Chapter 111
Chapter 111: Aspect of Wolf
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Translator: Tseirp
Lit’s blue eyes that could reflect the sky traced the ground .
Even though Mistome-shi’s footsteps had already been stepped on by the pedestrians who used the road, Lit tracked them without hesitation .
With the aid of the Spirit Magic Hunter Insight and Aspect of the Wolf, Lit could clearly see the traces which I couldn’t see .
The ‘Hunter Insight’ is a spell that heightens perceptual ability by increasing concentration toward noticing fine details .
As for ‘Aspect of the Wolf’, the user takes on the aspect of a wolf such that they can gain various perceptual abilities of the wolf that allows them to keep track of their prey .
The Aspect spells belong to the category of spells called Transformation spells . They are spells that grant a portion of the target’s ability by taking on their features . Within transformation spells, there are four types, Power, Aspect, Form, and Shape .
Power are spells to acquire a portion of the physical ability of the transformation target and does not alter the appearance of the caster at all . They are spells that purely enhance muscle strength . For example, ‘Power of the Wolf’ would add the muscle strength of a wolf and their agility to the user’s own ability .
In contrast, the spells from Aspect onward would transform the user’s appearance into the target . ‘Form of the Wolf’ would cause the user to appear as a bipedal wolf, a mix between human and wolf . ‘Shape of the Wolf’ would completely change the user’s appearance to that of a wolf .
In that case, ‘Aspect of the Wolf’ would …
“This way . ”
Walking in front of us, a slowly swaying wolf’s tail peeked out from under Lit’s skirt . Wolf’s ears were propped up above her head .
With Aspect spells, certain aspects of the target would appear as such .
It was somewhat … cute . I felt like stroking her head for no reason .
Lit turned around as though she noticed my gaze . As expected of the senses of a wolf . I shook my hand to indicate nothing was wrong and averted my gaze from Lit while feeling a little embarrassed .
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“Lit is amazing . ”
Ruti seemed impressed . Now that I think about it, Ares was bad with transformation magic so he totally did not use them . Yarandorara could only use spells that controlled plants so she could not use them and Convent Magic only have Power transformation magic so Theodora could not use them either . And in addition to not being able to use transformation magic, Ruti had complete resistance toward transformation magic .
『Hero』 is humanity’s strongest divine protection but it was not omnipotent apart from its combat ability . Nevertheless, it performed above average for all aspects but Lit was still better in terms of tracking .
Currently, Lit, Ruti, Tise and I were tracking Mistome-shi’s footsteps . Ruti and Tise seemed to have heard about Mistome-shi and party’s story so they quickly joined in to search for them .
It seemed that the investigation on Ruti’s side was already complete and all they had to do was wait for the reply from the Veronia church which they had sent a letter to directly hear from the Veronia side’s point of view .
And so, Ruti and Tise joined us in our search for Mistome-shi and party .
That night, after Mistome-shi went to the Adventurers Guild, they went to Garadin’s house for the night .
Early in the morning the next day, they went to the church where Bishop Cien was and a few hours later they left the town on horses .
“That was the day Veronia’s warship came . ”
Tise said .
She was right . When that ship came, Mistome-shi and party left Zoltan temporarily .
“They could all be counted as central figures in Zoltan . Why would they party up and leave Zoltan?”
“Neither Garadin, Moen or Bishop Cien lack a sense of responsibility . They also love Zoltan as their home country . ”
“Nevertheless, their actions seem irresponsible . ”
“In other words, they were convinced that Veronia did not come to harm Zoltan . ”
I could understand their actions if that was the case . From the Devil’s divine protection incident, I could tell Moen’s love toward his family and Garadin’s anger toward Albert and company who disturbed Zoltan’s peace and those feelings were not superficial .
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“They knew that there would not be any problems even if they left Zoltan . ”
Lit nodded, convinced by our interpretation of their actions .
