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Chapter 23 - Chapter 23, First Hunt

Senani decided to wait for Ilromy to return before they departed on their hunt. He also intended to bring Wolf, Bear, and the leaders of the pack. He intended to kill a great many creatures. Senani wanted to see what this planet had to offer in the way of resources. Wolf came to Senani while he was contemplating this. He informed Senani that all the animals that came with him entered a cocoon as soon as the surge of power entered their bodies. Wolf assumed they would each become were creatures and be able to change into a human form. Thus far, only Kaz had become something different. Thinking of Kaz, Senani summoned him. He explained what had happened to the others and asked if Kaz would like the minotaur's to have soul stones created. After contemplation Kaz agreed. They were a small tribe; they could use the increase in strength. While it was not the typical minotaur way, Kaz believed in Senani. Senani summoned each of the minotaur tribe to him. He then created soul stones for them and placed them in the throne. Senani offered to allow Kaz and his tribe to hunt on the new planet. Surprisingly, Kaz declined. He told Senani for now he would continue to look for more minotaur's. Senani recalled seeing some in Darkshire. He would have them brought to Kaz to join the tribe. Soon after, Ilromy arrived. Senani made the request to her and she obliged. She sent a message to Haren that all minotaur's in Darkshire that desired it were to be sent to Kaz. Soon after, 300 more minotaur arrived. Senani created soul stones for them and placed them on the throne. They then returned with Kaz to the tribe.

Ilromy then gifted La toot toot with the new bow and a quiver of artifact grade 2 arrows she had found in the armory. La toot toot was elated. Senani spoke before she could. "Ilromy we are now prepared to go on a hunt. Chose a building to be a guild hall for House Sloth. Any spirit that wishes to join this city will be required to join House Sloth. Any creature who wishes to join this city will have to join House Sloth. All are welcome. Creatures will be sent to me when I am in town so that I can create soul stones for them. This way they can all be entered into the throne." Senani then went outside and summoned Red. He requested that Red make a lair on this new planet. He then created a soul stone for Red, and once the dragon whelps arrived, he did the same for each of them. He placed their stones in the throne. Senani would feel much safer with Red and the other dragons guarding the town. Senani summoned Zorin and had her create a guild portal in the guild hall that Ilromy was to choose.

Senani now had Bear bring the leaders of the pack and he brought Wolf and went back to La toot toot. They were all prepared to go hunting. La toot toot considered for awhile and decided that she wanted to go to the area where the epic creatures lived. La toot toot leads the way. While travelling Bear let Senani know she could smell creatures around them. They smelled like wolves only different. Shortly after, a pack of wolves dove in and attacked. These were different than Bears pack. They attacked with lightning from their mouths. Senani had never heard of such a thing. These were only uncommon creatures. Senani and the others easily dispatched them. When Senani killed one, he was surprised that the creatures spirit entered his mind. Senani summoned it, and when he did, a sword popped into his hand. This was rather confusing as he had summoned the wolf. Senani swung the sword experimentally. When he did, lightning arced from the blade. This was indeed a strange world. Senani asked La toot toot what had happened. She replied, "You mean you don't have spirit weapons where you came from? Some creatures turn into weapons, some armor, some other types. There are a great many of spirits in this world. If ya kill a critter then you have a chance of claiming its spirit. Some beasts can even eat the bodies of the dead creatures to gain their elements. I am gonna find some fire critters for Bitey to eat. She will be my fire breathing mount. That will be crazy wont it Senani? Who ever heard of a fire breathing dog? She will be the first."

What La toot toot said made Senani rather curious. He had Drizzt eat one of the wolf's corpses to see what would happen. He then burped loudly, when he did an arc of lightning left his mouth and struck a nearby tree. Senani was elated. He would have lightning wolves. Senani then approached each corpse. He wanted to see if he could create a Spirit Covenant with any of them. Most had already had their spirits removed, they were in the group's minds. Senani finally found one that had not. When he did, he tried to create a Spirit Covenant.

"Do you wish to activate a Spirit Covenant with the lightning wolf known as Fido?" Yes or No."

Senani chose Yes. Fido did as well. Senani chose a stone in his bag and bound Fido to it. While Fido formed a body, Senani teleported all the wolf bodies back to the palace. He would have the wolves that followed Drizzt eat them. When Fido formed his body, Senani spoke to him, "Where will I find the rest of your pack? How many are in your pack, and what strength is their bodies?"

Fido responded, "Including the 20 you have slain today, we are 200 strong. Our alpha is an epic quality. There are 100 uncommon quality, and the rest are rare. Our den is to the north. I can lead you there if you desire."

