Chapter 127: Line Of Sight

Chapter 127: Line Of Sight

Tiff had been outside of the Alchemist guild since she discovered the tracker the thieves had given her was telling her that was where the badge of the person she was looking for was. At first she had just assumed that whoever she was tracking was a plant put into the Alchemist guild to gather information for the thieves, but after getting more familiar with the tracker she found she could see exactly where it was telling her to go.

Unfortunately it was pointing into the sky above the guild where the famous spire was usually visible. At the moment she wasn't able to actually see it though because the barrier the Alchemist guild used to cover themselves wasn't clear and instead made it seem like there was a permanent cloud in the middle of the capital.

It was a bit of an annoyance for everyone who lived here but it did kind of make it seem like they didn't exist at all as long as you were looking at them from a distance. It really made them blend into the skyline. Either way she had been assigned to get the dagger back from whoever had taken it from them, so she had pretty much spent all her time as near to the guild as she could get waiting for the person she was tracking to come out.

She was starting to think it would never happen because who would go outside at a time like this but when the Demon Lords forces retreated all of a sudden and the Alchemist guild started doing business while they could Tiff saw it as the only possible time that she might get lucky enough to get a chance to confront the person with the dagger.

Her hopes ended up coming true when right before the sun came up her tracker followed a cart that came flying out of the guild. She hadn't been expecting it because the place the tracker was pointing moved all the time with it actually pointing underground at one occasion. She knew this just meant the person who owned the badge was moving around inside the massive guild building.

It was different this time though with the person actually being outside where she could reach them, so she got up and started to follow the cart. They weren't going too fast, so she was able to sit in one place for a while while she watched them. This would let her pause the use of her skills and conserve both Mana and Stamina for the fight that might happen.

That was one of the downsides of having a skill that was too strong for you; sometimes it was hard to conserve your Mana. She didn't have a choice though, people not being able to see her was the only reason she was able to do anything by herself without worrying about being killed.

After a while Tiff saw the cart finally come to halt. She was starting to wonder if it ever would because they had taken a very odd path that made it seem like they were just on a leisurely ride through town. Getting ready to pounce if whoever stepped out of the cart didn't have too much back up, but Tiff saw the door close soon after opening without anyone getting out. The source of this content is N0veII_bIn

After being confused for a second Tiff used her tracking device to make sure whoever she was after wasn't able to do something similar to her. Seeing it was still pointing towards the cart Tiff followed it when it started to move again. While following the cart Tiff started to wonder if she should go in blind.

Deciding to put his trust in their lookouts and not the skittishness of people who had been running from Demon Worshipers for the last few days Donny lined up next to the other guards and waited for whatever monsters they were about to face. When he saw something running towards them from the forest he got ready to attack but noticed it was one of their lookouts waving his arms so they wouldn't mistake him for a monster.

Once he got close to them he said one word. "Giant." After he got his breath he continued. "There's a giant right outside the forest heading towards the capital." Donny didn't understand, and asked. "Is it heading towards us?" The lookout shook his head no and said. "No but we didn't know what signal we should use to tell you there was a massive monster a few hundred feet from the forest.

Thinking about it Donny guessed he should give the order to evacuate for now. Giants were rare but they were feared for a reason as soon as it stepped foot in the forest this place would become about as dangerous as the capital itself. Sharing his opinion with the others that were about as strong as him to get some feedback Donny said. "We should go before it realizes we're here."

Donny was expecting a quick response, but none of the others seemed to have finished absorbing the news just yet. Looking back He saw most of them had dazed looks on their faces Like he expected but there was one who, like him, seemed prepared to make a decision, but of course it was the girl who never really talked.

He didn't even know her name all he knew was she wasn't really that strong but her skills were impressive particularly with the bow. He guessed she had been lucky enough to get a strong combo of skills between Perception and Archer or Hunter. Either way her not talking was something he could excuse since there was a chance she had just seen her whole family be killed or something.

She didn't slack off or anything either, so she was actually one of the better guards and her ability to keep a cool head which she was doing now was definitely a big advantage during times like these. Saying what he had said a moment ago to snap everyone out of it Donny got a reaction. "You're right we should go."

Everyone seemed to be in agreement so Donny said. "Go get all the lookouts." to the one who had delivered the news and headed back towards the encampment to help people pack the important things onto the few carts they had. As he was walking away Donny heard someone say in a low voice something to the lookout who had been running back towards the forest.

Turning around he saw it was the archer that usually kept her mouth shut. Thinking it must be something important if it had gotten her to speak, Donny got closer so he would be able to hear what they were talking about. "Was the giant wearing anything?" Donny found this to be an odd question until he saw the lookout nod.

"What did it have on?" Donny unconsciously took a step closer because he had never heard of a giant wearing anything other than their own hair and he was intrigued. "A black robe." Donny couldn't help but think there had been no robe, and it was just hair the lookouts had mistaken for clothes, but the girl seemed to take the answer at face value and walked away.

Donny tried to stop her so he could ask what the point of her question had been but she dodged him and headed towards the camp at a brisk pace. Going after her Donny couldn't help but realize how futile what he was doing was. There was no way he could get her to talk if she didn't want to, and she wasn't a very friendly person to interact with either.

The only time he had seen her smile was when one of the older refugees had fallen off of a cart so his plan of trying to get her to talk was most likely going to end in him getting punched in the face once he got on her nerves.