Hours after entering the Alpine Woodpecker Forest, Vicente and his group left their carriages at a place where they would set up a small temporary camp.
As low-level magicians, their needs were very similar to those of ordinary people without Magic Gems. They needed to rest, eat, and sleep. In short, they couldn't just go out and explore this unknown region without a resting place for the group to return to each day.
After setting up camp that same day, the group would split into two, one group with fewer members to take care of the camp and the other to actually go hunting for pentagrams.
Along with 10 Acolytes, nine at level 1 and one at level 2, Vicente and Rory would go on their first hunt, searching for red-grade pentagrams for the less talented of their men.
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Two days later...
After Vice's group began their journey in search of pentagrams for 9 of his men, they successfully found beasts with red pentagrams on them.