Senani replied, "That would be appreciated. We will spare those that do not attack. I will offer a Spirit Covenant to those I am able."

Fido then led the way to the den of wolves. When the pack saw Senani and the others, they immediately attacked. Now that Bear had changed into a werewolf, they had lost the ability to take over normal wolf packs. They easily slaughtered most of the wolves quickly. Seeing his wolf pack dying, the alpha stepped out. Bear lunged and ripped out its throat. The alpha wolf never even saw her coming. Bear received the spirit of the wolf in her mind. After seeing what happened to Drizzt when he ate one of the wolves, Bear ate the alpha wolfs corpse. When she was done, she burped and shot a burst of lightning out of her mouth. This was far stronger than the one Drizzt had fired. It would seem the stronger the enemy the stronger the element gained.

Seeing their alpha killed, the rest of the wolves became enraged. They attacked twice as hard as before. Senani and the crew were forced to slaughter them all. Afterwards Senani went through the corpses and utilized the Spirit Covenant on as many as he could. In total he had gained 20 uncommon lightning wolves and 10 rare. Senani sent the bodies back to the palace. They then explored the area to see if the wolves had left any loot. In the back, La toot toot got excited. "Look Senani it's an armory console. This pack had a lot of wolves. It really did I bet they have lots and lots of weapons and armor. Can we take it Senani? It would help Eternia a lot."

Senani touched the console. When he did, he could see a list of spirits as well as the element they possessed and the type of spirit it was. There were many kinds Senani had not yet seen. He decided to take them all. He would look through them when they got back to Eternia. Senani figured if this were an armory console, then he would surely find one at Eternia that he could offload all the spirits into. Bear and the pack continued to explore the wolf's den. In the back of the den, they found a litter of pups. There were 12 of them in total and they were all epic quality. Bear had them brought to Senani so he could create soul stones. He also created them for the new wolves. Then Bear had the new wolves take the pups to Eternia. They would build a new den there to keep them safe. With the pups taken to safety and the corpses placed in Eternia, there was nothing left to do in the wolf's den. Senani asked La toot toot to lead them to the original destination.

When they were near the destination, La toot toot stopped and spoke. "I have never been here Senani. The critters were always too strong. This is where the other spirits hunt Epic creatures. I can help here. I can, I can. If I shoot one with my bow, we should not bring in a bunch. That is how the other spirits do it. Do you want me to shoot one and bring it over Senani?"

Senani told Bear to sniff around and try to figure out what kind of beings they were dealing with. Bear could smell something that was like wild boars. Senani pulled his crossbow off his back. He hadn't used it in quite some time and told La toot toot to go ahead and bring some over. La toot toot moved stealthily through the woods to get closer to the wild boars. Upon seeing one, she knocked an arrow and aimed for its head. She intended to wound it greatly before it could charge. When the arrow struck, the boar fell down dead. This was the first creature La toot toot had attacked since she gained her new body. With her strength killing these epic boars was pie. She then returned and told Senani what had happened.

Senani laughed. He considered what La toot toot said. With their strength the alpha wolf had died extremely easily. Senani moved the group in closer. From a distance, he could see that the boars were rather large. They were black with orange stripes down their backs. The woods nearby were charred, everything looked like it had been burned. Senani figured this meant they contained the fire element. He decided they would go ahead and charge in. Senani still used his crossbow. It had been a long time since he had, and he felt he needed the practice. With Senani and La toot toot watching from behind to ensure no boars could get around them and the others attacking as a unit, the boars were slain with relative ease. By nightfall they had killed the 300 epic Boars. Senani checked the corpses for signs of a spirit. He created a Spirit Covenant for those that he could and teleported the rest of the bodies to the palace. In total Senani was able to create a Spirit Covenant with 50 of the epic boars. Then Senani and the group moved towards the cave the boars appeared to be coming from. Once inside, they spread out and looked for any items they could find.

In the back of the cave, La toot toot again found the Armory console. She informed Senani and Senani gathered all the spirits from it. He still planned to evaluate what they had won once he returned to the palace. In the back of the cave, they also found more baby wild boars. Senani created soul stones for each. The group then decided to head back to Eternia. Upon arrival at Eternia, Senani had each of them place the spirits they had gained in the Armory Console. Senani then did likewise. He and La toot toot would go over these together in the morning. For now, Senani placed all of the soul stones he had gathered on the trip into the throne. The wolves were placed under the command of Drizzt. The boars under the command of Wolf.