Chapter 39: Pursuit

Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Pursuit

Chapter 39: Pursuit

Early the next morning, William and the other four enjoyed breakfast at Baron Tony's castle, and after sharing the fruit pudding William had prepared in advance, they set off for their task. Visitt novelbin(.)co/m for the latest updates

For some reason, William found that when he stored some prepared hot dishes in his storage ring and took them out to eat later, the taste would become a bit strange. However, cold foods like pudding and ice cream didn't seem to be affected.

"Ah, let's go!" Nichole, who was walking at the forefront of the group, exclaimed energetically.

"Yeah, let's do this," William nodded in agreement. The others didn't react much; they were already accustomed to Nichole's spirited demeanor.

The group arrived at the location where they had discovered the Moon Spirit Leopard yesterday. Elena lightly leaped and stood on the huge rock where the Moon Spirit Leopard had been the previous night, surveying the area.

The other four also searched around for any traces left by the Moon Spirit Leopard, fully participating in the task.

After Elena finished her investigation and came down, everyone gathered together.

"There are several claw marks on the boulder, and some of the tracks aren't very fresh. The Moon Spirit Leopard must frequent this area," Elena said, then pointed in the direction to the east, saying, "Yesterday, it left from this direction. Fortunately, there are still some lingering scents, so I should be able to track it."

As the team's scout and an elven hunter, Elena naturally had unique tracking methods to lock onto targets in the wild.

William remembered that elven hunters could use the spell "Beast Tongue" to obtain information from surrounding small animals like birds and rabbits.

Even after advancing to the Legendary rank, they could gain the divination spell "Ask Nature," which allowed them to directly obtain desired information from any living or non-living entity, such as forests, rocks, and so on. The effect was quite powerful.

The others didn't find any useful information, only confirming that there were indeed traces of the vineyard being damaged nearby.

Following behind Elena, the group headed east. William also cast the spell "Featherlight" on everyone, making their movements even more agile and swift.

After tracking for a long time towards the east, they were almost reaching the boundary of Baron's domain when Elena suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"What's wrong?" Jason asked from behind.

"It's strange," Elena said with some confusion. "The Moon Spirit Leopard suddenly changed direction here and almost turned back towards the south of the domain."

After discussing for a while, since there were no other clues at the moment, they decided to continue following to see if they could find any new discoveries.

Everyone took out their weapons and held them in their hands. Elena put away her longbow and switched to a shortsword, as the longbow wasn't very useful in this exploration.

William also took out his emerald staff and began casting enhancement magic for everyone.

"Spirit Armor!"

"Minor Deflection Force Field!"

"Resistance to Energy Damage!"

"Bear's Resilience, Cat's Grace, Ox's Strength, Fox's Cunning, Owl's Wisdom!"

"Precise Strike!"

He cast various enhancement and protection spells on everyone. William felt a little relieved. Although mage's enhancement and protection effects were not as good as the divine magic of a priest, it was still quite good for the adventure team without a mage or a priest before.

"Not bad, William. I can clearly feel my strength has increased," Jason remarked.

William didn't cast all enhancement spells on each person, as doing so would drain his mana before combat even started.

For Lumbro, he cast Spirit Armor, Minor Deflection Force Field, Bear's Resilience, and Ox's Strength.

For Elena and Jason, he cast Spirit Armor, Precise Strike, Ox's Strength, and Cat's Grace.

As for Nichole and himself, he cast all available spells. William understood the art of his work very well.

Jason felt the effects of William's enhancement magic, tightened his grip on his sword, and said to everyone, "Let's go."

The group formed a tight formation and slowly made their way up the mountain, staying vigilant and observing the surroundings, especially the shadows where the Moon Spirit Leopard was most likely to hide.

As they carefully explored every corner of the mountain, not overlooking any possible hiding spots, William, who had applied the advanced magic warning of the third tier spells to himself, suddenly felt something. He looked up towards the direction indicated by his spiritual alert.

In a shadow of rocks not far from the group, a pair of bright yellow eyes were staring fixedly at them.

It was the Moon Spirit Leopard!