Chapter 390: The Deal Pt.26

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Chapter 390: The Deal Pt.26

Before he stepped into the cave Lake made sure to use Mana Vision to see if anything bow shaped stood out to him because if he was able to see it from here it would have made this much easier. Sadly his range seemed a bit short because he saw absolutely nothing and he was about to start walking inside when he realized he wasn't actually sure this cave held the bow.

There was a small chance he had just assumed this was his destination because it was such a large cave and the arrow was pointing right at it but he hadn't actually made sure quite yet. Setting Detector to look for a cave that held Mizzly's Bow Lake saw the stone around him start to glow and guessed he had assumed correctly that this was the right place.

This confirmed that the cave must be extremely long if the bow wasn't visible to him from here but he still didn't think there was going to be a problem because he couldn't see any enemies either.

As he took his first step inside, Lake was able to get a good look at what he would be walking through for the next few minutes and once again had to appreciate the night vision he had from one of his skills because he felt most people wouldn't be able to see what was around them like he could.

Even with torches they would have to slowly close the distance before they finally laid their eyes on the area in the very back of the first chamber that seemed to go off to the right. As he moved his way to the first turn, Lake took a few looks on the ground to see if there were any obvious tracks, human or animal, because he found it hard to believe that such a large cave would be completely unused.

He didn't see any though and this made him decide to use Detector again, setting it to look for signs of recent tracks or evidence of life. Like he had expected small scratches he assumed were from claws lit up on the stone that made up the cave floor.

He was unable to tell what type of animal they were from but just knowing that something had been inside recently told him that he should be using Mana Vision every minute or so to make sure he wouldn't walk into a den of man eaters.

This of course made sense to him since Detector was from a criminal job so there was a good chance the Insider was somehow affecting its strength while Mana Vision wasn't but it was too bad because having your skills fail sometimes led you to making incorrect assumptions which were dangerous.

When he had first come into the cave he had assumed it was going to be very long because nothing was in Mana Visions range but in reality it was short with a strong barrier blocking him from seeing anything.

There was also a possibility that Mana Vision was as strong as Detector but the barrier just perfectly countered it in this case but he really thought there was a chance that just because one of his skills said Unique didn't mean it was anywhere near as complicated as a Legendary skill he received from a job.

For all he knew Mana Vision was just a slightly improved common skill but because it had been affected by the Insider it was now Unique. This was a pretty obvious thing to realize but he guessed from now on he really needed to try and find a way to test the actual strength of his skills when it came to how they stacked up to one another.

Realizing he was now ready to try and break the barrier, finding that it would be safe for him and his gear to do so, Lake refocused on what he was actually doing and sent out a weak smack to see if that would be enough to break this barrier. Feeling the barrier shake a bit after his attack, Lake was happy that he wouldn't have to try and use anything stronger while underground and increased his power by a bit and hit it again.

Punching a small hole in the barrier this time Lake watched as it quickly started to collapse and activated Mana Vision again in the hopes that with the barrier gone he would finally be able to get a good look at what he was walking into. As he had hoped, Lake started to see mana sources light up in front of him.

He took a few minutes to try and see something that looked like a bow but was unable. He got a good glimpse of things that looked like they were alive through so he knew this place he had just uncovered wasn't as abandoned as he would have liked it to be.

The things he was seeing didn't look like people though so that explained why they didn't seem to react when he broke the barrier that was hiding this place from the outside. This meant he wasn't going to need to worry about making the people here mad when he took Mizzly's bow but the fact it probably didn't currently have an owner was too bad because it would only be half as effective if it had been stolen.

"I wonder if selling it to steal again could fix this little problem?" If it turned out Mizzly's bow was a really good match for him he would probably take the time to try this out to see if such an obvious loophole would work.

Taking his first few steps into the space he had just uncovered, Lake felt something start to pay attention to him finally even if it felt like it was only vaguely and wondered what it was and where they were. He still didn't see anyone around that seemed to be looking in his direction.