Stepping carefully out the cave, I activated my updated Pith Orientation for the first time outside.
I worried constantly that Mariath knew where my hideout was, but the additional settings for my skill didn't pick up anyone. Hopefully that meant that no one was there and not that it didn't work.
Deciding to just do what I needed to do and start making my way towards the high value monster.
At the base of the mountain, my new setting picks up something. It remains identified as a tree, but it has the constant throbbing of a heartbeat.
I silently thank the stars that demons do indeed have an anatomy similar to humans as I pretend to not notice and continue to my destination.
I start to question why she's bothering me and not looking for an escape portal. Based on her past conversations, I would like to assume that she just enjoys stalking me. Or maybe she might think I know where a portal is and is going to take it before me.
