””””
Soon the contact broke through the undergrowth and appeared in front of the hunter squad, it was an oversized panther about 5 meters tall with brown fur, just as it appeared Johan finished build a spell structure and fired off an ice spike towards the giant panther. The speed of the ice spike was amazing and even though the panther attempted to dodge it still left a long tear on the side of the panther that let out a ferocious roar before it jumped into the fight and attempted to get to Johan but was blocked by Damon before it swiped at Damon that blocked with his tower shield. the fight gradually tilted in favor of the hunter squad this was only do to their fantastic teamwork, Mars looked at the fight while he talked with 78, soon the panter collapsed dead, it only took the squad of hunters about 5 minutes to bring down the panther, Mars praised
”Well done everyone, your teamwork has neared perfection!”
being praised by their benefactor the six hunters showed happy smiles before Allen gave a laugh and spoke
”Thanks for the parise benefactor Mars, but surely you would be able to kill such a foe in an instant, no?”
Mars gave a smile but didn't confirm Allen speculations
Days had passed and the group finally made it out of the jungle from there on it was open plains as far as the eye could see, 78 widened her eyes and ran around happily on the grass as she felt the wind blow, Mars watched over her with a smile and so did the rest of the group while they slowly made their way towards the outpost that had been set up by the sea, which was a little over 4 days away on foot