289 Explaining Things So A Fox Could Understand (1/2)

'We're out!' Bowzer shouted. 'Now what? Do we need to find more of those stone thingies?'

'They're called tutorial stones, and yes we need to find another one. Except, we have no ride and Tralon's portals are useless if we don't know where we're going,' Jack sighed.

'Then where should we go?' asked Bowzer. 'Is there a big city nearby?'

Opening the map tab, Jack took a closer look at what Churstin had to offer. 'We're a few days away from the capital. That may be the best bet. Or…' Jack checked his surroundings and was happy that no one was in sight at the moment. 'Or we can check these.'

A pile of weapons appeared at Jack's feet, all of which were getting picked up by his system as items formerly belonging to ancient heroes.

'What are those?'

'Bowzer, these are my winnings from my little bet with Trax. Now, I can claim my rewards,” Jack explained with a smile. 'Give me a moment to see which tombs are closest.'

With his system working its magic, Jack looked through nearly a dozen different weapons hoping to find the tombs of their past owners within Churstin. Some proved to genuinely come from Churstin while others came from across the continent.

There was a lv. 35 bow that originated from Reinolt, something Jack would have to remember for later. A couple of the tombs were also located in Talrania, again making Jack wish he could visit that mysterious nation. But ultimately, there were four tombs found within Churstin for the tag team to visit, and one wasn't too far away.

'Bowzer, first we'll head east toward the Fissured Mountains,' Jack hurriedly put the weapons away and climbed onto Bowzer's back. ���And since we're on a time crunch, just go as fast as you can. Don't worry about others seeing you, okay?'

'Alright!'

With obvious enthusiasm, Bowzer took off at full speed. The fox wasted no time as he streaked across the barren land surrounding the canyon and eventually found his way into a forest. Still, he showed no signs of slowing down.

Whenever wild beasts would step up against them, Bowzer would simply use his bloodline and watch them cower away from him. They didn't want to be bothered so that was the best solution.

They traveled through lunch without stopping. Jack ate some rations while Bowzer, with Jack's help, was constantly chewing on jerky as he ran.

As the sun fell, the party came to a halt at the edge of the forest.

'Bowzer, we'll stop here for the night.'

'But I can keep going!' Bowzer insisted. 'Don't we need to--'

'Hey, Jack, how come you've been everywhere but you're so low-leveled? Is it because you were an ancient hero before?' Bowzer tilted his head, anxious for an answer.

'Yeah, that's why. I thought you knew that already?'

'I do. But weren't you also really high-leveled back then? Why aren't you that high-leveled like before?'

Jack pondered the question for a moment till he smiled. 'I don't know.'

'You don't know?'

'I don't know.' Jack shook his head. 'It's hard to explain my past situation… I'm not even sure how to explain the physics or reason behind it…'

'Physics? What's that?' More confused than ever, Bowzer leaned in closer to Jack.

Since Jack didn't want to make a fire or set up an actual campsite, He just took out a large bedroll for Bowzer and a chair for himself.