三个女人的秘密工作生活

Chapter 164: Hunting for the Forest Spirit Seed Part 3

It was about time for lunch when they finished searching the east side of the northern area of the Slumbering Forest.

So, they ultimately decided to only continue searching after they finish eating their lunch.

"Make sure that your disguise won't be affected as you eat," Kayn reminded everyone.

At this moment, he is starting to feel that there's a high chance that they will encounter other people on the west side.

His reason is actually simple and it isn't far from why he suggested that they go from east to west — it's the farthest from the village.

With the east side being the closest to the Village, he honestly expected that they'll encounter other people in their search. But contrary to his expectations, he didn't find anyone.

And along their search, they barely found anything noteworthy. As a matter of fact, the Storage Ring that each of them has brought along with the hope of filling them up while they search for the Forest Spirit Seed still remains empty until now. Meaning, there wasn't anything that they consider valuable.

Considering those factors, it means that the east side has long already been emptied out of any valuable resources, leaving the west side the only place to look for possible profit. Needless to say, there is still the option of going deeper inside the Slumbering Forest. But only a few minority would definitely dare to go deep.

Kayn's group honestly just came out from there in order to quickly reach the northern area of the Slumbering Forest, and there are only two words they can use to describe their experience — extremely dangerous!

In other words, despite the west side being the farthest from the village, it can still be considered somewhat safe.

Gilbert and the others easily understood the reason behind Kayn's reminder, so they eat carefully so that their disguise won't be ruined.

Around half an hour later, everyone was finished eating their lunch. Because of that, they finally continued with their search.

The west side is very different from the east side. In the latter's case, they can simply search in whatever method and direction they prefer. However, this time, they have to be tactful about it.

"Let's search in the shape of a fan," Kayn suggested.

"Didn't you just suggest a while ago that we shouldn't split up?" Gilbert felt slightly confused.

"Let me explain," Kayn started explaining. "Jude will act as the handle of the fan. Meaning, he will be at the very back. I and Gilbert will each be at the edge, exactly twelve and six o'clock location. Lastly, Charles will be at the center, which is the closest to Jude so that he can immediately assist him whenever it's dangerous,"

Gilbert instantly realized that Kayn's method wasn't the same as the usual fan-out type of strategy where everyone will split and spread out. The other way he can describe it is a pet owner taking a walk in the park with his three dogs.

"Charles," Kayn looks at Charles. "You have the second greatest responsibility here because you have to protect Jude,"

"Second? Who's first then?" Jude felt curious.

"You are," Kayn turns to Jude. "Before you can reject me, the reason why you have the greatest responsibility is because you have to protect our rear,"

"You won't have to worry about your rear because I have my own way of making sure that you won't get attacked behind your back," Kayn glimpses at Natas who is now standing behind Jude. He already discussed this strategy with Natas during their lunch break, so the latter already knows what to do.

"I trust you," Jude has faith in Kayn, so he didn't question his decision.

"Let's begin,"

The instant Kayn issued the order, everyone swiftly went to their position.

"We will begin our search from bottom to top, understand?"

What he meant from bottom to top is that because the west side is a huge piece of land, they have to make a clean sweep of the bottom area first and slowly make their way to the top area.

"Yes,"

"Make sure exactly what you did back then!"

With that being said, the search began.

…..

Just an hour in their search and they've already found traces of other people nearby them.

"Was that a fight we've heard? Or are they hunting a monster?!" Gilbert asked. Because they were far from each other, he had to shout in order to be heard by the others.

"Ignore it! Focus on what we have to do!" Kayn quickly responded.

In the next hour, they suddenly came to a halt.

It was an order by Kayn.

"We got company!" Kayn warned everyone.

After close to half a day of searching the Slumbering Forest, they are finally going to encounter other people.

Despite the fact that someone else is coming, Kayn and the others still didn't stop on their search.

Eventually, they saw the people that Kayn warned them about.

There were six people that seems to be part of the same group.

Looking closely, the group seemed to be returning back to their Village after a successful hunt as they can be seen carrying with them a huge dead monster that seemed to look like a hog.

Just like what they planned before, Kayn's team ignore the approaching group.

Similar to what Kayn's group did earlier, the other group also came to a halt in order to start observing them. After realizing that the other group is searching for something and didn't seem to be planning on stealing their valuables away, they continued along.

"Good day!" One of them greeted Kayn.

"Likewise," Kayn responded in a friendly manner before quickly returning to what he was doing.

After that group passed through, Kayn immediately signaled for everyone to gather together.

Gilbert quickly asked in curiosity. "What's the matter?"

"We are now being targeted by someone,"

"How did you know?" Jude was in disbelief.

"Remember what I said back then?"

"If I remember correctly, you said; because of the surrounding nature of the Slumbering Forest the people we would encounter won't be as peaceful as those we met in the Peaceful Volcano,"

"That's right, they aren't, and they also don't seem to be the type of people that will just rashly attack us. As of this moment, they are still observing us and preparing for their next step," Kayn suddenly looked in front of him. "If my guess is correct, another group will approach us soon,"

Just like what Kayn expected.

After a few minutes, another group appeared and is now slowly approaching them.

Similar to the group they'd met just now, this group was also carrying with them the monster they'd hunted.

"Look at their fingers," Kayn pointed out using his eyes.

"Is that a Storage Ring?" Jude felt confused.

"He's not the only one. Look at the others,"

"All of them have Storage Rings," Jude's confusion instantly turned to shock.

"Now, why would you think a group with Storage Rings manually carry their hunt?"

"They are acting,"

"Exactly!"