when faes and sky got ready for battle they entered the cave with aiden following behind. faes was wondering what kind of fox it will be as they carefully went inside.
'i wonder if it will be a nine tailed fox?' faes thought then shook her head to clear that thought. 'if it were a nine tailed fox it wouldn't have been a tier 1 beast'
actually faes had learnt about all the plant and animal species in this world and knew that nine tailed fox existed in this world along with other mythological beast. this discovery had made her excited to meet them but that would only be in her dreams because when the world got destroyed all the powerful people vanished along with all the mythological creatures that were not common in this world unlike dragons who had a kingdom of their own. though they have their own kingdom and are not rare they still don't have high population but they are still dominating the world as dragons come in strongest beings.
faes with sky on her shoulder paused as she sensed a being ahead. they had come deeper in the cave which was filled with many kinds of herbs and medicinal plants along with various jewels and elemental crystals. though they were mostly fire crystals making faes have an idea that the fox might be able to use fire.
the cave was initially dark but as they went inside the fire crystals gave it a reddish glow giving the cave an eriee feeling. 'is this a hunted cave or a horror movie scene?' faes thought as she pressed her lips together. she wasn't afraid but the place didn't gave nice wibes which she didn't liked. sky on her shoulder looked at the place with curious gaze yet it contained excitement to see something new.
aiden had found this place while searching for right prey for faes and sky. it was quite a distance away from their own cave but was still not similar at all.
'are they scared or excited?' aiden thought as he watched his daughters. faes had her lips pressed together other than that her face didn't showed much emotions. faes was looking around carefully as they stopped. sky had a curious look on her face as she too was looking around but other than that he can sense her excitement.
'even i don't like the feeling this place give why are they excited?' aiden had a weird look on his face as he watched his daughters. aiden had already checked what was inside but he didn't had a good feeling about this place so he didn't stayed long just checking the place once he went to get faes and sky. he was sure that this place didn't had a strong beast and that was the reason he had brought faes and sky along. he was not strong enough now as the poison slowly worked its way in his body.
faes was not affected from the eriee setup of the cave she was busy thinking about something else. 'should she hunt the beast first or gather the crystals and herbs first?' faes was more interested in hunting the beast while sky was more interested in the herbs and crystals. whether it was due to their glow or due to their use faes was not sure.
faes paid close attention to the beast deeper inside the cave and noticed that it didn't had any intention to come to them yet even after it had noticed them some time ago. 'is it afraid or unaffected by our presence?' faes was not sure but she decided that they would collect the resources as they went deeper.
'if that beast decided to come i would know' faes nodded to herself and turned to aiden who was watching them still had a blank face not sure if he should be worried.
"we should gather these as sky is more interested in the things around here rather than the beast we can take care of it later, it isn't coming here yet" faes told sky and aiden as they nodded. then they began gathering the herbs and crystals. aiden and faes both were cautious and were keeping close eye on both the cave depth and sky who was sitting between them playing with few fire crystals. sky was still a new born who was just a month old and she cant even walk properly yet much less fly so she was the most vulnerable among them and an easy target.
"this place have lots of fire crystals and the temperature is high too could this place have a rare herb or something?" faes asked aiden glancing at the depth of the cave which held more and more fire crystals the deeper they went.
"or this place could be a den of a fire fox who is about to break through" aiden replied with grim face. he knew that the beast inside was not much strong but with him being weak and faes and sky they were still able to take care of a normal lower tier beast but if it was a fire fox who is about to break through it might go berserk if interrupted and if that happened they would be in danger.
"if either is the case we need to be more cautious both means more danger and risk" faes continued collecting the crystals and herbs and stored them in the rings they had.
faes and aiden continued what they were doing and went deeper slowly but as they went deeper the temperature increased and the amount of fire crystals decreased but their size increased.
faes was more cautious as she can sense the anger the fox was feeling by the weak bloodlust it was emmiting. they were still away from the end of the cave but due to her heightened senses faes was more sensitive to movements and emotions around her. 'the fox was angry with them coming closer to it' faes noticed and began thinking why isn't it attacking them yet, even if it is angry beyond limit.
'is it about to breakthrough or is it guarding something that is important to it?' faes thought as she paused again to pick sky up from the place she was playing near her and placed her on her shoulder.
"stay here now baby we are closer to the end it might get dangerous so you be alert too" faes reminded sky slowly and got a nod in response as sky wrapped her tail around faes neck.
'is it a herb or some other treasure?' faes thought curious as she continued to think why the fox isn't attacking them. she had not sensed any change in the fire magic particles so the fox want breking through currently or has stopped its cultivation when it sensed them.
'well the crystals and herbs are a good harvest' faes continued to collect the bigger crystals which were embedded in the wall of the cave and she had to use earth magic to move them out and then collect them in the spacial ring.
'it moved' faes paused and then took a defensive position suddenly as she sensed the fox move but it just took a step and paused again. this time faes didn't went back on collecting the treasure around her and focused on the fox. they were near just about a dozen or so meters away from the end which was still not visible because of the bright light. the temperature here was high and aiden and faes were forced to use their magic to cool themselves down.
'system scan that ending and the beast there' faes said in her mind
[scanning.....
scan complete]
[host there is a peak tier 1 fire fix who is about to break through at the ending and it seemed to be guarding a rare thousand year old red ginseng which is about to mature and eating it can help the fox break through easily] the system replied making faes nod
"a peak tier 1 fire fox guarding a thousand year old red ginseng? but why would it emit that much light making it almost impossible to see?" faes muttered