Chapter 38: Kreon's Plan

The tiger has a simple mind. The three attacks him and it wants to kill and devour the three of them. Since its prey went into three different directions, the tiger randomly chose to chase one

However, while it was chasing one of its 'prey', another prey actually threw a stone at it. Thus, the tiger's anger for Mady grew. It wants to rip Mady's body more than the other two

The tiger chased Mady but after running for some time, it felt another attack but just like before, it was only a rock that was thrown in its direction

When the tiger looks at the source, it saw Gabe in the opposite direction. The tiger was still angry at Mady but there is a 'newer offender' not that far from it

Thus, the tiger changed its target again and went in Gabe's direction. The tiger was easily fooled like that

At normal times, this tiger would be able to run faster than this. It won't even be a problem for it to catch up on humans that hasn't use any mystic form specializing in running away

However, what the tiger and Nath doesn't know was that there is some sort of power silently and sneakily preventing the tiger from running at its full speed

This naturally was the work of Gabe's organization. It was also another one of their help. Keon and the other two know the location of the monsters that won't be able to perform with the power they have at their peak

These monsters' lair also have more flowers than usual and with this, it shouldn't much of a problem for Keon and the others to finish this mission easier than normal

Of course, that is in the condition that no unforeseen variable will appear. If a strong monster came knocking at their doorsteps after staying in this realm for a few days, then they can only run or fight it

This is one of the reasons why Keon had Nath be the one to gather the flowers. Nath is not entirely stupid and it wouldn't be good if he realizes that there is something wrong with the monsters they are targeting

With the brilliant plan from Keon, the four caused the tiger's anger to reach the maximum. When it was chasing Mady, the human Gabe will attack it. Then when the tiger changes its target to Gabe, either Keon or Mady will throw rocks at it

The tiger was lured out by the three without it noticing things. It was really a good thing that most monsters only rely on their instincts. Not all of them can think complexly just like a human

After the tiger was lured enough, Nath came out from his hiding place and sprinted to where the flowers are and speedily plucked them from the ground carefully

Fortunately, plants like this are superior to other plants and they won't easily break. Nath puts the flowers inside the box that he stored in his backpack before running away from the 'crime scene'

When Nath judged that the situation is already far enough, he sent the signal to Keon and the others using a compass

This compass cost their team quite a lot of money. Fortunately, Gabe and Mady's money from selling the crystal slime cores are also controlled by Keon

From what Nath knows, Gabe bought the compass for their future trip on the wild realms

The compass has some simple functions but they still cost ten thousand credits for one compass. The watch that humans normally use are harder to use in the wild realms

The signal of the watch is made for usage inside the Human Realms. There should be no interference before the user can send a message or signal

That is normally not a problem in the four Human Realms since their technologies are spread out in their realms. Signals aren't a problem at all

However, in the wild realm, if there is a fight nearby, the watch can't easily send signals or messages. As for the compass they have, it was a different story

Since the compass has simple functions unlike the watch, it wasn't that hard for it to send signals in the wild realms

Keon felt the compass in his pocket vibrating and he knew that Nath already got the flowers and himself secured

"The signal is here!" Keon shouted for Mady and Gabe to hear. They already know what this meant and they moved their head away from the tiger

Keon threw several rocks at the tiger causing it to chase after him. When he judged that the timing is right, Keon made three cards in total and they went close to the tiger

One of the cards glowed with a bright light that blinded the tiger's eyes

Looking at the dot in his compass, Keon learned where Nath is hiding and he went in that direction with Mady and Gabe following him

The three left the tiger that thrashed around and vented its anger on the surrounding. Whether it be the trees, ground, or grass, none of them escape the wrath of the tiger and they were bullied easily

A single card is not enough that's why Keon made three that will glow with a bright light in a fixed interval. In that way, the tiger won't have the chance to recover and chase after them

After more than the minutes of running the four were finally reunited with the help of the compass

Seeing his friends, Nath was relieved. The compass cannot send a message aside from the signal and Nath was really worried that his friends would get hurt

"Are you guys fine?" Nath asked in concern and the three nodded their heads

"We're fine, the plan worked perfectly. That tiger has a simpler mind than I originally thought. It was really dumb and we messed with it easily" Keon joked to ease the worry of his friend and he heard Nath chuckle

"Anyway, our first harvest is great! Look, there are nine flowers in total! I thought that at most it would be four or five in a certain place but it actually doubled! With these, we already got almost 1/4 of the flowers that we need! " Nath exclaimed happily before they heard the sound of a twig breaking

Four sets of eyes instantly turned to look in the direction of the sound and they became tense

"Who's there?!" Keon shouted and a few seconds pass without him getting an answer before a cute little white rabbit jumped out from the grass

The rabbit turned to look at Keon's group for a few moments before hopping away

"Oh? That cute rabbit scared me for a moment" Nath said in a silly way but the other three have different looks on their faces while looking at each other

Keon saw Mady nodded as if she can read what is in Keon's mind

The overall ability of Mady and Gabe was dropped into the standards of the Level 3 Mystics. Even their powerful senses were mostly sealed. However, their senses are still stronger than normal people

Mady nodding her head is an indication that it isn't really just a rabbit that made the sound earlier. Most likely, there were humans hiding in there!

The chances of hiding monsters are lower as most of them have simple minds but humans are different

However ... if there are really humans there then won't Kreon warn him against it? The hiding human/s are needs to be really powerful to be able to hide from Kreon's extraordinary senses

However, if that person is really strong then they shouldn't be making such a stupid mistake of accidentally stepping on a twig. That only leaves one possibility

"Did you already know that there are humans trailing us but didn't warn me about it?" Keon asked in his mind and he receives a burst of wild laughter as a response

"Hahahaha! Nothing really escapes your mind!"

Keon fought the urge to curse loudly. If he knew that there are people watching his movement, he would act differently. Who knows, those people might be sent by the government to kill the four of them here. If they discovered something abnormal, that would be a huge trouble

If not for the person/people hiding making a mistake, Keon won't even know that there are people watching his team's movement

"Why didn't you warn me? Do you know that you are endangering us with your action ?!" Keon roared in his mind but his lovely other personality ignored all of his anger

"Those bastards are only Level 3 Mystics. I just gave my help before since I don't want to die because of how weak you are. But now, if we encounter danger as long as it is something a Level 3 Mystic can deal with, you won't want to expose your dear friends, right? After all, you don't know what they really are and you won't endanger yourself. When danger comes high enough that you can't deal with it but also too low for the two to act, won't you have another choice but to rely on me? Hahahahaha! "