CHAPTER 69
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CHAPTER 69
I've been traveling north for three days, but I couldn't find any one of the animals I wanted. As I went further north, I started to approach wildlings many times, but each time I changed direction and stayed away from them. After all, this side is their land since killing people trying to survive would be cruel, so I try to stay away from them if possible and not shed blood in vain.
This side is really barren lands of ice and howling wind. There are animals in the forests, but it's no wonder that very few wildlings come to the south raid all the time; how can we expect humans to live when even animals don't want to live here?
But there is one plus here since the ley lines do not feed a colossal structure like The Wall. The mana density of this side is at least three times that of the other side. But even that is too little for me. This side's mana density should be about 6 or 7 times. Maybe the disappearance of the magic affected this side as well, or there is a colossal mana-supplied structure on this side as well. In one of Old Nan's stories, she talked about something called Heart of Winter. Magic and dragons are real; maybe there is some truth in the other stories too.
Thanks to a murder of 60 ravens, I can scout an area of 2-3 km without using Promodynes ( locate animals ). In this way, I can use the locating spell for the animals I am looking for.
"Promodynes ( locate animals ) shadowcat."
I can now clearly feel the mana waves spreading in all directions starting from me. Studying The Wall made me understand the workings of my spells much better. While I was contemplating about my spells, I felt it. One shadowcat, around 4 km northeast of here. I buffed myself and started running with all my might. I can't lose this one; I have to catch it. Please be a cub, please be a cub, please be a cub...
I don't think I have enough mana to mount an adult shadowcat. Thanks to the belief motu (traceless movement)
For me, running through a snow-covered forest was no different than running on a straight road. so I ran like the wind through trees and bushes without slowing down.
"Poe, don't wait for us; fly straight this way, find the big cat immediately, and let me know."
Poe wrapped her body with the wind element and accelerated like a rocket. Before she could use mana, Poe's max speed was 100 kmph (65 mph), which she could only sustain for 5-10 minutes. Currently, its maximum speed is 150 kmph (95 mph), and she can maintain it for half an hour.
After some time, Poe made contact with me.
-Daddy, I found it.-
- puppy or adult? -
-an adult-
I spit on my luck. I stopped running and started thinking. Should I still catch this and try to bond with it? Ninety-nine percent won't work, but let's try anyway.
-Keep following Poe; what is he doing now?-
-it caught a wolf, and it's eating it-
I was running towards the shadowcat but wasn't in such a hurry now that it was under Poe's watchful eyes.
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When I reached Shadowcat, it had eaten half the wolf. It is a magnificent creature; its appearance was something like a combination of leopard and tiger. Bigger than a leopard but not as big as a tiger, but its strength became evident from its huge shoulder and leg muscles that appeared under her thick black fur with white strips when it pressed with big claws to rip off a piece of the wolf carcass.
From what I read about them in the bestiaries, they are fearsome predators. Shadowcats have deep, rumbling growls and furious screams. They are silent and agile hunters, but they can scavenge, too that is why they can smell blood ten km (six miles) away. When they catch prey, they will eat every piece of meat without leaving anything behind and even crush all the bones to get at the marrow. Shadowcats tend not to attack living men unless starved, but if they attack, they can disembowel a man with one claw strike.
It was almost nighttime, and the shadowcat's eyes seemed to glow in the dark. It noticed my presence, stopped eating, and immediately turned to me and took up an attacking position. Deep, rumbling growls started coming from it, and suddenly let out a deafening scream, then immediately started running towards me.
"Letagon (snare)"
it froze in place like a statue. This spell should hold it for several seconds. But after 2 seconds, the spell broke, and the shadowcat lunged at me. I was caught off guard, and all I could do was roll sideways. It was like cold water was pouring down my back at that second. Its claw slashed my cheek if I had moved a little slower. My head wouldn't be on my shoulder right now. Shadowcat continued running without delay and jumped at the tree right in front of it, then bounced off the tree and lunged at me again.
I was calm this time and didn't want to kill it, so I couldn't use deadly spells. I decided to use wind element spells. Raised my hand and said.
"Jelmio indigo (wind impact)"
strong wind hit the shadowcat right in the chest, made it fly backward, and crash into a tree. It looked a little stunned. I took advantage of this gap to cast another immobilization spell.
"Inretio (entangle)"
Large roots sprouted from the ground and began to engulf the shadowcat. It regained consciousness, but it was too late, the roots had utterly immobilized it, and this time it couldn't break the spell as it did to letagon because this spell is actually using real roots and growing them. Therefore, have higher durability than letagon, but the drawback is this spell cannot be used if there are no roots underground.
I approached Shadowcat, who was still struggling to escape, and struck him with the hilt of my sword, knocking it unconscious then I put my hand on its head.