The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1203: Hunting Guests

While Karl was discussing his advancements with The Golden Dragon Nation’s leadership, Rae had [Night Haunter] active, and she was stalking her first wedding guest through the woods near the Academy.

There was a pair of Mountain Giant infiltrators only a few kilometres away in the woods, transformed to look like humans.

They were Niall’s target, but he hadn’t found their traces yet.

The wind had told Rae where they were, and she immediately went to investigate, thinking that the Inquisitor might be there.

He wasn’t. But with the Mountain Giants as bait, she knew where he was going to be. That made it much easier to find him, and now she was incorporeal and invisible, sneaking along behind him as she tested how close she could get before he noticed her.

In order to keep the difficulty level up, she had hidden her aura as well. But she had faith in the Rogue to find a way to locate her before she got close enough to touch him.

Maybe she should lick him? Cara seemed to enjoy it.

Rae’s natural form didn’t have taste buds, so she had never seen the appeal. But she could taste things in this form. Still, that was Cara’s thing, and Cara already knew what Totem Ranked Rogue tasted like.

Rae was five metres from Niall when he spun and struck out at the air in her direction, then paused as he activated a skill, looking for the threat he had sensed.

She leapt up into a tree, and let her stealth skills fade.

”Not bad, five metres away. Your depth perception is still a little off, but not bad.” She informed him with a smile.

”Lady Rae. What brings you to the woods today?” Niall asked cautiously.

”I came to get you for the Karl’s wedding. Did you want to finish up here and go back to the Academy? It’s just those two transformed Giants, right?” She replied.

Niall nodded. ”Did you find them on your way here?”

Rae smiled. ”Yes, but I left them for you. They weren’t worth messing with.”

She motioned for silence and led the way through the woods, right to the edge of the little camp that the two spies had set.

Niall vanished, then appeared behind the spies, ending them both with a single strike.

”That should do it. They have been seen stalking students from the Academy lately. I don’t sense any others around, and the reports were just about two spies.” He explained.

Rae shrugged. ”There were only ever two in this camp, but there might be more. The Giants liked to infiltrate everything before we left. Now, did you want to go to the Academy?

I left my baby Rogue there, and the Chaos Dragon says that we need to invite a bunch of teachers too.”

”In that case, why don’t we play tag? If we use [Shadow Step], it shouldn’t take more than an hour to get back.” Niall suggested.

”Tag sounds fun. Nobody will be mad if we spend a little time to practice our skills before going back to the Academy.” Rae agreed, then poked the Inquisitor and flashed away.

Game on.

While Rae was having a grand time playing tag with Niall, Dana found herself standing outside a mansion that was somehow both shabby and new at the same time.

How that had happened was a mystery. She had asked Matilda to look into it, and her family had been getting monthly transfers that should have made them wealthy, without any need to do their own chores.

But the house was dirty from a recent dust storm, the yard hadn’t been mowed, and the flowers were dying.

She took a deep breath to steel herself for what she was likely to find, then double checked her appearance so that she would look her best for her mother.

A brisk rap at the door brought the sound of scurrying feet, and the sharp features of her mother, more lined with age and stress than she remembered, appeared in the doorway.

”Dana? You’re really here. It’s you, isn’t it?” Her mother asked, pleading for it to be true.

Dana wrapped her arms around the frail figure of her mother. Even with her strength restrained, it felt like she might accidentally break her.

”Mom, it’s good to see you again. I came to collect you for the wedding.” Dana whispered.

”Wedding?” Her mother asked, confused.

”Did you not get the invitation? I know that we delivered it.” Dana asked, not understanding.

Her mother shook her head. ”Your father must have collected it. We’re not on speaking terms lately. His last business venture was a disaster.

The debt collectors take everything every month, the moment the government transfers it. He lost billions, and now he’s missing. Likely off with his mistress.”

Dana sighed. ”You know what, come to the wedding with me, and I will get you settled at the Guild House afterward. There is no need for you to stay here and suffer from his stupidity and gambling debts anymore.

You will love Karl when you meet him, mom.”

Dana paused as her mom broke down in tears, just holding her.

”We should go. There is nothing in this house that I will miss. If they want it, they can take it.” Her mother insisted, her voice firm.

”Perfect, I will open a portal, and we can go collect Karl’s parents as well.”

Her mother nodded, and Dana opened a portal, then smiled as she saw a group of men who were very clearly debt collectors running down the street, calling her mother’s name.

Let her deadbeat father deal with his failed business debts. The collectors wouldn’t follow them to the Dragon Isles.

The Inquisitors arrived just as the portal closed behind them, leaving two confused members of the clergy facing a dozen irate debt collectors who had just watched their target leave.

”Well, that was unexpected. Did the stranger harm the woman who lives here?” The Inquisitor asked.

The debt collector shook his head.

”No, she just showed up at the door, talked to her for a moment, then they left before we could get here to ask for our overdue payment.” The debt collector replied, frustrated by his inability to collect.

”Thank you for your assistance. We must be on our way now.” The Inquisitor replied, then stepped back through the portal to return to the Cathedral.

Someone would know where they went.