Eletha bumped into someone whos every meeting with Eletha was very unpleasant one.
"Well hello there." The tall, aged man greeted Eletha with sarcasm and disdain.
"Master Mercer." She greeted politely, hiding her mutual disdain for the person.
Mercer Heal was supposed to be the next Enclave Master when Bran Altard was instead chosen by the late Enclave Master. His disdain for Bran started there and it also branched out to his adopted daugher Eletha.
"About time your 'father' sent out parties hm? We have so much potential to dominate and influence the continent yet he squanders it and keeps the continent at a status quo and wasting time caring about people like you!"
Eletha calmed herself and took a deep breath, she mustn't let this man get to her or else it'll result to only trouble.
"So you already know my orders then Master Mercer, so please get out of the way." She replied calmly.
Mercer only smirked and didn't step out of the way, so Eletha stepped to the side and tried walked past him but he grabbed her arm.
"Mark my words Eletha I will take my rightful place by any means necessary." He glared at her with hate-filled eyes which made Eletha recoil, taking off his hand and running away.
After running away from Mercer, Eletha made her way to the Head Battlemage's office and relayed the Enclave Master's orders who immediately arranged them to leave in the immediate.
Later, she was waiting for the scout team and her friends to arrive at the teleporter which was used to quickly get to a hidden cave at the base of the mountain.
Soon enough her friends arrived along with the scout team, with both parties talking to each other in a friendly manner.
"Oh Eletha! Sorry to keep you waiting!" Verhima, a half-elf girl rushed to her and hugged her.
"You're going to suffocate her Verhima." Leena, a human remarked.
"Haha, it's fine Leena you know how she is." Eletha replied while patting Verhimia.
"Alright, bask in your sisterness because once we get out there we have to stay in character." The leader of the scouting group said after the trio were done greeting each other.
The enclave members were supposed to act differently out from the enclave as to keep the secretive image of the group. They were supposed to be soft spoken and skilled in magic- which only the latter being the most true.
While they were indeed skilled magic users they were still living beings and socialize regularly and sometimes even... excessively, such as Verhima who is currently clinging on to Eletha like a lost pup.
"Ok ok! Just give me a minute!" Verhima said as she pulled herself away from Eletha, giving her a wide smile.
"Gods, you two. If you were a man and a woman you could've been lovers." Leena remarked earning snorts and snickers from the scout team and a couple of "ews" from Eletha and Verhima."
"Alright, lets get in the teleporter circle now so we can get to the Valecan capital as swift as possible." The scout team leader said after things have died down.
The two teams got inside the teleporter circle and the two mages at the side began chanting a complex spell and made the circle glow and soon it's occupants began to blur out and vanish into thin air.
But in a cave at the bottom of the mountain a bright flash of light suddenly appeared and the scout teams materialized in the circle.
"Let's move." The scout leader instructed as they moved around the cave to the entrance to start their one week long journey to the Valecan Capital.