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The party spent the rest of the night relaxing and chatting with the guards. They were adventurers for many years and usually took longer escort missions. Hence why they ended up being redirected to guard the ravine. They weren\'t very big on minster fighting quests and all had defensive systems. They had a mage that was best at scouting and stat boosting magic. Two shield users, and two spear users. Walker was glad to chat with them for a bit but Su seemed to get the most out of their conversations.

While the rest of the party chatted away the night, Onyx had looked down in to the ravine unable to see much. He just wondered what they would find down there and if they would have better answers for how many of his species of monster were left. He could feel the fluctuations of different manas down in the depths but it was nothing that pointed to any monster or being in general to his dismay, it would be a mystery until the morning…

"Hm, and here I thought you would have been up a little earlier. Don\'t let yourself get too exhausted." Walker found that Onyx woke up shortly after him. The two were the last ones to wake up.

"Brother, I think I know why you always sleep so late. I feel more and more tired than usual." Walker smirked at this and gestured for Onyx to come over toward the ravine as the sun was breaking the horizon.

"I think we can set up some light elemental crystals around the edge. Maybe we will spot something while we eat breakfast." The plan was good but Onyx didn\'t have much hope. He wasn\'t feeling anything out of the ordinary just yet. However, the day hadn\'t even started.

"You two look like you slept well. Having others to guard us after the other night is way better than staying up and switching off." Gil looked ready to run for miles. He had a vibrant air about him.

"Let me guess. You were up to hunt early?" This could be the only reason that Gil was so energetic.

"Actually, no. I slept in like you a little. I just got up a few minutes ago. But Remey has been up for a while. She was saying things about how the grass was a weird color?" He turned and pointed out Remey slowly walking around the grass looking down at it. Even Su had joined in. The only two that were on the side watching were Midnight and Alice who looked like they might fall back to sleep any second.

"I\'ll go and see what\'s going on." This was enough to peak Walker\'s curiosity. Out of all of them, Remey was the one that would notice the strangeness of any plant. Gil would have a good chance too but due to Remey\'s years of seeing and examining herbs even without her system being related to them, she would be able to tell.

"Hey, What are you looking for? Something rare?" Walker had the feeling that Remey might be trying to find a rare herb.

"It\'s not really rare. But it\'s hard to get. The shadows were weird against the fire last night. I thought that it was the abyssal serpents we came searching for. But when I woke up I noticed it still even though there wasn\'t much light. Now I\'m trying to figure it out. I think it might be shadow grass growing around here. If that\'s the case I need some of the seeds." Remey knelt down and pulled up a little grass shaking her head. "I think when this ravine opened up it released dormant shadow grass seeds and they are trying to sprout. Normally they grow in the shadows of hills. They are much harder to see there. They will die out here if left alone."

"Do you think that could make you a darkness affinity potion?" Walker hit the nail on the head with his guess.

"Exactly. We will need a lot of it to experiment with that theory. So, If I can get seeds we can have a good crop in about a month. It grows fast and you might not even realize that- Ha!" Remey grabbed a handful of dirt from underneath a fallen and dried clump of field grass. "This is it." She showed Walker while covering it from the sun with her other hand.

The very thin and frail grass in her hands had an odd wisp like shifting motion to it. The wind didn\'t seem to be the cause but the changes in the light. It also had a very dark coloration that perfectly matched the shadows so it made a lot of sense that it would be able to blend in to the shadows of hills. "That\'s actually really cool. I would never have spotted that."

"See the little white dots on the roots? Those are the seeds. Eventually, they will grow in to large root balls that can be split. But for now, I will cover them in cold water to make them dormant. Then I will have you store them." There was pride in Remey\'s voice. She had found exactly what she thought was causing some of the strange shadows the guards had seen. "This doesn\'t explain everything but it sure does explain a lot." The pure smile that Remey had on her face was something that Walker wished she would show more people. She didn\'t always need to look serious and ready for a fight.

"Well, Onyx and I set up some light crystal bait. We might spot something near the edge of the ravine. Although, we are heading down there in a few minutes. If you are ready just let us know. We won\'t interrupt." Remey watched Walker head back. She quickly started on her work preserving the newly found shadow grass seeds.

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