[Warning: 'That' being is in close proximity.]
[Encounter with said entity can result in death.]
Lucas yawned and lay down atop a tree, ignoring the system's warning.
It was just warning him and not doing anything else. This meant that the system was unsure of what the outcome would be and was looking forward to what would happen.
If Lucas could curse the system, he would've done so already. But this accursed bastard could read his thoughts and hence he kept his thought process limited to his subconscious where the system couldn't intrude.
It took a lot of effort to learn the skill of keeping thoughts limited to the subconscious. His thoughts slipped many times and were read by the system, but while training, he would use absurd thoughts and confuse the system.
The absurdity was so high that at one point, the system thought he had gone mad and gave him a potion. That was an expensive and rare one as it made him feel refreshed and cleansed his body of any impurities and fatigue.
Lucas didn't feel that alive for many years and was glad that he could outsmart the system for once.
'He should be here any minute…'
Lucas placed a hat on his face and actively tried to sleep on the tree's branch which was by a dungeon's entrance. Faking it was not an option as the entity he was about to face could easily make it out.
A few minutes later, he was in deep sleep and the system turned silent as well.
…..
In a bustling Inn of a rich neighborhood in Semohr, two Giants along with two normal-sized humanoid figures made their way inside the cafeteria.
The normal-sized ones were Ji and Sheng, the demon and werewolf duo Ojas had introduced to Lith, while the two Giants were random mercenaries hired under Lith's name.
People from Gunther's faction were known by most of the people. It could attract quite some trouble if they were to enter this area with Ji and Sheng.
This neighborhood was close to the chief and the other high ranking elders' residential area, and was popular for its high quality alcoholic beverages.
Ji and Sheng were here to investigate a select few suspicious elders from the chief's faction.
…And it did not take them even a few steps inside the Inn to find something odd.
Two burly Giants, almost four storey tall and with rough ginger beard, were drawing dark color sigils in mid air and talking together in a somewhat serious tone.
The sigils weren't bright and eye-catching. Nobody would've been able to notice them had they not been staring at them with a motive of finding something like Ji and Sheng.
The demon-werewolf duo decided to play it cool and ordered a few drinks for themselves.
They chatted with the two Giant mercenaries about useless adventure tales and pretended to have a good time while staring at the ginger beard Giants through the corner of their eyes.
A few minutes passed.
The dark colored sigils slithered their way to the two Giants' arms and etched themselves on it like tattoos.
With his keen eyesight and demon physique, Ji could feel that those tattoos were a hundred percent demonic ones.
The flash of red light in the two Giants' eyes further solidified his conclusion.
Having finished a transaction of some sort, the two parted ways. One went upstairs in the Inn to his room while the other left the building.
It would be too suspicious to follow these people right now, and having prepared beforehand, Ji held his collar and whispered in it.
"Ojas… the guy's coming. Keep an eye out for the tattoo on his hand."
"Beep. Beep."
A low voice was heard by Ji through his collar and he let go of it.
The communication tool the two were using was an artifact that was sort of like a mini phone. It was a one way communication tool and from the other side, there could only appear two responses: "Beep. Beep." And "Beeeep."
The former meant ok while the latter meant repeat. That's about it.
This was Ojas's idea as he knew how the situation would unfold.
Ji's job was done and he went back to pretending to have fun. From here on, Ojas would take over.
…..
"He's coming."
In a soft tone, while randomly walking on the street with two Giant mercenaries, Ojas said to his dragon subordinate.
A ginger beard Giant could be seen walking down the street. He was a head taller than most and wasn't that hard to find.
Ojas and his group sneakily followed him.
The man first walked inside an artifact shop and met a few people. He shared the sigils with them, then went to a nearby tavern and repeated the same thing.
Eventually, the man walked out of Semohr and in a random forest nearby, kneeled before a tree.
From afar, as Ojas watched him with knitted brows, he thought, 'What is he doing?'
The man joined his hands into a praying gesture and began reciting unknown things before the tree.
Soon, at a visible speed, his body began aging.
Ojas's eyebrows jumped in surprise, but being a professional stalker, he remained in place and recorded a video of the man.
In five minutes, the man's body turned into a husk, then after ten minutes, even his bones had turned into dust.
'It's so strange…'
'I need to report this to Gunther and the Prince as soon as possible. In the meantime, I'll go see how others with the sigils are doing.'
With that, Ojas set off.