At noon Casey, Lucas and Lucy stood outside the house.
They seemed prepared for their expedition.
Lucas carried a spatial bag which Gary managed to obtain in an auction.
The bag had the enough space to store whatever they needed.
They kept some water, snacks, and weapons in the bag.
"Have you all prepared everything you need? ". Marie asked.
" Yes ! ". They replied simultaneously.
"What about weapons? ". Gary asked.
" Yes, it's here ". Lucas said while patting the bag on his back.
The weapons he carried were only his bow and arrow, and Casey's sword.
He used a bow and arrow because he felt that they were suitable for hunting and that was his only way of long range attack without talent skills.
While Casey used a sword because it suited her.
Well swords are mostly used by ladies because they find it elegant.
Lucy didn't use any weapon because…well she is a mage.
"Take care of yourselves "Marie said.
" Okay ! ". They replied in unison.
"We will kill many beasts and bring their bodies back ". Lucy said with a wide smile.
"Oh !, then we will have a feast tonight ". Gary laughed.
" Yay ! "she exclaimed in joy.
"Lucas!, take care of them ". Gary said.
" Ok". He replied." I will protect them with my life. "
"Or I might be the one needing protection ". He muttered to himself.
They bid them goodbye and left for the forest.
" Lets do our best, okay". Lucy said to him.
"Yes "he replied.
'Just a little more time'
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The three of them went into the forest carefully.
They kept their guard up as they advanced cautiously.
After ten minutes they encountered their first beast.
"Stop" Casey said in a low voice.
" What is it ? ". Lucy asked.
"There is a beast nearby ". She replied.
"Where ? ". Lucy asked while looking around trying to spot the beast.
" It's under us". Lucas said.
" Do you know what type of beast it is ? ". Casey asked.
"I have an idea but I need to confirm it "
" Lucy can you use your fire element to make the ground beneath us hot "he asked.
"Yes" she replied.
" Good"he continued "Casey you and I will prepare an attack to strike the beast immediately it comes out".
"Ok". She answered.
" Good let's get on those trees " he said.
" Why ? "she asked.
"So that the fire will not affect us "he answered.
Without anyone noticing Lucas had already adopted the position of the leader.
He and Casey jumped on a tree and he took out their weapons from the bag.
She took her sword and jumped to another tree as instructed by Lucas.
"NOW !".he shouted.
Lucy gathered the fire elemental particles produced by the sun into her hand.
She touched the floor and the flames entered it. Then smoke began to rise from the floor.
'Shriek*
A loud and pained scream was heard from beneath the ground.
Suddenly, what appeared to be a giant earthworm jumped out.
"Now !". Lucas shouted and he drew his bow.
He infused his energy into the arrow and fired it.
At the same time Casey activated her skill and attacked.
The attacks landed on the big worm and pierced it.
It let our another pained scream and fell limply on the floor.
It may have seemed to be long but from the time when the beast was discovered to when it was killed it only took a minute.
Lucas came down from the tree and went to check on the beast.
"It's dead !" He shouted. "You can come down now".
Casey and Lucy, who had jumped on a tree immediately she did her part of the plan appeared beside him.
"What kind of beast is this ?". Lucy asked.
" If I'm not mistaken then it should be a sand worm ". Lucas replied.
"Sand worms. According to the books, a sand worm is a kind of species who originated from a desert snake. It can move freely underground, use sand based attacks and is very tricky to kill". Casey explained.
Casey was well known for being a bookworm, so It was not surprising that she knew about the beast.
"Wow!, then we are very lucky to be able to kill it".
" Yes , if not for Lucas we might have had a problem". Casey agreed.
"Let's continue". Lucas said without any changes on his expression.
He stored the corpse and they continued hunting.
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After the sand worm they encountered a few more beast from the initial stage F- rank to the peak which they defeated easily with the help of Casey.