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As soon as Aaron saw this, he bent low, ready to jump in any which way in case he came under attack.

All the instincts that had saved his life numerous times in the forest came back to him, causing him to accurately assess all of his surroundings, list down all the escape path and also form a strategy of attack and defense.

Woof did the same – it bent and tensed its muscles, with its fangs exposed, ready to pounce, or run.

Yet, it seemed that all of their caution wasn't necessary, as the woman smiled and said, ”You there! You must be the one who's AA connected to the hub and sent the report, right?”

Aaron took a moment to respond, but when he nodded, the woman clapped her hands in delight and said, ”Well then, why are you still on that tree? Come on down! I'm pretty harmless, you know.”

This coming from a woman who had just killed a man in cold blood right after capturing him, and having him in his grasp.

Aaron didn't know all the particulars of the situation, but one thing was clear – this woman could kill without hesitation, and it was always safer to be careful when dealing with someone like that.

Yet, everything she had done so far had only helped them, so, while still constantly looking around and making sure that he wasn't being surrounded in the same way as the cloaked man had been, Aaron jumped down from the tree, while Woof followed with its eyes darting between the Eagle and the woman.

As for the sickly man, it had already dismissed him as a threat, as he looked so weak that he might collapse and die at any moment.

As the woman saw them approach, she smiled even wider.

Turning to her side, she fondly patted the neck of the Eagle again and said, ”Great work, Daisy! When we're back in a City, I'll definitely take you to the bird spa you love so much! You deserve it! Now go get some rest…”

Saying so, the woman made a Core appear between the knuckles of her middle and ring finger, following which the huge Eagle disappeared.

The Core was only present for a very brief moment of time, so the only thing that Aaron noticed was that it had a different color to the one he had.

Well, he had already heard that the level of the Core was supposed to be upgraded if one wanted to have a higher level Tera, and if this wasn't a high-level Tera, then Aaron didn't know what was.

Assessing its combat abilities, he realize that its most effective weapon must be the Thunderbolt, whose most impressive feature was its accuracy, which had allowed it to strike the deformed Tera's head from such a great distance.

As for the attack with its feater, it wasn't as impressive as the thunderbolt, but Aaron could guess that it probably took less effort because, after all, they were just feathers on its body.

Yet, again, these were also highly accurate, which meant that either this Tera was born with the talent of high accuracy, which would be pretty strange, or it had had immense amounts of practice that had allowed it to get this good.

Whatever the case, Aaron knew that this wasn't an opponent that they could beat right now, no matter how much he thought about it.

As for running away… Well, they were experts at it, so he was pretty sure that they could escape with their lives even if these advantages of the Tera were still present.

However, right after it vanished, he felt like smacking his head, as he had forgotten to ask AA to scan it to tell him what it was.

It couldn't be helped… till now, most of his attention had been on what to do to keep them safe, so he had no time to remember this magical tool which he could use to find out all the specific details.

Deciding firmly to keep it in mind and never lose an opportunity again, Aaron waited for the woman to speak, after glancing at Edmond and making sure that he was alright.

Because he was in the pit, he didn't really know exactly what had happened outside, but he had witnessed that woman coming from the sky.

Right now, the Bewitching Fox was in his hands, and it was nuzzling its head against his palm in an adorable fashion, while Edmond groaned due to the pain from his broken ankles.

”That's a great bond they have there. Is he your friend?”

Seeing that same sight, the woman walked forward to Aaron as she said this, to which he thought for a bit and replied, ”We travel together.”