Chapter 25 Wolfmen (1/2)

Pon and Wind were waiting for him the next morning when he dropped off some product at Shana's Boutique. They were talking to Lela while she swept off the walk.”You two here for some new underwear?”

Wind shook his head and very nearly smiled.Pon just nodded, ”yep, silk g-strings.”

Nix chuckled at the fire mage, ”yeah, that's gross.”

The three men headed toward the Jenza platform.Nix had received a message that Pon was looking for him.”So...Hyai told me that you wanted something.”

Pon nodded, ”a small guild called Vesuvius was wiped out last night on the Tsai Peninsula in Broyan.”

”Broyan again, please tell me it's not more swamp.”

”No, not this time. Timber mostly.” Pon stepped on the platform and chose Cella.The three of them immediately summoned their Mantas and headed west.

Nix noticed that King Lubo was perched on Wind's shoulder enjoying the ride.”How's the King?”

Wind nodded, his face completely serious.”He's doing great.”

Pon opened his hud and sent Nix the coordinates of the attack. ”Vesuvius is a mid-tier guild, they are comparable in strength to the Daybreakers. My contact says they were gathering herbs for their Alchemist.”

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Wind stopped what he was doing and glanced at the fire mage.”Nansu?”

Pon nodded, ”the area they were gathering in is a beginner area.Nothing there higher than single digits.”

Nix noticed the interaction.”Who is Nansu?”

”She makes potions of all kinds, and I mean everything.Every guild in Colonial wants her,” Pon explained.

A few minutes later the trio circled the tip of the Tsai Peninsula.A man and woman were waiting there.Pon identified them immediately.”That's Nansu and Chael.”

Nix landed his manta and quickly stowed it.Chael was a lean looking man with blonde hair and blue eyes.Nansu barely came up to his shoulder, ”her black hair was cut short like a mans and was worn slicked back.”

Chael immediately cut to the chase.”You here about the attack?”

Pon nodded, ”something we are working on might be related, so we thought it was worth the trip to ask a few questions.”

Nansu pulled a bag out of her inventory and then dumped its contents on the ground.”It's a wolf, or at least he started out as one.”

The creature was about four feet long, its legs were bent awkwardly in a position that meant it walked upright.It had heavily muscled shoulders and possessed clawed hands instead of paws.Its upper canines extended below its jaws by a few inches.

Nix rolled the carcass over, the bones on its ribcage looked like they'd been heavily reinforced.”Did they exhibit signs of intelligence?”

Nansu shook her head, ”not really. They attacked like a wolfpack, it only took three of them to kill our Main tank.”

A flash of brown and three beasts jumped at them from the rocks, all three were wrapped in strands of fire before they managed to close the distance.Wind vanished suddenly while Pon took a step back and faced the opposite direction.

Nix managed to hold six strands on the three beasts while Chael fired off arrows into them.An explosion followed by miserable howls and the smell of burnt fur permeated the area.

Pon and Wind had killed four of the beasts, while Chael and Nix killed three.

Chael gave Nix a nod of approval.”A CC class?That's awesome.”

Nix pointed to the three that had attacked first.”These were the smaller weaker ones, sent in as a diversion.”

Pon kicked one of the ones he had roasted, the four that had come in from behind were easily double the size.”When did you pick up the sixth strand Nix?The flame quality is better too, super-heated.”

He shrugged noncommittally.”A person with a talent for fire has been helping me.”He knelt next to the largest beast.

[Do you wish to skin the Wolfman?]

”Yes.”Nix skinned all seven beasts and then turned back toward his group. ”I'd call this bad.”

[Seven Pristine Enhanced Wolfman Pelts have been added to your inventory.]

He held up the pelt for Nansu to inspect. ”Magically enhanced, that means it isn't some mutation.”

She looked at the other pelts as well, ”they all have the exact same enhancement, impossible to occur naturally.”

A movement in the distance caused Nix to summon his Manta and fly south.He pushed his Aviente to top speed and drew his rifle.Aiming carefully he fired shot after shot at the fleeing figure.It disappeared in a flash of light.

Nix was already on the ground and inspecting when the others arrived.He knelt next to a rock with a single drop of blood on it.

Pon smiled when he saw it, ”I'll get Semmi.”

Wind looked at the drop of blood and then back at Nix.”Nice shooting.”

Nansu and Chael had finally caught up, they shared a manta between them and were forced to ride double.The alchemist shook her head at Nix, ”are all the white mantas that fast?It's like the rest of us were walking.”

Wind looked at the white manta and then back at his.”You always have nice things.”

It took about an hour for Pon to return with Semmi.She had her white fox pet in her arms and sat her down next to the drop of blood.It immediately started moving inland.

They followed Tilde from the air, the animal moved easily through and over every type of terrain with ease.It stopped in a canyon about eighty miles from where they started.