Magic is an incredible power.

The reason for its creation is still unknown, and even when it first appeared, many people who were able to use it were considered heretics and burned to death.

To this day, in some countries and regions, people are still very afraid and repulsive of magic, after all, it is a strange and incomprehensible thing to be able to create a flame out of thin air from the palm of the hand out of nothing.

After deciding to go with Alain, Henry and Mira stayed for two days in a hotel on the outskirts of Prospel. The cheapest hotels in the city centre cost two silver coins a day, not including room and board, which would have doubled if you had added the same expensive food.

Although the two of them have a certain amount of savings, Lorian Lori, who adheres to the good habit of frugality, still wants to save - and Henry, he doesn't care at all.

The prices of suburban hotels are much more expensive than those in Kiavenella, but the money is well spent.

In addition to grain and vegetables, the vast plains of Sivalier were planted with a large amount of cotton, and the soft and comfortable bedding and mattress made of sponges from the port trade in Vasa gave Mira the most comfortable sleep of her life.

Returning to the original point, the two who spent half a day returning to the Mercenary Guild after a two-day break received their cards, although Henry was very efficient in completing the test, he also received a green card, and the blue card had to complete multiple tasks and the employer was satisfied before they could be promoted.

So after registering their sign with Alain and his party, everyone accepted this hunt in the western forest

The mission of the Great Boar.

Wild boar bristles are an excellent material for brushing, pigskin can also be used for things such as shield skins, book covers, sword hilt slips, and some clothing, and the large tusks are ideal for ornamentation and carving, and are often used to inlay their weapons or armor as decorations.

The remainder of the pork and the like could be eaten, and wild boar, which had a high price in West Valier and many parts of the west coast, was clearly the employer's need to hunt three wild boars without causing much damage to their skins.

The total cost of hiring is 160 Ella Silver, excluding the guild's commission, a group of six can get 80 Ella Silver, and three large boars, if they don't do too much damage according to the criteria for completing the task, can sell for at least 20 Sivalier Gold Coins.

Those who don't know may wonder why Alain didn't just take these wild boars and sell them themselves?--the answer is simple, they are mercenaries, not merchants.

20 Sivalier coins are the price that can be obtained by dividing the boar and processing it and selling it, and if a group of people who only know how to fight just carry back a large dead boar, they will probably not get even 80 silver coins, considering the possibility of being cheated by the layman's sale.

Having the money to take and level up your mercenary cards is a great option for beginners - and that brings us back to the question we started with.

When traveling in the wilderness, the mage has more handy abilities than any survival expert.

Thanks to this power, which they themselves don't know much about, magicians can change the characteristics of the atmosphere through the magic in their own bodies, creating something out of nothing.

There is no need to use flint and steel or go to great lengths to collect fresh water like the Sage and Lorian did before, with An in the squad, all they need is to wait for the lady with the hair to close her eyes and meditate for a few seconds, and then a ball of fire or water will gather under the effect of magic.

The people of the forest, who had taken two days to reach their destination, were not lucky enough to come across their target as soon as they entered, and in fact they might have to go a little deeper to meet the cunning boars because of the active activities of the mercenaries and adventurers.

In the evening, the three tents had been set up in the glade and sat down around the fire, and the fact that Henry and Mira had horses was a surprise to Alain. The forests of Sivalier are much drier and less humid than those of Avenella, but in the autumn when Prospel is already starting to get colder, it is not enough to lie on the ground and huddle as much as possible.

The horses' ability to carry them through the warm evenings was a hunting mission, and if they didn't have horses, they had to travel as light as possible, otherwise they would have to abandon their equipment in the chase.

Ann was a fairly quiet and easy-going woman, and after using magic to light a campfire and adding some water to the iron pot, she smiled apologetically and said that she could only do that, and sat down at the door of the tent next to her, and then the firelight began to read the books on magic.

The smell of food began to diffuse, the tallest of the young people, the slender Benois took out a small xylophone in the style of Sivalier and began to play it gently, the young man with his eyes closed to the side of the golden curls gently swayed in the evening breeze, and Jeanne on the side also took out the recorder, and the beautiful music of the Sivalier style echoed until the sunset.

After dinner, the group began to search.

Wild boars usually come out in the evening and early in the night to feed, and those who know this habit actually set the hours after dinner until 8 o'clock to actually search for wild boars.

Carefully controlling his pace, the group of six formed a group of twos and twos, and then the moonlight and firelight began to search for the nearby beast path.

As we have said, as long as something passes through the natural environment, it will inevitably disturb the surroundings and leave a trail of incompatibility that can be traced.

The most typical thing is the beast path that hunters usually call the beast path.

Like humans, animals have their own habits. Coupled with the nature of the clusters, the bent weeds of some of the places that are frequented by walking, and the compacted dirt that is different from the surroundings, these things provide an excellent directional indicator for those who want to find them.

