I'M KALEIGH
After traveling for the whole night, Stalane and Syton finally found a place where only less deras resides in. They look for their own spot to rest and sleep on.
Just when Stalane finally decided to doze off to sleep, a notification rings inside her head telling her that someone was trying to contact her.
She doesn't even had a time to react when the person calling her started to talk already.
"Hey, you're up?"
"Fuck!" She cursed in surprise when she heard the man's voice.
"Why the hell does this telepathic call doesn't even have an option whether you want to accept the call or not? It just literally directly connects you in?!" She mumbles to herself as she complains.
"Hey, can you hear me?" The man asked through the telepathy.
"What?!" Stalane answered back in a irritated voice.
The man didn't waste anymore time and went straight to the point, "Good. Where are you?"
"I don't know" she didn't lie. She knows nothing about the map on this new world called Leouve. All she knows is that they were heading to the Iteria town and she's just following the lead of Syton.
"Hmm"
She frowned, "What do you need, Kaleigh?"
He heard the man softly laughed, "There's a subquest that I want you to take. The rewards there is good for the weapon that I think would be suitable for you. There's also a book that I want you to look for that could be find along the way if you take the quest"
"I joined up a party with someone that have a subquest" Stalane informed him when she heard that Kaleigh was offering her a subquest.
"Is it another commission of yours? What kind of subquest?" Kaleigh asked.
"It's not. It's about looking for 3 gems or something" she answered.
Stalane winced when Kaleigh suddenly raised his voice in excitement, "That's actually great! That's the subquest I was about to offer you. You're heading at Iteria town, right? I recommend that you head at the armory shop and look for a temporary weapon for yourself first. Contact me if you're already done with the quest and don't forget to look for a book!"
"Look for yourself!" Stalane shouted right after Kaleigh ended the telepathy call.
Syton got startled by Stalane's sudden shout. He looked up to the tree where Stalane is currently at. "Chill, girl. I thought you already agreed to party with me. Don't tell me you're already backing out after only 8 hours?" He teased.
"I'm not talking to you" Stalane said as she frowned.
Syton smiled meaningfully and Stalane knew that he was about to tease her once more. "I'm not talking to the wind. Kaleigh called and asked for something" she explained.
"Kaleigh?" Syton asked as he tilted his head in confusion. It was his first time hearing that name.
Stalane then started to remember her first encounter with Kaleigh. She also wonders why he suddenly decided to contact her when they only met once and duel once. She could not even consider him as a friend, although he did taught her something useful.
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4 months ago...
Like always, Stalane spent her whole afternoon waiting for adventurers or bravers to go inside the forest. Once they were inside, she will offer them a deal. She'll be the one who's gonna hunt down the deras that the bravers or adventures will be needing, in return they'll give her some foods and some weapons that she could use.
At first, the bravers and adventurers doubted her since she's only a 5H rank hunter but when they saw her skills they immediately trusted her to do all the stuff. She earned the title, "Dera hunter".
When she was sleeping on one of the branches of a tree, she felt someone was staring at her from afar. She opened her eyes and got herself on a defensive position.
She could see how those eyes looks like smirking at her and was amused at her reflexes. Those eyes then suddenly covered with murderous glare as if she was gonna be hunted and she was their prey.
"Flare blade orv" she immediately whispered to bring out the short dagger that one braver gave her. It was a already used dagger and it's not really that sharp anymore.
The owner of those eyes suddenly leaped out to attack her. Good thing, Stalane reflexes was fast enough to dodge. She jumped down the tree. She glared at the person who tried to attack her and she saw that it was a man with a long gradient black and white haired.
The guy stared back as if he was amused. But he didn't waste anymore time and attacked Stalane again.
Stalane knew that this guy was 70 times stronger than her and taking easy on her. She can't also think of a reason why this person just suddenly wants to attack her when she doesn't even know him. Did she offend someone without knowing?
She tried her best to dodge and block off all the attacks that the man was giving her. She was shocked and didn't had the time to evade the spell that was approaching her from the side. It was too late when she noticed it.
The damage she caught from that attack was not a joke!
She coughed some blood which surprised her. It's been a long time since she have gotten hurt this much.
She looked at her hp and she noticed that there was only 1% left on it.
Wow, this guy...
What does he want?
"You've got some skills, that surprised me" the man complimented her but that sounded more like an insult for Stalane. It's like the man was mocking her.
"You're dying" the man pointed out what's obvious as he stared at Stalane who was laying on the ground.
Stalane could not even speak from the pain she received from that attack. It was too sudden and was too powerful!
"I should've limit down the spell more" Stalane heard what's the man thinking out loud.
Limit down?!
She knew it! The man was really not using his full strength.
"I've got to give it to you, you made me use 5% of my strength. This is my first time using this much of strength for a 5H ranked braver" the man informed Stalane which shocked her more.
5%?!
The man knelt down beside her and Stalane furiously glared at him.
A bottle of potion just appeared from the man's hand without even the need of uttering the Lyrion language spell "orv".
This guy is really out of her league!
The man let Stalane drank the potion and after only a few seconds she fully recovered.
"What are you doing?! Who are you?" Stalane asked as she immediately backed away.
The man raised his hand, "I'm Kaleigh. Nice to meet you"