I suggested to everyone that we go to an open place to test out our new weapons.
Everyone became enthusiastic and so Lion teleported us to the nearby sea where we had our first outing and where I was kidnapped.
I was feeling a bit tired so they made me the referee in which they plan to test their new weapons against each other.
Team 1
Orm
Sly
Alpha
Vs.
Team 2
Lion
Ghost
The rules are simple:
1. No transforming to their ultimate form
2. No destroying of weapons (it took quite some time to design and make it!)
3. No killing (everyone agreed)
Lion placed some kind of spell around me to protect me from their attacks and since I'm feeling hungry, gave me a lot of fruits to eat. I was also craving meat and kimchi so he also made a mini grill for me to use.
I was craving a bit of alcohol so he gave me the least potent one. I was about to protest when he gave me a glare. It seems that he hasn't forgotten what happened to me when I accidentally drank the whole bottle of the most potent alcohol the inn had back at the snowy territory.
Oh well.
Feeling a bit cheerful due to a change of scenery, I asked Lion if I could change clothes in which he made everyone face away from me.
I took my time designing my clothes in which at the end, I decided to wear a bandeau styled bikini top and a pair of shorts. I wasn't in the mood for swimming but I felt a bit hot and of course, I don't want to wear a string bikini after what happened last time.
I braided some of my hair and when I looked at myself in a hand mirror, I felt like I'm one of those models in an adult magazine. Just a bit though.
I told everyone that I'm done changing and tried to eat some fruits when I noticed them staring at me.
Please stop staring.
I shooed them away as I began cooking some of the meat.
This is the life.
....
Absolute chaos.
As soon as I signaled them to start fighting, someone started a sandstorm that blocked my view.
I heard a loud roar in which I saw Sly transformed into his dragon self that technically, is not his ultimate form.
There was someone yelling expletives as there was a chain reaction of lightning that made me jumpy.
Oh wait. It was me.
Orm and Sly, who were supposed to be in the same team, are trying to attack each other while Alpha and Ghost are teaming up against Lion. Lion also made it worse as he tried to attack everyone by sending them fire explosions.
Instead of practicing using their weapons, they are practicing WITHOUT using their weapons.
Soon, everyone randomly used each other's weapons that made the owner of that certain weapon attack them using somebody else's weapon.
I was about to ignore them when I saw a certain weapon being thrown into the sea.
My hard work.
Sigh.
I slowly opened the chest behind me in which I placed my newest weapon inside.
Good thing that they decided to brawl in one place.
Also, they didn't noticed me assembling my new weapon.
I positioned myself properly and aimed it towards them.
Say hello to my rocket lightning launcher.
Then I squeezed the trigger.
....
I sang a random song as I continued cooking the meat. I smiled at them as I offered them the food that I prepared.
Everyone looked awful since I didn't mean to aim the rocket lightning launcher at them. I was planning to aim it in front of them.
I guess I need more practice.
....
After eating, I smiled at them which made them look warily at me. I told them that we need to have an object to practice our aim.
Everyone enthusiastically suggested something but somehow it doesn't feel right as I don't feel motivated enough to practice.
Suddenly, Lion gave a wicked grin in which he suddenly made a dummy of some sorts out of magic.
It looked somehow similar to Bahar.
Now I'm feeling motivated enough to practice.
....
Puma begged me to let her pack my clothes needed for the trip. I'm having second thoughts as I don't want to dress in a provocative way since who wants to dress scantily during a battle?
She kept on begging until I finally gave in.
I reminded her that I needed clothes that will let me move easily during a battle.
She grinned and promised me that she will pack clothes for me that will make Lion ask me to be his mate again.
Sigh.
I've been curious for some time so I asked Puma if she can transform into another form. She laughed and told me that not everyone can transform into another form, not even some of the best warriors the Chieftain Monarch have.
That is why it was unusual that everyone in the pack can manage to transform to another form as it is considered special and high ranked.
She told me that most of them ended up in a very high position in the territory and with some ended up in the former high council.
That is why Alpha ended up being the heir as he is considered one of the strongest creature who can transform to another form and also use magic.
But what about Lion? He is much stronger than Alpha and can easily beat him without using too much effort.
Puma looked like she wanted to say something but stopped.
Now I'm curious.
I begged Puma to tell me but she just looked at me with a sad face, telling me that it is not her place to tell me that.
I have a feeling that it has something to do with the contract that I heard so much about.
I guess it is up to me to try and find out. But how?
Time will tell, I guess.
I remembered something that I've been planning to ask Puma about but I kept forgetting.
I told her about the confrontation with Sly's older half-brother especially the part where he taunted Lion and Lion's silence when I asked him.
Puma looked scared when I told her that.
It turns out that it is fight to the death to claim the place of the primary mate.
....
Thankfully, Puma made me wear a halter dress that looks a bit decent as we went on our way to the pier. But when I glanced back to look at her, she gave me a wink.
Oh boy.
....
I was surprised to see an old fashioned looking ship as I expected to see something more unique.
Ghost explained to me that they usually don't spend too much time in improving the designs of the ship since a lot of them ended up being destroyed on their journey.
That sounds promising.
Alpha made it more tempting by telling me that only a small percentage of the explorers will end up surviving the entire journey itself as many died on the first few days.
Okayy. I heard enough.
After seeing Bahar's face as he boarded the ship, everyone groaned including himself as he looked pretty annoyed at seeing us.
Now let the journey begin.