"Here I think I've found something. Alain's voice rang out somewhere in front of him, and he flicked the torch in his hand to make his presence more visible, and the other four leaned in that direction.

Torches crackled, and burning pine resin dripped from the side and fell to the ground with a sizzling sound.

"This should be a sign of being arched by a wild boar. Alain said with an empty finger pointing to the half-gnawed mushroom next to the tree trunk. This purple mushroom is huge, almost the size of two cabbages. The bitter, smelly taste and the trace toxicity that inevitably causes diarrhea after eating it will turn away even the poorest people, and only wild boars with strong stomachs will come to bite them.

The tossed dirt and the crumbling purple mushrooms were clearly the work of the boar, and Henry stepped aside with a torch, the clear marks of the bushes surrounding the empty forest were obvious.

"This should be the right way to go. The sage nodded back, and Benois and Jeanne took their longbows from their backs and prepared them with arrows between their fingers.

"Spread out, be ready to intercept, trouble the two of you to play as a striker with me. Alain looked back at Henry, and the sage nodded, but instead of drawing his weapon, Mira swooped out his one-handed sword.

The one-handed sword she held in one hand was still a little too heavy for her, and the girl felt tired in a few moments, and the nervousness of actually participating in the hunt for the first time made her look a little nervous.

"Relax. The sage touched her little head, and Mira shook her head, repeating several inhales and exhalations to calm her mind.

Following the trail, the group slowly advanced for several hours.

When the sky had completely darkened, and the stars and moon had risen one after another, they had not been able to spot the boar.

Traces were everywhere, and it seemed as if the nearby forest was their hunting ground, but perhaps they were not careful enough to alarm the boars, or perhaps they missed it, but it seemed that they could only return in vain tonight.

The tension was numbed after a few hours, and Mira was visibly tired. The rough forest road had caused a lot of ankle suffering, and the night was dark, and the time for the wolves to move had begun, and it was no longer suitable to wander here, so the group returned to the camp.

After arranging the whistle men, they went to rest.

The next morning, the air cooled down again, and it had been a full month since Henry and Mira had set out from Avenella, and the temperature here was far from that of the land of eternal spring.

After putting an extra cloak over their clothing and armor, the group decided to move the camp a little inward.

Being too far away from the camp can lead to vital supplies being taken by wild animals or other adventurers, and wild boars are obviously more vigilant in areas with frequent human activity on the periphery.

After packing up the tents and other supplies of waterproof canvas and wooden branches, and stomping out the embers of the fire, Henry and his party made a great further march into the forest.

The dangers of these forests at the foot of the Tambur Mountains are understandable, and although the depths of the so-called forests they are advancing are still on the edge of the periphery, the sights of demonic beasts are still occasionally visible.

The magical beasts that require a blue card or above to receive the relevant hunting tasks are not something that these green card young people can deal with, although they have a single attribute, they are better at using all kinds of lethal spells than human magicians, and they are far more terrifying than ordinary beasts.

Passing through a certain place, they saw such a small area of charred woods, and from the boot prints and many burnt arrows left on the nearby land, it was obvious that the mercenaries were fighting a certain demonic beast that could use fire magic.

As for the outcome, judging by the fact that there were no human corpses nearby, it should be that the monster was successfully captured by them.

But just looking at the scorched area of the woods, the mercenaries who completed the mission probably won't have a good time.

Ann's mana pool was stimulated by the fire elemental particles that did not completely disperse in the air, and the sorceress reminded everyone to bypass the area - it was a wise choice, the fluctuations of large-scale magic were quite noticeable for creatures with also magical powers, and this grove was afraid that it would attract many monsters that might be even more powerful in the future.

Until it dissipates, the monsters that are more sensitive to magic than humans will be attracted to it like phototaxis insects - this trait was once used by mercenaries to actively trap monsters, but after several times in a row because the attracted monsters were too powerful, many of the mercenaries who were already purple cards were wiped out, and the mercenary guild repeatedly warned each mercenary when they registered.

Because of its existence, the group had to turn back some distance towards the south to avoid being attracted by the demonic beasts that had attracted them and killed themselves who were wandering nearby.

Luck seemed to have befallen everyone that afternoon.

They found a herd of wild boars, seven or eight large and small, and in addition to the piglets, there were two adult and one young who met the requirements of the mission.

Wild boars that come out to forage during the day are rare but not impossible, and after placing the horses, the group carefully began to form a formation around them.

The two archers had set up rope traps on the ground in the distance, and they were able to withstand the struggles of hundreds of kilograms of wild boars with thick hemp rope, and then they climbed the nearby trees with their hands and feet to get ready.

Henry, Mira, and Alain pulled out their weapons and began to chant incantations in the other direction.

The preparations for the hunt are complete.