After genuinely 2 minutes of pat, I finally decided to take a proper look at the monsters who turned into black smoke.
I take Ivy in my shoulder and walk towards the "battlefields" and I can relate Magical Leaf do some serious damage in the environment.
They are trees that cut down from left to right, and some that seem more like a sieve to me than anything .
I make my way towards the drop, or scraps of a defeated goblin and take the purple crystal that have the size of a half fingernail.
(It definitely looks like a Magic Stone, so this confirmed I'm in the world of danmachi.)
Ivy seemed to look at the crystals with a bored expression before using her vines to take some and bring them to her.
This movement intrigued me, so I asked her a question.
"Ivy, do you notice anything with the magic stone?"
"Snivy!!" With a bored look, she began to emit green energy from her body, which traveled along her vines to cover the crystals.
Then suddenly, the purple color of her crystals became clear, almost transparent, before she dropped them to the ground. She stared at them for a few seconds before looking back at me with an expression as if she had just done something normal.
"Sniff!!" (︶︿︶)
Her violet eyes seemed to sparkle for a few seconds before returning to normal.
"Did you just drain the magical energy from those crystals?"
Slightly shocked by the sudden transformation, I picked up the transparent stone and compared it to the other intact one I was holding.
(The intact stone had its light purple color, and I could still feel the small amount of energy inside.)
Then I passed my attestation over the one Ivy had drained.
(It's become so transparent it's practically optical glass----) Then I try to sense the magical energy inside when I realize it's completely gone.
(Obviously there isn't any left, since she drained it, among other things.)
I glance at Ivy, who's looking around slightly bored, before turning her gaze back to me.
"Sni?" (•-•)
"Nothing, nothing important. We'll talk about the stone later. Now I have to ask you if you still have enough energy to cast [Magical Leaf]?"
"Sni-!!"<(￣︶￣)>
"Okay so now we take all the stone in the ground, we can exchange them for money later, if you want okay."
(◕ᴗ◕✿)(✯ᴗ✯)
We picked them up, I put them directly in my bag. Since it's will mainly use to trade for currency, it's better to have some on you since we don't have any money.
After collecting the stones, I sit down to think about what we should do for the moment.
" Humm,... now we need to move out of there and prepare to find a village or at least leave this part of the forest."
"Sni" She seems to agree with me.
So I took out the town map and laid it on the ground for better readability. I spent a while figuring out our current location before noticing there was a village nearby.
"Not sure about the distance between the mountain and the village, but since the distance on the map is only 5 cm, I don't think it's very far. What do you think?"
She looked at me in surprise, as if she were actually useful in this situation.
╮(. ❛ V�� ❛.)╭
"Okay, okay, we'll start by going down, then we'll figure out how to navigate."
I picked her up and placed her on my shoulder to act as a lookout, and since she seemed to appreciate it, it was a win-win situation.
After almost three hours of walking, which wasn't at all peaceful given the number of monsters we encountered along the way, the sun began to set. Fortunately, we reached the edge of the forest.
"Finally, we're out of the woods!" I exclaimed, stretching my arms out in a T-pose to feel the fresh air and the last rays of sunshine to their fullest.
"Sni!" Ivy seemed to mirror my pose.
(Cute)( ◜‿◝ )♡
I looked around and noticed that there were only plains and a few trees as far as I could see.
Deciding whether we continued on our way or rested for the night, which was fast approaching.
"Okay Ivy we have a choice either we rest tonight and continue the search tomorrow or we continue the search tonight, what do you think?"
＼(^o^)／
"Okay so we'll rest tonight.)
Now we have to wait until the next morning for the exploration part. As darkness falls, I found a tree with many leaves so that monsters would have difficulty seeing me.
So I climbed one of the upper branches of the tree, while Ivy decided to lie down on my chest, ignoring my suggestion to enter in here Pokeball.
"Good night, Ivy" I say as she straps me to the branch with her vine.
Then I open the system panel that I take time to recall the existence and see Ivy slightly surprised by the appearance of the screen now displayed in front of her.
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♢[Congratulations to the host for completing Tier One Achievement titled: First Hatching.]♢
[Moomoo Milk: A bottle of highly nutritious milk, really good for nurturing a young Pokemon. When consumed, it remains a lot of HP.]
♢[Congratulations to the host for completing a Tier One Mission titled: First Catching.]♢
[Inner Focus: Prevent flinching.]
♢[Congratulations to the host for completing a Tier One Mission titled: First Blood.]♢
[Pokémon Egg: Receive 2 random Pokemon eggs.]
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(It seems we're not going to starve for the next few days, and now we will have new mouths to feed, this amount will barely be enough for maybe 1 week at most.)
I cash in the rewards and grab two bottles of milk, unilaterally deciding to drink one and give the other to Ivy and see the taste.
(I didn't expect this milk to be so refreshing and rich.)
I even let myself be tempted to drink a second bottle but I remembered the little snake with me and told myself that having some tomorrow would be much better and in any case I already felt sleep coming my way.
So I check my status and inventory before falling asleep comfortably and with a full stomach, but not without using another Repel because you can never be too careful, and he'd rather I be protected.
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Name: Lucas Alton
Race: Exalted Elf (New)
Age: 15
Afinity : Psychic
Ability : Telepath (New)
Pokemon:
-Ivy (Snivy)
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( Well I need to sleep right now.... I will... take a... closer look... tomorrow.)
"Good...Night...Ivy"
"Sni"