Eryndor opened up the document and gave them the number.
"Well, fortunately it looks like this town didn't rely much on farming livestock.
"A few houses had cultivated chickens but they were easily dealt with by the people of the house themselves.
"There are around a hundred infected animals. There isn't an accurate number because some of the information isn't reliable or their proof overlaps with others.
"The infected animals mainly consist of dogs, cats, wild boars and a couple of bears."
"Bears are bad news."
Valentina spoke with a frown on her face.
Eryndor similarly had a grim expression as he continued.
"Yes, and on top of that, both of the bears are in the vicinity of the area which was marked red in the information package.
"It is mentioned that we aren't to intrude, and preferably not go near the red area at all."
Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, he continued.
"As for the abilities of the infected abilities, their physical parameters have seen an increase in all aspects.
"They displayed intense aggression upon seeing any not-infected lifeform, excluding trees. Their teeth and claws transmit poison which acts upon the lungs.
"They can be calmed down forcefully by waving big green leaves in front of their eyes. The aggression surfaces afterwards within five minutes of removing the leaves from in front of their eyes."
Eryndor took a deep breath and kept aside his laptop, taking a piece of paper from a locker nearby and drawing a crude map on it.
He then referenced the laptop and marked various spots on it.
"Well, these are the spots where these infected animals are usually found. People are forced to stay indoors all the time, or carry a big leaf with them if it's a necessity to leave the house."
Paulina gave a side eye to Drakarion as she responded.
"Makes sense. Even an aggressive cat or dog would be deadly enough for a person. Not everyone is like Drakarion."
Drakarion took the remark in stride, smirking and lifting his head in an exaggerated gesture of arrogance.
He then spoke as if it was obvious.
"So we are going from low risk to high risk animals, correct? With approximately 15-20 captures per day."
"Yup." Valentina agreed.
Eryndor had already begun rummaging through the supplies given by the Academy in search of an antidote which would counter poison from the infected animals.
A few minutes later, he was done gathering all the supplies including the big green leaves, which he bought from the inn.
"Alright, we're ready. Let's go early tomorrow so we can spend more time getting used to fighting infected animals.
"For the later days we can adjust the timing as we see fit based on how tomorrow went."
Every one of them nodded their heads and bid good nights before heading to their rooms.
Eryndor laid down on his bed and closed his eyes, intending to use his telekinesis to cross check with the map.
It never hurts to be cautious.
Just like the previous time, as his view extended beyond the room, the feeling of being drained increased, bringing along with a slight fatigue which he previously failed to notice.
As his view increased to eventually expand the entire town, he finally began feeling a kind of slight limitation on his ability. He could maybe go on for a bit more distance.
So this is the limit of my ability huh? A bit more than the size of a town.
He fully expanded his view, stretching it to the limits as he began verifying the places one by one.
Eryndor could feel that with the rate at which the drain was taking place, he could only maintain it for about twenty minutes.
And if he used telekinesis to move something, depending on the weight, the duration would further decrease.
After about ten minutes, he halted the use of his Telekinesis when he was done verifying all the places.
The sense of fatigue which began building up when he extended his view had increased to the point of being painful.
Headache crashed into his mind wave after wave as he tried massaging to relieve the pain.
He endured the pain and brought the map in front of his eyes before placing it back on the bedside lamp.
I didn't incorrectly memorize the places on the map.
Eryndor came across a confusing discovery while scouting the area just now.
There were no bears.
All the other information was correct, with simply a minute degree of deviation in a few infected animals.
But in the case of bears, even if he compromised on the range of other directions to increase it on the side of bears, he found no trace of them.
Wrong information?
Eryndor felt something was amiss about the whole situation.
He endured the intense headache and fatigue holding back his body as he struggled to get his laptop on the bed.
There are plenty of people who've witnessed the bear, but none of them seem to have any proof though.
Normally he would have dismissed it. There was no need for proof if so many people input information about having seen the bear.
Although the number couldn't be said that it was the majority of the people of town or even half of them, it was still a lot.
But why would so many people put such information? Or could it be that the bears have moved over deeper into the jungle or that I didn't search quite thoroughly?
The intense headache interfered with his ability to think logically but he was trying nonetheless.
An idea finally struck him in a few seconds.
He opened a new tab and searched if there was a local website for this town.
If not that, he hoped to search for any kind of website or page which would have information about this town.
After about a dozen minutes of searching, Eryndor finally stumbled upon pieces of information regarding the town.
It was the kind of miscellaneous information not related to the mission so the Academy didn't deem it necessary to include it in the information package.
He went through the information thoroughly, making sure to also check the images with extreme detail.
Finally after an hour of working hard, he gathered enough clues to form a point which was almost really the truth.
All the people who talked about witnessing the bears are from the mayor's faction.
Eryndor felt genuinely confused.
What was going on?