We left Zoltan and the foot trail continued from the grassy highway to the forest . The path was well-traveled but it was a muddy road in poor condition that would stain the traveler’s shoes .
It appeared to be a path that was difficult to travel via carriage .
“The footprints have been preserved so clearly . ”
Even I could clearly see them .
There was evidence of horses traveling through the muddy road several times recently .
“But the forest huh, I have not been here before . ”
It was around two hours on foot to the northwest of Zoltan .
Perhaps because there were insufficient nutrients in the wetland found here, the trees were thin and bent . That gave the forest an eerie appearance so Zoltan’s resident spread rumors that human eating monsters such as hags lurked in the forest .
“In the first place, nobody has ever seen a hag . It is more like a catchphrase used when scolding children . That if they don’t behave, the forest hag would kidnap and drag them away . ”
“We have that in Logavia as well . I was not told it before but the ghosts of the Wood-Elves from the Forest of Deception would kidnap and drag you into a cold and dark hole . ”
“In my village as well, they would tell children that ogres would descend from the mountain and munch on them . ”
“Eh, so it is the same everywhere . ”
The wolf ears on Lit’s head twitched .
“I hear something . ”
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“Yup, I hear it too . ”
Ruti drew her sword as well . Tise held her throwing knife and I placed my hand on my sword handle .
A fog suddenly rolled in . I saw a human shadow running over from the other side of the white fog .
It was a person dressed in a robe … the figure of Sage Ares .
Ares glared at me with hatred and pointed both arms at me . Both his arms fell off and blood gushed out from them .
I drew my sword without hesitation and slashed in front of me .
Green mucus splashed onto the sword and adhered to it . The Ares figure distorted like a damaged sketch and the sudden fog quickly fled .
“It was a Horror Fog . ”
Lit seemed a little surprised . That was a monster with a gaseous body that projects an illusion which provokes the fear of its opponent and it feeds off its opponent’s mental power and magical power .
Since the illusion can’t tailor itself to the situation, it wasn’t terrifying as long as you keep calm . As it does not have any means to attack physically and it would take time for it to kill its opponent, its danger level was low . However, dealing with a gaseous body was difficult . The easiest way would be to douse it with fire .
Well, all four members present could naturally ‘Cut the particles that make up the fog’ so there were no issues .
“That seemed to have been somebody’s pet . ”
Tise and Ruti did not immediately attack because they felt that the Horror Fog was something like a watchdog . Lit did not know about the existence of a Horror Fog so it was reasonable that she failed to notice it .
“It probably belongs to Mistome-shi or somebody with Mistome-shi . It smells like Mistome-shi . ”
However, even though she did not know about the monster called a Horror Fog, Lit’s olfactory senses acquired through her Aspect of the Wolf allowed her to sense the minute smell that was left behind by the living fog . Mistome-shi was in the forest .
In that case,
“I held back as much as I could . It shouldn’t be life-threatening . We will finally be able to meet Mistome-shi if we chase after it .
The puddles of green mucus continued into the forest . That was the blood of the Horror Fog from its wound .
“In that case, I don’t need this spell anymore . ”
Lit concentrated to dispel her spell .
“Ah, wait . ”
“Hn?”
I couldn’t resist myself, yup .
I walked over to Lit while pretending to be calm .
“What’s wrong?”
“Ah, we were able to track them thanks to Lit . Thank you . ”
With that pretense, I stroked the area behind the wolf ears on Lit’s head while taking care not to mess up Lit’s hair . They were soft and fluffy after all . It felt nice .
Lit’s eyes were round in shock for an instant before she quickly accepted it and she faced down in embarrassment . She didn’t seem to dislike it as far as I could tell by her strongly wagging tail .
I’m glad . But the inside of her skirt was about to show so I decided to not do it again when they were others around .
In the end, we proceeded onward without Lit canceling her spell .
Lit walked next to me and her tail was wagging with joy .