It's really unpleasant when a plan goes awry or a change in it that gets in your way, I was very annoyed the day the merchandise was going to be sold to Akin. Because of an annoying goat who made the point of raising the possibility that my presence during the sale would be dangerous.
According to him I'm too young and strong to be a porter for smugglers or traders, even if I could also wear some makeup to look older and worn it would still be dangerous. The damn goat is just talking shit to piss me off or because I'd be around Mia, I don't know if that's a trait of this idiot goat or it's a trait of his tribe, but he looks like he's going to piss me off for the rest of my time on this one. unity.
He might be stronger than me but he's a fucking wizard, if he really keeps getting into trouble with me, I'm going to beat him up. I'm annoyed at this level not only because he pulled me out of the operation, that was a low move but his argument wasn't absurd.
To many scenarios that my presence in the operation would be bad and adding the fact that my combat power is not very great in the presence of orange and green core mages and warriors, it is not absurd for me to stay out of the operation. But my problem is the mission-long face the idiot tried to disguise and the sheer number of hostile stares I get from him when he thinks I'm not looking.
I'm a damn tracker, only an idiot would think I wouldn't notice this kind of visual display of hostility, having someone like that on the same team is very problematic. The fact that he's showing hostility in such an overt way means he doesn't think I might be a problem for him.
I'm a gray core warrior, many mages already have a superiority complex and from the conversations the goat had with the dwarf who seems to share my opinion about the idiot goat, showed me signs that he is that type of mage.
Volkan on the other hand is a much friendlier dwarf than the goat, it didn't take me long to befriend him to the point that he advised me to stay away from the idiot goat. To strengthen my friendship with Volkan I talked to him about the subject of crafts in general which is always an interest of the dwarven people, not because they have a talent for it as a stereotype tries to label the race as blacksmiths, and their culture celebrates dwarves who are capable of creating great works no matter what type of work it is, it can be armor, weapons, potions, runes and even works of a more artistic and less functional nature.
When I told him that I know Durin the dwarven blacksmith who was the last dwarf in the realm to craft a level six hammer that was valued as a masterpiece, this is a grand prize for Durin a mark of salt skill and luck, Lofar even sent me one letter to say it was a tragedy that I couldn't accompany him to the celebration, Durin who didn't know his was in the army wrote in Lofar's invitation that he should bring me, Calen and another blacksmith I don't know from town to the party which some families of dwarves made to admire Durin's masterpiece.
Obviously, he did this to show he was having fun when I'm working for the army, this was one of the few letters I got as an elite army unit in training it's not normal to get a lot of mail.
I doubt Volkan is the only one who noticed the goat's hostility, I hope the idiot is smart enough and keep his attempts to piss me off at the current level, it would really be a difficult task to deal with a bellboy trying to hurt or kill me during missions.
Obviously, that would end with me blowing him up when he's off guard, or maybe I'd have help from Ana or Raven to take care of the goat. Ana wouldn't kill for me, but she would defend me and beat the shit out of the goat if he tried to fuck me.
I hope at the end of the day the idiot goat is able to control himself and not screw it up, it would suck to explain to the disciplinary body why I blew up my teammate because he tried to kill me during one mission or was planning to kill me on the next one mission, depends on when and that I discovered the goat's evil plans.
As my participation inside the shed was denied I was at the lookout post with Raven, she used a set of words that made me uncomfortable.
'You will be my special pair of eyes, you should keep an eye out to see if you find anything weird or different in the smugglers, other than you I don't have enhanced eyes I'm not an archer after all.'
Even though I know she must be referring to the aura art I practice to strengthen my eyes, I still get uncomfortable when someone uses those two words that way, 'special eyes'.
When the sun lit up the blue sun, I was on Raven's side who wasn't wearing her disguise but a good amount of thick clothing that makes her look like a killer, we can't risk her cover being blown if something bad rushes in and out. we have to pretend to be army officers learning all the people in that shed full of contraband.
"Don't be nervous, Wolf. We cannot take the risk that your intense gaze affects a sensitive person, luckily this type of person is much rarer than trackers, but unfortunately most of them will work for crooks as the ability to sense when someone focuses their attention on you and a very good defensive measure."
"I've never met anyone like that, Feather. Is there anything different about them visually or is it just a different kind of sensitivity?"
"It's an enhanced sixth sense, well that's the mages' explanations, but I believe it's simply a person who is very sensitive to mental energy, they can basically feel when a person's basic mental energy focuses on them. Normally only those with the mind element can use this type of elemental energy directly, but all sentient living beings have a certain amount of mental energy otherwise mind element users wouldn't be able to screw with the minds of other people who don't have this. element."
"It's like the life element that we all have because we're alive, but that doesn't mean we all have the 'complete' or 'concentrated' form of it to be able to use it like the fire element. So, we expel mental force with our minds all the time?"
"Yes, that's why mind element mages can sense when they're surrounded and can track your mental energy outside your body, never let one of them try to get into your mind because they can leave a mark on it, those bastards can track your mark even if you have some kingdoms between the two of you."
"You don't like them?"
"Not at all, I haven't met a mind element user who isn't a pompous asshole who thinks he's superior to others. They just think the cream of the nobility, I've seen one of those idiots being arrogant in front of one of the princesses. Had the cretin not had a grandfather who was a red-core mind element mage he would have been beaten by the royal guards."
'Why do you fear his grandfather so much?
"A mind element mage can only be killed by an assassin that is one level higher than him, tactic of using too many low-level enemies do not work against mind element mages because they can unleash a mind pulse that knocks down those of higher level. lower than him and greatly hinders those with the same level as him."
"And even if the assassin kills the mage, there's a pretty good chance the mage will retaliate against him before dying completely. A massive discharge of mental energy is capable of damaging anyone's mind, particularly when the mental element mage has an orange core or higher."
"Complicated dealing with these people."
"Yes, if they didn't run out of energy so quickly, they would be the strongest mages, but at the end of the day there's not even a mind element mage who isn't 'fragile'."
"And the warriors?"
"They are weaker, but they are the worst enemies that warriors can face, their only strong weakness is their lack of range. Archers and mages can kill them from afar without much trouble, but for an assassin with a dagger it is quite difficult to kill them, as I said before they can feel the minds close to them."
"Are there any mental element users in the smugglers or cultists group?"
"No, not like common criminals like these smugglers have a mind element user. But I wouldn't be shocked if some of these assholes joined a cult to worship an evil deity."
"Any other types of enemies I have to watch out for?"
"Any enemy is dangerous for you. They are coming, pay attention to them."
I look towards the shed and see the smugglers calmly approaching the shed.