When the sun rose the next day Polemos was already awake preparing for the day, roasting not his breakfast but making bait for the lizards as the notebook had a section about them. And one of their favorite things to eat is fish. When Polemos saw that he had an idea that started to take form in his mind as to not only use this when hunting the lizards, but also to lure and use the possible Special Elite to help get rid of the two followers. But if he couldn't spot one then, no harm no foul and he would just take care of the two personally.
"This should be just about enough, seeing as I still need to fish with Elder Spear, I'll only use the throwing harpoon for bigger 'game' and use the regular harpoon to spear fish." Polemos said as he started his daily stretch, and then started his morning run. He was starting to feel like a certain 'caped baldy' for a moment except Polemos still has his long abyssal black hair.
When Polemos was out on his run he had another thought that took route in his head. 'I wonder if they are edible, and if they are, I wonder how they taste.'
When Polemos came back from his run he wasn't normally as tired as he was when he normally trained and he wasn't able to notice until he got back to his tent.
Polemos grabbed everything he would need as he would be gone for at least 3-4 weeks as he planned on camping out in the desert. The only thing he needed to pack was his tent which was completely different from his first one. Polemos's first thing he bought when he had enough silver was a military issue tent that he had to special order from Carl.
The tent was a True Acolyte stage eight advanced ranked tent that was able to blend into the environment, was 15x20 in size, and was well insulated. Polemos couldn't stop himself from smiling the entire day when he set it up.
'Well I wonder how she'll fare in the actual desert though, as the desert is an unforgiving individual to those who aren't prepared for her wrath. She can be very warm and hot while the sun shines, but can also be very cold and icy, when the two moons are out….' When Polemos thought, up to there he stopped himself for a moment.
"Crap since there's two moon's wouldn't it be a whole lot colder during the nights, crap. I'll just get some more animal furs from Carl before I leave, well I guess that was a good thought process then." Polemos laughed in the end as he finished putting away his tent into his bag, then headed to have his annual fishing competition with Elder Spear.
When Polemos reached the water source and found Elder Spear he waved and said hello.
"Hey, Elder Spear, how are you today, ready for our fishing competition? Because I know I am, should we make it a fun one as it'll be a bit before I come back." Polemos was in a very good mood today as he was going on a very important hunt starting today.
"Well hello Polemos, I'm in a very nice mood today. And you know I'm always ready to kick your ass in fishing Polemos, and sure we can try, and what do you mean when it'll be a bit?" Elder Spear was in a good mood today also but was a little confused when Polemos said he would be gone for a bit.
"Oh sorry about that Elder Spear, I'll be going on a hunt after the competition and getting some last minute supplies. I should be gone for about 3-4 weeks out to temper myself." Polemos smiled as his eyes turned a shade darker.
"Oh and do you know what happened to Idiot A and Idiot B by the way?" Polemos asked at the end as he was a little interested to hear what happened.
"Oh those two morons, well Idiot A woke up maybe a little after you left and helped get Idiot B up by splashing water on his face, and then proceeded to try and drag him out. I won't lie when I spoke to the other slaves about what happened. They all laughed and were really happy that someone was helping us out instead of treating us like ants." Elder Spear smiled and laughed.
When Polemos heard what had happened he smiled and had an evil look in his eye.
'Well I wonder how long it'll be before this incident breaks open. I mean Alyan and company think I'm dead, I wonder when they hear that someone with 'purple' eyes attacked them, I wonder how they'll react?'
Polemos had hoped that the fear and trauma he put into both Idiot A and B would be enough to make sure they didn't speak his name, and only tell the others only about his eyes. As Polemos's eyes were considered as a curse among the tribe.
"Alright that's enough for now. Let's get this fishing competition started, Polemos." Elder Spear grinned with a suspicious look in his eye but Polemos was too absorbed in his thoughts to notice.
"You got it 'Old Man'."
After only what felt like an hour Polemos was crouching in the sand with an illusory small gray cloud atop his head as he mumbled obscenities that only he could hear, while drawing circles in the sand.
Elder Spear was just laughing as he looked at his catch then looked over at Polemos's pile that was actually about half the size of his.
"Hahahahahahaha, cheer up Polemos you have been getting a lot better at this but, like you said before I've been doing this my whole life and also I did increase a stage recently too." Elder Spear grinned again in the end.
Polemos sighed as he stood up but had a smile on his face as he congratulated Elder Spear on his increase of strength.
"That's awesome Elder Spear, no wonder I still lost, damn. Your early wisdom to not underestimate your opponent is still showing. I really need to hammer that in my mind and soul." Polemos shook his head in the end and then proceeded to separate the fish like normal and start to head out for his hunt.
"Well good luck and be safe out there Polemos, the desert can be a very unforgiving individual, and also here take this as a good luck charm." Elder Spear handed over what looked like a very old and odd looking fish scale.
"Whoa where did you find this Elder Spear, I can't take this, you should keep it." Polemos tried not to take it but Elder Spear insisted and pushed the scale into his hand.
"Here's some more advice Polemos, if someone or anyone is giving you gifts, take them. It's ok to be shameless when receiving gifts, I mean if they want to give away things then who are you to stop them." Elder Spear never stopped trying to help Polemos whenever he could and Polemos always took what Elder Spear said to heart as he hadn't steered him wrong yet.
"As always Elder Spear, thank you. And don't worry I'll bring you something back to celebrate when I come back." Polemos smiled as he put the scale in his necklace and then put the fish into his bag then grasped Elder Spears forearm.
Polemos then went to Carl's tent to get some last minute supplies like some animal furs, and more rope for the tent.
When Polemos got to Carl's tent there was no roaring, just silence. It was a little odd since normally when Polemos visited Carl things were always loud. But when Polemos saw how everything was normal inside Carl's tent he just shrugged his shoulders and greeted Carl.
"Mornin Carl, how are you?"
"Good, did ya forget something yesterday." Carl chuckled when he saw Polemos early in the morning.
"Yeah, I needed some more animal furs as it'll get pretty cold out in the desert right? And I need some more rope and if you have any suggestions on how to survive out in the desert that would be great." Polemos rubbed the back of his head as he replied back to Carl.
Carl shook his head as he went to grab what Polemos needed, and when he came back he even brought back a very rough looking journal. It looked very well used as Polemos even saw what looked like old blood on it.
"Here's ya fur and rope and plus something of mine from when I was in the service. It's no extra cost but it'll definitely save your ass out there trust me." Carl had a very serious expression on his face when he talked about the book.
"Don't worry Carl I trust you a lot I mean hell, you've been giving me advice every time I've come in and it's always been helpful and extremely knowledgeable. I'll make sure to look at it as soon as possible." Polemos paid with a little silver and said his goodbye to Carl.
"Well I'm off Carl, see ya in about 3-4 weeks. I'll make sure to bring back a ton of scales and claws and make sure you talk to that blacksmith as soon as you can. Would like to try and make my armor as soon as possible." Polemos waved his hand as he exited Carl's tent off to start his hunt and kill the two followers.
All unaware of what Carl really meant about the importance of that book.
Carl just waved back as he shook his head and sighed.
'I really hope he understands what's in that book as I wasn't wrong in that it could save his ass.' Carl then shrugged as he went back to his ledger before that annoying messenger came back again later that day.